Yesterday I went to buy stamps for the May Paris Letter,Because my big Post Office had just sold the last 3 international timbres/stamps to the girl ahead of me! Crazy no?
Musée de la Poste to
Always have
INTERNATIONAL stamps.
*Never ask for ‘
Overseas/outre Mer 🌊 stamps. You will get exceptionally, pretty stamps good only for Guadeloupe, Reunion, Mayot, Tahiti etc.
Stationary items
If you’re into silly paper bits n’ pieces.
After the stamp shop, I go drool at the usual suspects
At Galeries Layette Gourmet. Not as nearly as tempting as all the stamps I can’t buy.
Galeries Lafayette has a PRADA marché as you enter
With discretely embossed PRADA perfume cards perfect for your letter 💌
Dior is thinking Cakes 🍰 for
Mother’s Day, which falls on May 31
I started sketching ✍️ 2 years ago with BEAR’s 🐻 assistance.
Tea time 🫖 at Café Varenne.
I added in a sprig/brin of muguet/lilies of the valley for May.
On Saturday, I dropped by, longing for a bowl of soup - it was chilly 🥶 I was too early. The kitchen doesn’t open till 🕛 noon ☹️
I did briefly think of switching to an onion soup 🥣 letter instead, but Bonnie said it was too wintry a subject 👎
And briefly fell down the
Paris Opera rabbit 🐇 hole for a bit till I came back to my senses 🙄
Always a good 👍 idea to stick with
And into la poste 📮before I change my mind again 🤔
Friday I am off to
ROUEN for the weekend to sketch ✍️ with
Urban Sketchers France 🇫🇷 annual event (with brave Carolyn from WA). There will be lots to show & tell.
What is your favorite food at Café Varenne? I enjoy their chevre salad with the tasty green beans. It's quite different from the standard chevre chaud salad in other cafes.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s that cream puff with vanilla ice cream and hot chocolate sauce called? 🙄 I did a post on it…theirs is very good 😊
DeleteProfiteroles?
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Your emails/posts bring me joy. And inspo for the next trip. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this lovely post. I’ll be sure to add Le Carré d’Encre and Café Varenne to my must-visit list for my next Paris trip!
ReplyDeleteYum, café Varenne makes me think of profiteroles!!! Thank you for bringing back such great memories! 😘❤️🤗from🇨🇦
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Love your navy outfit with the scarf! Tres chic..
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DeleteNow I know what to wear to ROUEN! 👍
Loved this post Carol. Your May Paris Letter is beautiful. You look wonderful in the photo you shared and I enjoyed the variety of things you shared with us. Your newsletters always bring me joy and wonderful memories of Paris. Merci. -Suzanne P.
ReplyDeleteThank you Suzanne ❤️
DeleteAlways fun to see you in your posts!
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DeleteWonderful to learn about the Carré d'Encre shop! Thank you! I'll have to remember to visit when I am next in that neighborhood. Petit bémol, as they say: I'm sure you know that the paper items at Carré d'Encre are "stationery," not "stationary" - though I suppose they are also stationary until you pick them up or move them! :-)
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DeleteBonjour Carol
ReplyDeleteI love 💕 your posts they are so full of wonderful interesting things in France 🇫🇷
Your sketching ✍️ with Bear a treat to see
the real deal artist 🧑🎨 with muse (Bear)in France 🇫🇷 Merci for taking us along with you on your adventures it makes me smile 😊 love love love ❤️ 💕❤️ your artwork
THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️ 🇫🇷 🖼️
DeleteThis last street in Rouen is, I believe, where we stayed a couple nights on my "Impressionists" trip with Road Scholar. One art museum there is exquisite! Ever been there? Musee des Beaux-Arts.
ReplyDeleteI showed the museum last October, but did not get upstairs to see the paintings 🖼️ This time I will.
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Love the picture of you and extra excited to see Bear with you. Tell him hi from me.
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