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Galette des rois
Yesterday, I cooked galette for the first time. To sorts. One with frangipane, the other made of apples and coconut. for the frangipane one, I really advice this receipe from www.marmiton.org: http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette.cfm?num_recette=10832...
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Starting with a new life
Here I am.. I am officially renting the flat at the Jakob Klar Strasse 11. With my name written on the floor. With my stuffs in the flat. And I even have had Internet and the phone connection for a few hours already! That's just huge for me! I just feel...
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Venezia - la Bella
Three weeks ago I just felt I needed to go away from Munich.. And I was longing for the moment when I could eat again the best tiramisù in the world. So no more hesitation. Off to Venezia. Isn't it so cool to live in a city where you can decide one day...
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A week end in Alsace
10 people coming from all over Gemany (Bremen and Munich) and France (Nantes and Paris) gathered in one tiny village calles Niedernai, 35 km away from Strasbourg. This was the theme of the week end. 10 people that had not been alltogether in a long long...
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Penguin mode
I love job fairs. It is soooooo funny and so ridiculous. Everybody dressed like penguins in their suits, begging other penguin like people to giving them a job. And this is a very serious matter for everyone, please. I find it so ironical. Why do we all...
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The great Fedde le Grand in Munich
Tomorrow is bank holiday in Bavaria. Which means? Well obviously you don't have to work, do you don't have to wake up early, so you can party at night, so.. Every clubs in Munich organise big events... Tonight, there's one bigger than the other. Fedde...
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Tribute to Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse was 86. And she was one of the greatest dancers of the 20iest century to appear on the screens. She was revealed to the audience thanks to this masterpiece called "Singin' in the rain" in 1952, where she had the greatest honour to become...
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Back to fame :-)
Clubstars.net... The website with all the party pics in München. The more you appears, you trendier you may claim you are.. It had been quite a while since I last appered on the website.. What a pity! But yesterday, I rectified the yhole trend. Afterwork...
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Modern art: a safe haven or a speculative good?
Damien Hirst, Impossibility At a time when the financial crisis is shaking the whole economic world, modern art seems to be pretty healthy. We are still very far away from the announced art crisis. While it is clear that classic art is and will remain...
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Snowy Munich for a heart-warming week-end
First snows in Munich.. Time to prepare Christmas.. Great time spent with my very family. Watching snow flakes, eating bavarian gastronomy Enjoying a lounge evening because of Tanzverbot Discovering yesterday's and tomorrow's car Spending time with the...
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Romeo and Julia - Hans Henning Paar
Romeo and Julia, everyone knows. One theatre play by Sir Shakespeare gave birth to at least two famous music pieces (Berlioz and Prokoviev), thousands of versions of the play in the theatre, and almost as many dance pieces. Last saturday, I attended what...
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Marketing made in ROH
This was a question that I had adressed in my dissertation, and the answer I gave is partly contradicted by the Royal Opera House: can dance an opera use video as a communication mean? I was stating that this was somtehing difficult, since video would...
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The day I had been waiting for so long
12 years... 12 years I had been waiting for the day where i could finally see Celine Dion on stage. Yes, i'm a fan.. Whatever people can say. This day has come. Today, in Munich. TAking Chances World Tour 2008. And?? What can I say? She has got an incredible...
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4 years in Munich
It's been now 4 years since I first arrived in Munich. Time to look back, and understand why I am still there.. 4 years, in which a lot happened: a new flat, 3 new jobs, my niece that came to the world, a lot of travels around Europe, my experience as...
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The ones who saved a baby hedgehog
Today. 12.30 p.m. Back from the beach, outside our entrance door. We were in the car when we caught something on the road. Tiny, so tiny. But moving.. We drew closer and realized that it was a baby hedgehog, alone, exhausted, under the heavy sun, and...
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Off to Edinburgh
I'm off to Edinburgh next week!!!!!!!!!! (see previous article) this has been so spontaneously decided.. I'm so excited about what's waiting. Not only will I attend one of the most vibrant festivals, and see amazing performances but I will also be again...
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Max, mein Bruder
"Max, mein Bruder" is a book that means a lot to me. Written by Sigrid Zeevaert, this is a children book telling the story of Johanna, a 10 years old girl, who has a twin, Max. One day, they suddendly and unexpectedly find out that Mas is ill. Leukaemia....
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Ponte dei Sospiri powered by...
One of the most impressive ad campaign I was given to see. The Ponte dei sospiri made in sisley. You do not see the bridge anymore. The only thing you see is blue eveywhere, and Sisley. The bridge appears like a little toy in the middle of all this blue....
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Tanzverbot - the most ridiculous law ever..
Germany is a very religious country. Benefits: lots of bank holidays (especially in BAvaria :-) Inconvenients: some stupid traditions, like the Tanzverbot (forbidden to dance ) law.. That means like for every religious day, you are not allowed to dance...
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Theater is where I belong
Still looking for a position in a theater, I lately started a new strategy, networking. And for that, Xing is a amazing tool. Anyway. this is not the point. Meeting a new contact today gave me a extraordinary opportunity that made me realize, once more,...
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Ballets de Monte-Carlo - Tharp/ Forsythe/Maillot
Christmas holidays have been the occasion for me to attend diverse dance performances, of which I should give my feedback. Let's start with the beginning, i.e. the night in Monte carlo with the Ballets de Monte Carlo, direction Jean-Christophe Maillot....
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My dear washing machine and other little pleasures..
Washing, cleaning, drying, ironing, cooking.. What a nice life I have :-) This week has been full of experiments for me!! Monday, coming back from Edinburgh and soooo lazy, I just decided to put everything in the washing machin, no matter the colour.....
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Food shopping in Munich
You may think that it is easy to find anything in Germany. Trust me, it is not. As a little French girl, I expect to find the minimum of vital basic food in the shops. Like quiches, Grenadine, thousands of yogourths sorts, nice crusty bread, Franch apple...
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A spring like day
Spring weather over Europe.. Time to enjoy the sun for maybe the last week end before winter. Let's go for a bike tour along the river Isar. In total, around 20 km and a nice nap in the sun. it was sooooo warm, soooooo nice. And sooooo beautiful so close...
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More advantages of Munich - ski
For the first time since I have arrived there, I could test one of the greatest advantages of Munich, i.e. it being close to the mountains. In summer, this enables you doing amazing one-day trips to the lakes, but in winter, of course, that also means...