The week before last three girlfriends and I packed up a hire car and did a crazy, last-minute, whirlwind 2-day trip to Amsterdam for their national day Koningsdag (King's Day).
We were in Amsterdam for all of 19 hours.

As we weren't there for very long and every time I pulled out my camera I'd loose my girlfriends in a sea of orange-clad folk, I didn't manage to get a whole lot of photos of this festive day to share. However I did mange to capture this Dutchman we came across, setting up his little bric-a-brac table whilst wearing a very smart orange lady-hat in festivity. After being endlessly bombarded by mass-produced, tacky accessories in all the touristic stores, his was the most original, and refreshing, by far.

Orange is the new black, or at least was that weekend.

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Crafty Fêtes for the Weekend

It's been a little quiet on this here blog these past couple of weeks; the sun shines brightly outside and I've been working hard to be able to put ice cream on the table.

The oh so short summer is almost drawing to a close, les Frenchies are all begrudgingly back from their respective vacances and there's a chill in the air in the early morning. But, as all good things must, August is going out with a bang, with TWO very cool festivals on this weekend!

Klin d'Oeil

When my friend Anne sent me a link to this festival, thinking I may like it, I lost my bananas! The first festival of its kind in the city, Klin d'Oeil advertises they will have Kraft - Food - Music all wrapped up in some kind of Disneyland for us Jessica-Day-loving girls (and boys!). Ateliers by Paris' leading DIY doyennes, food by some very yummy food trucks and, if their website is anything to go by, music that will take you back to the vacance you just came from!
Organisined by the crew that previously brought the city Le Super Market, Klin d'Oeil looks to be more interactive and festive.
**And for those that don't know what 'Klin d'Oeil' means, it's French for wink ;)



Klin d'Oeil
Friday, Saturday, Sunday August 23 - 25
Trabendo, Parc du Villette, 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, 19e 
Fri: 17h - 23h, Sat: 11h - 23h, Sun: 11h - 21h
6€ entry all weekend.
Site :: Tickets

Mexican Village @ Wanderlust

To be perfectly honest, Wanderlust has been quite hit and miss for me; sometimes its awesome, sometimes not so much at all.
But if the previous Mexican Village pictures are anything to go by this weekend's festivities are going to be a surefire hit. How could a Mexican fiesta not be? The perfect venue to stay outdoors in summer's fading sunshine.

Mexican Village Festival 
Sunday August 25
Wanderlust
32, quai d'Austerlitz, 13e
12h30 - midnight

xx