Last week, I went to Paris for a mixture of work and pleasure, and the city seemed more beautiful than ever! Here are some photos, if you want to see …
In the past, I have visited mainly Paris in the winter, so it was a pleasure to spend time there in spring. The parks exploded with flowers, and the babies turned in the grass.
Some friends could also join, which was very fun.
We rent the house of a family in the 11th district, a beautiful neighborhood that feels relaxed and residential.
Guess who, but do it French!
Every morning he started in a coffee, like Boot Café at Marais.
How beautiful are your stackable circus stools?
We stopped to have coffee so many times on the trip that became a joke. We walk a few blocks, we have coffee, walk some more blocks and then sit in a coffee …
Another morning, we venture to the seventh district, near the Eiffel Tower and the Rodin Museum.
Morgane’s brown shirt; My striped shirt
For breakfast, I was delighted to go to the apartment of Morgane Sezalory, founder and creative director of Sezane, whom I have met for years. Sitting in your kitchen, we talk about so many things: family, divorce, work, love, aging, children, nothing felt outside the table. I was doing 40 years in a few days, so we talked about the panic that comes before and the calm that comes next, haha.
She put a plate of berries, and soon united her very spongy cat.
Then, feeling inspired, I approached the nearby Tazane store, full of embroidery dresses, wide -legged jeans …
… And these beautiful shoes!
Other stores that we loved were Merci (a three -story conceptual store), Bonton (clothing and toys for children) and Mélodie Graphiques (a stationery store).
Another afternoon, we headed to David’s hockey exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton. He is 87 years old and still uses its characteristic round lenses.
We passed the room behind the room full of paintings: I kept entering a new space and saying “Wow!” Out loud without even realizing. The saturated colors! The English field! The gaze of a thousand yards!
One of my favorite paintings took an entire wall, above is just a small part, and presented people in an art exhibition. I am not a great dog person, but that bulldog stole my heart.
We also had a magical lunch in Mokonuts, which can be the best restaurant in Paris (a bold statement, I know).
Property of a husband and a wife, Moko Hirayama and Omar Koreitem, the little jewel is only open only for lunch, and the small menu changes daily. We devour Labneh with spongy pita, crispy asparagus, grilled squid and pork on explosive green peas. [Update from a reader named Morgan: Mokonuts is publishing a cookbook in September!]
It was one of those long and long foods in which the conversation served from children’s preteen to business accounting until people speak dirty in bed, haha. Meanwhile, among bites, we all continue to exclaim: “This is the most delicious food I have had”, and “my God, is this the best restaurant in Paris? … The world?”
Finally, on our last night, we stay at home. (Sometimes, while traveling, it’s very good to do nothing, don’t you think? Then we saw a couple of episodes of Four Seasons, as one does.
The whole trip felt so good. Although I returned to the grumpy boys (“Never go again!”) And a week of Jetlag (“It’s 3 am in Paris right now!”), My heart felt full and full of female friendship and passion for trips. If you have been in Paris or live there, what are your rec? Where do you like to travel? I would love to listen.
We are also making another jo post today about the color of the clothes I saw everywhere and A big salad problem tomorrow about things we saw the people who used in Paris, so register here, if you are interested. Thank you so much! Xoxo
PD: Our 2024 Paris trip and our 2023 Paris trip. In addition, two magical itineraries of Paris.
(City Photos and Hockney Sign De Alison Piepmeyer. Pictures of Sézane by Stella Blackmon. This publication is sponsored by Sézane, a brand that we have loved and used for many years. Thank you for supporting the brands that support the jo cup).
