Yesterday Bethany said...I love your blog.
Its absolutely sensational and the highlight of my days!!
I was wondering if you could do a post on the typical French girls apartment. In the movies it always looks very thrown together, simple and chic. I know you must have insight on this!!!! That would be fantastic.
At first I thought no. But after careful reconsideration, I decided yes! I should show you that French girls are not so "thrown together" or casual. In fact quite the opposite. Especially now you've seen what a hopeless slob I am. The contrast is riveting. This is the entry way where I was to drop my bag upon arrival.
My bag from NYC MTA by the way. It’s New York subway map 🗺️ always gets positive attention in Paris. Including from the staff at Pierre Herme, who like all Parisiens adore New York madly 😵💫
Back to Fr Girls apart - I'll be discrete and show only a few select areas. The cuisine is always immaculate. There is a place for everything and everything in it’s bla bla bla.
An adorable welcome sign - these chalkboard decorative wall spoons with my name in them.
Not a single pomme 🍎 is out of place.
I become chef dishwasher while staying with Fr girl. She does not like to faire la vaisselle...ahem. Of course I can only do the dishes when she is out of the house. Otherwise the noise is annoying. Oui c'est vrai.
Very important coin de cuisine - 
Fr girl is a terrific cook & can whip together something fab in no time.
*Stacked like books 📕 on another shelf - Fr girls chocolate 🍫 bars. Could you do this? I couldn’t 🙄NO WAY. 6-7 choco bars in the house at one time - are you kidding me? Fr Girl would nibble on ONE SQUARE every night after dinner!!
Fr girls petit dej' - a ton of Normandie butter with a little toast and tea ☕️ on the side. This was always a shocker for me.
Fr girl was shocked at my concoctions. My soup 🥣 a staple of mine when I'm away. I make a big pot of it, wolf down it for a quick lunch or dinner, preferably while standing up in the kitchen. Fr girl renamed it,"American Soup"
No decent French person would go near such a concoction of ingredients. It's not done!
Ah The French Way.
I hoped against hope that some of Fr girls orderliness would rub off on me. No such luck :(
It's in RED too!
BONJOUR PARIS APPARTS!
(appart' is slang for apartment or at least I think it is)
This is a repost from April, 2010. French Girl now lives in Bayonne, chocolate 🍫 capitol of France 🇫🇷
But that’s another story.
love the looks of fr. girl's apartment!
ReplyDeleteCarol, there are probably messy French girls, too! But you were lucky to be with one that is clean and organized. Do you always stay at her place or this is the first time?
ReplyDeletetres chic indeed!
ReplyDeletethat is one orderly "apart"
Thanks for the discret peek inside!
Love it!!
Carol: I read PB every morning, and most of the time I'm drooling over the macarons! But I need to unsubscribe for the moment, and your directions do not work. Please clue me in on how to do that. Thanks, and I may be back in a few months.
ReplyDeleteyou have to be neat when the apts are so small...otherwise..it's chaos....not sure I could deal with a kitchen that tiny though..
ReplyDeletehave a good weekend Carol
Please email me ANONYMOUS
ReplyDeleteI have to unsubscribe you, blogger has a glitch I have yet to figure out.
merci
carolg
O Carol, Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI read the blog today and was very excited! Thank you I have so many ideas now what I can do...as with you I must learn to be orderly I suppose!!
I love your work and one day soon will invest in a picture!!
Thanks Carol!
Bethany
Ahhh new idea...chocolate does stack just like books!....i just throw mine in the cupboard....need to stack and display those bars.....
ReplyDeleteDoes she really eat all that butter for lunch?? Ayyyyyyyyye. Cute post!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting Carol. About those chocolate bars stacked like books - I can't keep one bar at a time around, it's husually half gone by the time I get home! Hope all is going well with your exhinit today!
ReplyDeleteMiam maim - Normandie butter!
ReplyDeletePop over to Chez Moi. I have a present for you.
