Moo.com, cool handbags, and Abba Gold in Paris, mon Dieu!

As I mentioned in the last posting, train travel can be rather civilised at times. I had a lovely journey from London to Paris and met Fran from America and Yasmeem from Paris (but originally from Beirut). At this point I am going to make a shameless plug for moo.com, and their cool mini-cards, postcards, and sticker books - they can all be ordered and made from your facebook or flicker pictures. You can check them out on line, but until you feel an actual matt-laminated mini card in your hand, you might not fully get it. That's okay. Order them anyway, trust me. (and I'm not just saying this because Lisa work's for them. Her blog is the Rodwellian link, btw.) Order them now and you can use them at Christmas...my goodness, did i just use the c-word! It must be all the moo.com excitement.
Anyway, these moo mini-cards are really fun, and are a great thing to give to people as you travel through life. I gave one to Fran, and this piqued Yasmeen's interest. (she had been happily listening to her ipod as we north americans sat across from her talking and talking, as we're known to do) It turns out Yasmeen is a designer and found the cards really beautiful. She was travelling with a silkscreened leather bag she designed herself. Fran bought a couple of bags from her right then and there. You can look up Yasmeen Farah's bags and notebooks at www.gingerlily.fr



Anyway, we all got on famously, and in Paris I hung out with Yasmeen and her friends, ate steak frites and went to Abba Gold, of course: Voulez-Vous. The picture outside the theatre is of Yasmeen and her photographer friend Nicolas, who looked to me like a french Joaquin Phoenix, so I called him Joaquin Paris.