À ma maison and last days in Paris

All over Paris love is in the air

as are English phrases

on garments and fabrics

which is mildly disappointing

for those of us searching for something

quintessentially 'French'.

(Such a cliché...)

All shopped out

(hard to believe I know)

so we didn't go in

but you've gotta love the name...

I started noticing

couples who dress alike

(and in this case blend into their surroundings).

You might not know that Marcy and I

were dressed alike when we were little girls,

which might explain why we often 

come out of our respective bedrooms 

wearing the same colors top to bottom.

One of us usually goes back to change...

Then there was this sartorialist

standing on the busy corner by 

Saint Germain des Prés.

Looking good,

and you can't even see the red plaid

in his stylishly cropped pant.

He turned away when he noticed me and my camera.

Why one would choose to dress like this

and then be shy is a question

I cannot answer here.

Wise words on a hip chair at Merci.

Still one of my favorite places to lunch in Paris

and always a source of design inspiration

offbeat items and warm weirdness.

This season at Merci they are in the process

of yarn bombing the little car

that sits in the entry.

Fabric and textile arts have 

come a long way, baby.

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Always such a pleasure

(small and large)

to sleep in my own bed

after 30 hours of travel

with little sleep,

eating tasteless processed salty snacks

and a few dry carrot sticks.

Good thing it was so uneventful and fluid

that I finished reading, Paris, the Novel

 which tells a story weaving history,

the growth of the city, some of its now familiar 

always charming locations

and an interesting cast of characters.

So much heat and rain here

that our lush garden seems as beautiful

as at Giverny.

More beautiful actually

because it's home.

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Please check out Marcy's and my new Craftsy Class

launching May 22.

Links will be posted on both our websites.

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