Let Them Eat Cake!- Fashion Trends at Versailles

Wandering through the opulent halls of Versailles was like a realization of all of my sparkly, chandelier-covered rococo interior design dreams. The sunlight streaming through the heavily tasseled windows was increased a hundredfold once it hit the crystals dripping off their golden anchors; the furniture was either gilded or a deep, gorgeous woodsy hue, and feathers appeared in the decor periodically.

 Basically, I was in a very ornate heaven! But what really made us at Princess Ta-dam sing the praises of this gilded palace were the deep, saturated textiles that graced every room with their presence.

This inspired a new collection with only the richest of hues, the most shimmering of silks, and themost luxurious feel yet.

Counting Blessings: Blessing #1 - Old fashioned Typewriters

Counting Blessings, my new blogpost collection, started out with a poem. I was thinking to myself: "What a gloriously excellent title!"
And so started the poem that became my first published piece of writing.
We're surrounded by little, beautiful things that sometimes we don't really notice because of the sheer number of them.
Every now and then, it's healthy to take a step back and admire. Counting only a small fraction of them will really surprise you (in a good way!). Give it a try today!
So many wonderful things that pass by unnoticed, that have faded to a mere background.
This is a tribute to them.

A typewriter should be the doctor's prescription for any case of writer's block or editing mishaps. Paragraphs seem to flow with unobstructed ease, spurred merely by a good idea and the delicious clack of keys. Every letter is accompanied by a clean, crisp sound that makes your writing sound important. A burst of inspiration is applauded by an absolute torrent of clicking and clacking. You are rewarded for your genius with the dance of delicate wires, working in the undergrowth of the forest of creamy keys to bring you the freshly painted words that you have just conceived.

A typewriter proudly acknowledges the fact that you are hard at work and that you are, in fact, inspired, when a computer couldn't care less, and barely registers your furious tapping with a muted click. A typewriter will never abandon you with excuses of "program failure" or "non-responsive networks" or worse, a complete "shutdown", as a computer does. A typewriter is faithful to the bitter end, and will only entice you with an innocent glow of its glory days, earnestly begging you to write.

Inside Peek At the Louvre - Part 1: Getting In- Hassle-free!

Hello!

A tourist in Paris usually has a list of goals to reach: one of them, generally near the top, is to visit the Louvre on the first Sunday of the month, one of the few days that visits to the prestigious museum are free. However, anyone who has tried getting a glimpse of the Mona Lisa knows how crowded the Louvre can be! So take that crowd and multiply by 100. That is about the size of the line that day.... if you don't have insider info, that is! Princess Ta-dam readers, this is your lucky day- in this post, I will show you how to get into the Louvre for free, in a waiting line of 4 people max! It sure beats the hundreds at the front entrance!


Here is a picture I took of this secluded entrance on my last trip to Paris: the entrance is Porte de Lions.

To see a map of the different entrances, you can find it at this link: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/pratique/venir.jsp?bmLocale=en

Good luck!

the Rose