Street Walker in Paris

 

Yesterday I went back to see what I’d missed out on Tuesday while near fainting in Hermès.

Place Vendôme seemed a good place to start. Might as well start at the top and work down. 

If it was good enough for Holly Golightly…

First a spin through Hotel Ritz.

Just in case Snoop & Martha were having tea ☕️ They were not.

A brief walk in the Ritz’s courtyard is refreshing. I always tell staff I’m going to the gift shop, conveniently placed at the back of the hotel 😉

You can always pick up an evening gown while staying at the Ritz, if something should come up. I loved this giant  rose 🌹 dress by Victoria Cimadevilla.

Especially since I’m painting roses 🌹and Champagne 🍾 at the moment.

Outside in Dior’s window on rue Cambon, more giant flowers made of…fabric or paper.

Dior also showed rather impractical rain ☔️ boots, don’t you think 🤔 

If you can’t land a ticket to an Olympics game, you could relax in a cafe and watch on their big screens. Paris is overrun with runners 🏃‍♂️…all practicing for the big marathon on this Sunday.

A nice cool looking outfit on rue Cambon.

Finally I was able to access Place de la Concorde 🤸‍♂️YAY Without cops stopping you every few steps.

 Parc Urbain was closed so the space was open to the public.

I remembered in past summers, Hotel Crillon had an ice cream chariot. It was HOT 🥵

YES! 

The menu Please 🙏 

I picked the framboise

 Sorbet with pistache bits (10€). Anyway in the heat you aren’t exactly thinking straight 🙄

You could sit in the shade, eating your overpriced popsicle and watch the world go by.

It’s nice when a place has your initials embedded in the street.

Oh wait! That’s for Hotel Crillon.

Time to head home 🏡 There are helpers at metro stations with multiple lines to give directions and maps. Everything seems cleaner in Paris. Good job Paris 👏

Audrey Hepburn in Paris.
I’m Carol Gillott, an artist living in Paris. Every month I send out beautifully illustrated letters that capture the true Parisian experience. 

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