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Lasting Impressions...

12.29.2013 • Family Lasting Impressions

The anticipation, the surprise, the gratitude and joy… this part of Christmas never leaves me.

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Joyeux Noël | Merry Christmas

12.24.2013 • Lasting Impressions

May your Christmas be filled with joy, and then more joy!

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I love love love holiday decorations. If it wasn't for the snickering that comes with having a Christmas tree hanging around in the middle of Spring, I would no doubt yield to my nudging desire to keep it up indefinitely. The glow of white lights, how it captivates and fills hushed darkness - that's my favorite part…

So now Christmas is only days away,… on to wrapping presents!

How are your decorating and holiday doings moving along?

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Café des 2 Moulins + Amélie

12.12.2013 • Around Paris

The nice thing about cold wintry evenings is they invite you to stay indoors and enjoy what you love to do in the comfort of home … lately, for me, that's meant queuing up movies new and old and watching favorite films long forgotten.

One that I loved and haven't seen since it came out nearly twelve years ago is Amélie, the immensely enchanting French comedy starring Audrey Tautou. Have you seen it? If you're a fan of that movie, you may remember Amelie's workplace, Café des 2 Moulins (above), a little cafe that sits quietly on a busy corner of Rue Lepic in Montmartre… passing by it in Paris last month offered the perfect reminder to add Amélie to my growing list of must-see agains :)