Chocolat Foucher - chocolatier confiseur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgmK-W4gmHa6fMOtpJIfpbV0AAbkD31U5PN9SsZ4wXULVJSh3uXaIaGs62nyAPsZ92wrOkUMQoVQ9cwhV_uD1Z-wdqQH9vFyt8JjHfhhXTgTZanE9t6zGWRaCibWSMqMtFfT_2qXp350/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+023+DSC_9229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgmK-W4gmHa6fMOtpJIfpbV0AAbkD31U5PN9SsZ4wXULVJSh3uXaIaGs62nyAPsZ92wrOkUMQoVQ9cwhV_uD1Z-wdqQH9vFyt8JjHfhhXTgTZanE9t6zGWRaCibWSMqMtFfT_2qXp350/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+023+DSC_9229.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Foucher</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maison de Chocolat depuis 1819</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue du Bac is a meandering shopping street just behind Bon Marché.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This may be the "home" boutique for these fine chocolats, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it even offers a <i>salon de thé</i> for a quiet respite from the holiday shopping.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I could imagine finishing the gift list with selections of chocolates </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then settling in for a chocolat chaud for myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chocolat Foucher</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">134, rue du Bac</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Chocolat Foucher - chocolatier confiseur

Foucher Maison de Chocolat depuis 1819 Rue du Bac is a meandering shopping street just behind Bon Marché.   This may be the "home"...

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Dans ma chambre!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No, these racoons were not in my bedroom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have certainly never seen </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>un raton laveur</i> in Paris!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Bac</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dans ma chambre!

No, these racoons were not in my bedroom,  but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac. I have certainly never seen  un raton...

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vive le goûter! - La Pâtisserie des Rêves

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0V0RVXkiwcIwMJ7FhyphenhyphenSj_qdKjWRpklJvALvptiwfweKZ1EybJOqFXU2t4H2-ky0IkbPXinoLDobXPjm_ATo3hjonwrBDH0NL4x-DLwUY-m10NCzjg0KKsgLnHVpqRtJE1RLvZoWvaY/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+101+DSC_9307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0V0RVXkiwcIwMJ7FhyphenhyphenSj_qdKjWRpklJvALvptiwfweKZ1EybJOqFXU2t4H2-ky0IkbPXinoLDobXPjm_ATo3hjonwrBDH0NL4x-DLwUY-m10NCzjg0KKsgLnHVpqRtJE1RLvZoWvaY/s640/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+101+DSC_9307.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">vive le goûter!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ah, yes, this is definitely the season!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There will be many "reformers" at my gym next week </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">who have made New Year resolutions to get back in shape.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Most of them will be gone by February.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Interestingly, this is the sign on the window of  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Pâtisserie des Rêves on Rue du Bac.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Pâtisserie des Rêves</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">93, rue du Bac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

vive le goûter! - La Pâtisserie des Rêves

vive le goûter! Ah, yes, this is definitely the season! There will be many "reformers" at my gym next week  who have made New Year...

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des chaussettes!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWydpLjb_RRJ57gDzeQfVCKrkyJrKb4gjV-EShSpFCTpvObIlwQicWhRMnphSecXPU8qyA5-YHsOUUjD7FcMFrEdkJvMsPUMZWI-7zjkNQ1yceBCwaQvZEboGnjZ3fSOZJfSHlRFJTftg/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+157+DSC_9363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWydpLjb_RRJ57gDzeQfVCKrkyJrKb4gjV-EShSpFCTpvObIlwQicWhRMnphSecXPU8qyA5-YHsOUUjD7FcMFrEdkJvMsPUMZWI-7zjkNQ1yceBCwaQvZEboGnjZ3fSOZJfSHlRFJTftg/s640/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+157+DSC_9363.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Colorful tights</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This vibrantly colored window on Rue du Bac</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reminds me of some wild socks I received as a gift.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Actually, I do not think that I saw <u>any</u> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">French women wearing styles such as these.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Bac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

des chaussettes!

Colorful tights This vibrantly colored window on Rue du Bac reminds me of some wild socks I received as a gift. Actually, I do not think tha...

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Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11413201086/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/11413201086_0c37ebc330_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Window shopping</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on Rue du Bac</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a Saturday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We saw many greetings across all generations </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as people paused in the street to chat.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This young child was warmly dressed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and had the requisite trottinette to make the Saturday rounds.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for the mother, you know I will say that...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">...she must be a French girl</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Bac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

Window shopping on Rue du Bac On a Saturday morning,  Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.   We saw many greet...

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des coeurs sous une cloche

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11333011355/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/11333011355_02160fe2e0_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hearts under a cloche</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just as this bell-shaped glass was designed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to protect English garden plants from frost, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this cloche may be protecting fragile hearts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There was an immediate appeal to this window scene </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which was likely just a whim of the designer.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do wonder though....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blanc d'Ivoire</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue du Bac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Sèvres-Babylone</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, DKB</span></span></i></div>

des coeurs sous une cloche

Hearts under a cloche Just as this bell-shaped glass was designed  to protect English garden plants from frost,  this cloche may be protecti...

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