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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Happy Poisson d'Avril PB readers!
April 1st is when French kids make a little joke pinning images of fish on the backs of adults, then running away yelling "poisson d'avril". It's a lot like April fools
Then French get to bring out the chocolate fish by the ton! Here from Jean-Paul Hevin surrounded by yummy macarons...
Gerard Mulot celebrates Poisson d'Avril in a big way with lots of sea creatures not just fish...
This gold fish...
Comes from Restaurant Prunier on Avenue Victor Hugo 75016, famous for it's caviar.
French bunnies are out too...
In full force...
Let's put on our bunnie suits and go out for a Spring hop?
The first forsythia is out too.Spring has hit Paris!!!
Fabulous fleurist, Jeff Leatham, at Hotel George V, has strewn around forsythia in the most inventive way.
His book is to die for!
Bonpoint has dirt and growning things on it's mind...
Anne of MesVitrinesParis took me to her fav restaurant, L'Ami Jean, a Basque restaurant on 27, rue Malar 75007...
Where we ate the first asperges blanches of Spring - YUM
Patisserie Carette - 4, place du Trocadéro 75016 has their newest Spring macaron flavor on offer - fraise/strawberry.
Let's put on our Springy hats and get out there.On-y-va!
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BONJOUR MERCREDI!!!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for your sympathies... I have been taking the news of my friend's passing into deep reflection about life and death and thinking about losing someone who I had just recently reconnected with after several decades. As a result of the loss of this friend, I have been reconnecting through emails with old college friends who I lived in the dorms with back in '83 and it's been a good experience to talk about the memories we share of our departed friend. It's sad when life takes a turn like this, these things are never fair. My thoughts go out to Zook's wife, daughter, family and friends. I know it's difficult dealing with the death of a loved one, especially something that was so sudden and unexpected. My friend was only 43 and did not know that he had a heart condition until about 10 days before his death. He passing has brought back memories of my mom's passing, and it brings me great sadness. Please take a moment or two during your day to think about the ones you love, and take a moment to visit, call or email them to tell them how important they are or something that you really want to say to them that you can't say after they are gone.
I'll be back to blogging soon... I just need to take a few days to think and reflect.
Take care,
Leesa
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"Parisien Boy" by photographer Willie RonisDon't most of us know this world famous photo by Willie Ronis of a Parisien boy carrying a baguette?
But who knew that Parisiens actually do walk around with a loaf of bread under their arms in broad daylight!? And look at these two sisters getting the training early.
Naturally the older sister gets to carry the bread or baguette...humph!Can you tell I'm a younger sister?
I spotted this woman coming out of a boulangerie and followed her, hoping for a shot of this strictly French phenomenon...
Uh oh! She's spotted me stalking her.Gawd, you'd think with at least 6 baguettes under her arm, she was getting in supplies for a restaurant? But pas de tout. It's the norm to stock up for the day.
Isn't this the typical Frenchman?Trying to decide what wine will go best with his bread...
Here's something else about this peculiar phenomenon...French people are content to walk around with their bread PRACTICALLY NAKED! completely exposed to the air and to street polution with just a tiny paper "diaper" around the thing!!! Wa'?
I have a favorite boulangerie where I go for a wonderfully grainy, nutty baguette on rue Vavin. It has no name so don't even think of asking.But why is it, when I go in, the saleswoman, before I even open my mouth, takes my baguette, neatly cuts it in half and sticks the cut ends into the bag so no bare bits are hanging? How did she know I was a crazy-hygenic American? It must have been the way I knotted my scarf...
The end of this fab bread, which Rick says I must tear off and eat immediately in the street. It's de riguer. I admit I at first bought their bread just for this adorable bag...
Oh and here's another rule of thumb in France. When eating in a restaurant or as a guest at someone's home, ALWAYS take your half-eaten bread and PLACE IT ON THE TABLE! Do not ask for a bread plate. When you're home alone you can put your bread on a plate or whatever... 
A PB reader told me I MUST go into this boulangerie on 64, rue Saint-Dominque 75007 and I'm so glad I did! Big Merci!
There are perhaps 6 of these Le Moulin de la Vierge throughout Paris and they are all equally beautiful. 
Did I mention that everything tasted absolutely DIVINE!
The French love these little worker figurines (a bit like garden gnomes...non?) still very sweet.
Another bread phenomenon you'll see everywhere. Not only restaurant menus are out in the street to peruse. Bread menus are there for a quick read too....
And what happens to the bread you don't carry around under your arm - it becomes delicious sandwiches like these at SECCO (formerly Poujauran - they bought all of his recipes by the way) at 18, rue Jean Nicot 75007
Regarde!(Look!) French babies start the training while still in their strollers!!
Don't we all want to pass as Parisiens? Admit it.
Here are some rules (regles) to follow:
1. Get on a line, any line.
2. Carry a loaf of bread under your arm, preferably naked (I mean the bread! not you).
3. Walk with a straight-legged stride.
4. Never run across the street. NEVER! Your straight-legged stride will get you quickly and expediently across the street. Plus drivers will see your baguette like a flashing headlight.
