Rock En Seine & Paris

Rock En Seine is a music festival held in Paris during August.  There is a lovely atmosphere surrounding the festival and like Pukkel pop, everyone was really nice. No trouble what so ever.

My friend who lives in Paris told me about the festival and she convinced me to go.  I’m glad she did because I had the best time there.

 I went to Paris a few days before so I could catch up with my friend and she gave me an amazing tour of Paris.  I had never been before so it was nice to have a guide. 

Kerrie brought me to all the main  attractions like the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Sacre Coeur etc.  There was so many beautiful gardens around Paris as well, it truly is a beautiful city.  I’m going to plan another trip to go back and visit her again as we missed out on Disney Land! Oh and obviously because I miss her dearly J

But anyway, back to the festival.  The festival is held inside the Château de Saint-Cloud's park.  Everything is nice and close together so you are not walking around for ages to get to the next act.

We went to the festival in 2012 and I was pretty impressed with the line-up. We saw the black keys, temper trap, foster the people-insane, the reeling, green day; so many cool acts.  We also discovered new artists which I still listen to today.  My favourites were Caravan Palace and C2C, they were incredible and I would definitely go see them again. They were both funky class acts and brilliant for the summer atmosphere. 

The festival will take place on the 22^nd to the 24^th of August this year.  The tickets for three days cost 119 euros which I think is great value.  There is also the option to camp but I’m not sure how much that costs, but the link the website can be found here. 

I hope this post was helpful in your decision making for planning summer festivals this year J

Lunchmeat and Life Lessons by Mary B. Lucas

Lunchmeat and Life Lessons was written by Mary B Lucas as tribute to her father. Her father gave her valuable life lessons throughout her life which she has kindly shared with all of us through this book.  Her father was the founder of Bichelmeyer Meats, a very successful and driven man with only an 8^th grade education. 

A friend of mine attended one of Mary B Lucas’ talks based around the books philosophies.  He was so impressed with Mary’s talk that he’s been sharing her book among his circle of friends. Thankfully I got my hands on it. 

The book is incredible, it is told so beautifully.  It’s full of great philosophies translated into stories; stories which we can all relate too.  The butchers wisdom teaches us valuable lessons on how to deal with varying scenarios and people in the workforce.  I especially liked his “find the like” and “comeback sauce” philosophies and loved the way Mary adapted those philosophies to  tough situations at her work place.  

After reading this book, you will feel enlightened and encouraged to test out the butchers wisdom. I feel that his philosophies are relevant not only in your professional life but your personal one too. What I truly loved about this book was Mary's bond to her father, it was very touching. I cannot recommend this book enough and it’s a really quick read; it only took me a day. A day of pure joy and beautiful insight. 

Game of Thrones: A Feast for Crows

Game of Thrones

The Game of Thrones book series is by far my favourite book series.  I love the genre, the scheming, plots and characters.  I just love everything about them.  

George R.R Martin is a genius and the HBO Game of Thrones series does a fantastic job in bringing the books to life.  

I recently finished a feast for crows; don't worry I won't give anything away.  This book was written differently to the others.  Instead of including all characters and giving them their own chapters each.  He has divided the book  to include characters from Kings Landing, the Iron Island, the Eyrie etc.  He also introduced some minor new characters.

Being honest, I was a little bit disappointed he split it, mainly because Tyrion and Khaleesi are my favourite characters. The story was still out of this world though and a bonus is that the next book will mainly follow the characters I love :D:D 

The new series is out now, I watched the first episode last night and it really is mind blowing stuff. If you have never heard of the game of thrones, you really should get on the band wagon.  You are truly missing out.

The first law trilogy was also recommended to me because of my love for game of thrones.  I looked it up and George RR Martin actually recommended the book.  I will definitely be purchasing this trilogy once I plough through the books I own at the moment. 

Much Love,

Ya-Beauty J

Pukkelpop Music Festival

My Favourite TV Shows!

Hey Everyone,

So I decided to do a simple post on all of my favourite TV shows.  Bare with me there is a lot.

1.  Broad City :  This show is funny as hell.  It's based on two girls from New York who are just hilarious.  Each episode has made me curl over with laughter.  They were apparently found through YouTube sketches and comedy central gave them the green light for a show. It was released early 2014 and I'm sure it's doing pretty well!

