not in the mood

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hi guys! i hope you had a great weekend. i tackled an overflowing inbox and it sapped pretty much all my energy and put me in a funk i haven’t quite shaken. i’m hoping my attitude will be less like this above

and more like this by morning!so we all know the best way to break a mood is to do a little soul surfing on the web. i ran across photog frank horvat’s work in san fran and fell in love with his odd slices of life. i often wonder how the old photographers were able  to capture such incredible moments with crude equipment and one shot at the shot. the quote on his website hit home with ‘photography is the art of not pushing the button’.

such random settings! i love this one below shot at les halles.

so i’m getting ready for another trip to gay paree, this time for the maison et objet and shopping the fleas with clients.  while i’m there i hope to work on a project about renting real apartments in paris and will be staying with paris perfect.

it’s a great company, owned by a wonderful couple (she’s american, he’s french). i’m not sure which apartment we’re in yet but each has a view of the eiffel tower so that’s a pretty good start. friends of mine are coming too so it will be a fun slumber party with my college roomie, mb, (her hubs surprised her with a ticket for her birthday and it’s her first time in paris! i want to be a good hostess and show her the sights but hope my sights are the ones she wants to see too. luckily she’s into good food and cooking so we’ll no doubt hit the food markets and blow her mind. what do you think is crucial? i’m biased)!

my other girl, linda of parisien salon is coming too and the two of them have wicked senses of humor so it’s going to be a laugh fest if nothing else.

i’ve toured madelyn’s apartments before and they’re all beautifully decorated and have good hi tech gadgets.

i’ll be there from the 1-9th, if you are too, let me know, i’ll be meeting up with other bloggers for a couple fun events and would  love to rendezvous with you too!

ok well, this is apparently a fantastic tv night so off i go for an evening of guilty pleasures. i’m putting down the computer and going to do nothing but channel surfing for the rest of the night. have a good one too!