Dear La Mom,
You are cordially invited on an 11.5 hour flight to a sunny destination with a 9 hour time difference.
Please join us for a hot California night à la mesure de son extravagance...
This was the invitation that popped up in La Mom's email a few weeks ago for the French TV channel Paris Première press screening and after-party of their show Paris Dernière.
Join presenter Philippe Besson as he takes Los Angeles by storm for this season's first TV show filmed abroad ~
"Los Angeles Dernière"
The invitation had me at 'after-party' (party = free champagne!)
le mercredi 27 avril 2011
à partir de 19h30
au Môm
La Mom invited to a party at the new restaurant & bar Mom? Well,
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
And so I joined Philippe Besson, Paris Dernière's host and the ultimate connaisseur of Parisian night life for a short trip to sunny California. Usually, he takes viewers on weekly nocturnal adventures around Paris. This evening though, la-la Land was the apple of Philippe's eye.
Here's how the evening started -
7:30 PM: La Mom arrived with Sheryl Crow on iTunes to get in the mood...
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Sheryl: This ain't no disco It ain't no country club either This is LA! La Mom: No, actually, it's the resto Môm 4-6 Rue Pierre Demours 75017 Paris |
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The party was privatized in the salon & fumoir upstairs... |
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a trailer ran en boucle on several TVs before the screening... |
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I picked up my press kit... |
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and listened to Philippe Besson & Karine Blouet, President of Paris Première, promote the show... |
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while at the same time checking out the cute (and much younger) French journalists... |
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and snacking on American hot dogs with a French twist. |
8PM: Showtime
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Sheryl: "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die," Says the man next to me out of nowhere It's apropos Of nothing He says his name's Philippe but I'm sure, He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy La Mom: I'm sure he's Philippe. He looks so French, non?. |
Here's Philippe cruising around LA on a quest to meet the most interesting people going about their nocturnal business.
Some of the fun people he meets are:
- The Mayor of Beverly Hills (who speaks very cute French!)
- A French actress in Venice Beach
- A pharmacy owner. Although, this isn't a typical pharmacy...
- The band Puggy on Canyon Drive
- An actress at the Chateau Marmont
- The hilarious drag queen Ongina
- A gay icon
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Mmm..hunger strikes so Philippe stops at Pink's Hot Dog and ends up running into Marilyn Monroe |
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Phil ends the evening chatting up Tim Robbins at his theater |
What a great soirée! La Mom sure had fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one.
Thanks to Philippe Besson for taking me to LA, even if was just for a few hours. Special thanks to the press team "Valérie" and "Mathilde" for the invite. You gals are great!
Tune in to "Paris Dernière Los Angeles" on Saturday, May 28th at 11:30 PM on Paris Première and join Philippe Besson as he does LA by night!
12 comments:
How swanky!!! Send those young French journalists my way!
Those hot dogs look delish - and I don't normally like hotdogs! Looks like a fab evening...
Will it air in the states?? What a fabulous soirée!
@anna_bananna I had two they were delish!
@Brenna Aren't they cuties?
@SweetFreak It won't air in the US but you can catch snippets after the 28th on Paris Première's website. I attached a link in the post.
That is awesome! I love it. Glad you had a great time.
@Jennifer James: I'm so honored you stopped by my blog! Merci merci!!
"cute journalists, but much younger". that was fun, as much as it was nice to meet you though.
"cute journalists, but much younger". that was fun, as much as seeing you having those dogs...
@Tim: It was nice meeting you too and thanks for sharing a hot dog avec moi!
How fun is that!!! As an ex so cal girl I appreciate all the adventures and Cheryl Crow was the perect musical muse to get you in the mood... I'd kill for a Pinks Hot Dog!!!!We will have to see about getting you more votes for the other thing........ Maryanne hugs.,
sounds fabulous! I love that he went to Pink's. It's down the street and I haven't been in a loong time. Thanks for the reminder to be a tourist in my own city. I look forward to the snippets from the show!
Hi La Mom
Check out Ma NouvelleMode blog. Her post on LA opens with Cheryl Crow too. Hmm.
There's only one La Mom!
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