The Best Pavlova in Paris

 

Where to go for a Pavlova?

Meet Mme. Marie Stoclet Bardon, owner (along with M. Benoit Bardon) of 4 patisserie shops in Paris, La Meringaie.

Atelier visit

On Monday Solli and I visited the l’Atelier of La Meringaie on 21 rue Lévis in the 17th, to see how their special version of the Pavlova dessert is made.

Fika, Fondation Cartier-Bresson, Meert, Elliot Erwitt

 

This morning I woke up an hour late

The birds outside started singing an hour late at 6:30 am

Who loves Day Light Saving? ☹️

Salon du Dessin

 

Yesterday, thanks to ADHD I ended up at the wrong venue for Eternal Mucha. 

Never mind. A bowl of soupe d’oignon & start over.

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Opéra Comique

Last night I went to the delightful OPERA COMIQUE.

Have you been?

Foire de Chatou, Vide-Grenier

Here are a few bits & bobs I picked up at a recent first Sunday-of-the-month Vide Grenier.

Perfect still life material I’m always telling myself.

Lignes & Couleurs, Dessiner Le Paysage - Meet Juliette Plisson

 

Meet my watercolor friend and artist, JULIETTE PLISSON .

We met in Clermont Ferrand at one of those Carnet de Voyage exhibitions.

Chanel Fall 23/24

 

Yesterday  I was in my PJs at 9:50am drawing ✏️& suddenly I remembered. I ran out the door to get to grand palais ephemere for the Chanel Fall Show! starting at 10:30.

Never mind yesterday was a citywide strike/greve. Chanel’s iconic Camellia was the theme.

1997 Fashion Big Bang, Palais Galliera

 

Where were you in 1997? I was laid up with a fractured ankle in Astoria. I’d fallen on a footpath in Montepulciano. I remember the adorable doctore in Florence hospitale who either put on or took off my cast. I remember the snazzy red wheelchair in the Milano airport bypassing customs when heading home. I remember being stuck inside reading New Yorker magazines on the couch, waiting for my ankle to heal and looking out the window with longing at the corner candy store. TMI

Meanwhile in 1997 in Paris, the ‘Big Bang’ was going on. A plethora of 38 important designers were taking the helm in various haute couture houses

Salon International de l'Agriculture 2

 

A second visit to Salon International de l'Agriculture was required yesterday.

Halle 3 - French products was my mission.

Salon International de l'Agriculture 2023

If you see giant cheeses in the Metro station,  you know the Salon International de l'Agriculture is in town on at Parc d’Expositions, Porte de Versailles(the convention center not the Palace) for 8 days.  Take Metro 12 or bus 80👍

Yesterday I went to opening day.