Birthday 🎂 Lunch in Nantes

 Nantes is not a bad place to spend your birthday 🎉 🎂 🥳

Especially when you dream of plateau de mer 

Bear 🐻 On Board, Tea ☕️ with Lis, Nicole stitches 🧵

 

Yesterday I returned to Cafe Varenne for tea ☕️ with Lis Watkins. I’m working on sketches ✍️ for the next PARIS Letter. 3 guesses?

Bear 🐻 came along! 🤸‍♂️

What I ate this week in Paris

 

Last night I did more dessert research 🔬 with Joyce (visiting from New York)

On Profiteroles. Joyce got a choux Chantilly, a simpler version sans sauce chocolat noir et glace 🍨 vanille.

Profiteroles I have eaten, Chez Clément Montparnasse

Last night with PBers Nicole & DeeAnn we had profiteroles for dessert 

At Cafe Varenne.

We left a little bit on the plate, the way you are supposed to in France 🇫🇷 OK not much 🙄

The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir By Jane Bertch

 I LOVE ❤️ 

Jane Bertch’s new book📕 The French Ingredient.

Cordelia Coffee Flower Shop

On Tuesday I went to Cordelia Coffee Flower Shop.

On 14, rue du Bac 75004

April in Paris 🌸 Letter

Back on April 8 I said, I was trying hard to get your April Paris letters done ✏️ and to la poste 📮

Early work-in-progress sketches… 🤸🏾‍♀️

What Bag to Wear in Paris

 American celebrities like to carry whatever Parisian IT $$$$$ bag is IN.

According to Vogue, ‘There’s a certain cool girl look’ Parisians have down pat. From perfect Breton stripe shirt to classic cigarette pants, Fr girls claim some of the chicest staples in a working wardrobe. 

La Pâtisserie Viennoise, Diptyque

It may be Spring but hot chocolate/chocolat chaud ☕️ is always a good idea in Paris 

La Pâtisserie Viennoise is tucked away on a side street is easy to miss - 8 rue l'école de médecine 75006 Bus 86, 63 go right by it.

City-Pharma & Cafe Deux Magot

Some wise travelers know Paris is a Mecca for makeup and City-Pharma is their bargain land Holy Grail. At 26, rue du Four 75004

I met up with two clever ducks Cheryl & Debbie on Tuesday because they'd ordered the 6-pack of Paris Letters and wanted to pick them up while in Paris (instant gratification). 

(This is a repost from 2015 with additions)

The Paris Walk

Drawing by Rick Tulka

I mentioned Rick Tulka's Walking Man previouslyI've been seeing "walking Parisiens".

Mother’s Day, Giverny, Impressionnistes

I’m going to the Orsay Impressionnistes exhibit today.

A visit to Giverny to amuse you till the Orsay report is ready

I went to buy stamps, En Jeu! Musée Marmottan Monet

 

Samedi/Saturday was gorgeous. Guess - tourists or Parisiennes?

No way could you stay inside.

La Naissance des Grands Magasins 1852-1925, Le musée des Arts décoratifs

 

Yesterday was the 1st day of the big department store show at MAD and I was there when the doors opened.

Are you a devoted department store browser (different from a shopper)

Jardin des Plantes 🌸 Cherry Blossoms

I’m trying hard to get your April Paris letter done ✏️ 

And mailed 📮 out 💌 in APRIL 🌸🙏🤞

PAD Paris 2024 Tuileries

 

Yesterday I went to PAD Paris vernissage held in a long tent in Tuileries. The art show is on thru Sunday April 7. Run 🏃‍♀️ don’t walk. Fun!

Dogs are allowed I think…I saw 2 🐶 Breed vague.

Parisians & their chiens, The Real Emily in Paris

Today’s post was supposed to be on Art Paris vernissage at Grand Palais Ephemeral yesterday (on from April 4 - 7). The cutout Bichon Frisé is by Tursic & Mille. Woman with purse pets by Yunzo Paek.

But I couldn’t resist showing you Paris chiens/dogs from this week. Seen at the new Pompidou BRANCUSI Retrospective. Evidently Bichons Frisé are IN.

Easter Chocolate Browsing on rue du Bac, 75007

 Saturday I went last-minute Easter 🐇 browsing

Where to look for Easter chocolates in Paris? 

Desperately Seeking Paris Chocolate Bunnies

For most of March I’ve been haunting Paris chocolate shops. Nice work if you can get it 😀

Doing intense research 🔬 for the March Paris letter.

Printemps in Paris

 

Printemps 🌸

Arrived in Paris yesterday

Salon du Dessin

 

Yesterday was the kickoff preview opening of 5-day  SALON DU DESSIN.  

Always held at the grand Palais Brongniart in Place de la Bourse, home to the French stock market. Fortunately, it was a sunny 🌞 Spring day.

Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Paolo Roversi

 

Thursday was a double-header. 

I hit 2 fashion photography shows in one day.

Paris Café Festival 2024 (9-11 March)

 

Sunday I went to the 5th edition of Paris Café Festival at Carreau du Temple in the Marais.

My first time to the Coffee Festival but definitely not my last. 

Métro ! Le Grand Paris en mouvement

Many PBers refuse to take the Metro 🚇 when in Paris. A big mistake.

It’s part of the total Paris experience and a big part of Paris’ history.

Chanel RTW Fall/Winter 2024

  Yesterday was bitter cold out - 43 degrees feels like 34 degrees + a chill wind.

The last Tuesday of Paris Fashion Week is always the Chanel Automne/Hiver show at 10:30 am