Partie du Champagne.,.+*

[ 愛馬仕的居家概念 & 茶室 ]
 
To attract people in a city of fashion brands, you need to have something different to give you that extra edge. This is the state of art showroom for Hermès in Paris. It was opened in November 2010. The building was originally a old indoor swimming pool (Lutetia) and was completely transformed to... (continue in English here)


之前在雜誌上看到愛馬仕在巴黎的概念店，但這次是在搜尋什麼比較不同的地方時，才有看到這個地方的照片。這間店是由古游泳池改建的 show room，利用現有的建構，搭出非常時尚和居家的空間。在 "水池" 中心的...


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[ 巴黎 沒有星星的廚房 ] 

When one's in Paris, one has to try some authentic French cuisine. We didn't go for the Michelins this time, and opted for the smaller Parisian brasserie (most of them pretty randomly). The escargot in...the photo above was one of the dishes we ordered at Cafe Victoria. I must say.. (continue in English here)


在巴黎，餐廳很多很多，但是要上哪找不錯的餐廳 (而且價格也不破天荒的貴, 或 menu 要讓人看得懂) ? 其實還真傷腦筋。這次我們去的許多間餐廳大多是剛好逛到的 (事先有做功課的只有一間有開... 但也只有看兩間餐廳啦..)。蝸牛這...


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[ 巴黎甜點地圖 2012 ] 

From the king of chocolates to the kings & queen of macaroons, French sweets is the idée fixe (like Berlioz) of this weekend excursion to Paris. We have traveled from one store to another, combing down the list of must-gos, and with our limited time, we have....(continue in English here)


法式甜點的招牌響亮，這次就衝著這個 (和朋友給的list)，深入巴黎彎彎曲曲的大街小巷，尋找這些巧克力國王和馬卡龍女王，聽起來有點誇張和 crazy，我們... 

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[ Bonjour Paris! ] 

After 6 years, I decided to Paris another chance to prove itself The City of Amour. Having been brainwashed by wondrous films like Paris Je t'aime, Amelie, Le Herisson, La Danse le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris, Forever, Nodame Cantabile, etc. etc., and the haute patisserie works of the famous brands, we have wondered through the non-checkered Parisian streets. Got lost only to found our way again. The city... (continue in English here)


上次去巴黎應該 6 年前了吧，那時對巴黎的印像老實講滿差的，什麼最浪漫的城市，又骯髒，人又粗魯，扒手又超多。但後來的幾年都被一些法國的電影洗腦，像是 Paris Je t'aime (巴黎我愛你), Amelie (愛蜜利的異想世界), Nodame Cantabile 交響情人夢, 舞動芭蕾, 刺蝟的優雅, Avenue Montaigne,  Forever, 等等... (喔！還有那些法式甜點...), 所以這次因為沒坐過歐洲之星和衝著那些超漂亮的甜點，給巴黎再...


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[ 皇家公園旁的冠軍酒吧 ]
 
There are many pubs in London (or in England in general). There are everywhere and just as populated as corner stores or convenient stores. Some of them have a long history, some of them have very impressive interior, and some just have very awesome food. The Champion Pub is.. (continue in English here)


倫敦其實有滿多特色酒吧，這邊的酒吧除了喝酒和 social 外，還是個可以吃晚餐的地方，有些 pub 的料理還會特別走什麼什麼料理之類的，這間在 Notting Hill Gate & Queenway 地鐵站中間的...


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[ 我們的茶葉杯子蛋糕生產線 ] 

I'm busily catching up with my life after the end of a week-long non-stop exams. My first social event of the year has to do with baking! Bought two books over the break (couldn't resist the Amazon temptations) and decided to take on the tea-theme cupcake from the Hummingbird Bakery book. Other than the... (continue in English here)


好了, 別鬧了。考試結束後就是要趁再次被課業埋沒前，趕快來個比較歡樂的聚會。這次我們做三種茶葉的杯子蛋糕，參考的書就是之前我提過 N 次的...


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[ 12 月天 - 英國最美的小鎮 ]

Some people say the most beautiful part of England is its countryside. Cotswalds in the midlands is where you'd find some of the most picturesque English country scenery. Bibury, according to William Morris - an English artist of the Victorian time, is "the most beautiful village in England." Along that line was Burton on the Water. We... (continue in English here)


19 世紀的英國藝術評論家說到, 這個地方是英國最美的小鎮，英國其實最有特色的是他的那些在大城市外, 崎嶇的鄉間小路間的田園風光和那些帶著土黃色暖色調調的可愛建築。如果你找一本關於 Cotswolds 的旅遊書籍，你一定...


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 [ 瞧我和誰吃飯去了 ]  

I finally gotten around to writing this post after the brutal grilling period of revision over the xmas and new year break. Managed to head to the Hampton Court Palace during the break. The palace's is surprisingly interesting compare to the other palaces I've been in many European cities. It also has a "live" Tudor...  (continue in English here)


考試終於考完了，一個月的準備下來，假期都沒放到，唯一有算出去玩的一天應該就是聖誕節後去亨利八世在倫敦郊區的漢普頓宮 (Hampton Court Palace)，這個城堡較特別的地方是這有個重建 Tudor 時代的廚房，還有人當場... 


