27 January 2015
18 January 2015
16 January 2015
Villa Sauber
This sculpture stands at the entrance to Monaco's National Museum, Villa Sauber on Avenue Princesse Grace.
09 January 2015
Walking the Red Carpet in Monte Carlo
The bubble-shaped luxury shops in the Casino Gardens really are extraordinary with their sloping glass exteriors. Nice to walk the red carpet ...
04 January 2015
Space Age Shopping in Monte Carlo
Space-age shopping is what now greets visitors to Casino Square in Monte Carlo. Where once stood the Jardins Boulingrins, you now find 5 pebble-shaped shaped constructions with 2,500 square feet of shopping space. Here you can buy your Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu, Akris, Sonia Rykiel, Yves Saint Laurent and so on ...
Each pavilion has a different shape and size ranging from 220 to 600 m² and a ceiling height of maximum 10 m. The temporary pavilions are meant to last 4 years, which corresponds to the duration of the renovation works at the Hôtel de Paris and the Sporting d’Hiver. Then, apparently, these businesses will close down and take up their new accommodation in the Sporting d'Hiver.
This is all part of the redevelopment programme by Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) for the Place du Casino. The beautiful Art Deco building, the Sporting d’Hiver (which you see in the background) will be demolished and replaced by three buildings including businesses, high-end residences, offices and leisure and spaces for recreation and culture.
26 December 2014
Bûche de Noël
Sorry for the slightly blurry foreground.... blame two glasses of champagne, followed by a good Italian red!
24 December 2014
Crystals for Christmas
To my dear friends and readers of this blog, I send you a million crystals from the lights of Nice for Christmas. May you have a day filled with peace and love.
22 December 2014
Jump!
We're in Nice today to visit the Christmas lights. This is my fabulous friend, Emmanuelle, jumping in front of a replica of what was once Nice's crystal casino - a pier, built over the sea and finished in 1891. The pier was closed in 1942 and stripped of its valuable metals, copper, brass, bronze and electric wiring, to be used by the German army.
20 December 2014
Rigatoni La Voglia
Memories of a great birthday lunch on Rue Saint Francois in Nice in October. This delicious dish is "Rigatoni La Voglia" at La Voglia.
Thank you again to Sylvie, Emma and Guillaume and Patrick and his beautiful 4L. How lucky I am to have such wonderful friends.
08 December 2014
03 December 2014
Three way conversation
Three-way conversation at the seafood counter of the Café de Paris - note the replicas of old postcards running along the base.
25 November 2014
10 November 2014
03 November 2014
26 October 2014
21 October 2014
Casino Monte Carlo - the Entrance
The entrance to Monte Carlo's beautiful casino. The bronze is called 'La Fortune' and is by Daphne du Barry.
10 October 2014
04 October 2014
30 September 2014
The Mantle of Conscience by Anna Chromy
This is a new sculpture, recently installed in the gardens opposite Le Rose des Vents.
It's called the Mantle of Conscience and is by the artist, Anna Chromy.
19 September 2014
'Very Hungry God' by Subodh Gupta
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It's called 'Very Hungry God' by artist Subodh Gupta, who is based in New Delhi.
It's made of approximately 3,000 pieces of stainless steel kitchenware.
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