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Karl interviews himself

Hello Argentina!

Having a nice time so far... Buenos Aires is such a great city

A Philosophy for Life:

Today I bought: Zoe Chicco Diamond Pave Necklaces

 

Buy them here and here.

Sh*t Fashion Girls Say

 

Wes Anderson's New Movie: Moonrise Kingdom

Excited to see this!

For the love of Goyard, I must have this:

 

 

 

 

Original 1980's gold Rolex "Day-Date" with enamel lacquered face in a rare pink. Perfection.

Backstage by Michael Carson

Clare Vivier Weekender Bag

This lovely bag was my secret weapon during my vaca. I rolled it up like a cigar enroute to Paris and then stuffed it later with all my purchases for the remainder of the trip. It was a perfect carry-on size and because of the glazed finish, every additional scratch and mark just added to it's buttery worn-in patina.

 

Rings (the sparkly kind for your fingers) by Thames & Hudson

 

If you love antique jewelry as much as do, I highly recommend picking up this great Thames & Hudson book by Diana Scarisbrick.

The styles they span are comprehensive and the photography is nice and detailed. It kills any desire to buy a generic, assembly line Tiffany ring again!

European Tour: Le Comptoir – the hardest reservation to get in Paris

Le Comptoir was the first restaurant we ate at when we arrived in Paris and all I can say is that it was a fantastic way to kick off our European Tour!

There wasn't anything we didn't love about it – the food , the service, the location and the price.

 

Skip ahead to 0.56 sec to see where Bourdain talks about Le Comptoir

If you keep watching the video - you'll arrive at Bourdain's visit to Joel Robuchon's L'Atelier – which we also had the amazing fortune of getting a reservation at. More on that later...



Photographing food with an iPhone is tricky – it really doesn't do the dishes justice, so I'll only post a couple images and simply say, please do yourself a favour and go here – you'll love it!

 

European Tour: Ladurée, Paris & London

If it's not wildly obvious already, I am obsessed with Ladurée. Why? Where to begin... it represents everything I love: amazing pasteries & chocolates, beautiful branding & packaging and an authentic legacy of doing it exceptionally well for 150 years.

While In London and Paris – I sought out almost every location to sample something new I hadn't tried before. My new favourite item is pictured above with the rose petal – it's called the rose & raspberry Ladurée Saint-Honorés and is every bit as delicious as it is pretty.

Of course, I shipped home all of my empty boxes so that they could assume their rightful positions on my packaging wall.

 

European Tour: First stop – Paris!

I've lost count of how many times I've visited Paris – the number is in the teens now, but even so, every visit is like my first. I never lose my sense of awe and delight. The city is just a huge advent calendar to me – every door opens to some wonderful new gift.

Coming up, I'll review four restaurants I tried there… Le Comptoir, L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Les Cocottes and Chez Robert et Louise, as well as some stores and other fun stuff.

 

My 3 week European Tour: Paris, London, Berlin & Rome

Wow – so much to share it's almost daunting. Four cities in 3 weeks and 3000 photos later – I have some sorting to do!

The next couple of months will showcase posts about all the things I ate, bought and saw from these wonderful places... stay tuned!

 

Woody:

Ceramic tile never looked so cool

Designed by Yiğit Özer and Kütahya Seramik

Still one of my all-time fav music videos