5. NEVER wear a hat even in the Artic temperatures (frequent in Paris).
6. OK You must wrap 9 yards of fabric around your neck at all times, but you've heard that one already a million times.
Oh and try to keep your mouth shut (the biggest give-away)
AND DON'T WEAR SNEAKERS!!!
I overheard a saleswoman saying,
"I can always tell ze Americains by their shoes"
2. Carry a loaf of bread under your arm, preferably naked (I mean the bread! not you).
3. Walk with a straight-legged stride.
4. Never run across the street. NEVER! Your straight-legged stride will get you quickly and expediently across the street. Plus drivers will see your baguette like a flashing headlight.
5. NEVER wear a hat even in the Artic temperatures (frequent in Paris).
6. OK You must wrap 9 yards of fabric around your neck at all times, but you've heard that one already a million times.
Oh and try to keep your mouth shut (the biggest give-away)
AND DON'T WEAR SNEAKERS!!!
I overheard a saleswoman saying,
"I can always tell ze Americains by their shoes"
7. And find a dog to drag around after you.
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BONJOUR MARDI!!!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Blake Lively and Leighton Meester talk 'Gossip Girls'.
A source said about Stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester were having trouble getting in and out of the very high heels the scene called for. "They (Blake Lively and Leighton Meester) needed crew members to help get them on," "The girls also had a lot of trouble walking in them."
Which explains why Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, the two starlets immediately slipped into their Uggs the moment the cameras turned off. Once comfy, Leighton played with her BlackBerry while Blake talked shop with the camera crew and costume designers.
Blake Lively was overheard asking about a pair of Stuart Weitzman heels that an extra had been wearing a day before. The blond fashionista was upset when she heard they were the actress’ own. "Man, I loved them," she sighed. We’re sure that Blake Lively, like her character Serena Van Der Woodsen, will find a way to get what she wants!
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Photo by Dominique IssermannOn Saturday I went with Anne to see the Sonia Rykiel exhibit at the Musee Les Arts Décoratifs - Mode et Textile 107 rue de Rivoli 75001
I used to be a HUGE fan in the days when Sonia was the poor girl's Chanel...
Photo by Dominique Issermann
Sonia gave us so many things - fabulous color, sweater dresses, the high arm hole and the tight sleeve, writing in rhinestones, STRIPES!!! and independence. Her models danced down the catwalk at her shows, like in this famous photo by Dominique Issermann.
Sonia's stripes were to die for...
The colors and combinations were soooooo inventive - many of them nautical in origin...
I never had anything like this! But I had the belts, the gloves, the socks (!), hats, pins, the bags on a belt (the first fanny bags), even lipsticks. Whatever I could afford to buy...
I even made a very good friend, Parisien Christine, while waiting on line for the winter sales at Sonia at 7 AM. It was freezing and they put a little radiator out in the street and served us cups of coffee while we waited. Inside were cardboard boxes full of wonderful treasures marked down ridiculously! It was sheer heaven...
Andy Warhol did this portrait of Sonia with her mass of fabulous red hair.
After the exhibit Anne and I had a designer tea at Le Saut du Loup inside the museum...
Earlier we had lunch at Christian Constant's Les Cocottes, 135, rue Saint-Dominique, 7th.
A newish and very casual (et pas cher) branch of Constant's resturants - No reservations.
First we shared this terrific salade des lardons with a soft boiled egg lurking inside - words can not describe how good this was!
My main was roasted cod, served in a cocotte pot bien sur, with carrots and potatos, almost like a stew = FABULOUS!
Anne had this poulet with cream...
We did NOT eat this for dessert!
I used to be a HUGE fan in the days when Sonia was the poor girl's Chanel...
Photo by Dominique IssermannSonia gave us so many things - fabulous color, sweater dresses, the high arm hole and the tight sleeve, writing in rhinestones, STRIPES!!! and independence. Her models danced down the catwalk at her shows, like in this famous photo by Dominique Issermann.
Sonia's stripes were to die for...
The colors and combinations were soooooo inventive - many of them nautical in origin...
I never had anything like this! But I had the belts, the gloves, the socks (!), hats, pins, the bags on a belt (the first fanny bags), even lipsticks. Whatever I could afford to buy...
I even made a very good friend, Parisien Christine, while waiting on line for the winter sales at Sonia at 7 AM. It was freezing and they put a little radiator out in the street and served us cups of coffee while we waited. Inside were cardboard boxes full of wonderful treasures marked down ridiculously! It was sheer heaven...
Andy Warhol did this portrait of Sonia with her mass of fabulous red hair.
After the exhibit Anne and I had a designer tea at Le Saut du Loup inside the museum...
Earlier we had lunch at Christian Constant's Les Cocottes, 135, rue Saint-Dominique, 7th.
A newish and very casual (et pas cher) branch of Constant's resturants - No reservations.
First we shared this terrific salade des lardons with a soft boiled egg lurking inside - words can not describe how good this was!
My main was roasted cod, served in a cocotte pot bien sur, with carrots and potatos, almost like a stew = FABULOUS! Anne had this poulet with cream...
We did NOT eat this for dessert! But there was a wall at the exhibit of letters of admiration and quite a long one from Pierre Herme! So I thought it only fitting to show one of his desserts as well.
Any chance to show...
Any chance to show...
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BONJOUR LUNDI PB readers!!!!
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