Yet another day has almost gone by. I was working at Poilâne again today, but this time I was working more in their "PR" section. (I quote PR because they never buy ad space or ask for an article to be written. All of the articles written about Poilâne were asked to Poilâne by the magazines and the rest of their advertisement is word of mouth.)
In the morning, I was reading through the history of Poilâne. They have archives that date back for a very long time, but ready in the office are archives that date back to 1995. While reading through these, I found out some very interesting facts. I will not bore you with many of them, but a fun one is that Robert DeNiro and Tom Cruise adore Poilâne bread; according to many of the articles, Robert DeNiro has Poilâne bread shipped to him weekly. Frank Sinatra used to have their bread shipped to him wherever he was daily. One other fun fact is that Lionel Poilâne sculpted a chandelier along with other bread furniture for his friend, Dali. ( A photo of the furniture may be found here http://www.bonjourparis.com/story/gourmet-buzz/)
Once I got over my shock from these articles, I went out and got lunch at La Grande Epicerie. I ate lunch in a nearby park with Madame, and then I went back to work. Once there, it was time for a photoshoot...a photoshoot of bread. I went all around the store, I had everything at my disposal there. Everyone was very helpful and the photos (I haven't edited them) came out great. Someone in PR said they will most likely use my photos when magazines cannot send someone to take some for the articles (I'll even get a photo credit!). These were just some of the 123 photos taken. I also really liked this photo at the end, but it wouldn't upload in the rotated form....
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