Très Charmant - Hanna Rides to the Sea - Week's End

Ocean On Bicycles from jean pichot on Vimeo.

GG & her editor love this atmospheric & pretty little film by Jean Pichot; it reminds us of Jeanne Moreau in Jules et Jim. It's less than two minutes long. There's a wonderful soundtrack by Jean, featuring a sample of the classic French song La Mer by Charles Trénet. (Who is that? Ooh la la, you need to click some links!) Click through to the vimeo (above) site to see the video on a larger screen in HD. It's worth it; it will make you smile (if not, there is no hope for you).

Have a lovely weekend.

ciao-meow/GG Central

[stills via dearcinema(dot)com; Jean Pichot]

Elegance on Wheels - Week's End

Have an elegant weekend. Here's a great photograph from one of our favorite blogs, Cycle Chic from Copenhagen. We have the Italian red gloves..& that's about it--for now. [photograph by Mikael via flickr.]

ciao-rushed-meow/GG Central

Copenhagen Christmas Tree

From fabulous Copenhagen Cycle Chic, titled Copenhagen Yule. [Here is our 22 November post about CCC.] Clever, clever, sensible, & chic: what more could one possibly want?! We'd have a tree in the apartment by now if we lived like this. No fuss, no muss. Read here for the accompanying text. The best! Merry holidays to all our friends in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, & Finland. You are truly inspirational.

Merry Meow!

GG

photograph/Cophenhagen Yule
Mikael Colville-Andersen aka Zakkaliciousness

Cycle Chic in Copenhagen

A beautiful photo, Waiting* from Copenhagen Cycle Chic. We'd be green with jealousy except that the photographer is so very kind to allow us to use the photo (here is his Danish website). Check out this elegant shot, one of our favorites (to choose even 20 favorites is impossible). After a look at these, we are ready to grab the passport, pop GG into her carrier, & move to Copenhagen. GG could ride in her basket, her editor could wear her high-heeled boots...without people tsk-tsking. Alas, we are in Washington. However, it's a wonderful feeling to walk around town...as a friend said at Thursday's lunch...it's not a dream, Obama is President-elect. Now if only we could fast-forward to 20 January 2009.

bisou, mes amis
GG Central

photograph by Mikael Colville-Andersen/used by permission of photographer