It seemed a natural.
So obviously my next map should be rue St.-Louis en L'Ile. Easy peasy no? NO.
I live on an island full of ice cream-seekers (even though Berthillon will close it's shutters on Monday 27 July for vacance, there are many other providers of their excellent glace to dish it out. Le Figaro says Berthillon has the absolute best Vanille in town, in case you're womdering which of the 57+ flavors to order. I say go with the benchmark.
Ha. I saw this poster at the Sunday marché Bastille.
The title of this months map, 'the lure of the ice cream cone'
Meanwhile back to drawing maps. I belatedly discovered I prefer drawing round shapes (apples, cherries, tomatoes, DESSERTS )
I picked up this wonderful book, A Map of the World, while researching/procrastinating drawing my Ile St.-Louis map.
Usually I'm dependent on the boys at the copy shop for art feedback. One frown from them and I'm back to the drawingboard for a redo.
I put my horribly busy, desperate map sketch on FaceBook and asked, SOS!
Bear insisted
I asked for opinions. Mostly everyone felt as Bear did. They loved tea salons. Fortunately one voice in the wilderness (Felicity) said keep it simple (commonly referred to as KISS).
I skirted the issue by adding La Seine.
A side note, while procrastinating I read Audrey Hepburn was so nervous about meeting Cary Grant in 'Charade' she spilled her wine on him. They added it to the movie but turned the wine into ice cream.
So I added in an homage to Audrey and Cary...sort of.
I asked for opinions. Mostly everyone felt as Bear did. They loved tea salons. Fortunately one voice in the wilderness (Felicity) said keep it simple (commonly referred to as KISS).
I skirted the issue by adding La Seine.
A side note, while procrastinating I read Audrey Hepburn was so nervous about meeting Cary Grant in 'Charade' she spilled her wine on him. They added it to the movie but turned the wine into ice cream.
Adding blue water helped bring me closer to the finish line while still dithering over tea salons. Yes, I know it should be LA not LE Seine.
Enfin! Finished after weeks of blood, sweat and too many ice cream cones. Your JULY PARIS MAPS went out yesterday subscribers.So that is How The West Was Won and rue Saint-Louis en l'Ile was conquered.
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Miam! Miam!
ReplyDeleteLove the finished product! Author of The Map of The World book please?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I will add a link.
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A MAP OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ILLUSTRATORS& sTORYTELLERS
No author
http://www.amazon.com/Map-World-According-Illustrators-Storytellers/dp/3899554698
DeleteThat book looks fascinating! Thanks for link! :-)
DeleteCarol, it's fascinating to see how you are developing these maps. They are looking so very good.
ReplyDelete(Thank you also for the sweet photo from Charade.)
Still looking for my own first ice cream cone/cup of 2015. Perhaps tomorrow might be the day. I might have to take a photo.
xo
Hahaha. They are getting ready to launch FALL here soon.
DeleteIce cream will be gone soon...
Excellent! Is rue Jacob long enough to warrant a map? I meant to vote for it earlier. I love the history of the street... important things have happened there and so many interesting people have lived (and do live) there! And there are GREAT SHOPS! Even a LADUREE!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE rue Jacob!!
DeleteI am mainly doing Foodie streets though and rue Jacob is not a foodie street malheureusement :(
Super!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful this is. Great design.
Especially love the drippy little ice cream cone.
Great sense of humor, my dear.
hee-hee
Lovely!!! It's a wrap.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure but I believe that Orlean takes an "s" at the end but I may be wrong
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Deletetrop tard
You darn Copy Shop people!!
Looking at the line of people, they do not look like sophisticated French dressers but very much American casual.
ReplyDeleteProbably all Frenchies on the Berthillon line. Most Americans go to the shorter, faster lines at the other places. The girl in the polka-dots with long hair? Very French.
DeleteCarol, your blog has brought me endless joy and ideas for how to spend my precious vacations days in Paris. Have you thought about doing a map of rue des Abbesses in Montmartre, which leads to rue Lepic?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more Rue Lepic..
DeleteI must explore!
You have gotten through this beautifully even without my help :-) I will be watching for the mailman!
ReplyDeleteGod only knows what I'd be without you....
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Bom bom ba bommmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI
This is the BEST drawing - I love it! Are you going to do one for different areas? Rue St Honore would be fab! Or, do one for each arrondissement and bundle them together as Carol's Paris?
ReplyDeleteBravo!
ReplyDeleteMap charming witty colorful ...
you make Bear proud!
A million thank-yous for today's gorgeous blog!
ReplyDeleteWe are Californians who treat ourselves to a trip to Paris
as often as we can. After checking into our hotel, our first
stop is always the incomparable Berthillon. They make the
world's best ice cream! No one else comes even close.
I love your maps! Hope that sometime in the future you will consider having them published as a book!
ReplyDeleteI was sooo excited to see this! My all-time favorite of Berthillon is there sorbet abricot. It's all I have ever eaten. I had it first in 1986 and it was and still is just like the fruit. Miam miam....
ReplyDeleteFantastic!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Yummmmmy too!!!
You suffer for your art!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha ;))
DeleteI love the way you put this post together, a lot of work, and great artwork. Humorous, too.
ReplyDeleteFirst class, Carol!
Took me a while to come back to you, earmarked it and now WOAWWWW; this is beyond precious. What a job you had and so much fun! Thank you, merci, grazie, Danke, gracias
ReplyDelete:) Kiki