PS - I think those chocolate bars are for cooking with.
ReplyDeleteActually, I am one of those rare gals that could indeed have 6-7 chocolate bars in the house at one time. In fact, I have much more than that in a large baggie in my crisper in the fridge ~ bite-sized Reese's cups, Hershey's, Almond Joys, Kisses, and some larger dark chocolate bars ~ I like choices when I wish to indulge :-)). I love chocolate, but a little bit at time is all I need. Weird, I know. However, I should say that potato chips are completely banned from my home.
ReplyDeleteI should conduct a study in our house of 5. 6-7 chocolate bars stacked to the side, casually on the shelf with the cookbooks, within reach and within sight. Are you kidding me!!! It must be the American sense of consumption but it would be as if there was a sign saying, "I MUST BE ENJOYED AND DEVOURED NOW" Thanks to your dear reader for the awesome suggestion of seeing the neat glimpses of Fr. Girl's fab apartment. I can appreciate neatness, but I am not an "everything in its place" girl as much as I try.
ReplyDeleteDid you see all her pretty cups and saucers?! I can't keep my eyes off them...to think, to wake up every morning and instead of grabbing my plain white coffee cup to be able to sip tea and toast from one of those!
ReplyDeleteooooh, lala, the french....and the macaron apron? coveting...
Love your blog and would like to know where I can get an apron with the macaroons? I found a couple of bakeries in town that sell them for $1.25 and thought of you right away!!!!!
ReplyDeletei love how she painted her tangerine crates pink! only a french woman would think of doing something like that!
ReplyDeleteOh, that tablier - I would love to cook in it!
ReplyDeleteI read Armchair Parisians "chocolate in the crisper" tale.
So lucky for both of us that I do not know where she lives! ;-)
Carol, reading your comments section is a story by itself. Herm found the aprons, for 1.25!!!! Why don't I live in Paris????
ReplyDeleteHave I told you lately how much J'ADORE your blog? This post was just another example of why I love it so much. Catching glimpses of la vie Parisienne keeps me coming here every day! Merci! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the apartment. I think that I would be very happy there :)
ReplyDelete(Is the opening shot the building that French girl lives in?)
I am now inspired to trim down the stuff in my kitchen. I LOVE cute and eclectic clutter, but the more space you have the more you stuff into it, and that isn't good.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, and a great way to start off my Saturday. Thanks Carol and love from Kiwiland.
looks like many of the fr. appartmnets I've been in. So perfect!
ReplyDeleteDid you make that apron? I love it!
ReplyDeleteCarol! Love! I am so jealous, seriously, the apartment is adorable, and lol, Astoria is totally up and coming, right? Thanks for the peek, I would LOVE to be here right now! Have a fabulous weekend! Double cheek kiss to you!
ReplyDeleteHello, Carol
ReplyDeleteI really love your blog and it's so nice to enter and see your apart.
I read paris breakfasts everyday and it makes me feel very happy 'cause we can learn a lot of French style of life and get new ideas.
You're responsable for giving us a chance to follow you.
Love,
Vanete Arrigoni
Hello, Carol
ReplyDeleteI really love your blog and it's so nice to enter and see your apart.
I read paris breakfasts everyday and it makes me feel very happy 'cause we can learn a lot of French style of life and get new ideas.
You're responsable for giving us a chance to follow you.
Love,
Vanete Arrigoni
Sorry! I sent the comments twice, but I really love PB.
ReplyDeleteVanete
MON DIEU!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you all would get so excited about this? Admittedly I found it pretty interesting-that's why I took pictures for posterity.
The FIRST photo is the view out the window NIKON but all the residential buildings look the same on that street-rather posh and "sober" as the Fr like to say.
More importantly, I want to emphasize that those chocolate bars are NOT ALL used in cooking and I see there are actually 8 bars.
