Moineau

I am French, 30-something and I live in Paris... and also on the French Riviera near Nice.

I got married in 2007, but my job is still in Paris and my husband's is in Nice - thus the 2 hometowns... You can have a look at both on the blogs I created for the My World in Pictures swap in Dec. 2008 (click on the links above).

Moineau is French for the "House Sparrow" bird. It's an old nickname.

I was born & raised in Britanny, that's the Atlantic NW peninsula of France. I've always lived by the sea, including for 18 months in Seattle, USA.

I love the sea, flowers, birds... In fact, it's my job since I work in environmental law (mainly industrial clients, no crazy eco-lover here).

I love to cook, though I have to admit that my husband is a better cook than me (he is truly amazing). I love chocolate and roasted chicken, I hate vinegar and can't drink a drop of alcohol... which is kind of anti-social in France ;)

I love sewing and embroidering, though I still need a lot of practice to make things perfect. I am not super patient and I like small projects because I need to see them finished ;)

I mainly sew small house-things such as pouches and bags, and children clothes for my nieces.

I do traditional embroidery (cross-stiching bores me to death), mainly flower patterns or simple things like stars and words.

I also started knitting in Late 2008 and I am hooked! Huge fan of Norwegian and Aran patterns.

Jazz (I am a fan of Diana Krall) and songs that have a meaning, from campfire songs to slam and rap ;)

• Blue and green

• Vintage Liberty fabric, especially those where you can recognize the actual flowers on the print

• Soy candles

• Beatrix Potter, beanie babies (dogs and cats), Bollywood glamour

• Chocolates, especially the praliné-filled one

• Tchai tea, and other teas we can't find in France: Lipton Vanilla/French vanilla, cranberry herbal tea...

• Stamps from all over the world

• Ribbons and embroidery threads

• Scandinavian things - including Tone Finnanger/Tilda, Ottobre... - : my husband is half Norwegian and I am totally in love with anything Norway ;)

• Hello Kitty, kawai, mangas and Japanese cartoon-like characters

• Rosewater and anything rose-scented (smells like the rotten flower to me)

• Anna Geddes pictures (sorry, those newborns are not cute, yet)

TV Shows: - Desperate Housewives - Ghost Whisperer - Grey's anatomy - Ugly Betty - Kyle XY - Monk - Hercule Poirot - NCIS

What? How about French ones? Huh let's see: - Une femme d'honneur - Cordier, père et fils - Famille d'accueil

Books/authors - Jane Austen & William Shakespeare - Nicolas Evans & David Guterson - John Grisham & Mary Higgins Clark - Sophie Kinsella & Helen Fielding - Maeve Binchy & Oscar Wilde - Maupassant & Jean Raspail - Marek Halter & Philippe Labro and so many others, I love reading