Fendi Frenzy

Leather and resin shoes £980....by FENDI

This was singled out by the ELLE shoe team as being "The One" in their March edition.

As far as I am concerned this is the result of "Bring your kids to work Friday...."

What is the Capital of Yoghurt?

Conversation with my partner: Alfa Male

" I have had 22 hits on my blog from Latvia!..."I announce to my partner. 

Silence....and then he quietly replies:

"Isn't Latvia a yoghurt.....?"

As I am breathless with laughter..he turns to look at me and sees the tears of laughter in my eyes and he joins in:

"I was trying to figure out how people from a yoghurt were accessing your blog....!!"

Cannes' Best Kept Secret...COUBY'S CAFE

Ok...so it's not in one of the nicest,let alone chicest streets in Cannes, it is tucked away off of the top end of the rue D'Antibes (not far from the Diesel store) and a stone's throw from an intersecting duel carriage way...But forget about all that!
Let's talk hang out...let's talk decor...let's talk BURGERS!

Couby's Cafe is a burger and drinks restaurant but until you have tasted the burgers you won't be blamed into thinking:
"Yeah..right. The French and burgers???...I am dubious the twain shall ever meet..."
Well, I am happy  to report that :...I am soooo wrong! 
Not only have the "twain met"... they have hung out and made sweet music together:

*COUBY CAFE'S TEXAN BURGER*

These are quite simply : THE BEST BURGERS I have eaten on the Riviera and I have lived here long enough to have tasted them from Monaco to Saint Tropez. Apart from the Quail Burger at Pierre Reboul in Aix en Provence (See "Ode to the Quail Burger"...) nothing has ever been worth mentioning let alone digesting. The fries are thick and crispy,the coleslaw and shredded lettuce are as God intended: fresh and crunchy, the egg just this side of runny and I could go on...so I tell you what:
Go there and check it out yourselves:

COUBY'S CAFE: BURGERS & DRINKS
3 BD DE LORRAINE-06400 CANNES
04 93 300 337

WWW.COUBYSCAFE.COM

La Cambuse in Nice:Perfect service for lacklustre food

We just came back from Nice and lunch in the sun at "La Cambuse " but we were deeply disappointed especially when the service was perfect and the staff friendly...The food was quite simply :average.

The location is ideal,slap bang in the centre of Le Cours Saleya and with tables right there in the sun...Purrr-fect.
But the food simply wasn't : "les petits farcis nicois' "stuffing mix had some fatty bits that put me right off(nothing like trusting your stuffing only to bite into a piece of unyielding grisle...Urgh!) 
On to the risotto dish(the only one on the menu...)..so you think: 
"This should be good!"... But it wasn't.
First of all it came in something the size of a bathroom sink with a packet of rice used for each. The Gambas was over cooked and the Saint Jacques too...as they had no taste. I couldn't say they were good...I couldn't say they were bad..they simply were.
I hate giving bad reviews especially to restaurants who greeted us and served us with smiles but when the 2 elderly"Nicois" gentleman who sat beside us  didn't enjoy their food either...(one left his sardines uneaten while his companion asked the lady beside him if she enjoyed her food as they didn't...)..it clearly wasn't just us.

Enough said...maybe they were having a "bad food day" and things will be better tomorrow...or Monday...or next month. As for us...we'll try some place else.

Now back to the elderly gentleman who came and sat beside us:
As one of them tried to side step along the table to sit down opposite his friend,he knocked over the glass ashtray that was on our table and it smashed to pieces on the floor...right in front of our dog. I switched places with my partner in order to get Titan out of harms way and to let the waiter sweep it all up. As I sat down beside the lovely gentleman he says to his friend:

"There's a glass smashed on the floor..."

"It wasn't a glass,but an ashtray.." I say to him not knowing if he is pulling my leg or genuinely in the dark that he was the culprit to this mini mayhem.

"You shouldn't be smoking in public my dear....do it at home" he replies smiling.

" It was you who broke the ashtray!!" says his friend. "Everywhere we go...You have to smash something!"

"Yes I do!" was the lovely man's reply.

And then they proceeded not to enjoy their food either.

Audrey Hepburn Starring in Galaxy Chocolate UK TV Advertisement

While I am feeling nostalgic...let me share this truly beautiful advertisement for Galaxy Chocolate with another screen siren,the much loved : Audrey Hepburn.
It is like watching a film,the intense colour, Audrey's breathy voice singing "Moon River"...a gem.
Enjoy.

Brian Atwood Spring 2013 Fashion Film

How Sexy is this? Eva Herzagova for Brian Atwood shot by Mert & Marcus in London.
Think the 50s with the sultry music....think Marilyn and those gorgeous red lips...think: slammin' body....then think:
"Hang on?! What am I supposed to be looking at?...Aaah! Yesss...the gorgeous shoes"

Brian Atwood Spring/Summer 2013.

Ad Campaigns that Demand Attention & more....

As for these? Well they deserve to be bought by the die hard fashionistas:

The quirky Lego brick handbag from Chanel....

The darling Miss Dior....

And that dress from Mary Katrantzou....