There WERE 9 but I gobbled up the one filled with caramel :(
I feel like an idiot that I never noticed the PINK painted madarine boxes! Shocking!
As for the TABLIER, MERISI, no way will you find it for $1.25 sorry. I did find it in a giftie shoppe on rue Jacob near rue Bonaparte and couldn't bring myself to part with 30 euros.
Naturally I regret it.
WHIT, the pretty cups and saucers are from Cacherel and I went out and bought my own cup to avoid breaking any in my slovenly clumsiness...ahem
If you have any other bright ideas or requests pls. let me know.
And thanks for all the adoration!
Keep it coming!!
Carolg
PB is the highlight of my day as well, Carol!
ReplyDeleteLove the stacked chocolate bars! And the Mouton Cadet.
And ton of butter on bread at breakfast ... a must in my book too.
Enjoy,
Christine
How wonderful, thank you!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
CB
There is nothing wrong with eating cooking chocolate in my book if one is desperate enough.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget it's FRENCH!
Better than eating wallpaper Clare...
oui...
ReplyDeleteas far as I know is short for "appartment."
Elizabeth
Love your blog....
ReplyDeletein yesterday's you mentioned attending a meeting of Francophile bloggers. Is there a list or a link to people who have blogs about France? I subscribe to French word a day; tongue in chic; paris breakfasts and now because of you, Lunch in Paris but would like to know of others if you have a list. Merci beaucoup, Karinka
Very interesting post! Could you let us know what the apero is that French girl drinks? Was it wine or something else? It is fun trying esoteric aperitifs. I tried (and loved) Suze.
ReplyDeleteI would love to know what her cookbooks are, too. I'm in Paris at the moment (dans mon petit appart)...it would be so much fun to buy them and check out the recipes. I don't care if they are in French with metric measures. N'importe!
Excellent post! The apart' is très mignon and inspiring to clean up mine a little! LOL!
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As always I just love your posts!
ReplyDeleteSo clever and get photos. I love
the fr. girl's apt.
Jane
Flora Doora
I love your blog, you speriencies...!! is soo interesting
ReplyDeleteMy blog is http://aboutmyfashionlife.blogspot.com/ if you like it fall pleaS!!!
Andrea
Sorry, I meant $1.25 for the macaroons, not the apron!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to find an apron like that, maybe I have to paint one.
Hello Carol,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy Reading your blog and i love your enthusiasm and love for Paris.
You have a really good eye for things. Today´s “French girl´s apartment “ was just great!!!
I really enjoyed this apartment tour dear Carol...loved every little detail /especially the choco bars and the apron with those delicious macarons :-)/ Yay macarons...I have to try them!
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a wonderful weekend my dear friend.
Cheers: Evi
6-7 choco bars
ReplyDeletein the house at one time...
why,
i am STILL over here laughing over this idea....
:-)
a one time!
as if....
It's always a real pleasure to look your blog.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a long time since I wasn't in blogs and I am very happy to be back here.
Sorry for my english, it is so bad.
See you soon, Lucie
Your website, just the word : appartement with 2 T -
ReplyDelete"un appart"...
sympathetic photographies !
A+C++++
I found this post quite inspirational. It made me want to instantly start going through all my possessions and sifting them!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed and was inspired looking at the appartment photos! Thank you for sharing these :-)
ReplyDeleteYour blog is really nice!! I live in Paris, actually not far (northern suburb). I like the french girl appartment!
ReplyDeletethank you for this blog!
Here is a book I love!
do you know it?
Paris: Wish You Were Here!
Carol,
ReplyDeleteI must confess, your soup looks too healthy even for me. ;-) Who ate the green tomatoes in the basket, btw?
I like the soup you are making for breakfast! Very Chic! lol But why not??
ReplyDeleteI have fun visiting your blog and it reminds me of my working years in Paris...
hah! I love all the chocolate bars - thats the way to do it!
ReplyDeleteoh what a cool idea for a post
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