   

   Broad City

   
   
2. Game Of Thrones: I'd be really shocked if you haven't seen all the hype around this show.  It's the biz niz! Honestly it's out of this world and the actors are incredibly talented people! The way I try to describe it to people is that it's kind of like Lord of the Rings but totally different.  Not a very good description I know but it's the best I could come up with, just watch it and you'll see J

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
3. The Originals: It's a spin off of the Vampire Diaries series which I also watch.  It's actually better than the Vampire Diaries.  The Originals is basically about a family of vampires who are the "Original" vampires. They have relocated to their home town in New Orleans and there's war between the witches and vampires.  The plots in the story are great and the characters are nice to look at!
   
   
   
   
4. Breaking Bad: This show was intense, there was/is a lot of hype over it too.  The series is sadly over now but it was some journey.  It's about a man named Walter White who is a chemistry teacher.  He finds out he has cancer and starts making crystal met to support his family when he dies. The character development in this show was insane.  Definitely worth all the hype. 

   

   Breaking Bad

   
   
5. Dexter: I love Dexter, it's about a man named...wait for it...Dexter! He's a serial killer who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood spatter analyst. He hunts down criminals who were never punished or caught for their crimes.  I'm on season five now and only 3 more to go. 

   

   Dexter

   
   
6. The Walking Dead: It's a series based on zombies aka walkers.  It followers a group of people who will do anything to survive.  It's a great show that's capable of scaring you from time to time. 

   

   The Walking Dead

   
   
7. True Blood: There seems to be a theme of all the things I watch.  True blood is based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels written by Charlene Harris.  Again it follows Sookie who is a telepath and is particularly found of Vampires.  The show has everything from fairies, werewolves, witches and lots and lots of crazy people.  I think the next season is going to be the last :(

   

   True Blood

   
   
   There's a lot more shows that I have watched; sad but true. Unfortunately they have now come to an end.  I might do another blog post on those shows. 

Beautiful Brighton

Brighton Pier. Beautiful. 

The Lanes

Living in London can be quite stressful sometimes, especially during manic hours on the tube!  It's hard to believe that a place like Brighton can exist so close to London.

My friends and I went to Brighton last weekend.  It was definitely on my top list of the best places I've every been too.  The town was beautiful, so relaxed and very easy to get around.  The people were really cool and dare I say it...so trendy!

The night life was second to none, a lot of pubs in very close walking distance.  I would recommend the green door and the fish bowl.  The fish bowl stays open until 4 am for all you party people out there.

The food was delicious.  We went to Bills for breakfast, nicest breakfast I've had in so long.  Definitely, definitely book ahead when eating out because every where was full :( There was a really cool Mexican and Latin restaurant we wanted to go to but unfortunately we were a little too late.

We stayed in Kipps hostel, it was the Biz Nizz! No honestly it was one of the nicest hostels I've ever stayed in.  They even had chocolate fondue when we arrived...mmmm!  It was also really central, I highly recommend the place.

Brighton Pier was my favourite, it was so nice to just relax and take in the scenic view.  I also witnessed a seagull trying to make off with a women's fish and chips, that gave me a fit of giggles.  The casino and fun fair was a nice surprise as well.

All in all, it was a refreshing, chilled out weekend that was filled with lots of laughter and good memories.

Here are a few snaps of a joyful weekend :)  Thank you all for reading my blog!

Living with Artists

Put on Your Fuck Me Pumps by Anthony Hodder

Music to the Ear by Denise Duffy

Penguins in luurvvve by Corinna 

Artists at Work

Makings of Lana Del Ray

Hey everyone,

I have to point out that I live with incredible artistic people, they put me to shame!  I wish I had a useful and beautiful talent like they do.  I've expressed this view with them and they don't agree.

 They believe that everyone has an artistic bone in their body.  That art isn't meant to be done in a specific way or look perfect either.  Just happens to be that their's does look perfect! I can see where they are coming from and they have even inspired me to try it out.

I looked up art for beginners and decided to draw penguins, it does look like a four year old drew it. I have to say though,  I loved it and I really enjoyed working on it.  Painting is so therapeutic  and a definite stress reliever.

I included a few painting that my friends are working on at the moment.  If ye like what ye see, please let me know. I'm sure they would even love suggestions on what else they could draw.