
breakfast was a plain baguette each
i ate mine too quickly, giving myself jaw ache.
i LOVE proper french bread.
bought some birkis for me and flipflops for frances.
photographed 'james palumbo' for a while at his home and around cannes.
double hot sun to be out shooting in.
shot some 6x9 film and some durty digital.
after shootings, we were invited back for lunch which was accompanied by several bottles of fine, vintage white wine.
james is very hospitable: a great host who made us all very welcome.
sat around the pool drinking and chatting.
james and his friend/associate damien were good enough to brainstorm how 'perou' could earn $2m a year: 'what's the BIG idea, perou?'
i didn't realise quite how drunk i was (not normally drinking wine) and agreed to a swim accross the bay of cannes.

self inflicted injuries
the water was beautiful but very salty.
incredibly stupidly i (once more) dived into shallow water hitting my head and chipping off two teeth.
i didn't realise i was hurt so swam with james, chloe (sytlist) and damien to the charlton pier and back (about 2km).
on the return swim i was wondering when i'd twisted my neck badly..?
when i got out, i realised bits of my teeth were missing and felt the lump on the top of my head.
i KNOW how stupid i am.
several friends' friends and family members have paralysed themselves in similar ways.
no excuses.
i'm lucky it wasn't much worse.

we were invited back again for dinner, eaten on the veranda of lee and his wife's apartment upstairs from james' place.
much more delicious vintage champagne and wine was consumed.
very good company.
left late with the very drunk frances and took pictures along the way.
another hard day at the office