Apple Store, Sydney

Hi guys, I guess it was about time the Evil White Fruit came to town!

The Archinerd and I went to pay that giant fruit a visit last week. We actually intended to go on the night the Sydney Apple store was launched but I was pretty sure every single Sydneysider you know was in the darn queue so we ended up watching SATC instead.

The structural glass facade that almost puts others of its kind in the CBD to shame. Seriously! Muahahaha..

And definitely one of Sydney’s coolest staircases with equally cool lighting.

I guess this is what my staircase-fetish does to me!

Oh dear! I am sooo going back to get my IPod case. I don’t know about you but I certainly have a serious love-hate relationship with Apple!

Sorry I really had to do this — it was too irresistable! Har har har…

Alright peeps, ciao for now!

Pierre Cardin’s plans for Lacoste

The millionaire fashion designer, Pierre Cardin, has big plans for his hometown Lacoste.

In hope to make Lacoste the “St. Tropez of culture“, he is envisioning the beautiful village as a refuge for world artists — with luxury hotels & cafes. He has already spent millions of dollars refurbishing the Marquis de Sade Castle and is now apparently busy buying houses and employing people to care for his new properties. He has even been fiddling with the idea of building a Greek amphitheater at a local quarry.

Lacoste, Vaucluse.
(Image credit: Corine Brisbois)

More and more locals are starting to protest. They are worried his plans will change the face of the village forever. This, I will have to agree — I mean, a Greek amphitheater, really?! It’s like trying to turn Lacoste into a posh Disney resort.

Read more, here or here.
More images of Lacoste, here.

Oh well! I guess, in times like this, we can always look back at Spain’s Bilbao brought back to life by “gehry-fication” not-all-that-long-ago…

Can Pierre Cardin really buy the dying village back to life?