design project.

photos of my weekend design project, 

as promised.

local time in sandy, utah

hannogne st remy,

a tiny little town 

outside of reims, france

and my current city, montreal.

now we know the time

at a glance,

in 3 time zones.

beats adding it up in your head.

besides the slightly annoying ticking

(who knew it would be that intense with 3 clocks instead of 1)

i'm quite happy with our little design project.

and even if i wasn't,

i wouldn't say otherwise,

because of all the time spent 

measuring out little black stick on letters.

any little quirky design projects from where you are?

xo

alli

le weekend.

hello!

how is your monday ?

the weekend already seems so far away !

all the weekend things i wanted to do

(wander through the market

try a yummy butternut squash soup recipe

sleeeep in)

seemed to slip right through my fingertips.

i did, however,

finally complete a little design project in the living room.

pictures will come soon!

in other news,

i have completely turned against montreal weather forecasts

they can not be relied upon

in the slightest.

today called for clear sunny skies the whole day,

so i'm just a bit curious what all these clouds are doing in my way!

did you do anything fun this weekend?

any other yummy soup recipes i should know about?

xo

alli

photo via unruly things. 

friday top ten.

i'm going to start a new feature

here on mistinguett.

i'll begin on fridays, 

but that may change.

today i commence my list making.

anything and everything.

and the best part?

you can request a list!

want to know what

the ten best blogs i read are?

my ten favorite foods?

ten must sees in france?

the ten weirdest things i've ever seen on stumbleupon?

leave a request in the comments!

so here we go.

introducing friday top ten.

ten places i've lived.

aurora, ohio

(gig harbor, washington)

georgetown, indiana

mishawaka, indiana
(shavehead lake, michigan)

sandy, utah

redlands, california

nantes, france

paris, france

sens, france

beaune, france

montreal, canada

i had to add the parentheses on washington

because i'm already cheating on my first try.
but, to defend myself,

 we had already decided to move away

by the time we arrived in washington.
it really only lasted long enough
for me to remember driving to preschool,
picking out stick-on earrings
from the glove compartment in my dad's car.

and i cheated again,
when i included shavehead lake.
because in all honesty,
that's the place that feels
the most
like home to me, after all these years.

as i look at this list 

i realize,

(excluding college)

indiana was the only state where 

we moved homes, without moving states.

i suppose it's also worth noting

that half my list has been

outside of my home country.

how's that?

what about your list?

and what other lists would you like to see?

xo

alli

photo via abeautifulmess.

life list: make a tiramisu.

is your mouth watering yet?

this afternoon i was looking through

my little recipe book 

i've been slowly adding to

on a tattered piece of notebook paper,

is a recipe for 

homemade tiramisu

that a french friend passed on to me.

one of these days i'll try it.

maybe on a rainy afternoon 

where i want to do is curl up with a book

and boycott classes and errands.

oh wait, that's today.

(well, the rainy part anyway)

what recipes do you have stashed away

that you want to try on the next rainy afternoon?

xo

ps! stop by tomorrow for 

a new feature on mistinguett! 

photo courtesy dailymail.

we're all in it together.

morning!

or afternoon for most.

i just finished a fresh tomato salad for lunch

a baguette with a square of cheese.

i wish i had an umbrella like that

i'll need it when i go outside in a bit

i understand montrealers 

affinity for rain boots now!

while i was doing my morning reading 

and reflection writing,

i came across a quote 

that rang true to me in a funny way.

it was from a writer quoting Lev Vygotsky

(how cool would it be to be named Lev?)

a Russian psychologist,

who talked about how we interact with people.

one of his beliefs was that

we become ourselves through others.

there's a certain individual awareness

that comes from interacting with others.

we actually learn more about ourselves,

become ourselves

through being with other people.

isn't that a wonderful thought?

i think it brings some togetherness

to the world

when sometimes we have to squint to otherwise see it.

so there's some social theory 

for your tuesday afternoon!

:)

alli

photo.

le weekend.

i think i may have had

the most american of weekends.

the peek of a golden dome

like a window into the past

in a way

a good old fashioned tail gate

was in order on saturday morning.

brats, potato salad, chips, beer

cupcakes, autumn color m&ms...

best friends.

highly competitive corn hole matches.

and an intensely concentrated marching band.

i won't show you a picture of the score board...

it was a wonderful american autumn weekend.

cozy sweatshirts

chilly evenings

picnics and crockpot dinners

eight way conversations at the dinner table

old friends, so close they're family

it was funny to be in michigan in the autumn. 

the last time i was there this late in the year,

i was saying goodbye.

it was hard not to be reminded of that.

but the bittersweet ending of a summer season

comes with the excitement of what the new one will hold next year.

and all the fun things to be done in between!

how was your weekend?

alli

ps. i now know from experience.

you only have to forget your passport once 

to have the lesson sink in.

:\

montreal and michigan never seem so far away

as when you don't have the ID to get there!

life list: visit prince edward island.

a couple thoughts before life list.

i've been people watching most of the afternoon

a couple minutes ago,

i walked past a man lying on some steps

looking up at the sky

just chilling out there.

(slightly strange yes)

but haven't you ever wanted to do that?

just lay and watch the clouds

i'm having one of those kinds of wednesdays

fighting a headache and wondering

why oh why

i decided to stop drinking coffee today

i am honestly folks,

is it worth a cranky wednesday?

anyway

i digress!

i think i'd like to go to prince edward island

especially now, in the first days of autumn

i'd like to hop on a ferry,

cuddle up in chunky wool sweater

and explore the island

eat some lobster

maybe spend a night or two in a lighthouse.

i'm certainly a lot closer to it now!

what's your autumn trip fantasy?

alli

photos via here and here

celebration time!

happy birthday!

hello friends!

a celebration is in order!!

today

(ok, really, 2 weeks ago)

mistinguett

is a year old!

two years ago, on my way to france 

for my first year of adventures,

i started

sens-cerely yours,

when i moved to beaune, i switched blogs

et la, voilà

mistinguettalli.blogspot.com

:)

you've joined me through my 

life list posts

my weekend reports

my many musings

and now my journey 

through the world of les québecois

academia

and snow plows

thanks for reading friends

a very happy birthday mistinguett

xo