tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post4858778028937731751..comments2024-03-19T03:04:53.896-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: Salon du...Macarons!Parisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-53912101150810280712011-10-26T04:04:34.017-04:002011-10-26T04:04:34.017-04:00Marvelous pics, Carol! I would love to be there!!x...Marvelous pics, Carol! I would love to be there!!xxMarina Motthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373342028756856232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-35145448357403444082011-10-24T11:48:51.035-04:002011-10-24T11:48:51.035-04:00I loved everything I saw here. The bracelet is won...I loved everything I saw here. The bracelet is wonderful!! Those blue macarons are something else. WOW!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029615820181388831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-75627674578902585812011-10-24T08:10:41.444-04:002011-10-24T08:10:41.444-04:00What Karl said! Just what I was thinking. count me...What Karl said! Just what I was thinking. count me in the 99.9%.Jerri-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506846271672836978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-55634865948948109532011-10-24T00:16:08.673-04:002011-10-24T00:16:08.673-04:00I hope you're having fun with your last days i...I hope you're having fun with your last days in Paris. <br /><br />Having just scanned the comments on your last post, can I commend you for self-restraint in not telling 'JP Hevin Lover' (??!) to piss off? <br /><br />Though your reply to the other person who went on at length about French spelling was excellent (and restrained). <br /><br />Just thought I'd get that off my chest! <br />Carry on just the way you do - clearly 99.9% of us out here love it ...Karl Lagerfeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-77304025761836150842011-10-23T14:04:08.186-04:002011-10-23T14:04:08.186-04:00Sigh. So, so jalouse, Carol! Not only the Salon du...Sigh. So, so jalouse, Carol! Not only the Salon du Chocolat, but you got to go to Susan Hochbaum's signing. Tu es une canarde chanceuse!Sweet Freakhttp://www.dessertfordinner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-52435586435425708872011-10-23T03:19:50.214-04:002011-10-23T03:19:50.214-04:00I’m visiting Paris in about a week and I’m so happ...I’m visiting Paris in about a week and I’m so happy to have found your blog for inspiration. I just want to say thank you for sharing your experiences!<br /><br />Best Wishes,<br /><br />Marie in SwedenMarie in Swedennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-18782426336976406752011-10-23T00:49:14.017-04:002011-10-23T00:49:14.017-04:00Dear A.
There just isn't time to do everything...Dear A.<br />There just isn't time to do everything Amanda.<br />Paint, photograph, write posts, AND correct my lousey French + my lousey spelling in general.<br /><br />I've mentioned before I'm a tad dyslexic so I automatically flop letters and numbers.<br />Fortunately most ppl read fast or just look at the pictures and miss my errors or don't care .<br />(8-10,000 of them daily)<br />Certainment French Girl does not have the time nor interest to correct my errors and wants her English corrected more often than not. Boy did she laugh at that idea!<br />Some things just have to get overlooked in the posting process.<br />and I'm not about to spend $$$ for a new Mac computer malheuresement. <br />I love my PC anyway.<br />I have French readers and they don't seem to mind a bit my consistent errors or they keep mum about it.<br />Go figure!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />c'est comme ca :)<br /><br />CarolgParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-8823084994293220492011-10-23T00:44:17.638-04:002011-10-23T00:44:17.638-04:00I really enjoy Paris Breakfasts, and your painting...I really enjoy Paris Breakfasts, and your paintings more than anything else, there.<br />I, too, sometimes wince slightly at your errors in French, but I wouldn't be as critical as "J-P Hevin Lover".<br />I may have said this before - I teach calligraphy (in France, mostly to French people) and I find that the fact that my French is far from perfect is a help. When one is teaching fully literate (often very cultured) adults how to make an A, a B, &c., the fact that the teacher isn't very good at "just talking" makes them feel less incompetent and stupid. Or so I tell myself (husband/co-teacher's French is impec & they all adore him, too...maybe they just take pity on me).<br />So I sometimes (quite often?)suspect you of using doubtful French in Paris Breakfasts expressly so the readers will not feel outclassed, &c.<br />Nonetheless (you feared there'd be a "nonetheless", didn't you?) I would like to recommend very highly that you get a Mac (not a macaron, an Apple computer) or, if you already have one, up in the top menu bar, click on the American flag (or whatever flag is there), open "international" and find the Spanish ISO keyboard choice. <br />You don't want a French keyboard, because they are a form a torture, where the numerals are all MAJUSCULE and the A and Z and M and W and I-don't- know-what-else are in crazy places. But the Spanish ISO keyboard has all the accents conveniently placed, offers you a Ç (and an Ñ should you ever want it), and as long as you can keep the apostrophe (up under the ?) clearly separate in your mind from the ´ (acute accent) you'd find it a dream.