This morning around 5 am out my window 🪟
What I am drinking non-stop to stay cool 😎 Paper-thin slices of English cucumber 🥒 in San Pellegrino
I went out early looking for mangos 🥭 The BBC says wearing looser clothing circulates air next to your skin & helps evaporate perspiration = this will make you feel cooler 😀
It cannot be fun for guys having to wearing suits to work.
Little French girls in their pastel cotton dresses.
I browsed cool 🥶 looking yogurts
And ended up with Cottage Cheese/Faisselle (which I mispronounced ‘vaisselle’ meaning dish). Nice to have them in individual cups (on the right) so they don’t go off.
Though I would have LOVED ❤️ to dive into a bucket of mousse 🍫 chocolat…
Along the Seine I saw a woman walking 🚶♀️ SIDEWAYS!
I’m addicted. Evidently 60 seconds of sideways stepping activates proprioception etc. more than 30 minutes of forward walking ever could. I’m willing to try.
This doggie 🐶 does not want to put his paws on that hot 🥵street
Today it’s 87 degrees (feels like 98). Whoops 😬 Now it says 100 degrees.
The ICE CREAM 🍦 EATERS are undeterred by the heat.
Fortunately I had my 🐆 print Monop baseball cap 🧢
Bonnie let me know that
INES SAYS Everyone is wearing TONGS/ 🩴 flip flops in Paris. I did not see any. Do you?
Funny boat 🚤 on the Seine, looking like they belonged in Tahiti or Vietnam. What do you think?
Is it early for cherries 🍒
They gave out seasonal food guides at Bio C’ Bon
I tried to paint the morning🔥 sun 🌞 rise with no success.
At least it is cool in the entryway…if only I could sleep 😴 there 🤔
* canicule :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Polly 👍 spelling is not my strong point 🙄
DeleteNo Success?!?! I disagree...don't be so hard on yourself!!!
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
DeleteWalking sideways is great for our knees MONICA
ReplyDeleteThat’s good to know 👍
DeleteYour Parisian adventures and watercolors are inspirational.
ReplyDeleteThanks 😂 me and my iPad adventures ☺️
Delete"TONGS" SEZ INEZ.
ReplyDeleteYOUR TEMPS ARE WHAT WE ARE NOW. THE MORNINGS ARE WONDERFUL. I NOW WALK IN PLACE IN THE KITCHEN AND WATCB TV. BUT I DO WALK SIDEWAYS AND BACKWARDS TOO.
ReplyDeleteI GET 4 MILES A DAY IN SUMMER AND 5 MILES IN WINTER.
I AM ON COUCH OR BED WATCHING TV COURT TV OR NAPING SINCE WE ARE AWAKE AT 3AM. UP AT 5.
BUT THE HOUSE ONCE IT STARTS EVERYDAY ABOVE 100’ GETS SO HOT IT NEVER COOLS OFF SO THE AC IS PUMPING ITS HEART OUT. FANS NEVER FO OFF BUT WE HAVE HAD 106’ AND 109’ IN MARCH. Lynne C.
Please read 👁️ this BBC article on staying cool 🥶 Lynne
Deletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23255554
Remember when you used to visit Paris and you commented on how Parisians never wear sneakers? Look at your street pictures now. What a change!
ReplyDeleteI have noticed the same. I did not notice when the sneaker trend started.
DeleteIt is maybe 10 years that SNEAKERS own the rue.
DeleteBalenciaga has them!
Paris without air conditioning (of course) -- whew! Trying to sleep with windows open and the noisy scooters buzzing all night. At least you have gelato!
ReplyDeleteFunny, I’m old enough to remember when people said you could not wear white sneakers…shorts…flip flops…or go out jogging, without Parisians ridiculing you as an uncouth American! I remember Parisiennes biking to work in the morning in very chic suits & HIGH HEELS! Times change.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the glimpse of canicule fashion in Paris, and your tips for staying cool!
You look trés chic. And, cool!
ReplyDeleteI love your hat (cap) - Monoprix is a favorite store to buy so many things.
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