Paris Yeah!

 Come for a random walk around Paris in the drizzle

 More watercolor illustrations from Printemps artist, Aurore de la Morinerie.

 At 'la goute' time/4:30pm Angelina was packed like sardines

 I take-away a dome foret rouge of neither black forest chocolate nor framboise but Kirsh-infused chantilly inside

 I did not eat any compote de pomme yesterday

 The Polonaise I shared (I only ate half and just the meringue topping)

 You know it's Spring in Paris when you see asperges blanc. The season is short

 Beautiful hot pink clematis inside Prince of Paris fleurists, Eric Chauvin -22, rue Jean Nicot 75007

 I spotted Peggy Porschen's Boutique Baking with my cover illustration 🤸‍♂️ inside Librairie Galignani!

 Goofy froggie purses in a papeterie shop window.

 Hugo and Victor chocolate domes filled with Spring seasonal flavors.

 Grey, gris Paris.

 What to wear if you're going in Colette on 213, rue Saint-Honore.

That's Paris YEAH!

A Sonia T-shirt for kids at Baby Tuileries.

Bear is in Paris!

 Bear had a lovely trip over on the AirFrance air bus.

Bear thinks he will never need to watch another French film in his life, he watched soooooo many on AF!

 Unfortunately Carolg is still home packing.

La-di-da

 Nevermind. Bear takes Roissey bus(10€) into Paris by himself. Maybe someday Bear will become a Paris bus driver!

 At last. L'OPERA final stop. This time Bear is not taking petit dejeuner at Cafe de la Paix since Carolg has all the €

 On to ligne #8 to Ecole Militaire where Bear is housesitting

 1st stop a look in Lenotre's macaron windows along Avenue Motte-Picot.

 Next a look at Carrefour's spring leeks/poireau

 Bear insists on reading every lunch menu in the street

 And checking up on every poster in Paris

 And waving at every Paris bear

 Then a look into a very traditional blanchisserie/laundryof sorts for special occasions.

A lunch date with Martine's rescue dog at Patisserie Jean Millet on 13,rue Saint-Dominique. Spring leeks and Lot, a kind of white fish

Dessert - a traditional 'Polonaise' -  a tall pile of delicate meringue sprinkled with toasted almonds resting on a Kirsh soaked-base. Lots more Paris to come tomorrow even if it is chilly and drizzly and Carolg again did not bring the right clothes!

Hmmm...

Paris Pinks

 Thanks to you I wasted easily an hour this morning pinning Pinterest pinks. (An hour I don't have since I am NOT packed and this trip I would like to remember to take my makeup so I don't have to replace it for a lot more $$$ in Paris!). We made these gorgeous pink framboise macaron shells at Chef Marthe Brohan's private class at her home.

More to come another time.

 Paris pink renoncules on rue Vavin.

 Pink French writing at Boulangerie Secco

 on rue Jean Nico

 Sooo pink.

 Spring pink yaourt at Monop

 Put a pink ribbon on it and you know you're in Paris.

 At parfumeur Annick Goutal.

 On rue Oberkampf an R-rated pink bow.

 Hot, hot pink scarf goes on anything in Paris

 Green leaves are essential to make your pinks PINKER on rue Raspail at Sunday Bio marche.

 A touch of green makes a marsipan bun from La Mere de Famille pinker.

 See, it's universal. 
Bears love ice cream!

 A pink gateau mold that looks surprisingly like the cover of Pierre Herme Pastries book.

What do you think?

 Along with inspiring me to make ice cream and showing me how to put a PIN IT button in my browser(!) my niece suggested I might...ummm...work on my posture.

This is a pink reminder.

Practice practice practice

Then I might look like this gorge Printemps watercolor illo by Aurore de la Morinerie TOMORROW in Paris! Please pray I get packed in time and I don't forget my MAKEUP etc.

Cheers, Carolgxx

Bear makes Greek Yogurt Ice Cream!

 Bear adores ice cream. So do I.

 And I love to paint ice cream. When my niece, Louisa invited me over to test some recipes - her saffron frozen yogurt ice cream - I didn't say no.

 And I got to make the ice cream.
churn-churn soooo easy.

 We made ice cream sandwiches.
Are you melting yet?

 Naturally I had to get a Donvier (non-electric) ice cream maker like Louisa's. And naturally I went hunting for easy frozen yogurt recipes. I found Food For My Family's Lemon yogart.
Ta Da!

 Plus Greek Fage yogurt was on sale last week.

 Bear and I added a little extra lime zest + juice. It calls for just 2 T of grated zest. We may have gone a overboard on the zest.

 But how the heck can you measure out zest with these high-tech microplanes? I much prefer Chef Marthe's Paris gizmo - the zest collects neatly inside the handle.
I'm getting the source for this one.

 Bear dropped the lemon into the yogart mixure.
Whoops

 Do wear white when making frozen yogurt ice cream.

All my clothes now have white spodges on them.

 It takes just a few turns of the Donvier paddle in a 20 minute timespan et voila!

 You have Lemon Frozen yogurt!

Easy peasy and better than store bought ice cream. Plus you know exactly what's in it. I tried making straight-up frozen yogurt with no sugar but that fell flat. We better had success with 2 mangos + 3 cups of yogurt + 1/2 C sugar + lemon. Do not measure out the yogart into a measuring cup. Just dish it out straight from the container.

 Bear and Babar were thrilled with the tart, lemony flavor and creamy texture. I'm thrilled to announce with 'The Smaller Spoon' diet. Bear's tiny 2 1/2" spoon is coming with me to Paris.

You HAVE to eat slower with this spoon.