Erick Johansson, check him out: www.alltelleringet.comSo wooden pieces of this unconstructed counter can be found all around our little place, and today I figured it was time to get this baby going and went out hardware shopping. I went up Faubourg-St Denis because while doing laundry we had seen a one of those shops that has absolutely everything (UBC Village Chinese store style). I wasn't cold earlier today, it was really nice, and though it was already around 11am, the street was very quiet; just a few people getting their fresh produce, buying flowers in the plant shop, having coffee and smokes outside, the usual...
This area is really interesting, from our metro station, depending which way you go you get completely different scenes, and I mean completely. Our corner is just sorrounded by kebabs, guys wanting to recruit you for hairdressing school and Asian ladies who offer their 'massage' services.. Oh yeah, and we found out tonight the nice lady who lives way down in the hall is actually one of them. She's so nice, definitely favorite neighbor (apart from the guy I spy from the window that occasionally smiles at me). So that's our corner, but if you go up Faubourg-St Denis you start getting real Indian family-run restaurants instead of KFC, the fresh produce market instead of the Monoprix and the Jewish bakery instead of... any other bakery around. This one is, superb (been wanting to use that word for a while), and the people that run it are so nice! I just stopped by after picking up the tool and got a big pain aux raisins, and it was so delicious to actually get a pain aux raisins instead of the beurre aux raisins aux raisins which are half the size and twice the price in $aint G€rmain.
But if you turn right and go down instead of taking Faubourg-St Denis, you'll get to Le Marais and all the fanciness that comes with it. The cool kids, the hipster, the wannabes, the gay strip, the pricey shops and the vintage stores... some more Jewish bakeries but with the inflated price that comes with the postal code difference. There's a lot of good stuff around there as well, but totally different.
Anyway, I shall continue with my journey. I went down the red light district because I wanted to go to the 2 for 15€ vintage shop to complete my Halloween costume. I needed a Mexican dress, a legit traditional one, but I had only found some averaging 50€, NO WAY! So I went in and the guy and I started rummaging through the dresses and shirts and in that period became BFFs. Amir, he's originally from Iran, about 50 I'd say, studied Informatique at the Sorbonne and styed in Paris. He's awesome! We found so much cool stuff together and he even wanted to give me a free chal because in the end but I politely refuse cause I don't neet it and honestly we have enough stuff in our clothing rack! He also said he liked the Costa Rican football team and he was not lying because he mentioned Wanchope. In the end, after he was referring to me as 'mon amie', he said I should come back so he could tell me when he would be singing in Iranian restaurants and that I should take my friends! I love you Amir, definitely coming back to you next month, when I get some money.
So yeah, I came out with a bag but not what I was looking for, so continued looking in shops around until it was time to meet Bridgette for hair extreme make-over. She cut off her hair! It looks great though, suits perfectly. Oh well in the end I did find the stuff that I needed, including some extra awesome scores, and now I'm sitting in the library thinking how great my morning was and that I should be outside. I'm planning a trip to Berlin next week so I have to start working on the paper season! Have 3 due in a month, and a 4th one due the week after. Like Annie would say, good timessssss.
Kitchen bar will be born tomorrow.
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