New York WINDOWS

Is it ever too late to look at Bergdorf's Halloween windows?
Non!

A McQueen witch.

At Barney's an homage to Louboutin - red heels rotates...

Ouch!

Fluffy furry man purse at Prada...

Lanvin fully clothed girls jump out of gift boxes...

Next door La Perla girls show what to wear underneath...

Parisien La Maison du Chocolat turkeys are decked out in fluff!

A window full of Paris pumpkin fluff...

Ralph Lauren Children is ready for Xmas...

Bear is ready to jump into this canoe...

William Greenberg Desserts is getting ready for Xmas. A passerby said I'd missed the snowman. I'll have to go back...

In a French decor window on Madison Ave. an 'Eat More Cake' pillow. I'm off to eat more Chocolate at the NY Chocolate show.

Full report tomorrow/a demain

BONJOUR NY WINDOWS!

Paris Fluff

While out window shooting I kept seeing bits of fluff hither and thither...
It's true many Frenchmen still apply a fluffy badger brush to their chins. It's also true exactly a year ago I came to a similar conclusion of the prevalent appearence of Paris fluff.

French women have no 5 o'clock shadows to hide but nevermind. Fluff is decorating their chinlines this season.

Fluff + sequins is an unbeatable combo this season evidently...

Sonia's fluffy sleeves will hide a multitude of sins I guess...

Most Paris fluff is fake but this major furry fling looks real to me...

Cuff your boots with fluff...

Or better yet fluff line them for a warming effect...

Christian Louboutin heels with fox bits inside instead of your feet?

Not real fluffy bears cosy up on Bvd St. Germain...

Very real fluff getting buffeted on a coin de la rue...

Fluffy Saint Honores have always been 'in' in Paris.

Remembrances of fluff past - I once had a cat named 'Fluffy' till he peed in a plant on my mother's dinner table. Then he mysteriously 'ran away' I was told.

BONJOUR FLUFF!

Pastry Sketch Crawl Returns!

Yesterday was major. I got my walking papers to venture back into the Big Apple (with a cane but I'm now allowed to climb up the stairs alternate steps instead of one-step-at-a-time!)

YAHOO
A chance to return to the Pastry Sketch Crawl begun in late January...
With some reservations bien sur...

NO sitting for hours on end (that upended me into a sciatica episode)...

Back to tres chic Cafe Petrossian.

Though Lord knows why I picked out exactly the SAME tarte as last fateful visit...

I must have a deep hidden attraction to strawberries...

If not to pate brisee crust. I only stayed a half hour and sketched a bit. No point tempting the Gods of Sciatica again.

I returned home to paint in bed...

This seems to be a lucky painting spot for me along with Nom de la Rose teas...

Au Nom de la Rose Teas, watercolor on Etsy, 9" x 11"

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I could not resist a quick look in Bergdorf Goodman's windows...

At some 'tartie' shoes I may never venture out in again (not that I did in the past...ahem) Farewell M. Louboutin :(

Mais BONJOUR PASTRY SKETCH CRAWL Encore!!!