More: All Good – Hossegor

I have spoken about this beautiful concept store in Hossegor, French Surf Capital of EUROPE on the blog before (All Good) and about the owners' other project Woll Beer too. Read on...

I love – Jenni Sparks’ cutest and most detailed Paris maps!

I was contacted by this amazing illustrator recently and really wanted to share her work with you because it's detailed awesomeness cannot go unheard of with my Parishues readers! Maps are soooo boring unless you MAP PARIS IN STYLE! And this map is STYLE in it's essence. Honestly, the level of detail is gorgeous! Read on...

Rosa Bonheur – my favorite brasserie

In the middle of Le Parc des Buttes Chaumont, in front of where I lived for a while in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, sits a beautiful retro type Guingette (old fashioned bistro, very common to the edges of the Seine and the Marne, places where people would go to dance to local bands, to the music of accordions whilst having dinner or lunch). This place has now become an institution in Paris to all folk, young and old, winter or summer. Two large bars inside make queuing for your beer or coffee a little long but hey, what's a wait when you are in the middle of a hip crowd, listening to some great tunes and looking up at some fancy mismatched decorations filling ceilings and walls. Read on...

A short essay on photography and mental print

I still cannot stop taking mini snapshots of everything I see in my head. I think, one day, my over stimulated-sometimes-childlike brain is going to simply protest and ask me to just STOP be quiet Fiona. Just let me take is EASY for a few minutes. But until then, I do not intend to slow my mental snapshot habit. When I am able Read on...

FIAC time again!

Josef Albers - Variant Please go read about the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for artists Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Beautification - 2012 Bernard Frize - Louma Bernard Frize, Croix Read on...

End of summer… in my eyes and through my Canon

Through summer, I took so many photos, so many instants of my life. Here are some of my favourite shots from this summer and end of this hazy daze of sun and heat, here in the South West of France. Read on...