DAY FIFTEEN of MySexLifeInParis

I went to see a museum Nissim de Camondo today.

It is a mansion built in early 20^th century in 18^th century stile housing a nice collection of furniture and art of French 18^th century. The visit was interesting mainly for two reasons: to see from inside the rich man’s house of early 20^th century and for the amazing and touching story of the de Camondo family.

I would not recommend this house to those that search for the 18^th century architecture because the arrangement of the rooms and service areas is modern, but it is not bed to see the modern house from circa 1910., especially when you’ve spent years watching/living inside ‘You Rang, Milord?’ BBC house.

But the real people that lived in this house could also make great material for grand BBC stories. A Sephardic family that after the exile from Spain settled in Venice, latter in Istanbul, became the biggest bankers of Ottoman Empire, moved to Paris, became French and fought and died in First World War, extinguished in Auschwitz in the Second War War.
http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/gb/04museecamondo/index.html

The ancestors: Nissim and Salmon de Camondo.. and French officer Nissim de Camando.

I spent a couple of hours in one fashion photo studio with no particular task rather than chatting with some three or four assistants during the shoot. And so it seems that in Paris it is difficult even to find a non paying job in fashion world – today on a shoot there were three or four non paid assistants: assistant to the video man, assistant to the stylist, second assistant to the photographer and an assistant to make up or hairstylist. And a Croatian model – Nika Senjak, the one in background getting the make up.

To finish the night - open mic in Paris. Next week it is my turn to stand up? The audience awaits, as you can see.