French Friday: 50 ans (bis)

February 23, 2018 (054/365)

Last year, I celebrated my 50th birthday with a cocktail at the Bar Hemingway in the Paris Ritz. This year, I'm once again celebrating a milestone anniversary -- 50 years ago, my parents adopted me. This is my first "Gotcha Day" missing both Mom and Dad, but, as Ernest Hemingway once said, “No one you love is ever truly lost.”

Ladurée

February 22, 2018 (053/365) "Paris is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail." - Edmund White

[...and after 25,323 steps, 10 miles, and 13 flights of stairs, these walkers earned a lovely glass of rosé and a macaron or two in this charming café.

La Vie en Rose

February 21, 2018 (052/365)

"It is late at night, and someone across the way is playing La Vie En Rose. It is the French way of saying, 'I am looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses,' and it says everything I feel. " - Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina

Week 8 - Technical: Zoom Burst

February 20, 2018 (051/365)

"Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love." - David Bailey

Week 8 - TECHNICAL: Zoom Burst [By changing the focal length during long exposure you can add movement to your frame, producing leading lines within your frame.] #dogwoodweek8, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018

But First...

February 19, 2018 (050/365)

"A morning without coffee is like...sleep." - Anonymous. Today, I could use more of both!

Pink Champagne

February 18, 2018 (049/365) • National Drink Wine Day

“Champagne makes you feel like it’s Sunday and there are better days around the corner.” - Marlene Dietrich

Who can resist pink Champagne? Especially when it comes with its own purse?