WIN your own Little Break to Paris with Eurostar




Ooh get this! After treating me and my blog buddies to a lovely Parisian day-trip a few weeks ago, Eurostar are extending their generosity to Disneyrollergirl readers*. I have been given two tickets to offer as a prize to the reader with the best answer to the following question:

What would you do on your Little Break to Paris and why would it make a big difference to you? Would you head straight for Rue Saint-Honoré and shop til your arms fell off? Or take things slowly, people-watching and pootling amongst the shabby chic knick-knacks at Le Marché aux Puces? Or maybe shopping wouldn’t figure at all and you’d just stroll away the hours in The Tuilleries, smoking seductively and being impossibly bohemian.

Leave a comment detailing what you would do (maximum 150 words) below by 2nd September. We Are Social will shortlist the entries and I will pick the overall winner. The winner will be announced here on 9th September so be sure to check back to find out if you have won.

Bonne chance!

*Alas, UK-based only

[Pic: Streetpeeper.com]

UPDATE: We have chosen a winner! Congratulations to Jessie May who wins two Eurostar tickets so she can pirouette around Paris to her heart’s content… Thanks to all who entered, that made fun reading!

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Can The Impossible Project save Polaroid?



Just finished reading an article in the FT magazine on The Impossible Project, an inspiring attempt by some former Polaroid workers to save the iconic Polaroid film. Some of these workers had worked at Polaroid for twenty or thirty-odd years before being made redundant and are passionate about saving it before the year is out. They need to complete their mission by 2010 and time is of the essence. If you want to help them with their mission impossible, check out the site here.

The reporter, Tim Bradshaw has posted some of his own poignant photographs of the Polaroid factory on his Flickr site.


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The red shoes



Tea in town. Where does one go for a quiet cup of tea in town, free from prams (sorry mums) and tourists? Well I found the perfect place yesterday when I went to get a look at the Wizard of Oz exhibition in Great Marlborough Street. On display on the first floor of the Swarovski Crystallized shop (opposite Liberty) is a dozen or so pairs of ruby slippers reimagined by the likes of Giuseppe Zanotti, Betsey Johnson and Jimmy Choo. My favourites were the Giuseppe Zanotti flats (not what I’d expect from the king of statement heels) and Alberta Ferretti’s crystal-covered platforms (very Dorothy does disco). But I was most taken with the Crystallized Lounge, a quiet haven of tables where you can watch the giddy goings-on in Argyll Street below while sipping a nice cup of English Breakfast or a glass of something chilled and alcoholic if you prefer. Post-refreshment, don’t forget to have a browse downstairs. Like a posh version of The Bead Shop, Swarovski Crystallized sells all manner of beads, charms and stick-on crystals for you to make your own trinkets. I couldn’t help going into stationery-shop mode, wanting to snatch up every little clasp, pendant and waxed-cotton cord on sale for the make-my-own-necklace project that I know will never come to fruition. Ahhhh, one day…

A. Testoni

Alberta Ferretti

Betsey Johnson

Giuseppe Zanotti

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