Rouge Jaune Bleu

 Rouge, jaune et bleu aquarelle

I bought this little (1 3/4") Limoge-style perfume holder in Passage Jouffroy

 I've been playing with mixing colors: reds + Yellows + blues since I got home

The most basic color triad out there.
 

Maybe I was inspired by these red cafe tables

 

On rue Rambuteau

 

This lemon yellow table top looks just like

 

A tarte au citron

Or Wayne Thiebaud's round yellow cheese painting full of reds and blues too.

 

Red + Yellow + blue are used a lot around food.

Like this boulangerie painting of a wheat girl

Or this chef eating his dinner and licking his chops

Down the street on rue Rambuteau is Cupcake Berko, famous for their colorful mini cupcakes. More goldeny than bright yellow but this tarte fine is still yum.
This post is making me hungry! 



 

Cupcakes Berko

Cheescake and cupcakes. What's not to love? BUT is this why you come to Paris? OUI! If it's BERKO in the Marais at 23 rue Rambuteau 75004

I'm not even a cupcake person but...

These little minis are soooo enticing.

Now Berko has long rectangular tartes in citron meringue too...

What to get? The citron meringue mini cuppie? Which one would you fall for?

OR the long tarte thing? The tarte thing won out bien sur - more lemon meringue to love. It was just as good as it looks, maybe even better. Note the pecan tartes behind and it ain't even Thanksgiving!?

Berko has new little mini round tartes too...

I thoughtfully waited until after lunch before showing you these...

BONJOUR BERKO!

La Grève- Paris

Quite a few dear PBers inquired how I was doing during Paris' La Greve ...
Well the streets/rues were filled up with Paris trash...
The sanitation was not picking up...
Yep, that's all I experienced of La Grève in Paris.
Metros, buses, RER all were running and les rues were not even smelly. If this had been New York, Heaven help us!
Neatly piled pourbels didn't stop Parisiens walking petit chiens...
Crazy Parisien joggers were still out jogging in the brisk morning air...

Cafes were still full of Parisiens sitting outside yacking and smoking...

French Girls still had on their boots...

Why ever did I take my ballerinas?

Fall in Paris = BOOTS/Les BOTTES

c'est comme ca!

Au Nom de la Roses were still lined up as usual dans le rue...

La Grève didn't stop people eating ice cream...

Or buying beautiful flavored chevre fromage...

Berko, of Cupcakes Galerie from in Printemps had tiny tartelettes lined up in their Montmartre shop.

Grace took me to famous Les Petit Mitrons also in Montmartre...

To admire the tartes d'Automne...

Rows of oranges lined rue Montorgueil ignoring La Grève completement.

Goofy Fr. cat nail brosses at Pylones don't give a damn about La Grève...

Marlo, Amy's New York chat, knows zip about La Grève, being ensconced on the 6th etage/floor comme ca...

Life seems to go on in Paris, come what may...

BONJOUR La Grève!