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Vienna for Beginners said...Free food for our starving artist!What more can you wish for? Did you manage to get a second helping?

Yes, I admit it. I went to Pierre Herme's other boutique on 185, rue Vaugiraud to report on the JOUR DU MACARON goings ons... Here I am checking my watch. How long will the wait be? Not long but the tension was palpable!
We even had a traffic director at the door.
Inside, it looked like pandimonium.
It wasn't.
Perfectly orderly.
You even got a list of all the flavors to help you make your choice. Young people, old people, chic people..everyone was there to taste the free cookies.
The prize, plus a ribbon to wear for La federation des Maladies Orphelines.
Admiring glances from the street...

Back outside the kids, tons of students wait excitedly.
The faces tell the story...

ARNAUD LARHER's patisserie was also participating JOUR DU MACARON, on 53, rue Caulaincourt in the 18th.
Beautiful bins of macs filled the windows.
A rainbow of colors...
A rainbow of prices too. Starting at 8.20 euros...

The tasting or degustation at ARNAUD LARHER...

Just me and two students, gobbling up the samples.

No line, no excited crowd...

There is something genuinely heartfelt about Pierre Herme sharing his incredible goodies with all the world who come to his door on one day a year. True, it's for a very good cause, but the generosity of heart and thought is touching - a giving back to the people..

BIG MERCI PIERRE HERME for JOUR DU MACARON! ! !