FAB Paris, Fine Arts La Biennale

Wednesday afternoon I went to the presse preview of the annual Fine Arts La Biennaleat Grand Palais 🤸‍♂️

So lovely to be back after being closed several years for refurbishment - definitely one of Paris’ grandest monuments. 

Le Rendez-vous International du Carnet de Voyage, Clermont-Ferrand

 

Every mid-November it’s annual travel sketchbook time in Clermont-Ferrand.

I left early Saturday morning in pitch dark to catch the 7am train🚊from Bercy. I even left extra early 🙄 Still I got lost going out at the wrong metro exit. At last we arrived to a warm, sunny day - highly usually for normally freezing 🥶 Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne mountains.

Le trompe-l’œil, Musée Marmottan Monet

 

Yesterday I went to see the new Trompe l’Oeil 👁️(fool the eye) exhibit

At musée Marmottan in the 16th arrondissement (Metro 9).

Impérial chocolat au Château de Fontainebleau

 

Chocolate-covered madeleines are so hard to paint 🎨 

Yesterday I went to opening day of Imperial Chocolat 🍫 

La Saga des Grands Magasins, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

 

Yesterday I ran 🏃‍♀️ to see a new exhibit, The Department Stores. 

For ‘retail therapy’ at la Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine at Trocadero, as a distraction…

Figures du fou, du Moyen Âge aux Romantiques, musée du Louvre

 

Foolishly I went Sunday afternoon to the Louvre 

When it is crowded like a madhouse.

Salon du Chocolat 2

 

I returned to the Salon du chocolat this morning (9:55 at opening time).

Mainly because I ate 😋 all the samples I collected to give my copyshop guy from opening night.

Salon du Chocolat - Paris

 

Well, the Salon du Chocolat was fun 🍫

Of course I didn’t resist any chocolate 🍫 offerings until at least an hour in.

Tarte aux Pommes 🍎 à la Normande surgelés Picard

 

Painting a Normande apple 🍎 tarte is not a piece of cake 🍰 

I should know. I’ve been MIA this past week eating apple tartes

Sial Paris 2024 - Part 2

We went back to SIAL yesterday after a day of deep-induced sleep 💤 therapy,  cold showers & ice 🧊 bucket immersions. I don’t think it was enough…

Many more people attended on Monday. The scene at the RER Metro exit 🙀

Sial Paris 2024

 

My collection of free samples

Yesterday Solli, my partner in crime, and I

Took RER B out to Parc des Expositions for first day of SIAL.

Stephen Jones - Chapeaux Artiste, Palais Galleria

 

Yesterday 

I went to the preview of British hat artist, 

Fete de Ventre, Rouen

 

Saturday I was all set to go to the Fete de Brie de Meaux…

Then I saw La fete de Ventre was talking place in Rouen!

Cabinet des Curiosités Map, Surrealism - Pompidou

 

On ETSY NOW.

Maybe my curiosity was peaked 🤔

After a visit to Messy Nessy’s Cabinet back in July.

Melun Fête son Brie

On Saturday, Bear 🐻 and I took the train to Melun, a 25 minute train ride from Gare de Lyon.

Melun is home 🏠 to an extra-aged, deliciously creamy Brie cheese.

Sonia Delaunay - Galerie Zlotowski, Galerie Roger Viollet

 

Wednesday we went to a pre-preview 

Double show of Sonia Delaunay At Galerie Zlotowski & Galerie Roger Viollet.

Chanel RTW Spring 2025, Grande Palais

 

Yesterday was end of PFW/Paris Fashion Week 

Ending as always with the Chanel show.

You’ve got Paris Maps, rue du Cherche Midi

 Do you get lost in Paris? My 1st year in Paris I got lost all the time.

As an inveterate map collector 

PFW, The Battle for Versailles, yesterday in Paris

 

It’s PFW/Paris Fashion Week. Yesterday I went out looking some style in the streets

Librairie Galignani on rue de Rivoli was having a book 📕 party/

Les Fleurs d'Yves Saint Laurent, Musee YSL

 

Yesterday I went to the 

New YSL Flower 🌺 focused exhibit, 

Luxe de Poche, musée Cognacq-Jay

 

Yesterday, 5:30, I was running 🏃‍♀️ to musee Cognacq-Jay before it closed.. always last minute. I turned into rue Elzevir

This Frenchie was walking towards me in the middle of rue Elzevir. Natch I shot her…then smiled inanely, sort of apologizing. 

Gourmet Selection, Porte de Versailles, Halle 5.2

 

Yesterday Solli said,”we HAVE to go to Gourmet Selection at Porte de  Versailles”, Halle 5.2

We used to only go to deluxe afternoon teas at posh hotels pre-Instagram days…

Ajiri Aki, Joie, Messy Nessy Cabinet

 

I never arrive early ⏰ for anything. Also I can’t spell 😵‍💫

On Thursday I arrived an HOUR early, thinking I was late. 

Maison&Objet 2024

 

Solli and I went to Maison & Objet on Friday.

The day after opening day (Thursday) is a lot less hectic as far as crowds go.

Jardin du Luxembourg letter

 

The Jardin du Luxembourg letter 💌 is done 🤸‍♂️

And in la poste 📮 Hurrah