March favorites
giant meringues, good books, tulips, gingham, neon pea soup
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This is volume three of a series for paid subscribers, in which I gather up some little notes on my delights lately: things I’ve enjoyed reading, watching, cooking, and doing this month— or, things in which I’ve found inspiration or beauty. A mixed bouquet of this and that, picked by me for you.
film
Eric Rohmer’s 1990 film A Tale of Springtime is a classic visual treat for spring, there are so many little pleasures to see here. Spring blossoms, loads of green country landscapes, Parisian apartments, stripes, and cooking. The interactions between characters are both exquisite and mundane. Jeanne cannot stand her boyfriend’s apartment, which is disorderly- a half-eaten baguette and its crumbs, tangled sheets on the unmade bed, mens shirts strewn about- so much so that she doubts the tenability of the relationship. Flouncing Natacha complains about her mother and her fathers current girlfriend, and plays Schumann on piano for Jeanne, wearing crushed velvet. Eve, the young girlfriend of Natacha’s father, tosses her hair, is smug, peels potatoes while smoking.