0 Writing on the wall

I LOVE Paris signs... I love the typography... I love what they say: mille-feuilles, tarte fine aux pommes. Cheescake I could do without... I love seeing the hours written in script on the door, but I don't love showing up and they're ferme/closed.
Patisserie Secco decided to repaint their doggie on the wall. Why? Were the neighbors upset to lose the old doggie?

 La cadeaux is such a French concept...

Jean-Paul Hevin doesn't need words - just macarons.

I can not resist reading these authorized bread prix lists. I have no idea why? This one - Gerard Mulot's vitrine.

Self-explanatory.

This not-so-little piggy read the writing on the vitrine and is about to enter. He hesitates. A few doors down Patisserie Gerard Mulot, where you can easily make a pig of yourself.

With this enticing sign in the window.
Which would you choose?

BONJOUR WRITING ON THE WALL!

0 La Croix Verte!

Have you also wondered why ALL pharmacies in Paris are green/verte?
Have you too found taking pictures of them addictive?
M. says they are green after La Croix Verte during World War I - assistents to la Croix Rouge. I used to always find chic reading glasses at this rue du Four pharmacie 75006.
Along with the plethora of boulangeries on every other street corner are the pharmacies. Parisiens are well provided for...
Of course most of the products are in matching greens, even hair stuff..

Have you ever tried Caudalie skin products extracted from grapes green or otherwise ? Excellent!

A GREEN girl in a pharmacie vitrine...

Green teeth not WHITE!

How convenient to have a pharmacie nextdoor to La Maison du Chocolat...

All the more reason to eat up your greens in Paris...

Then you can leave room for DEL-MON-TEL's green dome...

Cherchez la grande croix verte!

If the pharmacie is closed, look on the door for another that is open (if you are in need).

BONJOUR LA CROIX VERTE!

0 Paris Xmas Vitrines (repost)

I took this shot in October of Galeries Lafayette rather early Xmas tree. The rest of the Paris Xmas window photos are THANKS to Anne Corrons of MesVitrines NYC.
Please click on the photos to see more detail and immerse yourself in Paris vitrines!
MERCI ANNE!!! First off Galeries Lafayette Rockette bears... And their Mama Mia musical theme -
Do not ask me what this has to do with xmas puleeze. OTOH next door at Printemps the windows are truly magical.I have no idea what's going on here but j'adore!Clique and you tell me.

More mysteries...

MIAM!

Printemps does verte et rouge too

Let the soiree commence!

Chanel is sticking with a traditionally white snowy theme (of which there is plenty in Paris) and cutout doilies - tres femme blablabla

While Dior is thinking ahead and pushing post-Xmas cruise wear in their vitrines...hmmm

I'm all for Kenzo's Parisien biker yanking.

A slew of Parisien soiree-goers, perhaps over to...

Over to Repetto perhaps to get their dancing shoes?

So they can dance their way over to Jean-Paul Hevin for a portable Xmas tree of macarons non?!

BONJOUR MES VITRINES NYS-PARIS!

et merci encore!

0 Marilyn in Paris

Our Marilyn is hot hot hot in Paris right now.
The Parisien book shop vitrines are full of her...
True a new book, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters is just out. But who knew the French would be so smitten?
New York has not caught the bug so far...
Parisien hair salons are featuring...
Bottle blonde looks. Though I didn't see these dans la rue...
I did catch bottle-blonde Barbie advertising Chupa Chupas lollipops dans la rue...

When you walk into Galeries Lafayette you're bombarded with our Marilyn...

Stacks and stacks of the Aran sweaters she wore, are available in all colors...

Paris shop vitrine are full of Aran with added bits of fluff...

As bulky as the Aran sweater is, the French have added a belt :O

Aran for the kids too. *Note the classy cowl neck.

Are Parisiens going to break down and wear hats this winter?

It seems they are.

Hats are IN.

As are Aran woolly scarves...

Aran sweaters have always been the domain of l'homme for sure...

Certainement they hide a multitude of sins, especially if you've visited the Salon du Chocolat recently...ahem

Walzing around Montmartre with Grace, we discovered this tiny beauty spa called 'Marilyn'.

Who knew the French spell Marilyn differently?

i.e. Marylyn, so this is definitely an homage to our MM.

Move over BB!

The New York Times glommed onto Marilyn Monroe's fragment of a Thanksgiving stuffing recipe. After much testing, they deemed it quite excellent! Who knew our Marilyn was an interesting cook in the kitchen to boot?

Bien sur, Paris dogs don't give a woof about what anyone is reading or wearing. But I bet there's an Aran doggie coat out there waiting for an au courant Parisien chien...

BONJOUR MARILYN!!!