Yesterday I went to buy stamps

 

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?  

Mother’s Day, Giverny, Impressionnistes

I’m going to the Orsay, Paris au temps des Impressionnistes exhibit today.

A visit to Giverny to amuse you till the Orsay report is ready

Ducks in a row, Fondation Custodia, Buy me a Ko-Fi

 

Ducks 🦆 in a row

On Thursday, along the Seine

Mother’s Day, Giverny, Impressionnistes

I’m going to the Orsay Impressionnistes exhibit this morning.

 

Today a visit to Giverny to amuse you until Orsay report is ready

 

Paris Pink

Sunday was the perfect day to ride your pink scooter and wear PINK.

Or sit on the curb and eat Berthillon strawberry/fraise ice cream 🍦 

Big clunky pink baskets/running shoes are not only OK to wear in Paris, they're de rigueur. 

I'll take these Robert Clergerie pink flats for 370€.

The perfect Spring outfit for Paris - a pink Barbie Chanel suit.

Or drapey frock on rue de Cherche Midi at Maja. You choose.

I chose a strawberry macaron at Pierre Hermé but they knew I was thinking pink and gave me Infiniment rose...

Coco Jobard is thinking pink roses when she bakes macarons.

Everyone is thinking pink roses at marché d'Aligre. Mother's day is next weekend in Paris.

 Aimée Leduc gave me a private mystery tour of Ile Saint-Louis on Saturday.

A door opened and we quickly snuck into a private courtyard full of pink hydrangeas(?). More to come on our jaunt.

Pink fluffy powder puffs from perfumeur Caron on Avenue Montaigne. 

The peonies have at last come in

Why not a pink tea at Dalloyau?  

If you're into stationary or first edition French stamps le Carée d'Encre is ze place at 13bis rue de Mathurins 75009

Pink chaise with a perfect green cushion.

Delicate pink cheeks are essentials (at EW). 

I spent Sunday roaming in Paris with Susan Abbott's sketchbook group. More to come on that, but it doesn't hurt to have a pink cover on your sketchbook - easier to find if you leave it behind in Diwali or a restaurant. Yes I did.