How Much is that Macaron in the Window?

Piece Montee,watercolor, 9" x 711"

My obsessions is la porte-etiquette - little price signs on the pastry counters and scattered in shop windows.

I always include them in a photo. You can dream all you want about Paris, but it's nice to know what things cost. These little signposts tell you it's OK to walze in a Paris patisserie and buy something. The same does not apply to Cartiers or Hermes. Some signs will give you more information than the price. Ingredients and whathave you. Sometimes you wish there was less. TMIGateaux names can be quite poetic, or not. Dalloyau calls this cake "Mogador". Can it be a reference to an island in Essaouira bay in Morocco? It remains a mystery. Do tell if you know the answer.I'd rather shop for macarons in Paris than shoes any day. Reading the hand-written signs is part of the fun. Plus your mathematic skills become quite enhanced in the process. Who knew?I hope you all learned your lessons well when we touched on this subject earlier. Fauchon has their own rules of pricing - they make it up as they go along. Granted Fauchon is so creative they can get away with a lot. Who hasn't heard of 'New Math'? Gerard Mulot is using 'new math' with these vertical macarons sold by the meter. Get out your rulers please.In addition (no pun intended) Mulot lets us know in the window the price for his towering cones of macarons. Try not to fall out of your chair gasping and screaming.This macaron tower is quite cheap, though I didn't buy it. No time. 48 hours is required to order this charmer. All for the paltry sum of 41€. Granted it will not feed a ballroom full of hungry wedding guests.
BONNES REVES des MACARONS!