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A Few Notes on Paris

I was lucky enough to spend a few days in Paris with some girlfriends, and realized that whenever I go, I mentally compile a list of must-dos. Here are a few that always make the cut:

  • Have a chocolat chaud at Cafe de Flore (outside if it’s warm, or in a cozy nook by the window)
  • Pick out macaroons at Laduree and eat them while window-shopping
  • Buy at least one dress at Vanessa Bruno
  • Stockpile jams, chestnut puree, and hazelnut spread at Monoprix
  • Hang out in the Saint-Germain, peeking into boutiques, flower shops, and boulangeries
  • Grab honey bread and an apple tart at Poilane (buy the bread on your last day in Paris and bring it home to make outstanding French toast; eat the tart out of hand while strolling up the rue du Cherche-Midi)
  • Eat a minimum of two pastries per day
  • Hike up rue des Martyrs for the baguette at Coquelicot bakery; tear off and devour pieces of it while admiring the view from Sacre Coeur
  • Hoard French skin and hair products from nearby pharmacies
  • Choose at least one exquisite camisole or slip at Sabbia Rosa

Comments 6

  1. giz wrote:

    Now if that doesn’t want to make one get on a plane, I’m just not sure what will.

    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 10:21 am
  2. Sara, Ms. Adventures wrote:

    You know I was considering a trip to Paris at the end of the month…and I thought, no you were just there 6 months ago! But then I saw this picture….and I wholly endorse your list!

    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 11:13 am
  3. Jake and Micah wrote:

    Sounds like a FABULOUS trip! Saint-Germain is my favorite place to get lost in antique shops and book stores too. I can taste the crusty French bread and fromage…as I write this. :)

    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 1:05 pm
  4. Candice wrote:

    I’m buying a ticket right now!!

    Posted 11 Apr 2008 at 12:36 pm
  5. NDP wrote:

    Take your pastries to Place des Vosges and sit and watch Parisian families play.

    Posted 19 Apr 2008 at 8:56 am
  6. embrouillamini wrote:

    Hey, I stumbled on your blog while searching for Rose Bakery.

    This list sounds like JUST the kind of thing I like to get up to in Paris - especially the chocolat chaud at Cafe Flore - in my opinion the best on the planet :)

    Check out my blog, I’m a Paris fanatic too

    Catharine x

    Posted 02 Jul 2008 at 8:22 am

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