Rants Raves and Review

Paris 2010 - third time lucky

Meredith James — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:28:08 +0000

Some of you may know I have a love hate relationship with France. I love French music, French films, French food and my French friends that I have met outside of France. Problem is my previous experience in Paris haven't been the greatest. I blame my complete lack of grasp of the French language (and any other for that matter). I am tone deaf so repeating back anything that has been said is a disaster. So rather than write off Paris completly I decided to give it another shot, so here I am in Paris for an entire week. My plan is to just wander the streets, eat, drink and just take time to listen and absorb all that Paris has to offer. Hopefully along the way I may even learn a few phrases. Im staying in a B&B in the Marais district with Lynda and her two teenage kids. Lynda speaks as much English as I do French and will be giving me a cooking lesson on Wednesday. God help us all!Today I met up with a friend Pete and his sister Victoria. Pete made a huge effort meeting up with me on his trip back to Germany. It was great to finally meet him in person. They showed me around the Marais and I has such a brilliant time as it's Victorias old stomping ground.

So as they say third time lucky. Tomorrow I'm going to look at the Picaso museum and catch some jazz. So far so good.
P.S forgive the spelling and typos, I'm on my iPhone. X

Pixelator

Meredith James — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:29:06 +0000

Pixelator from Jason Eppink on Vimeo.

When moving house, hire this guy

Meredith James — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:23:19 +0000

Rubik's Kitchen: sculptures by Michael Johansson are fascinating. I need this guy to pack my house!

Kristiana Parn - Artist

Meredith James — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:37:55 +0000

These beautiful paintings and prints would look stunning in a home. These gorgeous paintings and prints available on Kristiana etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/krisblues

Lego kitchen island bench

Meredith James — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:16:44 +0000

Checking out the dwell.com blog and the had this lego island, I Love it! Now to find 20,000 lego blocks!

http://www.dwell.com/articles/lego-island.html

Rune Guneriussen photography

Meredith James — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:03:00 +0000

Rune from Norway has captured some gorgeous shots, recommend checking them out; http://www.runeguneriussen.no/galleri/singles/singles_01.html

desire to inspire blog

Meredith James — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:57:53 +0000

I can spend hours checking out other peoples living spaces. In my minds eye I have a list a mile long of ways to decorate my dream home. The "Desire to Inspire" blog is absolutely awesome, the name says it all. Here are a few glorious examples;

drawing tool - scribblertoo

Meredith James — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:24:58 +0000

Just stumbled across scribblertoo a really funky online drawing tool. You just draw and the scribbler too does the rest. ScribblerToo is an update to Ze Frank's TheScribbler. Check it out: http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/

Anyway, so here is one of my creations...

chicken scape: photography exhibition

Meredith James — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:47:09 +0000

Its been a while but finally I've organised to display my pictures at Cafe Giulia (thanks Stef) along with fellow photographer Richard Ward. Presenting...

Chicken Scape

6th - 28th March

What happens when two chickens cross the globe...

Richard Ward and Meredith James Johnstone present an eclectic exhibition of photos from Sydney and across the globe. Taken on location in wild places like Cwamcarn, South Wales, downtown Seattle and our beloved Sydney. This exhibition will fuel your inner travel bug while the food and coffee at Cafe Giulia will warm your belly. Learn More...

I'll be gone by Korb

Meredith James — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:34:12 +0000

I'll be gone from KORB on Vimeo.