Salon du Chocolat 🍫 et Patisserie 2025

 Tuesday was opening night of SALON DU CHOCOLAT 🍫!

A grand event that always makes winter more bearable 🤸‍♂️

Desperately Seeking Le Petit Prince 🤴

 

Creating The Paris Letter every month can be challenging. 

You think it’s going to be easy, it never is. 

Fall leaves 🍁 was a given for the month of October.

Fête du Cidre 🍎 Beuvron en Auge

 

Another Sunday in Normandie

Another Apple 🍎 cider festival .

Fête du Cidre 🍎 in Vimoutiers

 

Another October weekend 🍁 in Normandie

Another fête du Cidre 🍎

Fête du Ventre, Rouen

  

On Saturday, I returned to the FÊTE DU VENTRE,

Celebration 🎉 in ROUEN.

L'Empire du Sommeil 💤 Marmottan Monet Museum

 

Sleep Aides (mask, plugs, tape)

A timely exhibition at musee Marmottan, 

L’Empire du Sommeil 😴 

Melun Fête son Brie 2025

 

Yesterday I went to the cheese festival,

MELUN FÊTE SON BRIE, an annual autumn 🍁 foodie event.

Always on the first Saturday in October 

John Singer Sargent 🖼️ Éblouir Paris

 If you want to draw ✍️ like John Singer Sargent, get tracing paper & make copies. 

It’s like walking in Sargent’s shoes 👞 

Le Chocolat 🍫 Alain Ducasse

 

Yesterday was Christmas 🎄 chocolate 🍫 tasting Time 🤸‍♂️

At ALAIN DUCASSE LE CHOCOLAT Hurrah 👏

Pierre Soulages - Musée du Luxembourg

 

Testing 1-2-3

I didn’t think stepping into PIERRE SOULAGES’ (1919-2022) shoes could be so much fun 🥳 

The preview on Monday at musée du Luxembourg was mobbed.

Georges de la Tour 🕯️ From Shadow to Light

 

For some reason I feel audacious after visiting museum shows and try to paint 🎨 like the painter…

17th century master painter George de la Tour (1593 -1652) just opened at musée Jacquemart-Andre.last Thursday.

Le Village International de la Gastronomie - Tour Eiffel

 

Yesterday I went to Le Village International de la Gastronomie at  Eiffel Tower, 

Just for a lark…

Mario Luraschi, Les Chevaux dans la Ville

 I hadn’t heard of Mario LURASCHI before yesterday

But I ran back 

Last Day of Summer in Trouville-Deauville

 

No more umbrellas to be seen on the beach 🏖️ last Sunday in August in Trouville/ Deauville.

Nice to know they cost 17€ and 7,50€ for deck chairs for next year’s visit.

Café de Flore Paris Letter

 

MIA! MIA! (Missing in action) 

Remember breakfast at Café de Flore? This  one was a struggle 🙀

P’tit Dej at Café de Flore

 

Yesterday I was thinking of running 🏃‍♂️ off to SAUMUR,

Instead I ran 🏃‍♂️ off to get breakfast at Café de Flore.

Pôle international du Cheval Longines – Deauville + Lobster 🦞

 

On ETSY

The French are always mad about flags flying 

Including Monet when he visited Trouville-sur-mer.

Aqua Dog Normandie-La Fête de la Mer

 

On ETSY.

I went back to Trouville-sur-mer on Saturday for la FÊTE DE LA MER 🐟 

And discovered AQUA DOG NORMANDIE!

Paris Plages 2025 🏊 Jean Gaumy et la Mer

 

It looks like these people are sunning on the beach 🏖️ 

Doesn’t it?

Normandy Strawberries 🍓 called ‘Favori’

 

On ETSY 

When you book your train ticket 🎟️ online, 

it’s not a bad idea to print it out in the station using the code, if you worry about losing your iPad or needing to recharge etc.

Sunday in Trouville/Deauville

 

Last Sunday I took a daytrip to my favorite places in France

Trouville-sur-mer / Deauville.

Get Puffy/Gonflé with Rick Owens & Samaritaine

 Yesterday I finally got to the RICK OWENS expo at Palais Galliera.

There was a huge storm/orage in Paris the night of the opening.

Matisse et Marguerite | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

 

On Etsy

The Matisse/Marguerite exhibit at MAM Paris ,

Is a poignant one, about an intense father-daughter relationship.

Yesterday I ran to get stamps

 

Yesterday I ran to get stamps for your PARIS LETTER 💌

Japanese Cheesecake at Takumi.

And as usual, wandered around a bit,

Cherries 🍒 at Marché Maubert Mutualité

 

On Etsy

Yesterday I went to look at the cherries 🍒 

At Marche Maubert Mutualité, Place Maubert, 75005