tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post2667400938961903968..comments2024-03-28T20:43:17.199-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: Paris TrashParisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-89218125615602390542010-12-10T07:25:27.272-05:002010-12-10T07:25:27.272-05:00Did you get to the Hummingbird Bakery on the Fulha...Did you get to the Hummingbird Bakery on the Fulham Road? <br />Yummy cupcakes and whoopie piesSophianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-28331965815337766452010-12-10T07:12:42.167-05:002010-12-10T07:12:42.167-05:00Your all cards are attractive and beautiful.Your all cards are attractive and beautiful.Plasimonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-47952212697827347012010-12-10T07:12:06.996-05:002010-12-10T07:12:06.996-05:00What an amusing post this is, Carol. My day is alw...What an amusing post this is, Carol. My day is always a little brighter after a read through your site.Zafrannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-80283671626365630012010-01-14T20:12:17.667-05:002010-01-14T20:12:17.667-05:00Love your blog. It's my daily dose of virt...Love your blog. It's my daily dose of virtual Paris. Makes me more intent and excited about fulfilling my life-dream of traipsing across Paris for days on end ...muirneghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414826517719080640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-8278583663555603062007-06-12T21:24:00.000-04:002007-06-12T21:24:00.000-04:00I love that you collect gelato spoons. Do you hav...I love that you collect gelato spoons. Do you have a photo of them in the blog? :)Suz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02023049852783287925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-56366477918744968132007-06-11T23:30:00.000-04:002007-06-11T23:30:00.000-04:00I love your souvenirs!I love your souvenirs!K and Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375282198168168331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-77683277975527133072007-06-11T22:27:00.000-04:002007-06-11T22:27:00.000-04:00Great post! I do the same when I travel--I save m...Great post! I do the same when I travel--I save museum billets, coasters in restaurants, I even still have a menu I took from a cafe in Paris when I was about 16!! (You should see the prices on it in the '70s! These are all great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-37999985638172826362007-06-11T21:45:00.000-04:002007-06-11T21:45:00.000-04:00I "lerve" your collections!So where do you keep th...I "lerve" your collections!<BR/>So where do you keep them - stuffed in a draw somewhere - or casually strewn around your home, trying not to look too obvious that you have been to the most fabulous places known to mankind?!freefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689667027805519320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-17107043447965448982007-06-11T12:25:00.000-04:002007-06-11T12:25:00.000-04:00Carol, your souvenirs look like my souvenirs;) Gue...Carol, your souvenirs look like my souvenirs;) Guess we think alike:)Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682831728716470013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-29362858312904061822007-06-11T12:03:00.000-04:002007-06-11T12:03:00.000-04:00dear carol, i love this post, everything about it....dear carol, i love this post, everything about it...not least of all, for the simple reason that now i live in the comfort of knowing i'm not the only person who saves her sweet wrappers! but what i really want to know is, how you store/organise what must be an enormous (and growing) collection? i have no doubt it must be some truly artful why-didn't-i-think-of-that system!Joycelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16620313183747360569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-60173023300818140982007-06-11T08:36:00.000-04:002007-06-11T08:36:00.000-04:00Oh I love this post!! I thought it was just me who...Oh I love this post!! I thought it was just me who compulsively collects little trinkets from places I visit! I too have a collection of till slips (I hate the ones on heat-sensitive paper that fade, grrrr), packets, sugar cubes or wrappers, napkins, ticket stubs... you name it, each of them a dear friend and a reminder of something wonderful.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-44136314607563038412007-06-11T03:49:00.000-04:002007-06-11T03:49:00.000-04:00Hi,It's very funny for the French girl I am to loo...Hi,<BR/>It's very funny for the French girl I am to look at the pictures of your little treasures ;-), in the sense that whith me, obviously they end up in the trash can. But you're right some of them are quite pretty, like Ladurée's factures. Don't you collect bottles' caps too ? But i have to say that when I saw that you paid 12 E for a café i felt pity for you, but whatever, paris will always be paris. <BR/>Have a good day !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-83072726599087877282007-06-11T01:42:00.000-04:002007-06-11T01:42:00.000-04:00Carol, I thought of you when I bought some postcar...Carol, I thought of you when I bought some postcards yesterday at Demel's (<I>after having had a breakfast of the most delicious cherry strudel and melange</I>), and the sweet lady there put my three cards in one of those small pretty paper Demel bags, I could have hugged her! Then I audaciously asked for a business card (I'll mail it with one of the cards *g*), but stopped myself before asking for an <I>autocollant</I>. Enough's enough. ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-37480606061893996012007-06-10T17:59:00.000-04:002007-06-10T17:59:00.000-04:00What a TERRIFIC post! I had to laugh. It's amazi...What a TERRIFIC post! I had to laugh. It's amazing what we come home with from travels. I completely get it. Especially that adorable bag with the baker flipping breads. Yes, those little choses quotidiens that make the French so....French. Love it!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06822692768754916337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-69142432159473624412007-06-10T12:37:00.000-04:002007-06-10T12:37:00.000-04:00JILLY I really think we're meant to help ourselves...<B>JILLY</B> I really think we're meant to help ourselves to napkins etcand mustn't flagulate ourselves too much. Why else plaster their brand all over these souvenirs?<BR/><BR/><B>SOME PINK FLOWERS</B>lovely little memory shakers...how nice.<BR/><BR/><B>MRS.BEAR</B> a "memory box" is a very good idea, like a Pandora's box..if only it could carry you back to the original site.<BR/><BR/><B>JAY L.</B> I love those papers they wrap around fruit in Italy too..<BR/><BR/><B>Britt-Arnhild</B> Library cards sounds wounderful...Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-35145643526719613722007-06-10T10:43:00.000-04:002007-06-10T10:43:00.000-04:00Actually - after I posted that it was autocollants...Actually - after I posted that it was autocollants, I realised I should have told you the French understand "les stickers" LOL Marie-Noelle said it for me :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225510217071841495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-66838331074107052262007-06-10T10:37:00.000-04:002007-06-10T10:37:00.000-04:00beautiful photographs as always. I love your blogs...beautiful photographs as always. I love your blogs. I've done this too - collected beautiful shop bags and yes, guilty too of collecting paper napkins from restaurants and tea-rooms. I still have momentoes from Gili's in Florence (well same name!). <BR/><BR/>Thankyou so much for passing by Menton Daily Photo, Carol. <BR/><BR/>Jilly xJillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-69271636865533330552007-06-10T10:07:00.000-04:002007-06-10T10:07:00.000-04:00That is some of the things I would bring too! Such...That is some of the things I would bring too! Such lovely personal items... My friends are going to Paris soon, where is the one place they MUST go and dine while they are there?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330901242810245004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-59600433692516570642007-06-10T08:50:00.000-04:002007-06-10T08:50:00.000-04:00I forgot to mention another precious memory which ...I forgot to mention another precious memory which I brought back from Durham last month - a library card from Durham Public Library. The card is so colourful, now I would love to start a collection.<BR/><BR/>I spent two nights in Durham, one hour in the library :-), but needed a card to be able to use their computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-91669508334419948842007-06-10T03:18:00.000-04:002007-06-10T03:18:00.000-04:00Catching up on posts.....wow...Catching up on posts.....wow...Gypsy Purplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313129957044860401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-70594538801483633882007-06-09T23:58:00.000-04:002007-06-09T23:58:00.000-04:00I see how you use the stickers you come home with,...I see how you use the stickers you come home with, but what does one *do* with the rest? There's only so much room (and interest) in the travel journal... I brought home a number of papery items from Italy (although my receipts are not nearly as pretty as yours!) and am just looking at the pile of them. I can see drowning-in-ephemera as a very real future possibility!tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-59384988861731795542007-06-09T23:19:00.000-04:002007-06-09T23:19:00.000-04:00I bring back ephemera, too: Wine labels, receipts,...I bring back ephemera, too: Wine labels, receipts, brochures, napkins, even bus tickets and yes, luggage tags.<BR/><BR/>Nice post, Carol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-6955958689008735852007-06-09T16:09:00.000-04:002007-06-09T16:09:00.000-04:00You are hilarious - collecting l'additions and nap...You are hilarious - collecting l'additions and napkins! I do like the ribbons, though. They're very useful in art projects and in a pinch, for wrapping a package. As for les autocollants, I took a bunch of photos of the windows full of same at Le Bon Marche yesterday. Will post them within the next couple of days.paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-28705179415266521962007-06-09T15:58:00.000-04:002007-06-09T15:58:00.000-04:00Carol...I am a collector of business cards and rec...Carol...<BR/><BR/>I am a collector of business cards and receipts! I love being able to remember years later where I went to have that _____(fill in the blank). I would love to collect those cute pastry boxes...but I fear I'd crush them in my luggage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-19085597619041525022007-06-09T12:36:00.000-04:002007-06-09T12:36:00.000-04:00This is exactly what I collect also. My favorite t...This is exactly what I collect also. My favorite treasure is the menue from New York Plaza where i was taken to High Afternoon tea by an internet friend!<BR/><BR/>I use some of my collection in my travel diaries, which now are Molescins with acid free sketching paper.<BR/><BR/>Lovely post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com