fantasy giving

It's my mama's birthday today!!!  I wish I could give you an entire field of poppies to celebrate.

I also wish I could give you...

ultrathin

Do you have an ipad?  If so, do you actually use it for anything other than playing games (Crime City anyone? Moxie?  Words With Friends?) or surfing the internet while you're watching tv?  (Whoa, all my bad habits out in the open at once!)  I absolutely love my ipad and don't regret buying it one bit, but I will admit that, at least in my hands, it's hardly a font of productivity.  In Paris though, we met up with a friend of ours who was sitting at a fancy cafe, finishing up his screenplay on his ipad.  He said he actually gets more work done on the ipad because since editing is not as quick as on a computer, it helps you just move forward as you write, plus he gets much better battery time than on his laptop.  But of course, he had this nifty little keyboard.  And now, of course, I want another toy, to compliment my other toy, in order to pretend that the first toy was not just a toy at all, but rather a work necessity.  Ah yes, rationalization at its best.

 

So, do you have an ipad?  What do you do with it?  Have you checked out this amazing little keyboard?

up in the trees

Do you guys know about Airbnb yet? I just discovered the site recently, when I was desperately looking for a place to stay in Paris, falling deep into a pit of despair in the face of the prices and the quality (and the relation between the two).  Thank god I remembered reading about them, because I found tons of super cute apartments for rent, in the heart of the city, for the same price as a mediocre room in some out-of-the-way hotel.  This is my first time renting a place through Airbnb, so I'll let you know how it works out, but so far, I'm over the moon with it.

Plus, they have places all over the world.  Plus, they have all kinds of non-traditional listings.  Like their super sweet curated list of treehouses.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to stay in one?

More treehouses...

paris, quick!

image from wallpapersus

I'm headed to Paris, in just a few days! Last minute family trip with Husband, Mother-in-law and Grandmother-in-law.  Anything we have to see/eat/do/buy?  We're only going to be there a few days, but any recommendations would be more than welcome...