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This small shop offers more than 25 brands of gourmet chocolate made in New Zealand. It was founded in 2009 by Stu Jordan. The secret to his success is based on quality products, loyal customers and extraordinary shop design to showcase the best chocolate produced locally. The most beautifully presented and delicious chocolate has to be this 35-piece boxed truffles. Bon appetit!
Mariano Vivanco is a fashion photographer from Lima, Peru. He now lives in London and New York and shoots for renowned fashion magazines.
He was invited to shoot the French rugby team for the Dieux du Stade calender for 2007.
Mariano has published four books for the Dolce & Gabbana label. He is now back with a new book called Dolce & Gabbana Uomini due out in February 8, 2011. This is a perfect Christmas or birthday present. I was promised a complimentary copy but it's too late for Christmas. I'll have to wait a bit. Bummer!! However, you can pre-order it from http://www.amazon.com/Dolce-Gabbana-Uomini-Mariano-Vivanco/dp/0847837009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292740868&sr=1-1 for USD40.95. You save 37%.
Before Jérémy Amelin was famous, he was just a newspaper boy in his hometown of Montcresson, France. At 19, he joined the French TV music show ‘’Star Academy 5’’ viewed by 8.7 million people each week. In 2005, he became the finalist of ‘’Star Academy 5’’.
Five years after the show, he has 5 singles under his belt and his own clothing label called “Elektrode by Jérémy Amelin’’. ‘’Oh, Oh!’’ was released in January 2010.
This single was also played on AX TV.
And now his latest single ‘’ImmaBitch’’ debuts online on Friday, 17 December 2010.
Jérémy has plans for 2 more singles to be released in 2011.
Take the first train out of Milan bound for Venice and arrive just in time for an early lunch.
Venice, a tantalizing blend of East and West, is a sumptuous city of buildings. It was named the jewel of the Adriatic in its heyday and it remains unsullied by modernity. To visit the city properly, you have to be prepared to walk the streets and to climb the many bridges. If walking becomes tiring, take the vaporetto from Euro 6 per person depending on destination. The Grand Canal is a good place to start and to orientate yourself.
The resting place of St Mark, the Basilica di San Marco is a must-see in Venice. Built in AD 830, it's an exquisite and sumptuous shrine with five low domes and 500 non-matching columns.
Lord Byron once wrote ''I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, a palace and a prison on each hand.'' Its name seems to derive from romantic fiction rather than hard fact. It has two parallel passageways.
Along the waterfront ,where gondolas moored along the quay and the locals mixed with tourists, is still a place of trade though less exotic than its heyday.
A visit to venice would not be complete without a ride on a gondola.
Venice is small enough to be explored in one day. You can take a late train back to Milan and still be on time for dinner.
After buying a baguette, camembert and some tomatoes for lunch at the Sunday Fresh Food Market in the affluent suburb of Neuilly-sûr-Seine, I boarded the metro at Les Sablons on line 1. I was on my way back to Rue Saint Honoré to meet up with John who flew in from London that day to spend the last leg of our holiday together. I took the train from Barcelona the day before.
The metro was unusually packed that day and I was cramped at the door. At the Franklin-D-Roosevelt station 2 Frenchmen, one with an empty pushchair, entered. They carried on a conversation as if I wasn’t there.
‘’Tu pars quand?’’, asked one of them. (When are you leaving?)
‘’Dans un mois,’’ replied the other. (In a month.)
‘’Elle l’a prise pas très bien. Elle est avec sa mère.’’ (She took it badly. She is with her mum.)
‘’Les enfants vont partir avec toi ?’’ (The kids are going with you?)
‘’Oui.’’ (Yes.)
At the next station a few passengers got on and off, we were separated and I could not hear what they were saying. My mind was wondering where and why is he going and what is Amandine looked like. At Concorde, we were once again pushed within hearing distance.
‘’À Montréal, on paye beaucoup plus là-bas.’’ (In Montreal, they pay a lot more.)
‘’Pas mal, mais Il y a des soucis aussi.’’ (Not bad, but there are things to worry about.)
‘’Par exemple?’’ (Such as?)
“Plein de chose. Je ne veux pas y penser maintenant. L’école pour les enfants. La froideur.’’ (A lot of things. I don’t want to think about it now. Finding a school for the kids. Lack of sensibilities.)
“Je comprends.’’ (I get it.)
They got out at Tuileries. As the train rolled out of the Tuileries station I caught a glimpse of the handsome young man. I imagined that he would meet up with Amandine, her mother and his kids at the Jardin des Tuileries. They would spend a happy afternoon together. In four weeks, he would start his new position in Montreal but would Amandine be happy? I will never know but it was nice to know such a person exists.
I got off at Rivoli with my bag of goodies. As I approached the metro exit, I overheard a black woman on her mobile with her boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
‘’Comment?’’ (What?)
Of course, I could not hear what the other was saying. She continued.
‘’Je m’en fous ce que tu penses. C’est moi qui décide, non ?’’ (I don’t give a damn what you think. I’m the one who decide, aren’t I?) She paused for a while, listening.
‘’C’est-à-dire, je t’ai arrangé.’’ (That means, I made up with you.) And then, abruptly.
‘’Connard!’’ (Asshole!)
The other hung up on her. There is always another story on Paris Metro.
The French Cafe
210 Symonds St
Eden Terrace
Auckland
Chef Simon Wright set some pretty high standard for this state-of-the-art cafe. His dishes have a recognisable touch and are exceptionally delicious. The charming staff have a good answer to every question. All in all, it's an outstanding meeting place of culinary cool.
