lone shoe in ibiza old town

this giant leather shoe on the wall of a shop caught our eye. it was advertising a leather store in ibiza old town - on holiday with jo, audrey, silvia. we went into the store and each bought a bracelet. i thought going to ibiza would make me feel old and out of touch with the DJ scene...on the contrary, i'm as addicted as i was in SF and can't wait to go back!

coffee n shoes

snapped this during a quick trip to london for a second interview. hao and i were walking around london. the ad really doesn't seem to make a whole lotta sense, but i guess the shoes mean it'll catch a lady's eye? well, it did mine.

edible gaultier

when my mom and i were in paris for a long weekend (we hit the first weekend of the summer sales, yessss!), our gallery hopping took us to 2 memorable exhibits. the first of which was the villa museum where a wealthy couple amassed art from around the world and decorated the house themselves with beautiful and unusual architectural elements - the audio guide made it into story of art and a great romance:

The Jacquemart-André Museum 158 Boulevard Haussmann - 75008 Paris Tel: 01-42-89-04-91 Metro: Miromesnil

the second was Gaultier haute couture at the cartier exhibition hall, which was really bizarre since Gaultier created the pieces out of bread and there was a bakery downstairs where visitors could watch the exhibits actually being made to replace the displays upstairs as the bread got stale.

de la tete aux pieds, la chaussure

i spent the summer of 97 in paris - one of the best summers of my life. i had friends, freedom, learned photography, discovered cuisine, found my independence while travelling the country and by the end blended in with my french and my confidence. i didn't discover my love of shoes that summer - i already had that long before! this poster was from an exhibit at les halles, where i went often to fnac for photography supplies.