Explore: Shakespeare & Co.

One of my favorite places in France--no on EARTH--is Shakespeare & Co.  Not only is it a popular English bookstore in Paris, and not only did Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound spend their days there, it is also a place where I could spend hours discovering new books and ideas.  Here are several photos of the famous Shakespeare &Company:


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Cheers!
Abbie

About Last Night: Concert in the Park

Mark that off my list of summer things to do because I went to an awesome concert in the park last night.  Evan Watson {genre=blues!} was playing along with his amazing band.  We sat on the grass, had a lunchbox of snacks and jammed out to pretty awesome music.  And I DID bring my camera!

Here are some pics I took to document the wonderful night:


Melinda and I were commenting on how not-bluesy Evan Watson looks.  Seriously, though, he looks like someone I went to high school with, not a blues singer.  But he is a good one, at that.



My brother {left} found amazing seats, right there in the action.  It was a little crammed, but much better than the spacious spot Melinda and I had found way in the back.  {Fortunatly I had thought to wear shorts underneath my skirt}.  One the right is Shana, remember he skull ring?


Nicky, Tracy, Melinda: three awesome babes I dare to hang out with.


Melinda and I.  Apparently I look like I belong on the cover of Almost Famous, according to Tracy.


She doesn't.  Though, I do like my reflection in there.


Emily's burger and fries {the fries were good, but I forgot to ask her where she got that}.


Lots of people just hanging out on the grass jamming to some good music.


Honestly, when I was told it was a concert in the park in Mt. Vernon {not the Mt. Vernon you know, its the downtown of Baltimore}, I was like "what park?"  It's pretty teeny.


I have a few shaky videos of them performing that I hope to be able to post.  One of some song I don't know {still good} and one of their version of TLC's Waterfalls.  I knew all the words.  They also did She Came in Through the Bathroom Window which I would have also recorded if I weren't so busy dancing.  Goodness, it was amazing!

New Songs

{This is from Alicia Bock, who is amazing.}

Cat Power, Beirut, DeVotchKa, Feist, Corinne Bailey Rae

Need I say more?

Your song bird,

Abbie

Relaxxxx

So I got off of work today all happy. Why you ask? I have the day off tomorrow! Maybe I can spend some time doing some weekly etsy finds. Anyway. Paper Flower Girl on flickr always does these moodboards that are always lovely.  I loved her newest one so much even before I realized the first one is a photo I took in France.  I felt so special.


Enough talk.  Here it is:


Cheers!

The Lion

Okay, so I found this amazing blog.  Don't ask me how, I just stumbled upon it somehow.  I am in love.  Here's the concept: when a photo fits a song or a song fits a photo.  Yeah, amazing concept right?  When I opened the website up, the most recent post happened to feature Bob Dylan's version of "A Man of Constant Sorrow."  I looked through the pages and saw pictures that made me think "Hey!  There's Clint Eastwood" or "That's the photo of Bullitt I had on my blog" or "Is that Zooey Deschanel" and then soon after, "Hey, there she is again."  Then when I played started paying attention to the songs {it took a moment to realize that there were songs to go along}, I though "A oui, La Valse D'amelie is a lovely song" and "Haha, the Ramones," and "Cooollll...the National.  Great Stuff," and when I saw Charles Trenet, I knew it was a match made in heaven. If a site gets me to think all these great things, then they are doing good.

The song taste is brilliant and the photos are perfectly matched.  bottom line: I am in love. 

Dying to know the site: okay, here it is.


I will be going back.  Soon.  Every day, possibly.



{This one is my favorite, it goes with one of my favorite Dylan songs, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue}

By The Way, the new song is by Bobby Darin {originally in French by Charles Trenet called La Mer}. That is not Frank Sinatra. Some people just don't know.

Cheers!