Cakes for a King

 

Today is the Feast of the Three Kings.

 Who will get the fève?

🥳

Above: frangipane (sweet almond custard) galettes des rois w/apple cider from Brittany (where else?) tempt from a bakery window

Where croissants glisten

Walking into a pastry wonderland.

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Portrait on demand

Portrait painters await customers at the top of the butte.

 

Blue hue

Illuminated in blue the Hôtel de Ville with its Christmas village on the square ends today.

Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville (Mairie de Paris)

75004 Paris 

Joyeuses Fêtes

 

 

 

Une Très Belle Année 2022

 

Rosé colored glasses

                          

 

A bottle of rosé, red-beet hummus, and a rosy sunset on the rooftop bar of the Terrass Hotel with its sweeping city views.

Tuileries Christmas

 

Food rules at the enormous Marché de Noël at the Tuileries gardens.

 

Ice skating, ambling Père(s) Noël, tastings, Ferris Wheel, more.

 

 Above:  specialties of Alsace; pasta Carbonara in a parmesan cheese wheel

 

 

Ends Sunday January 2, 2022