Hier en Paris

Hier/yesterday in Paris... I met Rick Tulka at Le Select.

I ran to Anne Maisonneuve to buy another mac T-shirt on rue Raspail

I shot the vitrines at Le Bon Marche.

Yesterday I got yelled at for shooting inside Le Bon Marche

Yesterday I followed this girl on 'rollers'

 I followed this woman in high-heeled 'baskets'/sneakers.

 I followed this older French Girl in leather leggings.

Yesterday I flirted with mini eclairs at MIYOU.

But I ate this instead.

I ate this marshmallow-pistachio lolly at Pain du Sucre.

And their tarte citron vert...miam miam

I couldn't finish the bitter lemon gananch cake from Christian Constant.

I ate again at Cojean.

The exact same thing I ate my first day in Paris.

Yesterday I did deep knee bends on the es-ca-la-tour coming out of the Metro.

Yesterday I got yelled at in Printemps for shooting these adorable Christian Lacroix faces on a scarf.

Yesterday I went into Zara and bought a super thick cashmere pull for only 99 euros.

Yesterday I went home.

And ate a smushed Matcha Green tea dome of Sadaharu Aoki hoping it would keep me up till 3 AM, so Jet Lag in NYC wouldn't be so terrible, but I fell asleep at 11 PM exhausted from everything I did yesterday/hier.

BONJOUR PBers!

Bonjour Paris!

A quickie post from Paris!!

I overslept!

I can't see straight either - a bit fuzzy here...

And I'm running to the St.-Germain piscine.

Now AirFrance shows you your arrival in Paris from a camera on top of the plane (too much information in my humble opinion) but the ride over on a 380 Airbus was smooth as silk if sleepless...

I reccommend highly taking the Roissey bus into Paris (Opera)...
You'll get acclimated more quickly and you'll catch up on sleep you missed the plane ride over. *Must remember to prep pre-trip next time by sleeping upright in a chair the night before... First goofy French stuff seen immediately upon exiting the bus at Opera...
The first amazing pastry I bought at Lenotre (spotted when exiting the Ecole Militaire metro). Disasterously ruined by bad packing malheureusement...
First Metro.

Excellent lunch at the Canteen downstairs at Merci...

First Eiffel Tower (seen on a cup on rue Jacob)

A quick whirl around the new FAB Left Bank Hermes (more to come...)

Vitrine at Pierre Herme.

Tomorrow is MACARON DAY!!!

It's always Spring at Au Nom de la Rose on rue Cler....

Patisserier Gerard Mulot is ready for Spring - but it's raining and I left my umbrella at home.

Yellow duckies at Bonton...

Stripes as always at St. James...

Older French Girls wearing RED shoes (as always)

BEAR (who I almost left sitting on the living room couch (eeek) is already bear shopping...

BONJOUR PARIS!

Return of the Older French Girl

It's been a year since we visited ultra chic 'OFG' /older Fr Girl, so back by popular request - voila *Note stance and splash of lovely yellow-orange scarf.*Note ruffled jacket -tres flirtie.

Bright bleu punctuates a neutral pantsuit at Gerard Mulot.

A touch of turquoise on this OFG biker.

OFG bikers abound in Paris...

As do racing grand-meres pushing two little ones.

Regarding the OFG's hair - natural gris.

LONG shoulder-length hair is the norm for Fr OFG.

VERY LONG hair is OK.

Ride Paris buses to catch OFGs - the more civilized, scenic way to travel.

OFGs browse apartment ads like the rest of us.

 They walk their petit Parisien dogs.

My favorite OFG-ever-youthful 2nd-cousine, Kristine in Pigalle. Toujour charmante.

BONJOUR THE OFG!