Crème Brûlée Is the Vegetarian Tax
Pool reading, Paris feelings, and the unbothered confidence of the Crazy Horse creative director
A shorter post this week because life is busy and when not working, I’m spending most of my time at the pool reading precisely two pages of my book because I’d rather gossip with my sisters or eavesdrop on strangers’ conversations.
Last Sunday I went to see Disclosure Day. It was so disappointing so that’s all I’ll say about it! Beforehand I picked up a strawberry shiso danish and cheese sandwich from La Cabra to eat at the movie. I’m a huge proponent of an early morning movie at the Regal on Essex and Delancey. I enjoy seeing what feasts other people bring in to eat on their little tables. It’s how I found out about the chicken caesar wraps at Bobwhite Counter - I had to ask the girl beside me where her wrap was from because it looked so perfect.
I also walked by a girl wearing the Doen dress I’m currently hyper-fixated on and she looked so amazing in it. I was wearing my Doen Frederica top which I bought in spring to hoard for summer weather (it’s now sold out). We geeked out over her dress and my top. I do love walking down the street in New York with my little cheese sandwich and talking to girls about clothes along the way.
Sunbathing on the roof at 10am
🎧 spotify / 🍎 apple music
I made a little playlist for sunbathing on the roof at 10am for 40 mins. When you hear the beginning of Turn! Turn! Turn! it is time to turn over. When Alright starts, seek shade! For the dorks and type As like moi who care, Turn! Turn! Turn! is the 20:15 mark and Alright is the 40:43 mark
Madonna - Hollywood (2003)
CSS - Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (2005)
Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes (2001)
Ace Frehley - New York Groove (1978)
Groove Armada - Superstylin’ (2001)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (1965)
Fcukers - L.U.C.K.Y (2026)
Beyoncé - CUFF IT (2022)
Solange - Way to the Show (2019)
Kelela - idea 1 (2026)
The Strokes - Oblivius (2016)
Supergrass - Alright (1995)
Are you happy to be in Paris?
I went to see Frederick Wiseman’s 2011 doc Crazy Horse at L’Alliance last night.
My favourite parts were the dancers watching a compilation of “Ballet fails” backstage and displaying the most emotion they did for the entire documentary by scream laughing watching dancers fall over.
I also loved this creative director who went on a rant about how he thinks the French government should force every French citizen to see the Crazy Horse show because they need to see how much beauty women are capable of (except the lazy ones ! ! !)
I am trying desperately to find the song D-E-S-I-R online because I need it for my yé-yé girls playlist. Pictured below is monsieur creative director having the time of his life while they record it.
It is a great companion film to Showgirls. Next I’m going to watch Burlesque (I’ve never seen it!) and Sweet Charity (also never seen despite knowing every word to Hey Big Spender but has been on my watchlist after seeing lots of clips of it in Marc by Sofia).
Afterwards we felt Paris pilled so made a spur of the moment decision to walk briskly over to Le Relais de Venise, where usually you have to wait in line, but at 9:30pm we breezed straight in. This place only has steak frites on the menu. For $39.50 you get a heavy on the vinaigrette green salad with walnuts, entrecôte de boeuf, and a mountain of fries.
When you enter they immediately ask you how you like your steak cooked and they scribble it on the table.
Bleu, végétarienne, saignant (rare en français)
If you are veggie you get a cheese plate instead of a steak but to make up for this they let you have a free dessert. So it’s quite a hack going with a vegetarian because at the end of the meal when you are all simply too full for dessert you “have to” choose one to share because it’s included! We had crème brûlée.
This is exactly the sort of spot that is great to decide to go to at the last minute. It’s not exactly known for having great food but it hits the spot when the mood is right.
Cool Facts™️
I’m the millionth person to say it, but for the last week New York has truly felt “like a movie”. As someone who grew up in Europe, America kind of always seems “like a movie” to me, but the collective joy the city is feeling after the Knicks win is so uplifting.
My cool fact is that last year I found out that Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York was released in 1980 (!) Originally sung by Liza Minnelli in Scorsese’s 1977 film New York, New York, Frank covered it 2 years later.
I enjoy cornering people at parties and telling them this fact because everyone I’ve said it to also assumed it was a song from the fifties or thereabouts. I think this is a prime example of the collective effect of seeing a movie on TV as a kid and not realising it’s a period piece. Scorsese’s film is set in 1945. So the song is supposed to sound like it’s from the forties.
Things to look forward to
💄 Fara Homidi teased her next release “Blonzer” (blush + bronzer) coming June 29th. Her bronzer compact has been doing overtime for me this week so I can’t wait to try it. I really do think that all you need in the summer when it’s this hot and humid is a bit of under eye brightener, bronzer and blush swept across the nose to look a bit sunburnt, a freckle pen (I swear by this one), and boy brow.
🎥 John Early’s directorial debut Maddie’s Secret came out this week - showing at the IFC.