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Visited the town of Nancy today for an Art Nouveau fix. The beautiful Villa Majorelle was the home of architect #LouisMajorelle and is supremely stylish inside and out.

The exterior of the Villa Majorelle
The curving wooden staircase of the Villa Majorelle, with an ornate glass hanging lamp
The living room of the Villa Majorelle, which has a curving fireplace incorporating two stained glass window panels
The floral metalwork decorating the front door of the Villa Majorelle
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One kitsch aspect of French art that always entertains me is when they start romanticising the Gauls. Because that’s how you end up with Sexy Asterix.

Detail of an Art Nouveau table decorated with a frieze of images created using inlaid wood of different shades. The central figure is a muscular Gaul warrior, who is shirtless qnd carrying a big sword. His hair is long and wavy and so is his moustache. A lady angel is clasping him for her own very good reasons.
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In the words of Ronald Reagan: Nancy, I am in you.

A sign advertising the French town of Nancy, where I am today
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Enjoyed the #Surrealism show at the Centre Pompidou today (see Instagram for more pics). Here are some little guys I spotted there: the cutest Anubis ever by Yahne Le Toumelin; birdy boi by Reuben Mednikoff; small bean by Max Ernst; even smaller bean by Yves Tanguy.

Detail of the painting The Horse of Merlin the Magician (1953) by Yahne Le Toumelin
Detail of the painting The Flying Pig (1936) by Reuben Mednikoff
Detail of the painting A Tissue of Lies (1959) by Max Ernst
Detail of the painting Mummy, Father Is Wounded! (1927) by Yves Tanguy
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French TV update: they still love Fame Academy (new series starts this week), Don’t Forget The Lyrics seems to be on every bloody day (?), and a dubbed version of Nightsleeper is just starting on TF1 (didn’t watch it in English, will live without it in French).

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Today’s #cakeporn: an extremely delicious chocolate and hazelnut meringue cake, covered in little foxes because a fox is the logo of pâtissier Yann Couvreur. 🦊

A small round chocolate cake covered in moulded chocolate fox motifs
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Always a pleasure to pass through Arts et Métiers, Paris’s most steampunk metro station.

A platform at Arts et Métiers metro station in Paris. The wall is lined with curved panels of copper-coloured metal and there are big cogs coming down from the roof. It looks like you’re trapped in a steampunk machine.
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Paris, I am in you. And I am eating your cake!

The art nouveau entrance of a Paris metro station
A delicious vanilla and pecan flower cake from Nina Metayer - it looks like a rose made from creamy frosting
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This IS my almost constant mental state. Except when I'm asleep when the honking noise sounds a bit more snore-like.

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Am totally expecting the big bad at the end of Agatha All Along to be T-Bag and T-Shirt. #TBagAllAlong

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Red Scharlach speaks to the nation, when she isn't engaging in recreational otter promotion or her favourite forms of internet whimsy. redscharlach.redbubble.com/
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