Paris Odds & Ends

 

I am behind reporting all my comings and goings. Tuesday I heard photographer, Meredith Mullins at Adrian’s monthly meetup

Talk about her recent 2 trips to Japan at Cafe du là Mairie. I arrived early to get a good seat but had no view of the screen 🤷‍♀️ 

Instead I sketched the beautiful kimono ladies. 

Peggy, sitting next to me asked, 

“Did you get her permission to sketch her?” 

I asked, “Are you a lawyer?”

She said,”No, I’m a New Yorker.” 

I do not miss New York.  🙄

Coming home from the movies 🍿 I saw a big crowd on 36 rue Saint-Andres des Arts in front of a place called PATATE 🥔 🍟 

This place is HOT The word is the French fries are very good 👍 

Now if only they had BAKED Potatoes 🥔 🙏

By the way it’s all about TOPPINGS. Toppings are trending in Paris. I know…a little late to the party 🎉 

SOLLI was drooling over LaCrèma’s Tiramisu ice cream 🍦with toppings. This place is the size of a closet on 19, rue Soufflot with lines around the block. I went during the week with NO Aline and got vanilla, no toppings, which is made with about 100 vanilla beans and kind of grey color. It was good.

Remember the 20+ toppings at MIKA GREEK Ice Cream? 🍦 

Food expert Géraldine taught me years ago, when I was all excited about apricot sausages - NATURE is where it’s at. Straight up, simple flavors or none at all is best 👍They cannot mess around with bad ingredients and make them taste good if the basic product is not good. What do you think? 🤔 

Géraldine now owns her own fabulous coffee bean 🫘 shop, COFFELIA in the 9th at 45, rue du Condorcet. If you brew your own coffee ☕️ go there!

Speaking of toppings 

And bottoms…

Do you watch ALICE IN PARIS? I know her accent is a little funny but she makes a lot of sense style-wise in my opinion. I tend to dress monochromatically (in New York black) without much imagination 😬 Something has to change.

At least I’m better at spotting chic in Monoprix than figuring out what to wear in Paris

Last Friday was a ‘Jour Férié’ (like today). I headed over to Notre Dame

To visit the week-long annual FETE DU PAIN 🥖 

Sadly It has become a very crowded, giant boulangerie offering overpriced (everything was 5€)viennoiserie 🥐 you can get at your local.

They used to have themes (like Alsatian)

And dress up. Guess I’m just grumpy.

Last Friday was a day of multiple Vide Greniers - 

Street markets of junk and otherwise.