<br />Unfortunately the only image I can find quickly online is of a Windows version. But it shows the idea.<br />And the only thing one might normally want and be unable to find would be a £ sign, for which I am accustomed to quickly change the keyboard (up there in the top Mac menu bar) to the Union Jack and I know that the £ is located at Shift + 3. <br />See: it even gives you $!<br />It is only "lecon" which has to be read "le con" - a common phrase in French, but quite rude in translation; which is very bothersome. Should really be translated as "the jerk", I suppose) which you type instead of leçon that makes reading Paris Breakfasts awkward; and "Bon Nuit" for Bonne Nuit, as "J-P Hevin Lover" says...<br />Anyway - I must go read the last-but-one installment which I somehow missed!<br />Keep wrting, and keep painting!<br />Plusieurs bisoux,<br />amandaA.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-64498112025697900192011-10-23T00:01:38.500-04:002011-10-23T00:01:38.500-04:00Bonjour Marie Noelle!!
I don't see it happeni...<b>Bonjour Marie Noelle!!</b><br /><br />I don't see it happening - this bataille de chou VS. macaron<br />Because:<br />1. Macarons come in so many colors and they make people happy.<br />2. Creating diverse witty boxes for macarons is a HUGE industry.<br />I saw many at the Salon du chocolate...<br />3. The variety of flavors/parfums for macarons is endless.<br />4. Size matters - you can eat a macaron in one bite as a petit gouter. <br />A chou is more messy, plus riche peut-etre?<br />It's an interesting phonomenon for sure.<br />xxCarolgParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-45475239958218081942011-10-22T11:01:48.127-04:002011-10-22T11:01:48.127-04:00The choux are finally "awakening" !
Be r...The choux are finally "awakening" !<br />Be ready for a real fight !!!<br />;)<br />Marie-NoëlleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-90209654780531973502011-10-22T02:13:02.877-04:002011-10-22T02:13:02.877-04:00Cris, You DEFINITELY would love the Canon S90!!
Ma...Cris, You DEFINITELY would love the Canon S90!!<br />Maybe more even :O<br />I will buy a back up when I get home. This thing is lucky I let it rest at night!!<br />xCarolgParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-53150303444212092182011-10-21T22:56:10.594-04:002011-10-21T22:56:10.594-04:00loving your blog....devouring your beautiful posts...loving your blog....devouring your beautiful posts. Leaving for Paris on Monday! Your blog such inspiration.Jennifer C. Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619425977406185402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-30699860556830352192011-10-21T21:17:12.040-04:002011-10-21T21:17:12.040-04:00If I got one of those little cameras would I have ...If I got one of those little cameras would I have as much fun as you have??? lol. Another wonderful post with to much to comment on here, but I do LOVE that bracelet...and that last photo of Paris at night.Cris, Artist in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067969984221375853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-27592380353917457632011-10-21T20:01:43.763-04:002011-10-21T20:01:43.763-04:00Your photos from the Salon du Chocolat are great- ...Your photos from the Salon du Chocolat are great- I feel as though I am there with you though I do miss the tasting! Chocolate and macarons, a perfect combinationjenny@atasteoftravelhttp://www.atasteoftravel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-73883359093350313922011-10-21T18:05:01.401-04:002011-10-21T18:05:01.401-04:00I’m visiting Paris in about a week and I’m so happ...I’m visiting Paris in about a week and I’m so happy to have found your blog for inspiration. I just want to say thank you for sharing your experiences!<br /><br />Best Wishes,<br /><br />MarieMarie in Swedennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-44196052367198216582011-10-21T17:24:51.982-04:002011-10-21T17:24:51.982-04:00Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream ...Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream puffs.....and your frig is FULL. Having the vapors from just the thought of the deliciousness of it. What a scrumptious time you are having:)Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174819795942416446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-91316006294629372162011-10-21T17:23:47.032-04:002011-10-21T17:23:47.032-04:00Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream ...Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream puffs.....and your frig is FULL. Having the vapors from just the thought of the deliciousness of it. What a scrumptious time you are having:)Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174819795942416446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-53049560117786278872011-10-21T17:23:16.401-04:002011-10-21T17:23:16.401-04:00Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream ...Oh Carol, you're cilling me....now chou/cream puffs.....and your frig is FULL. Having the vapors from just the thought of the deliciousness of it. What a scrumptious time you are having:)Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174819795942416446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-39406710892839515202011-10-21T17:18:06.735-04:002011-10-21T17:18:06.735-04:00Thank you so much for the fabulous posting!!!
