Paris is still Paris

Thank you dear PBers for your many kind wishes and thoughts. I am keeping very safe on my little island in the Seine. Yesterday I took a break from tusseling with the December letter art to run up to rue Saint Honoré and pay an annual visit to ASTIER DE VILLETTE to see their fabulous tree ornaments.

If you are in Paris now this is a MUST do SVP!

I took a quick look around. People are still shopping like crazy bien sur.

Parisians are still wishing there was snow and dressed up like Inuits...ahem

So much delightful color in the shops

In Fragonard's window...a fabulous animal crown for the tree? For a mere 45€ I'd wear it around my neck instead.

Paris still loves bears. Me too.

Last Wednesday night I took a look at the windows on boulevard Haussmann

PRINTEMPS has outdone themselves this year IMHO

Full of much needed fantasie..

Parisians still adore the ever present macaron. Me too

More bears...eatible in this case.

Angelina's window

A BIG MERCI to PBers Kathleen and Mariah who took me out for a work break lunch to divine BOUILLON RACINE on 3 rue Racine. The perfect atmosphere after viewing the MUCHA show at musee Luxembourg. The duck (magret de canard)was excellent by the way.

For dessert we went to ALSACE FETES DE NOEL Christmas marché at Gare de l'Est for Alsacian cinnamon-ginger cookies.

Notre Dame is still as glorious as ever. There are still lines.

Intrepit cats roam the quiet streets of my Ile Saint Louis...

The Guarde Republicain exercise their horses here, leaving souvenirs that no one fines them for...ahem

Skies are intermittenly grey and drizzly and sometimes gloriously sunny in Paris. Layer up please.

As for my opinion of the weekly Saturday chaos...my French simply isn't good enough to make a statement. I'm certainly not happy about it.

My head is very much in the 18th century these days as I make my Rococo doodles.

I thought it would be a good idea to make the December Paris map show all the fun things you can do here during Noël. As my guy at the copyshop said, "Where are the gilets jeunes(the yellow jackets)?" There are plenty of wonderful things to do in Paris safely right now. Unfortunately Saturdays are on lock down. I hope the situation is resolved soon🙏🏻🤞🏼. In the meantime during the week day and night PARIS IS STILL PARIS IMHO 🥐☕️🥂. 

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BONNE SHOPPING, WRAPPING, EATING PBers! XXX BEAR 🐻❤️