Leave your work aside and come for lunch....

1pm : I sigh in front of my computer, proofreading some financial translation. Gosh, still 3 more pages to go. On top of that, i'm still in my fake silk négligé...Hair in a mess, feeling slightly grumpy...I'm sure anyone who works free lance experiences the same syndrom of "I who work at home don't need to dress up"...and some mornings are worse than others.....

1.15pm : As the net asset value per share starts giving me a serious headache and makes me curse the whole lot of bankers and brokers and alike, my phone rings. It's my friend Gym.

- hi , did you have lunch already ?

- of course not.

- well, come on then...I made a couscous and there's enough for 3 !

Monchéri raises a critical brow. Couscous ? Oh please, don't be that difficult, i know you don't like the grain but Gym really makes it quite nicely.

Since I started this blog, I always intended to write a big long post about Gym. (in a very near future, promised). She's the kind of friend, you're really proud about or feel envious about !. Gym works on movie or ads sets as a decorator. She makes trompe l'oeil paintings (I happened to read her cv once and discovered she decorated the Bolchoï), she's also a painter, she runs her own antique shop sourcing beautiful objects or strange things from fleamarkets. She loves her cats and her dog. She loves organizing vintage fashion shows...And I love her workshop. This is where she lives, paints and dreams with a wonderful view onto the Lecrin valley filled with lemon and orange trees....Am I getting too bucolic ?


But please, come in....

Oh this pink makes me happy...

I also love Gym's painting on the wall of people bathing

the cat invites herself for lunch

Gym tastes the almond and raisins sauce.

She had the bar covered with leopard imitation fabric.

the table is set...
the easel is waiting to be used....
Gym's paintings on the walls want to be looked at

the piano wants to be played....

the couscous wants to be eaten....

once a week, Gym hosts live drawing classes

Feel like having a pink seat too ? Wait, i'll give you another one...this one is reserved for my red coat !