La Maison Rose

2 rue de l'Abreuvoir, Montmartre


Yes, it really is this beautiful. Nick and I came across this pretty pink place by accident last summer when we spent a day in Montmartre.


Rue l'Abreuvoir looks like a story book street.


I found this amazing photograph of the same little house taken by French Photographer Eugene Atget in 1910. Oh how I love this place.

Herbes de Provence?

The other morning I stopped by my community garden plot and snipped these fresh herbs. I stuck them right in my coffee cup! Here they sit on my kitchen bay window where I keep some special things. One of which is a petit baking dish from Paris that my friend, Lisa, brought me for my birthday. See the little Tour Eiffel card?

The herbs are rosemary, lavendar, thyme, sage, basil and tarragon. According to some recipes this would be considered an Herbes de Provence mix, but the recipes seem to be as varied as the herbs themselves! Would the real Herbes de Provence please stand up?

Perfectly French

So perfectly French. Nick and I happened by this little shop in the Latin Quarter while exploring the area around our apartment. Visuals like this are one of the many things I love about Paris.

Explore Dream Discover

Twenty years from now we will be more
disappointed by the things we didn't do
rather than the ones we did.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbour.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Vivre le rêve my dear friend.

Photo via Agatha Latzensprung
Post inspired by French Country Antiques

Les Puces

The flea market at Clignancourt, also know as Les Puces. Vintage shopping heaven. Oh yes....we WILL be there.

Deyrolle

Paris has many unusual shops, but one of the most unusual has to be Deyrolle, a 170-year old establishment on rue du Bac, not far from the Musee d'Orsay on the Left Bank. The ground floor looks like an ordinary home and garden shop but the upstairs is crammed with stuffed animals of all shapes, sizes, and poses, as well as ancient wooden cases full of insects, shells, botanical prints and a variety of curiosities.
As a lover of the strange and bizarre, this is a must see!

La Cave de l'Os a Moelle

It was only a few months ago in June that I learned of La Cave de l'Os a Moelle from Kerry Saretsky at French Revolution and, oh, how I wished I could go! I imagined an evening like that, savoring each word I read about her experience. And now, as if in a dream, I'll be going...vivre le rêve, indeed!