Swimming and Strawberry Research

I’m back in the pool. So happy ☺️ You need a doc’s note, so its empty 🏊‍♀️ I’m going daily doing just water exercises. No laps to work off Lockdown pounds. The problem is you get a ferocious appetite post-swimming. 

Piscine St. Germain is 5-minutes walk 🚶‍♂️ from 5 of Paris’ top patisseries (Mulot, Pierre Hermé, Christolphe Michalek, Arnaud Larher, Pierre Marcolini). A tad further: The Smith’s, Popolino, Maison Thevenin, Eric Kayser. Uh oh, we’re in landmine turf.

I popped into Arnaud Larher for strawberry 🍓 letter research whilst also grabbing biz cards for your envelopes. Look Cheesecake Louise (my middle name but I resisted): streusel aux amandes, biscuit à la passion, creme cheesecake à la passion, gelée de fraises, mousse cheesecake recouvert d’une nappage à la fraise. Pure poetry.

Massive jars of 🍓 jam called my name, but the price did not 😳 I bought something tiny in exchange for browsing and biz card theft 😊

A new patisserie addition to St. Germain🤸🏾‍♀️ Fou de Patisserie of the stunning pastry journal, now at 64, rue de Seine, 75006

They have new savory things with the usual melange/mixup of top pastry chefs. Hooray. Their jams are made by MOF(meilleur champion du monde du confiture), Stephan Perrotte. Price tag also €8,50 but I thought I have to try this.

Fou de Patisserie changed their brand logo to black with abstract floating pastry shapes.

Strawberry outfit from Isabel Marant  She knows what women want❤️

Have you been to Maison Thevenin? A lovely family bakery since 1963. Their specialty - lush, fruity tartes. 

When I saw the Cheese-cake New-Yorkais with fromage Philadelphie (my home town) I had to get it. I don’t even like cheesecake but the French make it très léger/very light. Not like a slice of Brooklyn’s Jr.’s you have to split 6 ways. 

You can say, “I am not coming to Paris to eat New York cheesecake. No way”. Big mistake. Light as a feather🪶 

My haul.

Research break 🍓 over. Back to mailing out your letters dear PBers 🌸

Ribbon is so hard to find in locked-down Paris, but the stamp store has them for your letters 💌

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Thank so much dearest, darlings from Hungary, UK, Australia, Germany, Ireland, Greece and the US ! You bought the new singles in my Etsy shop. You’ve made every day so lovely for us☺️🐻🌸Please have a lovely day yourselves. xxx ❤️🐻🍓