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As part of my trip with Black XS (more on this soon), we stayed at the wonderful Mama Shelter hotel near the Père Lachaise Cemetery where all those famousers are buried. I opted to stay at the hotel for a bit and make the most of their luxurious TV options by watching the French version of Come Dine With Me which is called ‘Un Diner Presque Parfait’. Highly recommended viewing.
These pictures from 1962 show a side to Paris which you don’t often see anymore, the scruffy everyday chic when people only washed their hair a few times a week and scrubbed at stains rather than chuck it in the washing machine. I love seeing through the nostalgia to the smellier, dirtier times people lived [...] I’m going to France for a few days to see my grandparents in Toulouse and then hang out in Paris with my femibuds, go to Chartier, the brunch place in Jussieu and visit Mariage Freres for tea. Basically I’m gonna be stuffing my face with bloody steak & cheese. Oh and they’ll probably be a [...]
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