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Showing posts with label paris red. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paris red. Show all posts
Thursday, January 27, 2011
More snow today and no NYC yellow cabs to brighten the view...
I was thinking how the French own the tarte - this Pain Quotidien tarte is lacking je ne sait quoi when put...
Next to the French version of a framboise tarte...
A New York tarte from Financier Pastries - hmmm, it looks pretty Frenchie...
Parisian Secco's tartelettes...
The French love their REDS...
Count all the touches of RED in this picture...
So why not a touch of RED on these chocolat minis?
Dalloyau does lovely RED tartes...
Gerard Mulot Berry sketch #1
Gerard Mulot Berry Sketch #2
A no-name Parisien corner patisserie does it right. They make them every day of the week. They get lots of practice. THANKS for all your kind comments and support for my new adventure - the Pastry Sketch Crawl :)
Bon Appetit!Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I had something altogether different planned for today...
But I kept hitting RED photos...
Red dogs...
In Paris...
Carrying unread newspapers in the Metro...
Bear is big on Paris Reds...
Red checks - a classique..
Do YOU use the Pudlo Guide to restos in Paris?
Red Parisien naughtiness in the Metro station...
A dolls face in a toy store window...
Classic red Paris on rue Vavin...
Are barber shops red because of former blood-letting?
Did all grey Jacadi order up this dashing red stop sign to relieve the greyness?
French Girl leaves the house in her red riding hood manteau...
Is she going for brunch to eat the much adored bagels and cupcakes..?
But I kept hitting RED photos...
Red dogs...
In Paris...
Carrying unread newspapers in the Metro...
Bear is big on Paris Reds...
Red checks - a classique..
Do YOU use the Pudlo Guide to restos in Paris?
Red Parisien naughtiness in the Metro station...
A dolls face in a toy store window... 
Classic red Paris on rue Vavin...
Are barber shops red because of former blood-letting?
Did all grey Jacadi order up this dashing red stop sign to relieve the greyness?French Girl leaves the house in her red riding hood manteau...
Is she going for brunch to eat the much adored bagels and cupcakes..?
BONJOUR RED AGAIN!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Jamie Cat Callan wrote me, "I wonder what your thoughts are on red lipstick? Do French girls wear it?"
This is a troublesome query. Certainment you see an awful lot of lipsticks in Paris department stores like Bon Marche, Printemps and Galeries Lafayette... 
But do you see any French girls wearing red lipstick/rouge a levres? I don't. Red shoes? Oui, bien sur!
Le parfume rouge? This is news to me, mais il existe! 
Le vetement rouge/red coats? On every street corner! 
Le meme chose with all the little red smart cars... 
Red stockings in the red Metro? Why not... 
Especially if you are going to a bistro and so many bistros are rouge (the red meat?) 
Will a French girl sit at a table rouge? Pas de problem. 
And write with a red pencil in a red cahier/notebook from the adorable Marie-Papier on rue Vavin? Pourquoi pas?
A gouter/snack of macarons framboise may pass her lips...
Or any Parisien patisserie even a gateaux de rouge... 
Pierre Herme Ispahan, watercolor, 9" x 11"
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Last Paris trip I had definite plans to acquire the coveted Vanessa Bruno cabas.
French Girl has one of course and *note she's carrying it along side her Pierre Herme bag of birthday goodies...
Macarons + the V. Bruno bag can be seen together all the time, like here inside the PH Vaugirard patisserie on Jour Du Macarons 
Evidently anyone with the good sense to love macs adores the V.B. 
Clever Printemps showed the Bruno bag amidst it's Alice display atop a pile of Laduree boxes - who wouldn't desire this bag? 
Like a stack of macarons waiting...
for the addicted at Galeries Lafayette. The newest version comes in leather not canvas and studs not sequins. 
I tracked this young girl shopping with her mom into the Opera Zara. I had never seen a "mini" Vanessa Bruno before! 
I imagine my picture hanging in a Paris police station. Are they on the lookout for a messy hair/baguette/dog and now Vanessa Bruno bag stalker? Are French "silver bracelets"/hand cuffs more chic than a New York pair? 
I chase after a running French girl (with a VB bag *note) into the Metro. It sounds insane now that I mention it. I was on my way home too, after a long, tiring day of stalking. By the way, the Metro is a great place for stalking per se, since everyone is mostly distracted and blitzed. 
Inside the Metro car can get a bit tricky. Here I'm spotted by a vigilent rider. Well heck she was carrying a Vanessa Bruno cabas. I did want to touch on the coloration of the preferred bag in Paris, which seems to be muted and dull - like dove grey or French Girls' blech-claret. The upshot of all this stalking was, I decided there's too much market saturation. Even Fr teenagers are carrying the thing. And I spotted it in a shop window on Bleeker st last Friday! The final kybosh. I'll stick with my old Fauchon cabas and quit the stalking.
But Macarons - do not let down your guard.
I am on to you encore.
BONJOUR VANESSA BRUNO!
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