Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Honeymoon: Dinner at Yuppies Cafe

 
I believe that in life, you win some & you'll lose some. We had an enjoyable time at the Lourve earlier in the day, but we didn't have much luck with our meals. I missed our lunch appointment @ Benoit, a 100th year old Parisian Bistro to get starred by the Michelin Guide; I did not have much luck with dinner either :( We headed to one of the recommended cafes only to found that it had closed down. Thus, we settled our dinner @ Yuppies Cafe, located within walking distance from the hotel.
 
 You get a choice of outdoor or indoor seating. We chose indoor for I wanted to escape from the cold and also, not be a victim of passive smoking. The interior was lit by these hanging lampshades in various sizes and colours. It felt as if mid-autumn festival came early, haha!
Leecher with the simple 1 page laminated menu in hand.
 
I can't wait for food to be served #famish! 
Like to make a guess on which glass of wine belongs to who?
 
In case you're wondering, we didn't finish the wine that fast. I had empty glasses on my side of the table, lol!  
If you have guessed that I went for white, sorry to disappoint you :( I went for red this time round :) Leecher ordered the white as he was having fish as his main course.
Snacks - these were extremely addictive! Goes very well with our wines too.
 
Waiting waiting waiting ... 
 
Finally, dinner is served :) Daily fish (€18) for Leecher while I went for sliced curry chicken (€16). I wanted to order burger initially, but my craving for rice was stronger. Leecher always says I'm a which literally translate into rice bucket.
Yuppies Cafe
13 Rue Montenotte
75017, Paris
Tel: 33 01 4574 5630

Monday, September 16, 2013

Honeymoon: Louvre, the perfect symmetry IV

 
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I'm finally back with a proper entry :) The weekend zoomed past while I cleaned up the house - laundry, vacuuming, cleaning and whats' not. I sure missed being in HK, but it was back to reality within 4 days. Well, there is another year-end trip coming up, so that will pretty much kept me occupied for a couple of weeks. Before I digress further, here is the final entry on our trip to Louvre.
 
 After lunch, we spent the rest of the afternoon shopping @ ZARA before heading back to Louvre. The museum was closed by the time we walked back but that didn't deter us from lingering around to take more pictures.
Leecher standing outside Pavillion Sully. The famous structure, along with its distinctive domed roof, was named after Duc de Sully, the French minister & right-hand man of King Henry IV.
For those who are familiar with the book on Da Vinci code, it was mentioned that the pyramid was constructed with exactly 666 panels of glass - a figure that was often associated with Satan. However, the official release by Louvre museum states that the finished pyramid actually contains 673 pieces of glass panels. Well, I think no matter how many glass panels are used, this structure is easily one of the most recognized icon in the world.
In the morning, we entered the museum from the lower floors. So now, we are going to enter the museum from the pyramid entrance :)
 
Leecher making his way down the spiral staircase. 
Prelude to a night in the museum, lol! #moviejunkie
 
 We headed back to capture pics of Inverted Pyramid. The night before we leave for Amsterdam, we caught "The Da Vinci code" on HBO and I was telling Leecher that it's a sign that we have to visit Louvre, lol! This was the first Dan Brown book that I read - the storyline was so intense that I couldn't bear to put down the book, flipping pages after pages just to find out what happened.  
 Known as La Pyramide Inversee, the structure is illuminated by a frieze of spotlights after dark. Well, we didn't linger long enough to see this :(
 
Kids were trying to climb up the stone pyramid, in an attempt to touch the tip. They kept slipping down from the marble surface and ended up bruising their bums on the floor. Quite a funny sight to watch. 

From the book, the inverted pyramid is perceived as a Chalice (feminine symbol) whereas the stone pyramid below is a Blade (masculine symbol). The whole structure could then be expressed as the union of the genders. There is a hidden chamber underneath the stone pyramid that contains the sarcophagus with the remains of Mary Magdalene. Throughout our whole journey in Louvre, I kept irritating Leecher. When we took the lift, I would say "Hey, Robert Langdon took this lift and he starred at his mickey mouse watch". When we walk past the gallery, I'll go "Hey, we are walking in the same gallery as him!" Leecher could only stare & me and rolled his eyes, lol!
 
After staying underground for so long, it was time to emerge up into the open space :) 
 
Leaving our footprints in front of the pyramid :) Good that there were a lot of tourists around to help us take pictures - thanks to all the wonderful people who assisted us!
 

So, I was sitting down patiently while waiting for Leecher to adjust our camera when I noticed that hey, these "chairs" are not meant to be sat on! They are aligned strategically for us to 
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Take whacky pictures, lol!
Leecher was supposed to be resting/sleeping on the side of the pyramid, but I just couldn't capture it from whichever angle. So he ended up looking stupid, lol! Not to be out-done, he made me look stupid as well.
 
I dont even know why we have this pose, lol! 
Well, that's what you do during holidays - being nonsensical is part of the package.
 
Finally, a decent jumping shot to end off our journey. Somehow, this reminded me of Jetstar's TV commercial.
As the sun slowly sets, it was time to leave the place. I was feeling abit down when we had to pack up and go, for who knows when we'll come back again. At this instant, Leecher's stomach growled loudly and it was a true signal that we should head for dinner.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Will be back soon

 
Apologies for the lack of update - we got back from Hong Kong a shade darker, tummies rounder & wallets empty, lol! Nevertheless, we had fun and it was really hard to be back to work on a rainy Tuesday morning. I promise to blog more to compensate for the absence that I took ... once I'm done with housework this weekend. 

Meanwhile, take care everyone! keep warm in this gloomy weather :) 

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Still hanging on!

 
This week had to be one of the toughest week. Fret not, for I'm off to HK in a few hours time! 
Have a good TGIF & weekend :) 

xoxo

Monday, September 2, 2013

This is soooo Leecher!

I just realised that this marked my 888th entry on this lil space & this is dedicated to the dearest hubby, Leecher :)

xoxo,
your wifey
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