Cloudspotting

Yesterday we inaugurated our Eurovision update! (love it)
Today, we shall aim a bit higher and I will start a (hopefully weekly) series of pics of clouds, taken by myself (and others if you wish, feel free to mail)
This one was taken last sunday, in Paris

Paris 3

I shall end here with my trip in France.
As Michael said "Paris doesnt disappoint"

Versailles certainly didnt. At 25, it was time for me to visit it after hearing so much about it as a kid in our history lessons!
A huge and almost perfect place. So much details was put in everything! Just amazing. (Sorry it is late and it would take too long to describe everything!)

Paris 2

We have been pretty unlucky with Parisian Nightlife. On Saturday, we queued for a while but did not manage to get into the "River's King" boat, for the Supa Fresh night. Had we arrived 5 minutes before, we would have probably gone in. Obviously, a night with open bar until midnight, on a boat, taking you on a cruise on the Seine, and 2 dancefloors, was always gonna be popular. Yesterday, we looked for but never found the Mix Club, by the Tour Montparnasse. The guide said it was a huge venue, and held a popular gay night on Sundays. It turned out that we didnt look properly, and that this gay night was only once a month, so, had we found it, it wouldnt have been much fun in there!

Still, I managed to meet up with my friend Viviane. Hadnt see her for 3 years, but she said "It feels like I last so you yesterday!"

Paris - pics

Michael and I are in Paris, France (cher pays de mon enfance) until Tuesday, eating like pigs and meeting friends, chilling out and trying not to think how much more beautiful it is than London.





So far, we have ran into many people who seemed crazy (they talked rather agressively to random people) as well as a busker on the tube who had "un petit programme musical pour vous les voyageurs" and started shaking his body to african tunes. A woman went on for more than half an hour on "ces salauds de Bordelais". We had diner at 1 in the morning in a brasserie. We have also been to the Musee de l'Orangerie in the Jardin des Tuileries to admire Monet's Nympheas. It has a strangely relaxing and soothing effect on you, something intended by Monet. He was the first living artist to give a painting away to a nation. He travelled around, was a major Impressionist figure, went almost blind... I am quite keen on reading his biography now.

My twin Romain, his gf Nathalie, Michael and our cousin Julia, outside L'Orangerie

The Ragwort Whisperer

Wych Cross, Sussex, July 06

The end of the denial

Free and legal music downloads on the Net? It could happen pretty soon.
With 40 'illegal' downloads for each paying one, it might be a good idea to do something about it.

"A government, at all levels, that fell short of its responsibilities" when dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I didnt say it. Bush himself said it!

The big English and international publisher Penguin is moving into China with its bestselling classics range. Don Quixote, The hunchback of Notre Dame and Moby Dick are heading for Beijing.

What's with the name?

Quite simply, this blog started over two years ago when I was renting a studio in Covent Garden, London. Hence the name!

Since then, my interest in dance has hugely increased. I starting taking flamenco lessons and went to see lots of shows around London, so the blog tends to be more about that now. And since Covent Garden is the home of the Royal Ballet, I thought I would keep the name!

I work full time and am quite busy but will try to update as often as I can.

You can contact me on astudioincoventgarden (at) gmail (dot) com