I have something really fun to share with you. As of today, you can walk into any French post office and buy a stamp portraying a bust of Julius Caesar that was made from a photograph taken by my love, Remi Benali.
There are one million of these stamps available for sale!
For any stamp collectors out there, you may not be surprised to learn that only the stamps bought on the first day of their publication are marked with a special seal, which gives them extra worth. This morning, 500 people lined up at the Musée départemental Arles Antique, which is home to the bust, in order to have the special seal.
As always, I am exceptionally proud of Remi. When we stopped by this evening to buy our stamps, he was not only congratulated but was also asked to autograph the set by many savvy collectors! To see more of his archaeological work (of which I will have news in the months to come), please click here.
And so for my sweetheart on this Valentine’s Day weekend, one of his favorite tunes:
And speaking of this very sweet holiday, I was delighted to have been asked by my friend D.A. Wolf at Daily Plate of Crazy to participate in her series on Food and Love. What I wrote, as with the piece that I wrote for my Mom, comes from the heart.
To read “Love in the terroir” please click here.
Keep sending out the Love for everyday is Valentine’s Day!
I hate it when a cliché is just the right word but that's awesome!
I'm fascinated by all the decisions that lead to this from deciding the French postal system needed a new stamp….to honor Cesar? museums in France? Arles? to design, selection of artist, Remi , and on and on.
Will you frame it? them? a collage?
Where will we see it, if we're so invited to do so in your blog, in your next home? I just love all of it!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Remi. That's a beautiful stamp.
Congratulations Remi!
I read the title and thought…goodness, did Heather get a tattoo of Remi for Valentine's Day!?
Heather,
What a wonderful honor for your Remi and you too. Wish I was there to purchase one – hopefully they'll still be available in the Spring when I hope to visit.
What a cool stamp! You are so lucky to have such a one-in-a-million kind of man.
Excellent! Congratulations Remi .. no small feat!
That is just so exciting! My congratulations to Remi. He seems to be 'a hell of a' photographer and artist, somebody who is working meticulously! You are both right to be very proud!
And I am so much looking forward to look at some of this with my own eyes in about two weeks time. If everything works out well!
And I am sending it right back like a boomerang, lovely friend.
So so incredibly cool!
And many thanks for the gorgeous piece chez moi.
xo
This is fantastic Heather! No wonder you are proud. Congratulations, Remi. And couldn't agree more that every day should be Valentine's Day! Sending lots of love.