Weekend this & that, BiblioMania

 

On Saturday I went to Bibliomania near Odeon again. It’s on today till 6 pm.

Always a good place for visual inspiration

Fika, Fondation Cartier-Bresson, Meert, Elliot Erwitt

 

This morning I woke up an hour late

The birds outside started singing an hour late at 6:30 am

Who loves Day Light Saving? ☹️

Irving Penn, EclairWeek2017

Tuesday morning was the preview 

The Irving Penn retrospective at the Grand Palais.

My photography professor friend, Sardi Klein 

Always told me to study Penn's still life, "After dinner games" (top picture) for inventive arrangement & depth of field.

I vowed to do still life thumbnail studies 

Every day after seeing the original.

Post-exhibit I ran over to Fauchon for still life painting and eating ideas.

They are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Eclair Week september 14-23. Hurry up.

You have just 48 hours to get this delightful 10-eclair box. Upstairs their savory eclairs await.

House pastry chef, Patrick Pailler created a daunting array of flavors and designs. Hokusai's Great Wave is included.

I went for plain fraise/strawberry. Anything RED wins my vote. Pretty to paint.

Fauchon's pastry graphics are the best in Paris.

Oui or non? To paint at home - the classic chocolate eclair with tiny gold sprinkles.

Rush over to Fauchon to celebrate their annual #EclairWeek 2017 Take a selfie in front of the eclair backdrop and win a trip to Paris or an eclair. 

You can receive Parisbreakfast letters, maps and eclair watercolors in your mailbox📮 

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Do You Shoot Your Food?

Tea with M. plus Religeuse, watercolor, 9" x 11"

Who doesn't shoot their food?

Tea at Carette - Place des Vosges with Amy Thomas AKA Sweet Freak, could only mean shooting our food like mad. When bloggers get together better duck.

Tea at Carette, watercolor, 9" x 11"
I naturally shot Amy's tea with plans to paint it.

This is Amy's shot of her clafouti and I did not even taste it.

I shot our neighbor's fraise compote after asking permission. I would have liked to taste this if he had offered, but he did not.

Do not covet thy neighbor's macarons.

Carette's terrace is a free-for-all for shooter/bloggers.

Amy and I went inside and started shooting like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Duck for cover everyone!

I shot the strawberry tartelette.

And these glass jars full of macarons.

But I like Amy's glass jar shot better.

Maybe because I once painted a mini macaron jar.

We both shot Carette's macarons bien sur.

Amy took this of my box of 9 macs being packed. I should have eaten them onsite.

BONJOUR FOOD SHOOTERS!