Cashmere

Cashmere GMs as a tunic and in a triangle fold.

Left:
• Damier GM • Lift Pendant GM
• Enamel bracelets • Kelly

Right:
• La Danse du Cheval Marvari Cashmere GM
• Kelly Double Tour bracelet • Belt non Hermès

Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

~ Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup ~
2 Tbsp Olive oil
3 Bay leaves
150 gr Onion, finely chopped
300 gr Carrots, peeled and chopped
300 gr Sweet potato, peeled and diced
1 tsp ground Coriander
1 tsp Cardamon
1 tsp Turmeric
1 Tbsp Lemon juice
400 gr (incl. juice) skinned and diced tomatoes OR one tin of tomatoes
500ml Chicken or Vegetable stock

• Sweat onions and bay leaves in olive oil until translucent. Add the spices and cook until fragrant.
• Add diced sweet potaoes and chopped carrots. Let cook for a few minutes more.
• Add lemon juice, tomatoes and stock. Bring to boil and let simmer for at least 45min.
• Remove bay leaves and puree to a chunky consistency, season with salt and pepper and serve with greek yoghurt or crème fraîche, basil leaves and perhaps some pesto and shavings of Parmegiano.

It is a simple but delicious meal, best to be enjoyed with crusty baguette, cheese and a bottle of red. My favorite type of baguette is called 'Payse' .. for dinner I bought two, and this is all there was left ..

This soup is one of DS's favorites. Whenever I cook it, I double the quantities and freeze the leftovers in little portions ..they come in very handy when a quick and healthy little meal is needed!

Market day ~ one

Saturday is market day in our local town. Usually we drop off DS for his sports class and then stroll through town, buy a baguette and some croissants and settle down with a grand crème into our favorite café. Before heading back to pick up DS, we buy whatever groceries are needed for the weekend. I love Saturday mornings!

my favourite vegetable stall, just next door to the café..

Wearing my Projet Carré Plissé in a flower knot and my Picotin 22 bag in Etoupe

Cheese next...

All is packed up and everyone is gone home for lunch...

Jeans and roll neck with Farandole and Muse belt

H it Up!
• Farandole necklace
• Lima ring
• Toquade ring
• Muse belt buckle & black box belt strap



Playing with the Farandole's different lengths:

Barcelona ~ February 2009

Barcelona is an architectural wonderland. Gothic, Gaudi, Mediterranean, modern... every time you turn a corner there is a new surprise waiting for you.

We arrived in the evening and took a stroll through the harbor. I love the statue of Christoph Colombus pointing towards America. Looking at it through the ship masts in the marina, it appears as if he is standing on a boat...

The next morning we started our sightseeing on the 'Passeig de Gracia', a beautiful wide Boulevard, dotted with orange trees.

the Casa Batllo by Antonio Gaudi (1905 to 1907)

... a few hundred meters further down the road is Hermes

They had a fabulous stock of the SS2009 collection and I decided on the Au Coeur de la Vie mousseline scarf for my souvenir from Barcelona

The most famous church in Barcelona, the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi. It is under construction since 1882 and financed by donations only.

It's come a long way since 1892..

.. but it's still got a long way to go..



..inside the church, wearing Quadrige

On our last day we went to the Olympic port, a fabulous beach area constructed for the Olympic games in 1992. I was so looking forward to see the gigantic whale made of bronze by Frank Gehry and was not disappointed, it is amazing!

The boardwalk starts right there, lined with cafés and restaurants. We settled down in a Lounge café, enjoyed a glass of champagne and some delicious tapas.



Ex-libris Cashmere GM

Carré en Carrés

H it Up!

• Carré en Carré 90 Carré
• Evelyne scarf ring
• Muse belt buckle & chocolate belt strap
• 32 Kelly