La Grand Épicerie’s 10 year birthday 🎂 🥳

 

Saturday we celebrated La Grand Épicerie’s 10 year birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉

PHOTO BY SOLLI KANANI

In the insane heat 🔥 I went running 

David Hockney sketchbook 📕

 

I started looking at my old sketchbooks…

After watching David Hockney’s sketchbook ✍️ 

Le Bac À Glaces 🍨 with Shannon

Original watercolor 6” x 8”

 Ice cream 🍨 is always a good 👍 idea

Even though I’m not supposed to have  much sugar=hives.

Salon du Fromage 🧀 2026

 

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR, 6”x 8”

 

I thought drawing ✍️ cheese would be a piece of cake 🍰 

It was not…

Anne Maisonneuve Boutique & Macarons

 

Yesterday I went back to Manderley ANNE MAISONNEUVE.

At 112 boulevarde Raspail, 75006

Painting in Rouen with Monet:

 

Somehow I forgot to tell you about 

Painting in Rouen last weekend.

What Parisians are wearing in La Canicule

This morning around 5 am out my window 🪟 

What I am drinking non-stop to stay cool 😎 Paper-thin slices of English cucumber 🥒 in San Pellegrino 

Lunch at La Couronne, Rouen

 LA COURONNE, ROUEN 6”x 8”

I suggested to Carolyn  back in March,

That we reserve for lunch at LA COURONNE 👑 for Saturday.

Yesterday I went to buy stamps

 

Yesterday I went to buy stamps for the May Paris Letter,

Because my big Post Office had just sold the last 3 international timbres/stamps to the girl ahead of me! Crazy no?  

Paris Odds & Ends

 

I am behind reporting all my comings and goings. Tuesday I heard photographer, Meredith Mullins at Adrian’s monthly meetup

Talk about her recent 2 trips to Japan at Cafe du là Mairie. I arrived early to get a good seat but had no view of the screen 🤷‍♀️