Paris Ooh La la Poster Print by Candace Allen (24 x 24) # QCASQ013D would make the perfect addition to your home or office or gift recipient. This licensed Fine Art Print was reproduced on Premium Heavy Stock Paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original. This magnificent Fine Art Poster Print is ready for hanging or framing and ships in an oversized tube for maximum protection.

‘Ooh La La Paris’ by Hayden Williams

Found via housemartin, these Officially Adorable "Monsieur Boudin" greeting cards by Lab Partners are the absolute best. Love at first sight, I was a goner from the get-go! More of this wonderfulness at their flickr page.

I checked out Vicky Archer's "My French Life" from my local library and I'm in love. This coffee table book is a collection of wonderful photographs, recipes, and tales of living in France. It's one of those books where you feel get that feeling of a satisfying experience by just flipping through the pages. I've always been enamored with Paris and all things French. If you're looking for a more inexpensive escape, I recommend you take a peek. If you're a Francophile like myself, another great book to read is Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide To Finding Her Inner French Girl. I received this book as a gift, and absolutely love it, I've even read it more than once! Written by an ex-pat, the author shares the true inside scoop on French etiquette, food, style, and how to survive living as an American in Paris. It's a fun, entertaining, and interesting read, especially if you have travel plans to France in your future. images/vickyarcher image/stealtierstyle

Guide to 6th arrondissement Paris, includes things to do in the 6th arrondissement, like Saint Germain des Pres, hotels and restaurants.

Kiblind est mandaté par la Ville de Paris pour créer l’identité visuelle 2018 de son opération estivale, Paris Plages. L’agence prend en charge la direction artistique …

Amazing 1920s French Postcard via http://halloleidenschaft.blogspot.com

INSPIRED DOORMEN AND BUTLERS Happy Friday, everyone! I hope everyone had a great week ... I've been really busy this week creating the sk...

Book: Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate) by Amy Thomas Genre: Memoir Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication date: 2012 Pages: 280 (according to Goodreads) Source: Purchas…

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INSPIRED BEAUTIFUL AWNINGS via Because we all need a little inspiration to tuck into our pockets as we head into the weekend, I thought...

