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Katrina Lawrence

Katrina Lawrence

Katrina is an erstwhile beauty journalist who lives in Sydney, Australia — but regularly escapes to Paris, her soul city. She has written two books on her favourite subject, and launched this site to connect with other Paris dreamers around the world.

 

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‘Paris est une promesse: This is actually not a ‘Paris est une promesse: This is actually not a French expression, but a phrase that came to me during my first couple of years living in Paris. Every Francophile, whether they have visited Paris or not, seems to be inexplicably drawn to her. I believe that this is because she holds our most secret of dreams and somehow shows them to us in our minds and invites us to stay faithful to them. For me, Paris has always represented a promise I made to my true self to answer my soul’s calling. This phrase eventually became the title of a poem I wrote last year. Translation: Paris is a promise.’ - Carrie Anne James, @frenchisbeautiful 💫 💙🇫🇷❤️ This is the final in a series of posts dedicated to beautiful French expressions with the Paris-based founder of the celebrated online language school, French is Beautiful … What’s your favourite French expression? 💫
‘en faire tout un fromage: This expression is th ‘en faire tout un fromage: This expression is the equivalent of “to make a mountain out of a mole hill” and is used commonly by the French. It is one of my favorites because it involves food - something that you will often find with French expressions, bien sûr. Translation: to make a whole cheese out of it.’ - Carrie Anne James, @frenchisbeautiful 💫 💙🇫🇷❤️ This is the fourth in a series of posts dedicated to beautiful French expressions with the Paris-based founder of the celebrated online language school, French is Beautiful … What’s your favourite French expression? 💫
‘libre comme l’air: I love the beautiful L sou ‘libre comme l’air: I love the beautiful L sounds in this expression! Try using it the next time that you want to say “free as a bird”. After all, if we consider this from a French, philosophical perspective - which is more free - a bird or the air that it depends on? Translation: free as the air.’ - Carrie Anne James, @frenchisbeautiful 💫 💙🇫🇷❤️ This is the third in a series of posts dedicated to beautiful French expressions with the Paris-based founder of the celebrated online language school, French is Beautiful … What’s your favourite French expression? 💫
‘être fleur bleue: I think that this poetic ex ‘être fleur bleue: I think that this poetic expression applies to everyone who loves Paris! A person who is “fleur bleue” is someone who is very romantic or sentimental. “Blue” or “Bleu” also happens to be the name of one of my favorite French films starring @juliettebinoche and one of my favorite French albums by @kerenannmusic. Translation: to be flower blue.’ - Carrie Anne James, @frenchisbeautiful 💫 💙🇫🇷❤️ This is the second in a series of posts dedicated to beautiful French expressions with the Paris-based founder of the celebrated online language school, French is Beautiful … What’s your favourite French expression? 💫
‘à contrecœur: This may be one of my favourit ‘à contrecœur: This may be one of my favourite expressions of all time as it serves as a beautiful reminder of the power of our heart’s guidance. It means “reluctantly”, “regretfully” or “unwillingly”, but so much more. I use it to check in with myself whenever making a decision to avoid betraying my heart. Continuously making decisions “à contrecœur”, no matter how small they seem, is how we one day find ourselves leading a life that we do not remember choosing. Translation : against heart.’ - Carrie Anne James, @frenchisbeautiful 💫 💙🇫🇷❤️ This is the first in a series of posts dedicated to beautiful French expressions with the Paris-based founder of the celebrated online language school, French is Beautiful … What’s your favourite French expression? 💫
Virtually transporting myself to this very spot .. Virtually transporting myself to this very spot ... if you could be in Paris right now, where exactly would you like to find yourself? 💚
Le week-end a little more à la parisienne thanks Le week-end a little more à la parisienne thanks to @pieddepouledesign 💖
Here’s a #funfactfriday and a #flashbackfriday i Here’s a #funfactfriday and a #flashbackfriday in one!: The Pont Neuf (built circa 1600) was the first bridge to connect the two banks of Paris, but was originally much more than a thoroughfare. It was a social stage on which Parisians of all walks of life could mingle, and it was where you went to watch stage shows or acrobatic performers, listen to preachers or to town criers, have teeth pulled out or your shoes shined … it was like a fairground-meets-shopping mall, because you could also buy almost anything, from fried potatoes to fresh flowers to trinkets to beauty potions to secondhand books … many of the shops were nestled in the half-moon-shaped balconies that edge the bridge — see photo 2, taken around 1850, for an idea of what they used to look like … (Sadly all of the buildings that you can see in the distance, one the Right Bank, have also been lost to history, save for the Church of Saint-Eustache, which you can see in the very background) 💫
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