Good Morning Paris

photos by Jennifer Causey.

Laduree & lovers

What's in the window of Laduree? A line of Parisians awaiting macarons off the Rue Royale and a world of beautiful treats in St Germain. We sat in the tea room to share macarons and vanilla tea and beside us were an old couple smooching like school kids struck with the first time love. What a magical place.

You may also notice the new box by none other than Monsieur Louboutin, containing date & fig macarons, red on one side, black on the other. I hunger for the pretty colours still.

Le Meurice is magnificent

This is mum & I at Restaurant Le Meurice, a stunning hotel with an amazing restaurant to match. It would have to be the most spectacular room I have ever seen, we were just in awe the entire time and the theatre that is the service is something I have never experienced before. As mum said, "there aren't many places like this left." To which I thought, "only in Paris."

We had the prix fixe menu for lunch, which in comparison to the rest of the menu was excellent value. Shown here is a pre-dessert strawberry macaron, cocoa bean shaped chocolate shell filled with strawberry mouse and a raspberry marshmallow covered in gold leaf.

Paris Breakfasts recently posted what what brunch looks like there.

Paris Markets

An unexpected surprise when we arrived in Paris at 7am was this gorgous market in Bourg-Tibourg Place across the street from our darling hotel near Hotel de Ville and a refreshing breakfast of cafe creme and a shared punnet of raspberries while wandering towards the Seine.

Window shopping in Paris

Walking past windows, our legs continue to move but our eyes betray our intentions. They lag behind, drawn to the windows like magnets and we struggle to pull ourselves away.

Paris Breakfast

Apologies for the gap between posts. I have been in Paris eating bread and pastries. This is how we started our day in the land of the thin and chic - go figure!