Les vitrines Galeries Lafayette & Printemps

 

On Friday I went early to the stamp store and was rewarded with uncrowded views of the Christmas windows 🎉 Simply go before 11 folks 👍

Galeries Lafayette windows are blindingly full 

Marché des Cuisines du Monde, Bastille

 

Saturday I invited Julia to a new foodie event In my neck of the woods at Bastille.

You can’t miss Julia in her inimitable Marimekko/Uniglo puffer coat 🧥

Samaritaine Paris, Ova Tea salon

 

Yesterday I took a brief break

To go up to Samaritaine Paris at Pont Neuf

Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Notre Dame

 

Susan B. wrote and asked, “ I wonder if there’s an illustration of Notre Dame in your future?” At first I said no 😬…but after a bit my arm was twisted 🥰

When I went out my door 🚪 yesterday at 11:30 🕦 am, everyone was tearing up my street, dogs 🐕 & all, headed for NOTRE DAME of course 😳

Mon Ours en Pelouche, musée des Arts Decoratifs

 

A certain someone 🧸 insisted we go to Opening day

Of the Teddy Bear 🧸 exhibit at Musee des Arts Decoratifs/MAD.

Hermès Paris, Centre Pompidou, La Machine du Moulin Rouge,

 

Yesterday I made a special trip to Hermès, 17, rue de Sèvres, 75006

Last Sunday on the way to the AAWE Xmas Bazaar, 

Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse

 

“Happy 🦃 Thanksgiving ”, Brigitte, my bouquiniste said to me. I’d momentarily forgotten. When she lived in the states, the ex-pats would be invited to THREE Thanksgivings 🦃🦃🦃 in one day!

Yesterday I went to opening day of the annual children’s book 📚 fair in Montreuil and its FREE !

A New Hat at AAWE Paris

A few weeks ago, when J. said, “would you like to go to the AAWE Christmas Bazaar at The American Church” I said sure.

Little did I know, across a crowded room

FAB Paris, Fine Arts La Biennale

Wednesday afternoon I went to the presse preview of the annual Fine Arts La Biennaleat Grand Palais 🤸‍♂️

So lovely to be back after being closed several years for refurbishment - definitely one of Paris’ grandest monuments. 

Le Rendez-vous International du Carnet de Voyage, Clermont-Ferrand

 

Every mid-November it’s annual travel sketchbook time in Clermont-Ferrand.

I left early Saturday morning in pitch dark to catch the 7am train🚊from Bercy. I even left extra early 🙄 Still I got lost going out at the wrong metro exit. At last we arrived to a warm, sunny day - highly usually for normally freezing 🥶 Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne mountains.