Dimanche in the park

If I'm staying with M. in the 6th arrondissement, she usually walks me to the RER St.-Michel station other side of Luxembourg gardens. If it's a Sunday/dimanche... There's no nicer way to depart Paris... Everyone is out in the park on Sunday...

Taking in the last of the Fall leaves...

But mostly relaxing...

 Very few are working...

Decontracte is the word for the day.

Very few are reading the Sunday papers. This is not Central Park...

All Paris babies are out showing off...

The small fry get to take...

 Luxembourg's poney rides.

Jam-packed on a Sunday...

To get to the RER station you walk by the pond...

Perfect for small boats and small fry...

You don't see many eating in the park. These girls are excused.

I can tell from their red striped paper bag...

They came from the penny candy stall at Odeon Metro.

Les bonbons are always allowed in Paris.

BONJOUR PARIS FALL!

Are The French Goofy?

Are the French Goofy?

What do you think?

You could say they have a long tradition of fantasie certainment.
Cat umbrellas wearing furry coats - definitely goofy.
What about this popsicle?
And the French obsession with penny candy?
This big stand has been at the Odeon Metro for years...
Goofy Halloween lingerie!
Who needs it?

Did you know in his spare time YSL sketched naughty, goofy Lulu cartoons?

What about Burberry Parfums offering a give-away teddy bear?

Would you find this in Bergdorf Goodmans?

Does your dog wish to see his/her face in his/her dog bowl?

You can always depend on Plastiques on 103, rue de Rennes to supply goofiness for the whole family.

Eiffel Tower salt shakers are rather practical.

I must remember to pick up some...

La Vaissellerie has a ready supply of goofy stuff...

Have you ever noticed how many otherwise serious and refined boulangeries have goofy figurines around the shop?

I forgot to show you yesterday the giant Superman floating over Printemps Cupcakes Gallery - I just don't get some of these French obsessions...

Goofing around with paper cutouts is HUGE in Paris - you'll see this stuff everywhere and I don't think it's for the tourists. French Girl has tons of goofy stuff in her apartment by the way-more to come... L.APPARTEMENT, a rather chic shop in the 7th arrondissement, is full of goofy tchotchkas.

Skull and bones muffin tins anyone?

Wha'?

What is this stuff anyway?

These are Parisiens leche-vitrine not tourists.

And these Parisiens are happily marching in to buy nutty, goofy tchotchkas. For even more Frenchie dottiness do stop in Colette on 213, St.-Honore 75001!

I guess people who live in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones. Anyone who goes around with a bear in her purse has got to be seriously goofy non?
BONJOUR PARIS GOOFINESS!