How lucky were we to be in Paris the week that the Eiffel Tower turned 130!! She is looking fabulous for her age. For a brief moment I told everyone that Rome was my new favorite city, but as soon as I entered Paris, I went back to loving Paris the most!! We took an Uber (and some of our group took the train) to hotel - The Paris Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel. Hubby and I had stayed there before and we loved the fun and central location. We saved our most elegant place for last. You go up this grand staircase to the lobby. And what a lobby it is! Our rooms were just up a couple of floors at that end, looking down onto the lobby. We were greeted in the lobby with trays for everyone with cold water, wet wipes and candy. Great first impressions. Hubby and I have been to Paris many, many times, so we knew things we wanted the kids to experience. One of those experiences is this crepe and waffle stand right where Champs Elysees meets the Tuileries. I have never had a Nutella Chantilly Waffle quite like theirs. The Crepes are good too, but their waffles are out of this world. It was a 14 minute walk from our hotel to the Tuileries, then through the Tuileries to the Louvre. From there we boarded our Hop on Hop Off Bato Boat to go and see Notre Dame. It was worth being on the boat because we got up close to the reconstruction. On street level you can't see much except the bell towers end. It was so nice to see the cranes working and hear the pounding of hammers. When we had a meeting to plan our trip on Sunday night, I said Hubby and I had never taken the time to wait in line for the roof top tour, so those were advance tickets I wanted to purchase. The very next day the fire happened. Poor grandson in black got strep throat and was pretty miserable, but he didn't want to miss anything, so he trudged along. Sainte Chappelle, right around the corner, was busier than usual, but there were no lines. It really is hard to imagine how beautiful the stained glass windows are. When we finished there, we crossed the street to the flower markets. The hydrangeas were in their glory. In that same area they were having a Bread Fest, and these darling little bakers were learning about making bread. By this time the family with the sick boy walked back to the hotel and these two with their baby in tow went off to see so much more of Paris. We had to stop at Edwarts for sipping Chocolate - thick as melted pure chocolate and oh so wonderful. We had a wonderful chocolate tasting there too, so we had to bring a box home with us. Next stop was for pastries at Angelina's. I like Edwart's sipping chocolate better, so we saved Angelina's for the next day. Having just seen Phantom of the Opera in London, it was fun to show them the Opera House. Then we headed to Galeries Lafayette stunning and enormous centerpiece - the stained glass dome. As we tried to get a look at it we noticed this giant trampoline like thing stretched across the upper part of the dome, and also up to the right you can see a glass bridge. There was no cost and only a five minute line, so they went out on it for a few minutes while I watched baby girl, and then I switched with Mama and took a turn. You could bounce or jump or just lie back and look at the gorgeous century old dome. I was so sad that the rest of the family missed this fun. The Paris Sky Trampoline was a temporary exhibit to celebrate the arrival of summer. It ended June 9th. Then we were off to to the Gourmet Food Halls. We took an Uber over to meet up with the rest of the family at the Eiffel Tower just before dusk, so they could see the view and then watch the lights sparkle. There were new glass fences around the base of the tower, but just off to the right, having to wade through the hawkers, you entered a security gate and went in. There was no cost to enter, just to go up. My oldest son took his family in March as they just had a baby a week ago, and he thought there was a charge to go in under the Tower. We have gone up many times, so we sat out with the stroller, while baby went up with everyone else. As they got down, the tower began its on the hour sparkle. It sparkles for about 5 minutes. Then right after the sparkle, music began and a light show started that last almost half an hour. We were sure surprised by this, but found out it was to celebrate her 130th birthday. We were lucky to get to see this. The next morning we headed out on electric scooters for breakfast at Angelina's. Hot chocolate and croissants, and pastries - Yum! You can do take out or sit down service. Can you guess where Ms. Angelina got her name? Then we were off to Versailles. Ms. Angelina was certainly in her element here. I had purchased skip the line tickets beforehand, but today there were no lines. We arrived around noon by Uber. It was cheaper than the train for our group and much faster, plus we got to see a lot of Paris. Of course, The Hall of Mirrors is one of the highlights, but it also became one of the scariest/funniest moments on the trip. As baby got held up for a photo, a group of tourists swarmed mom and dad, and literally scooped her right out of dad's arms so they could get a picture with her. They swarmed her for several minutes. Dad had served a mission for our church in Korea, so he was able to talk with some of them. They were so, so, so excited to see a baby!! At the time it was a little scary how aggressive they were, but you can see dad kept his arm on the lady who had the baby. Marie Antoinette's Hamlet ended up being the favorite part for everyone. This one kept asking his dad if they could make their back yard like this. I told him I had thought the same thing since I had first seen it. He told us he could live here!! Our pregnant mama kept up so well on the two week trip, but by this last day she was worn out and couldn't make it out to the gardens. She and baby girl were real troopers. Our final item on our itinerary was the Paris Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. As I mentioned in the Rome edition of our trip, we had promised the kids that we would go to Europe when the Rome Temple was completed. The Paris Temple had been completed around a year before, so we wanted to go there too. It is in Les Chesney, just a short Uber ride from the Palace of Versailles. We did have a hard time getting an Uber or taxi to go there as they wanted a longer ride back to Paris. We simply walked a little further up the rode from the Palace and then Uber drivers didn't refuse us. The Paris Temple complex is not as grand as the Rome one, but they did have this beautiful courtyard and a lovely visitor's center with a model of the temple, exterior and interior. As you can see behind the trees, the Paris Temple is built right next to apartments. We ended our stay in Paris with a wonderful dinner at our favorite, Pizza Pino, just across the street from our Marriott Hotel on Champs Elysees. The pastas are their real specialties, and they could easily accommodate all 13 of us. The kids all rode the electric scooters back to the Eiffel Tower to watch the show once again, while I relaxed in the room with a carton of Haagen Dazs ice cream. Our flight left the next morning around 10:00, so we got to the airport nice and early. Our experience in the Paris airport in the past has been that two hours to get through is pushing it, so with as many as we had, we got there about 3 hours before and had no lines and no panic. The kids treated me with this beautiful box of Laduree macarons for Mother's Day that they purchased at the airport. Notice the gold leafed one in the center. A week later we had a family dinner and everyone had to make something from Europe. My oldest daughter and my oldest granddaughter made this gorgeous collection of macarons - Paris, Rome, London and you can even get a peek on the left side of a Disney one. They were all delicious but my favorites were the ones stacked with raspberries and strawberries. I would ask the kids every night what their favorite activities were, it was always so hard to choose. We had a marvelous trip and I proved I could be a group travel agent (although I said I never wanted to do that for a living!) Phew! That took me longer to document than the trip itself. I have my kids wanting to plan another trip to Europe right away! Haha, not for a while, but we have decided to use our resources to create memories and this certainly created some fabulous memories. Now I need to make them each a book. Thanks for coming along to Europe with us.

~ Last week ~ illustrated Paris-loving city girl Aimee convinced three of the other Ooh La Frou Frou city girls that they should join her...