Sant Ambroeus

I HEART Sant Ambroeus big time I feel like this everytime I stop in Sant Ambroeus on 1000 Madison Ave. at 76th street. They're in the Village at 259th West 4th street.

Everytime I go to the Met it's compulsory to stop for a gelato...

They have 24 flavors ($3.00 for a single)

If you sit at a table (just like in Italy) it will cost you more ($4.50) Yes I'm addicted to gelato pistache...

You can stand up at the bar and pay less (just like in Italy).

Sant Ambroeus has those little bite-sized sandwiches/panini (just like in Italy).

 In the back they have a nice dining room...

I LOVE looking in their pastry case...

 In my opinion there's either a French pastry chef lurking in the back...

Or someone who's done a stage at Pierre Herme in Paris...

They have an upscale version of tiamisu.

And your very traditional Italian cookies/biscotti. Sant Ambroeus is a Milanese pasticceria/confetteria.

I'm not wild about traditional Italian biscotti but for this pretty Italian cookie box I'd commit hari-kiri. Wouldn't you?

I feel like a kid in Sant Ambroeus. Lick lick :)

Other times I feel like this lady(at the Met Infinite Jest show). After looking at all those scrumptous desserts I still always end up with the gelato.

BUON GIORNO SANT AMBROEUS!

Blooming New York!

Macaron Ladybug, art on Etsy, 9" x 11"

Lady bugs/ coccinelle are lucky in France. I hope they're lucky in New York. Because Park Avenue is littered with them from 57th street.
As well as giant pink roses for Spring.

Created by artist Will Ryan for the Parks Sculpture Commission.

Macy's Flowers Show is blooming with REAL flowers.

In Lalique's Madison Avenue windows the flowers are glass of course.

Jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels has flowers growing out of it's windows but the diamonds are kept safely behind the glass - quelle dommage.

Be sure to water your neckties!

Or why not sit down on a flower chair and eat off flower plates?

A floral purse...

To go with your Bergdorf's red flowered dress.

Or better yet, wear a pink rose at the neck with a dress of macarons from Macaron Cafe on 59th street.

They even put pistachio chips/bits on the outside!

These birdies were hankering after my macaron pistache, with or without chips.

BONJOUR BLOOMING NEW YORK!

NEW YORK LIGHTS!

It's that time of year for a look at the Xmas lights...
The big tree at Rock' Center seen in miniature from 5th Avenue...

Where your light on your Xmas tree as a skirt on Madison Avenue...

Or just hang your tree with many jeweled baubles...

Park Avenue always has a line of lighted trees adorning the street...

One blue-lighted tree on Madison Avenue...

Van Cleef and Arpels has holiday lights of another kind - a diamond necklace in a snow storm...

Cartier always has a big red lighted bow on the building...

And the windows are full of articulated boxes revealing shiny diamond necklaces...

This Bergdorf crock has his diamond eye on you...

Fendis Fifth Avenue has icicled belts on it's facade...

Alliance Francaise de Washington has lite up its facade too....

Jimmy-Jack is out looking for holiday lights in Paris...

Even New York Sabret wagons are lit up like a tree...

Well they always are aren't they?

BONJOUR NEW YORK LIGHTS!

Bastille Day

If you were wearing a striped shirt yesterday, dressed in blue, wore a beret, carried a quilted bag... And dragging around a small dog around, you were appropriately dressed for Bastille Day in New York. Then you were allowed to eat all the tarte framboise to your heart's content... Or tarte citron... Patisserie Payard was calling the dress code, so stripes rule... President was handing out free fromage tastes...L.A. Burdict had practically free, very intense cold chocolat for a mere $2 created especially for the day... Galeries Lafayette had free Paris maps for all... Not free, but I should have bought it -a Girl's Guide to Paris sac... Really yesterday's fair should have been called Macaron Day in my opinion...Macaron Cafe had lots of flavors and colors...

I felt I had to buy some for research purposes - 2 macs for $5...hmmm

Down the rue a bit, Mad MacNYC was low on flavors and colors, maybe because they were selling bags of 6 macarons for $5. Chef Florian Bellanger is in the background minus a head...

This Frenchie taste tester gave the seal of approval on the framboise...

I bought a tray of macarons in Classic French flavors at a special Bastille price - these would be just perfect to serve at the Alliance Francais exhibits in DC and Philadelphia I'm thinking...

Seen at Bastille Day - this EXACT macaron necklace bought somewhere in Paris - no single pendents need apply - sorry Boucheron

If you know where I can buy this necklace you can win this watercolor!

BONJOUR BASTILLE DAY New York!