After doing all the boring stuffs on the upper floors (house weird furnitures, knitting stuff...), I finally arrived to the one with the classy touch... I love the effect of these women on the table, their feet seeming to climb an impossible stairs thanks to the optical effect.
Back at the beginning of October, waiting for my train into the metro of Paris, I saw hundreds of ads for that Japanese brand, unknown for me so far. it was 3 days after the grand opening of Paris' shop. Following the address I went to the Opera and I was astonished by the huge queue on that street. Not a long time to understand people were waiting to get inside the shop - around 700 m queue so I gave it up and decided to postpone my visit. Having a little break in London and its suburb, I went through Richmond's store, not that much people inside and I've had the opportunity to make my own opinion about their products. Prices fit students' budget but quality fits prices too... All over the store you have advertised limited offer, exceptional bargain and so on! H&M and Zara don't have that much to worry about...
Finished my old phone and 2G networks! I migrated to the G2 GooglePhone HTCMagic operating on an Android OS. Comments on the mobile: good design, but low battery life - less than a day on an intensiv 3G use... What about Android... All Google products are directly integrated and easy to use. So many other applications are developped on a free license and are available on the Android Market, but as I feared from the beginning less and less are free... The OS isn't very stable yet, and improvements are needed in order to make users happy! So it's a good Beta product, but I hope the best from Android to come.
With a big delay, here a post on my trip to Lisbon (remember, I came there earlier last winter!) regarding the tram you can bump into. Even warned you're gonna be surprised when your way cross the one of Lisbon's tram (never been to Frisco but some similarities do exist - the Golden Gate vs. The 25 de Abril Bridge and the trams according to my visit of LA from my couch with Dirty Harry driving!). As you can see on the pictures, these trams are very old and quite shabby. The Legendary 28 line is the one to be taken if you go there; a wonderful opportunity to climb to the top of the old city til the new area (with restaurant and places to go out).
I went last February to Lisbon, in order to rest before driving myself crazy, overwhelmed by my work. The winter time is quite acceptable there, temperature from 10 to the dawn, til' 22 at midday... I'll not say it's the best time to go there (you'd rather go in April, before the summer and tourist hordes). Lisbon's a mix between ancient and modern. You can see in one hand a lot of beggars from Eastern Europe (by the way quite aggressive- they get you running away from the bar tables), people shining shoes for almost nothing and a lot people waiting after their fate (or whatever else) and on the other hand modern headquarters with the people fitting right inside. I cannot counted all the stairs I went through there, my feet still remembered the contact with the paving stones (awful by the way...). So Lisbon is a coloured and multi ethnical city, but except for the beggars you have a great feeling of safety at any time. Wait for the next post...
In my quest of the perfect espresso I take the opportunity of Xmas to upgrad my current equipemnt (a caffetiere) with an espresso machine. The perfect bewerage is done thanks to its 19 bar pump allowing the water to go across the coffee milling and reveal all the strength of its aroma. The foam on the cup can be compared to the one inside the Guiness glass. That foam went through the sugar test with sucess. Can be drank! By the way, it's not a machine with capsules...
Weeks ago, I attended Correspondant spéciale Kompakt night at Rex Club in Paris. I'm not a clubber but I can be seen, sometimes, roaming in that kind of places. That time I took with me my ear plugs and for sure I'll say it was the better action I did. Why? Not just because noise damage your ears, as your parents told you (don't they??) but because you'll enjoy differently and deeply the place.
I got special ear plugs, which are designed for my ears and with a special filter allowing to ear voices but not loudest, treble and bass sounds.
Years ago, while I went to a party in Le Pacha in London, I was destroyed by the sound everywhere in that place. I was like hunted by noise in every place and I was stucked in that looking for any restroom to recover. I remember falling asleep on a couch and a surveillance member team guy shouting at me "No sleep here" as he was fearing any comatose state. I think with my special equipment I would have been definitely out of tiredness!
So the night is young, keep it younger and enjoy the show...
