0 Paris Blue Monday

Did you know today is 'Blue Monday' -  "the most depressing day of the year." Psychologist Cliff Arnall reasoned Blue Monday is the day when a slew of unpleasant variables such as drab weather, failing New Year's resolutions and Christmas bills collide, creating a veritable maelstrom of negativity.

 So let's pretend we're in tres bleu Paris instead non?

 Paris does have a grey-blue caste to it, that makes many Parisians long for 'blue skies' New York, but that's their problem...

 So many bright blue shops like chocolatier Marquise de Sevigne at Place Madeleine...

 Posh Bonpoint promotes bleu for French kids...

 Is it any wonder French kids are so mature? They get trained to be little adults right off the bat.

 Bleu port + bleu shoes = perfection!

 Jean-Paul Hevin does not have bleu macarons but all his goodies come in his signature cobalt bleu tins. MIAM! I'm a collector...

 The French wear bleu head-to-toe as do their dogs...

 More French in bleu. Don't you love the little 'bleu' riding hood jacket here?

 Street signs are easy to find in Paris - always in bleu and plastered on corner walls. Not the case in NYC malheureusment...

 Paris Metro maps are full of French Ultramarine bleu...

 Thanks to Harriet I ordered the bleu Paris bus guide from Amazon.fr...

 Somehow you can never find these treasures when you're in Paris and it's fun to plan ahead...

Still feeling bleu/blue?

BONJOUR BLEU MONDAY!