Afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Paris

I'm late, I'm late

For a very important date.When am I not late?

Solli and I start our grand tour of the newly renovated Peninsula Hotel at the top. Spectacular views.

The bar Le Kleber, was once the site of the signing a treaty - The Paris Peace Accords, negotiated by Henry Kissinger and bringing the Vietnam War to a close, was signed in 1973 in the salon. And in 1928, George Gershwin wrote "An American in Paris' while staying at the hotel. 

We did not get to dive into the pool pre-tea. Why not?

I once stayed at the luxurious Hong Kong Peninsula for an entire month when I worked on 7th Avenue in fashion. The white-suited bellhops haven't changed.

Back then they would send a Silver Arrow Rolls Royce to pick you up at the airport. What a dream…

We take tea outside on Le Kleber terrasse. Always Champers to start at a French tea. I don't think it's the same for English cream teas?

One English cream tea and one French please.

The triple decker trays arrive with precise instructions - what to eat 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

Why didn't I get Solli's jasmine iced tea?

English tea sandwiches - light and delicate for a hot Summer day..

Are these the French or English desserts? I need a cheat sheet with diagrams included.These are all miniatures by the way. Just 2 bites and they're gone. We had to share too.

Don't miss Solli's beautiful post on our afternoon tea together at The Peninsula!!

Bastille Day!

Bisou Bisou XXXX

Love all the tri-color flags around town

'Specially in a Champagne cooler

I meant to buy this one

What to eat on Bastille Day?

A red-yellow-blue panache of berries

Or berry gateaux

On yr nails berry red polish

Colette has a line of pretty frocks for today

Or this Frenchie got her red white and blue tights in LA but I found them on Amazon.co.uk

The pools are all open on national holidays. i went this morning. Lovely

10:00 am the jets were zooming outside my window this morning.

“Le 14 Juillet" PBers!

Jean-Paul Gaultier et les Cerises 🍒 de Juilllet

Last Friday I sailed through the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibit at Grand Palais

If you were in Paris this Spring and missed this get right back on the plane and come back. You have till 3 August.

Sailed is the right word. Attendants were paying homage to J-P wearing their navy marinere T-shirts.

More blues in the multi-media show room

On to the full fashion runway show with revolving models

And the requisite star-filled audience sitting in the little gold chairs.

Gaultier's Urban Jungle looks

Patterned and deeply sensuous

Talking sensuous, no one does wild crazy lingerie better than Gaultier.

Fabulous photos are integrated into this retrospective of his fashions covering 1976 through 2014.

A corseted Marie-Antoinette bien sur..

To the ultimate in sexy corsets

J-P's costumes for Madonna hold the spotlight

These two were well-paired off

Gaultier's signature parfums

Mirror his iconic cone bras.

Sunday at the marche Bastille when I saw these same cones

There was no stopping me.

I had to have this cherry-red zipper bag.

July is cherry month in Paris and at PB headquarters. Eat as many as possible while they last.

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