While everyone escaped to Saint Malo, Trouville-sur-mer, Aix-en-Provence, etc. etc. I escaped to Bon Marché after the pool 🏊 on Saturday.A short Métro ride away to Sévres-Babylon to browse patisserie & anything else that caught my fancy…
Like an ostrich my head is fixed in the ground as far as the Paris Olympics goes. I’m not big on crowds. You can’t ignore the 44,000 barriers they’ve put up, especially on Île Saint-Louis 🙁 We are surrounded. So many cops brought in from the boonies 👮♂️ poor guys…what a boring job checking QR codes 🤷♀️ I want to give them all ice cream cones🍦 They are very polite! First browse the flavors briefly I love their pastry illustrated diagrams..a very unusual sculpted Pavlova! The Charlotte Fruits Rouge. The Saint-Honoré - a mass of caramelized choux/cream puffs. My usual Omelette + a shrimp 🦐 pancake Then on to browse Bon Marché. Dior was big on panthers 🐆 Around the corner more prints, more panthers. I fell deeply in love ❤️ with this all-seashell panther 🐆 Sadly no clams were used in these creations…the giraffes🦒 were nice too. Anyone coming to Paris from the Jersey shore…you know what you can bring. I don’t think this is real handbag 👜 This one is real. Who dreams up these concepts?? Here is a dream Dior concept I saw this morning that I could go for and not far from my house docked at Arsenal. Saturday when I left for the pool, they were having a flag waving soirée in the street, dancing around…an homage to the Seine? Citizens were not invited. We watched behind bars. Security was not friendly…probably Parisian. Today they trimmed our trees to add flags... Where shall I escape today? All suggestions welcome 🙏
More Paris pastries ? 🥮
Suddenly these Paris dogs 🐶 being carted around look appealing.. WOOF
Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos and delicious artwork!
ReplyDeleteL🩵VE the Toile-de-Jouie!!! So excited to think that I travelled that Metro line with you!!!! How I wish I was still there!!!!! Stay safe and healthy! Nicole from 🇨🇦
Oh…did we take the 10? Oh yes, Going the other direction to Gare St.Lazare 🚆 CAROLG
DeleteWow! Your life has certainly been upended by the Olympics, living along the Seine as you do. You found the perfect refuge in le Grand Épicerie!
ReplyDeleteThose flag-wavers must have been practicing for their big moment: the opening ceremony? Hope you get to catch a glimpse of the festivities on the river right outside your door.
Galeries Lafayette Gourmet for your next escape??
You read my mind…I was thinking of Galleries Lafayette Gourmet. Many, many desserts to paint vicariously CAROLG
DeleteIt begins 7:30 pm Friday evening 🤔 it will be very noisy It may be better to join them than avoid them 🤔
DeleteWill be watching on tv, and looking for your face in the crowd. Hope it absolutely wows you! BL
DeleteCourage et merci Carol!
ReplyDeleteI love the town of Auvers sur Ouise- right on the Seine and totally Van Gogh.
ReplyDeleteThat would make a nice weekend escape when the trains go there…
DeleteThose animals are beautiful. Love the artwork. Lynne
ReplyDeleteLooks like a convention of dog walkers. I love the Olympics but prefer watching on my TV to being in those crowds etc. Stay safe and away from the mess.
ReplyDeleteI would like to be watching with you wherever that is, since it isn’t here.
DeleteTake a picnic lunch to Buttes Chaumont park.
ReplyDelete☺️ good idea…but the event starts at 7:30. Butte Chaumont isn’t far away enough…
DeleteI'm in high gear getting ready for Fr cousins...I love your posts Carol. Laura
ReplyDeleteNo one paints pastry like you! I could see you setting up your parkside painting spot, and if anyone happened to walk by wanting this bit or that, perhaps you could work something out! I don't know if those coming to see Paris while seeing the Olympics will be seeing the real Paris -- the beautiful spot with no bleachers or scaffoding or viewing stands. Pity, that.
ReplyDeleteNice dessert paintings Carol. It’s pretty interesting having the Olympic opening ceremony outside of the stadium in the centre of the city, I’m sure they’ll have to block of loads of it to make it safe. Sorry you’re stuck in the middle, hopefully gets better after Friday.
ReplyDeleteHere in Australia we love the Olympics, even if the time difference from France makes it harder to watch live.