Parisian Marie-Noelle gave me this child's ardoise/ blackboard. It says:
Chez Carol
Watercolors - Macarons
Help yourself
These same little blackboards or slates are how French children learn their ABCs. Marie-Noelle knows of my efforts to learn French handwriting..
As it happens, M-N tutors children in cursive handwriting. She demonstrates her exquisite handwriting in my chaotic studio in the Marais.
As much as I love maps, I am gaga over little blackboards menus/menus ardoises.
They are more symbolic of Paris than the Tour Eiffel.
I love the broad expressive brush marks on this menu. 
Isn't it the worse thing in the world when a restaurant has NO MENU outside to study? It shows a complete lack of imagination on their part in my opinion.
I saw ardoises everywhere. Not just at restaurants. 
A faux ardoise-just cardboard…a charming way to advertise In a boulangerie 🥖 
A chic boutique is uses an ardoise to display prices.
At La Mere de Famille chocolate boutique Solid-chocolate ardoise for back-to-school children to make the return less painful.
Not an ardoise at all - just a scrap of paper announcing the news L'as du Fallafel will not open until October 16. A big wait for a falafel.
Caught in the act. Most papeteries sell chalk markers if you want to practice at home..
Watch how l’ardoise slate blackboard is made in Trélazé for 600 years.
Not an ardoise at all - just a scrap of paper announcing the news L'as du Fallafel will not open until October 16. A big wait for a falafel.Caught in the act. Most papeteries sell chalk markers if you want to practice at home..
