Another week comes to an end here in Paris, this one more wet and cold than usual. Underneath the clouds I find myself feeling a bit anxious about the future, as it seems more than just the weather is changing recently. All the leaves have fallen and we’ve layered on our coats and closed up the colorful outdoor cafés. All I want to do is kick off my shoes and curl up with some cocoa and a good book and hibernate indoors.
Waiting for clearer skies to shake my melancholy.
P.S. Félicitations à ma lectrice Elodie qui a gagné le Shopalike Giveaway!
For my graduation I was so excited when my parents decided to throw me a party! I hate throwing parties in celebration of myself, it always feels a bit narcissistic to me, but when it’s someone else’s idea I say great! My mom had the idea of renting one of the Yachts de Paris for the occasion which turned out to be the perfect way to not only celebrate my graduation but also welcome the incredibly warm weather we have been having.
All of my darling friends were able to make it. I feel so lucky to have them as they are truly the coolest girls in the world! Not to mention stylish!
Blue skies and puffy pink clouds…my favorite!
A cocktail dinner was served so everybody mingled with one another around the boat as we enjoyed lots of delicious little treats.
My favorite boys were able to make it to! Including my good friend and colleague Rija, my petit copin Pierre, and my dear friend Kenji all the way from London!
Kenji is definitely one of the most stylish guys I know. His pink pocket scarf was perfectly coordinated with my jewelry and dress.
My sister Britta was able to get time off from her hectic life in the New York fashion world for a week in Paris. We have really different styles as you can see but appreciate one another’s tastes!
My sister wore an amazing vintage dress while I wore Stella Forest.
My friends got me this beautiful hair clip that is actually two clips joined together. It was so sweet of them and I absolute adore it!
It’s not a party without cupcakes! We stopped by Berko and got these insanely delicious and cute treats for the occasion.
There were plenty of other desserts too…
…and pink flower arrangements to match my dress!
My not so petit bateau was called the Acte III. It was amazing with a deck on the front and back and lots of old school charm. {image via French-Kissed}
The whole night was seriously like a dream. I can’t be more thankful to my parents for planning such an unforgettable evening for me and all my friends and family who came and celebrated with me! I wish you all could have been there too! Thank you so much for all you sweet comments congratulating me on my graduation! It always warms my heart to hear from you.
This has been a very busy weekend! No matter how much I want to I am just finding it hard to get my blog posting back to normal! I hoping that after all my promsises I have made to you about posting more that this will finally get updating more frequently starting this week. This weekend was madness, in a good way. I am now a college graduate with a degree from The American University of Paris! My college journey took me a long way as France is actually the fourth country that I studied in. Greece, Turkey, and the U.S. are the others. I couldn’t have picked a more perfect place for me and I only wish I had realized it two years earlier so I would have spent four years at the university instead of just two. I’m feeling a bit bitter sweet about the whole thing…
The ceremony was held at the world famous Theatre du Chatelet.
The venue was stunningly beautiful.
I wish I had gotten some more (and better) pictures of the whole thing but it was very hectic and I was trying to the enjoy the moment without worrying about documenting it.
My grad outfit was very girlie as usual. You can see some of the details here.
And the decor matched it perfectly!
There were champagne toasts…
Followed by a lovely lunch with my parents and sister at Mariage Frères.
It’s been hot here finally! So we went for our tea iced rather than hot…
And these are literally the biggest glasses of ice tea in the world! They hold a whole pot!
So now that I am grad I will be sticking around Paris to continue working in advertising. The bad news is though that this next three months is going to entail a lot of me traveling back and forth between Paris and New York to get my work papers sorted out as me and my employers have had to bend over backwards to try to figure out the best way to ensure everything will be approved. Unfortunately the most sure fire one is the longest process of them all but I am trying to be patient. I feel so lucky that my company is so nice and doing everything they can to keep me in Paris. They really are great people! Congrats to all you other new graduates out there as I know I have some readers that are celebrating the end of studying as well! I can’t wait to share with you in my next post the pics from my graduation party cruise!