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[ 最後的一篇白色聖誕 ] 

This is another piece of history here. I was waiting for the right time to go re-take the windows of Selfridges at night  (which never happened because I got lazy). But just saw that they have sealed up the windows with the big SALES! boards today. So I guess it would be a good time to release whatever I have of the Selfridges Xmas windows this year so that it... (continue in English here)


每次說等會或改天再來照時，幾乎都沒成局，2011 最後的一篇聖誕櫥窗就是這麼來的，在一個月前這間也是非常有名的英國百貨公司 Selfridges 的聖誕櫥窗也是很吸睛，這些櫥窗展示有意思的部分是晚上和白天的視覺效果可能會差滿多， Selfrdiges 的就是比較明顯的例子，那次我...


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 [ Harrods 百貨的水晶聖誕 ]

Continuing my photo journey of display windows at the famous department stores in London, I've arrived at Harrods. The theme of the Harrods Christmas window this year is Chrystal Christmas by Spina Design inspired by the famous Austrian crystal brand ... (continue in English here)


聖誕節和新年都過了，但還是得來 show 一下 Harrods 哈洛得百貨的冬季櫥窗，這邊的考試制度太不人道，放假給快 3 個星期但放假回來第一週就是考上學期修的全部的東西，所以也就是等於放假不准出去玩，乖乖在家複習不然就要你好看 (哭)。Anyway, 這次的主題是白色的水晶聖誕，那水晶的靈感來自於奧地利的施華洛世奇水...


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[ 2012 倫敦的早晨 Good Morning Sunshine! ]

We walked out of the Garrick Theatre after the performance of Chicago last evening. It was pouring rain and the streets were filled with people flooding to Embankment to see the fireworks. We managed to make it home in time to catch...(continue in English here)


昨晚飄著細雨的倫敦，當我們走出音樂劇芝加哥的戲院時，突然下起了大雨，人潮像漲潮般的往倫敦眼和泰晤士河岸的湧去，逆流而上的我們像鮭魚一樣，但最後終於回到家，在溫暖不擁擠的窩趕上了螢幕中的 2012 倒數。今年的下半年我很突然的...


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[ 珍 奧斯汀的巴斯聖誕節 ] 

After we were done with our hectic schedule during the term, we were happy to find relief in another city, especially one that's quite known to be a relaxing place to recover. Bath is only about 1.5 hr away from London so that was our escape of the day. Was happy...(continue in English here)

"傲慢與偏見"的作者是位在英國 18 世紀攝政時期 (Regency // Georgian era) 的女作家，她寫的許多小說都曾被翻拍成電影或電視劇，在她生平時，她的作品並不受重視，當時的社會對於中產階級/ 鄉紳家庭的女性婚姻和生活沒有什麼興趣。巴斯只是她曾經住過的一座城市，因為巴斯在過去相當於上流社會人士聚集來療養, 渡假和社交的...


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[ 巴斯 - 找茶去 ] 

The Tea Room & The Pump Room - We didn't plan to go to these two places. But we just happened to have found them. Bath is a quiet but busy hotspring town - Quiet when the tourists are gone and busy when they're in. There are also many... (continue in English here)


在 po 巴斯聖誕期間的其他事物前，先來看這次巴斯的兩間可以喝下午茶的地方，第一間的 Tea Time 十分可愛，是我們誤打誤撞看到的，第二間在巴斯的大景點裡面，也是所謂過去來巴斯的有錢有勢有地位的人拋頭露面的社交地方，也許...


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[ 百年老店聖誕櫥窗之 It's Show Time! ] 

Window display at the famous department stores in London is always very fascinating to see. Not only are they displays of the creativity of the artistic directors of the department stores, they can also be very inspiring. The theme of the Fortnum & Mason's window for Christmas this year is "Show Time!" I...(continue in English here)


在聖誕期間，在倫敦街上 shopping 除了購物外，最有看頭的莫過於那些百年老店的櫥窗展示，既上次 Liberty Mall 的驚艷後，這次要來看的是在 Piccadilly 的 Fortnum & Mason. 這間從 1707 年就開始經營的百貨公司，從它非常古典和戲劇化的建築和內部...  

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[ 倫敦大寒冬的奇幻世界 ]

The city is transformed a month before Christmas to something quite magical. The peaceful Hyde Park is turned into the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland - like a big amusement park with rides, skating rink, ferries wheel, German Christmas market, games, and all kinds of goodies. On one of those.. (continue in English here)


倫敦冬天能上哪去呢? 其實倫敦這時能去的地方不受風雨限制，除了白天晚上都 bling bling 的各大百年百貨公司和溜冰場以外，還有那在海德公園臨時搭建出來的 Winter Wonderland. 這個地方老實說我第一次去時 (那時去看 circus 表演) 就覺得好像到了一個非常超現實的地方，有點像那種..


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