The second two weeks of our trip were in Paris. Of course, this was before the terrorist attacks. Paris was colorful, lively and simply a delightful place and we are all hoping for a return to it’s former self soon.
We wandered the first day and caught up on a little sleep before taking a cooking class the second night. The food in Paris is great everywhere, from small café, to street vendor to restaurant. There was a lot of walking on our tour, which was a good balance with lots of eating and wine!
Monkfish on a bed of ratatouille at our cooking class
Marcy and Katherine Tilton were knowledgable and fun guides who planned an inside tour for our group. The very first afternoon we had an introduction to their friend Dominique who brought in examples from her exquisite collection of little black dresses.
Dominique, Katherine and Marcy at our introduction meeting.
There is no way to cover all of our experiences in a post, but a few of the highlights were the couture flower maker…
Each Petal is hand dyed then hand formed with heat and wax with special tools.
the Korea Now! exhibit at the Musée Les Arts Decoratifs-Mode et Textile…
Contemporary gown with a traditional Korean influence
the Alber Elbaz-Lanvin exhibit…
Sweater knit by me, upstaged by some fabulous draping on the mannequins
Giverny in the fall…
Monet’s pond at Giverny
and then Monet’s water lily rooms at the Musée de l’Orangerie…
We’re wearing the clothes we made!
and of course SHOPPING! both window and…
real!
This is just some of the purchases. My cat doesn’t want me to sew the scrumptious silk velvet.
The best thing? Being greeted with a beautiful bouquet of roses and a hug when I walked into my door!
West Zen Studio 
Fantastic. Sounds like you had a lot of fun.
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OMG Dominique is making me rethink my hair ideas entirely!!
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