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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

My Perfect Paris







Laduree is my favorite place for both lunch and tea. I was introduced to this Paris icon by Mary Walker Phillips back in the 80s and it has not changed at all over the years. Our first full day in Paris entailed a long stroll ending up here for tea and a patisserie. RXC had a chocolate and raspberry tart while I had a raspberry/rose water macaroon filled with fresh raspberries, lychees, and creme and topped with a perfect rose petal with a couple of glistening drops of water. It was the perfect and most sublime patisserie I have eaten.

1 comment:

Joan & Phil said...

This also would be great for Valentine's Day