A summer wine

Back in season, French rosés are showing up everywhere, even on supermarket shelves.

Old-fashioned lace

 

Delicate French lace fills this Right Bank shop, conjuring visions of parlor gatherings and summer garden parties à la Renoir and Manet.

Rose door

The interplay of tree shadows on a polished wooden door.

French macarons

I am unable to pass Gérard Mulot's rue Bonaparte shop without being lured inside and picking something up.
 

Real French macarons aren't nearly as sweet as expected.

Square Édouard-VII

In Paris, turning a corner can stop you in your tracks.

Above: a theater and just beyond, Square Édouard-VII

Fête des Mères

Just some of the chocolate sculptures created for Mother's Day, celebrated today in France.

Above: a macaron "tree;" a red high heel shoe; a potted flower

Maison Georges Larnicol
132 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006

Dali's secret

Salvador Dali seems to have a secret. What oh what might it be?