It ...Thank you so much for the fabulous posting!!! <br />It was great to see you last night...hope you had fun, and thanks so much for coming!! <br />Enjoy the rest of your stay - i know you'll be busy and I'll keep track of your adventures. <br />I do love your posts.<br /><br />xoSSusan Hochbaumhttp://www.susanhochbaum.com/PastryParis.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-73818809177964658202011-10-21T16:55:20.619-04:002011-10-21T16:55:20.619-04:00I love your blog; you know I do, but it would be s...I love your blog; you know I do, but it would be so much better, and<br />less irritating to this former French teacher, and I am sure, French readers, if you would get the Frenchgirl or someone else to proof your French. <br />For example, you often end the blog entries with "Good night"<br />in French which should be " Bonne Nuit" and not what you currently<br />write. There are many other examples but I won't enumerate them.<br /><br />I know you would increase your readership if you just took more time with the writing too, especially when you attempt to write in French.<br />Helen Mirren is nice, but correct French is better.<br />Best,<br />LaurieJ-P Hevin Lovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-56258600029911322722011-10-21T13:03:03.724-04:002011-10-21T13:03:03.724-04:00Boy, you are packing in the adventures on this tri...Boy, you are packing in the adventures on this trip!<br />So many macarons! I'd love to have a supply of the chocolate covered ones.<br />That necklace would take lot of guts to wear out in public :)<br />The bracelet is something that must have been made with you in mind!Nikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271472315834976236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1458913873753522962011-10-21T12:02:41.309-04:002011-10-21T12:02:41.309-04:00What a fabulous post! Vicarious devouring of choco...What a fabulous post! Vicarious devouring of chocolate covered macarons. So excited to find your site.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-14330936612533073092011-10-21T11:18:05.899-04:002011-10-21T11:18:05.899-04:00Ahaaaaaa!
Cream Puffs!
My number two weakness.
Rig...Ahaaaaaa!<br />Cream Puffs!<br />My number two weakness.<br />Right after reading your blog<br />adventures.William Ternayhttp://postcardsfromphilly.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-28964664460375472032011-10-21T11:12:00.571-04:002011-10-21T11:12:00.571-04:00Oh Carol, you are a bright spot on a rainy morning...Oh Carol, you are a bright spot on a rainy morning! First Helen Mirren and that red Birkin and now all those fabuloso macarons...I am pea green with envy here in Raincity.<br /><br />Looking forward to my trip to NYC in December....first stop...Laduree!<br /><br />Keep up the good work, ha ha and have fun!<br /><br />Paulapaula brinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-27338063088111920292011-10-21T10:13:48.188-04:002011-10-21T10:13:48.188-04:00I can't even begin to tell you how much I love...I can't even begin to tell you how much I love your blog! Your stories and little drawings make my day. It's been a couple of years since I was last in Paris and every one of your posts makes me long to again - soon.<br />Merci beaucoup, Carol!Karen @ Mignardisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357424031410272810noreply@blogger.com