BEAR FRIDAY

Did you have big success on Black Friday?

Were you out at the crack of dawn catching all the rock-bottom bargains?

BEAR was dreaming he was back in the duty-free shops of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport grabbing up the Frenchie bargains...
T-shirts for bears...
This 'I WAS IN PARIS' Tee was very appealing...
Not to mention the endless supply...
Of other bears...
And Eiffel Towers up the whazoo at CDG...
In every color of the rainbow.

Bear was wishing he'd bought this dapper neckerchief perhaps made by Lanvin..?

And some French regional caramels would have been nice...

Maybe next trip, BEAR will bring along his own valise/suitcase so he can bring back some goodies too...

BONJOUR BEAR FRIDAY!

J'Adore les Musee Arts Décoratifs

I never miss a visit to the Musee Les Arts Decoratifs when I'm in Paris...
As fabulous as their fashion exhibits are, they also have another side that appeals to me...
Currently and through 17 October they're showing, Exposition Petites et grosses bêtes
Supremely witty and whimsical exhibit of children's animal toys I could not resist.

Regarde! A New York dog walker is in residence.

A navel-gazing French rooster!

He has to be French non?

Bears/nounours up the whazoo.

Do translate if you can..something about a flea?

"Les elephants sont toujours representes plus petits que natures, mais une puce toujours plus grande".

Another irresistable bear...

Just a few blocks away Baby Tuileries‎ 326 rue St. Honore has bears dressed in their finest on swings...

Why are there no animals in New York City everywhere you turn? c'est pas juste :(

Pierre Herme pastry-eating mini bird, watercolor, 9" x 11"

Are you a dog person?

Or a chat person?

There's plenty of goodies for animal lovers at Plastiques on 103 rue de Rennes 75006

Here's a little dog I found waiting in the CDG airport loo.

No dogs allowed at JFK I'm afraid...

I loved your stories of galavanting around on your first day in Paris !

MERCI BEAUCOUP PB READERS!!!

Mini-Ha-Ha

Mini Tea Time watercolor, 9" x 11"

I'm off to David Dewey's watercolor workshop in Maine next week. But I still want to paint some still lifes...

What to take with me that won't fill up too much space? Isn't it clever of Pierre Herme to create dessert art to use in the background of my still lifes? My suitcase is overloaded... But for the life of me...

I can not find my MACARONS!!!
Oh there they are, safe and sound :)

I could use a "drink me" bottle like Alice to get very small...

To set up these %$#@! still lifes...hmmm

There's a new yellow bird on board. Bear wants to know if they are both going to Maine or is he just going or are they even going at all!?

What do you think?