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Yesterday I stayed in till 4 in the afternoon searching madly for a lost poppy 🌺 watercolor. I finally found it in the poppy file of course.
Then I ran to la poste, and the bank (they are closing early this week). I had plans to go to the movies later at 7:30 🕢 at Lost in Frenchlation.
At the sumptuous Christmas day lunch at Rosemary’s
As requested more Paris Christmas🌲 I was headed to the Toy Museum in Poissy yesterday, after a dip 🏊🏽♀️in the pool. Going to a toy museum around Christmas is always a good idea, but there were perturbations on ligne RER A😧Change of plans and back to Paris on ligne 1, getting off at Tuilleries.
Yesterday I went looking for gluten-free pain d’épice (on assignment)
Le Grand Numero de Chanel at Grand Palais Ephemere is pretty darn fabulous🎉 A Big Merci💋 to Daina for alerting me to get a ticket last month.
It’s a complicated circus show to experience and share with you but so exciting and inspiring.
Yesterday I went to the LV Dream holiday show across from Samaritaine.It’s supposed to be temporary and you need to reserve, but I have a feeling it is here to stay.
Ballet shines especially during the holidays. Key chaine from the boutique of l’Opera National de Paris.
I kept wondering if some Paris store would feature ballet, dance or Opera Garnier for their Christmas windows.
Last night I was meeting Karen Schneid and her adorable daughters at La Fontaine de MarsA quick walk down rue Cler was essential.
Last night I needed a mood-elevator. Time to visit Astier de VillatteFor the annual viewing of their Christmas ornaments.
Ballet 🩰 fashion has always been INBut now anyone can deck themselves out in bits of balletomania 🩰 Pinterest says.
Swedish red fish candies (I was addicted to these for years on a daily basis until the dentist suggested otherwise) were about the only Scandinavian contact I had before moving to Paris. How about you?
On Sunday, even though it was rainy, overcast and I forgot ligne 14 doesn’t run on Sundays, I went to the annual Salon des Coqs d’Or. It’s def one of the creme de la creme of foodie events in Paris. A superb collection of top French artisanal producteurs. Many never come to Paris except for this pre-Christmas tasting salon.
Last night I went to Musée d’Orsay looking for Degas dancers and found Monet’s turkeys/dinde🦃 You never know what the Impressionnistes will get up to. The Information desk (rather curtly) told me I could Degas’ dancers🩰by taking the escalator all the way in the back
While some of you will be stuffing your turkeys 🦃 for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving dinner, I’ll probably be stuffing envelopes 💌 with the New Advent Letter💌
I’ve been thinking about the November Advent letter all month and going round Paris doing research.
I almost always stay at an Ibis in FranceSo easy. Très reasonable. No complicated egg-boiling machine either 👍
Best laid plans etc. You think you’ve figured out all the anglesI even did a test run yesterday to Paris-Bercy station on ligne 14, the fastest metro in Paris, because last time I went in 2019 to Rendez-vous du carnet de voyage in Clermont-Ferrand I got awfully lost in the pitch dark finding the station…the train always departs at 6:57 am (a 4 hour ride to the l’Auvergne). You miss it you’re toast.
Last year when I went to the annual Made In France/MIF expo 🇫🇷at Porte de Versailles (on through Sunday), I never found the Gastronomie section.This year I got directions and made a bee-line 🐝
A new show just opened at one of my favorite small museums in Paris ; a Japanese Bestiary at Maison de la Culture du Japon.Organized with the Edo-Tokyo museum, more than 100 works of art showing how animals were integrated into quotidien life in Tokyo (18th - 19th century).
A pet monkey and dog are arguing amidst delicious chaos. Still lives are trending this Fall since the Louvre’s major exhibit, Les Choses opened. Painted by Flemish painter Jan van Kessel, a painter active in Antwerp in the mid 17th century, born 1629. It did not indicate whether it was the younger or the elder? He did paint a lot of bugs also.Yesterday I went to a preview of the preview for Fine Arts Paris held in the Carrousel de Louvre and on view through Sunday, the 13th.
I went back to the Salon du Chocolat on Monday to see what I had missed opening night like this giant sculpture by Francois Daubinet. Is it really made of chocolate? The Answer: OUI from M. Daubinet 👏
There were many chocolate sculptures. Animals are always a favorite. So far no one had taken a bite.
Thursday night was the inauguration of Salon du Chocolat at convention center Porte de Versailles in the 15th arron. A Chocolate lovers 🍫 must-visit.
Fall, Autumn, l’Autumne…whatever you want to call it, came in early October this year in Paris The fleuristes’ windows are full of it. This new shop, Studio Maison Ciero just opened near me. Their specialty is creations végétale.
Thursday I went to La Galerie Dior enfin with my sister.I was a little reluctant after the amazing Dior exhibit at MAD a few years back.
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