Alyssia Belloso Ceramics

February 16, 2020

Let me introduce you to Alyssia Belloso beautiful ceramics work. And she is as beautiful a person as her work portrays. I met her because I asked her if I could photograph her for a homework I had to give to my Nicéphore course. And I'm so glad I did:

photographie, Nicéphore, black and white, noir et blanc, ecole

Sortir de sa zone de confort grace à Nicéphore

November 29, 2018

English will follow Voici une série de photos assez inhabituelle de ma part (en tous cas pour ceux qui me connaissent) : du noir et blanc et de la photographie de rue. Grace à ma formation de photo chez Nicéphore, une école de photographie à distance, je sors régulièrement de ma zone de confort, de mes sentiers habituels. Et j'adore ! J'apprends tellement de cette manière. Beaucoup plus qu'en restant dans ce que j'aime normalement faire (portraits d'enfants, styling de recettes etc.) :

Tale me: rent your maternity and kids clothes

June 14, 2016

I heard about the idea of renting clothes for your babies from 0 to 4 along with pregnancy clothes and thought "I'm not the target, but that hey, that sounds interesting". The clothes you can rent are ecological and ethical clothes. They are also from designers. I thought: "ok, that's a great concept, I have to have a look". Then I met Anne and her crew, and asked like most people: "what do you do with stains and holes?" and they totally convinced me that I wished this existed when I had my two children. (wanna find out how they do it, click on "read more "!(Anna the founder of Tale Me)See those beautiful kids clothes in the window? Well, instead of buying them for an expensive price and having your kids only wear it a few times, you could rent them, send them back and therefore change clothes every two months. And you can choose from an immense choice of ethical (made in Belgium, France and Portugal mostly) and organic clothes.It's really nice designers clothes too. Ecological brands I used when my kids were little and lasted forever, like la queue du chat or l'asticot. But also Belgian new designers such as Maurice and co. This idea is actually amazing: Slow fashion. I totally support this responsible consuming (and you know me, I'm quite the shameful consumer but still, I know what would be the best way. If you read French, click on this article about not possessing anything in the future. "you have a nice pullover, where did you rent it?" could be the way forward!).They also have the same concept for maternity clothes. The typical time when really, you will not use the clothes more than... a few months! So why not rent them? and if you give birth before the end of your rental contract, you can switch to breastfeeding or baby clothes.Right now you are thinking, just like I did: "yes, but kids of those ages (from 0 until 4 years old) stain easily their clothes and they also make holes. How much do you have to pay when you send them back in that state?" Well, I was totally blown and satisfied by their answer: Nothing! you send the clothes back how they are. Tale me will try to wash them and render them as nice as possible, in the best way they can. They will use ecological products (that they also sell actually) and tricks. Check out this cute video!If it doesn't go away, or if the hole cannot be repaired, they use the remaining fabric to make other clothes that they will rent! How fantastic? They have a great person sewing in the back of the shop, genius!You have several ways to rent, for several prices. If you read French, this blog explains it so well. Otherwise you can either go to the shop for really good advice or you have also information on their website. I'll also try here:For children clothes, you can rent either 3 clothes or 5 clothes every two months. Right now, it sizes from 0 to 4 but they are intending to go up to 8 yrs old in the future. You can choose the clothes in the Tale me shop in Brussels (details below) in the prices shown or you can choose them online on their website for slight more expensive price. The amazing thing: they deliver all over Europe!!The same goes for pregnancy clothes:You can change every months! Or check the details here.If you have children of those ages or are on your way to maternity, you have to try it out. They have for instance really nice Patagonia coats in the winter, or more suitable to this period, swimming suits. Again, the typical type of clothes that will not be worn more than a few weeks. Aren't you convinced already?The textile industry pollutes a lot, and Tale me is already working with mostly ecological fabrics and they print fabrics in the Netherlands to design some clothes in Belgium. But apparently Anne is also working to find fabrics that are solely made in Europe. The way forward! TALE MEChaussée de Charleroi 166Opening hoursMonday 11h until 17h30Tuesday to Friday 11h-19hSaturday 10h30-18hTel : +32 2 851 53 49or the website: taleme.be

Dam sum in Brussels

May 3, 2016

Dam sum is by far the best dim sum restaurant in Brussels. Those who know me, know that I have this crazy adoration for dim sums. I love them, I crave them. I even went to Beijing for our honey moon more or less to be able to have a feast of them. It was never a thing I could find in Brussels. Some restaurants had it, sometimes better than others but if I really wanted to fulfil my need, I would go to London (I could list my favourite dim sum restaurants there on the blog maybe one day). Then Dam Sum opened, and that my friends, was a life changer!They have really nice bbq buns and classic har gao among other choices. Their shrimp gyozas are amazing. Their overall menu isn't so big but it's fresh, they don't add glutamate and if you are lucky you can even see them making some of the dim sums in front of you. The cherry on the cake is their speciality: the xiao long bao, which is a steamed bun that includes a little soup you suck before eating the ravioli. Simply delicious! Right now they have one with some truffle taste, you have to go try it.Here is a little movie I made, again with my not so great camera, but you get the idea:They don't take reservation, so you have to go a little early or expect some waiting time, but the turn over is ok . They even have a Sunday brunch now. Go there and let me know what you think!DAM SUM11 place de la Trinité, 1050 Bruxelles02 538 08 10

La Frénésie - vintage and flower shop in Brussels

April 21, 2016

La Frénésie is more than a flower and a vintage deco shop. It's filled with love, the love of Caroline for a colourful life, sweet jazzy women singer voices, 50s and 60s world and of course flowers.

AmStramGram: Best kids book store in Brussels

January 5, 2016

Another blogpost I have been meaning to do for a long time, before Christmas so you would all go and do your shopping there.... is this one on AmStramGram, the best kids bookstore in Brussels! I surely hope that you will go there over the year anyway, it's worth it at any time! I'm writing in English and of course this is mainly a French bookstore but you can find some (not many) books in other languages too (English, Dutch, Italian, Spanish...)Frédérique, the owner, will always give you the best advice and is very helpful. She knows what to buy for all ages, even teenagers and adults:You also find great toys, games and decoration. Frédérique will always have some new cool things, she recently got hold of some kids friendly pop figurines for instance. She has great colorful tastes:In other words, go there! (address and contacts after the pictures):1 Rue Général Mac Arthur, 1180 UccleTel: 02 345 81 85WebsiteIt's a very nice and fancy area to have a walk in the weekends and you will find some other nice shops too. And if you are really a fan of books, especially art books but this time for adults, you can hop on the other side and visit this great shop: