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Ceci n'est pas une fraise

 (thumb) There were a lot of strawberries at the market today, and I noticed that they were labeled “3 barquettes/3 Euro”, so I decided to get some for our lunch. Unfortunately, most of the strawberries looked a little dreary — dark and dull red, oversized, a little mushy. But then I spotted a few barquettes sitting apart from the others, [...]

everyday beautiful things

desserts (thumb) I was struck by how aesthteically elegant an everyday errand such as buying dessert or fruit could be in Japan.  Here are some photos to show what I mean - though there were many more instances I didn't have my camera with me to capture. The first few photos are of desserts arranged in the basement of a department store connected [...]

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