~ Last week ~
illustrated Paris-loving city girl Aimee
convinced three of the other Ooh La Frou Frou city girls
that they should join her on a week-long
... and before they knew it ...
~ Hope, Aimee, Belle and Alex ~
found themselves at a glamorous french apartment
in the 7th arrondissement in Paris' Rive Gauche
on a charming street called
~Rue De Grenelle ~
and
~ just like magic ~
~ just like magic ~
they felt that they were
real Paris girls.
Let's fly away ...
and peek in at one of their very Parisian days ...
~ It's Early Morning in Paris ~
and the sun sparkles like diamonds
scattered across the floor of the
beautiful paris apartment on
Rue De Grenelle.
Aimee awakens from a night of sweet misty
~ Paris Carousel Dreams ~
... could dreams be any sweeter than carousel dreams? ...
While dressing for the day,
the girls discover that it's
~ absolutely necessary ~
~ absolutely necessary ~
to try on several outfits in order to find
just the right look of
~ Paris Chic ~
Aimee applies the perfect finishing touch ...
glamorous smokey eyes.
Aimee applies the perfect finishing touch ...
glamorous smokey eyes.
She also practices the perfect pout.
~ Soon They're Ready For The Day To Begin ~
and they step out
onto magical Paris streets.
French music drifts through the air ...
as the girls
as the girls
stroll to the illustrious
Les Deux Magots sidewalk cafe
for a cappuccino and croissant ...
while sophisticated Parisians with their
very fancy Parisian dogs
very fancy Parisian dogs
pass by.
~ Next On Their Agenda For The Day ~
~ Next On Their Agenda For The Day ~
... a date with pink macarons ...
Last week, I mentioned that REAL Paris girl
Milla of Not Just Another Milla
offered some fun suggestions for the girls'
Grande Paris Adventure
Grande Paris Adventure
and one of those suggestions
was a macaron-making class at the astonishingly beautiful
Café Lenôtre.
Café Lenôtre au Pavillon Elysée
10, Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris 8ème
10, Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris 8ème
Alex, of course, was très thrilled with Milla's suggestion,
as she loves nothing better than baking and entertaining!
As the girls begin their four-hour class,
they sip cups of rich coffee
and nibble the french pastries that are served ...
and each leaves with a box of her own beautiful macarons ...
~ but Alex leaves with a little something extra ~
... daydreams ... of fabulous parties-to-be
adorned with macaron topiaries!
~ Oh-So-Full ~
from the pastries of the morning,
the decision is made to walk~walk~walk all afternoon.
Hope loves nothing better than shopping
and is right at home in pretty boutique fitting rooms anywhere ...
of Paris boutiques large and small ...
... they made a stop by the very chic high-end
left bank department store ...
Le Bon Marche
and went up the escalators and down the escalators
several times.
and went up the escalators and down the escalators
several times.
They learned that the french are serious about perfume ...
they even have a word for a lingering fragrance trail ...
le sillage ...
so after visiting the gorgeous Parisian Perfumery Caron ...
the girls felt as if they were in a lovely pink cloud of scent ...
and definitely had their own
le sillage ...
~ Ever So Tired ~
from a day of macaron-making and shopping,
the girls take their macarons and beautiful shopping bags
back to their french apartment and collapse on their french beds
until time to get ready for a
until time to get ready for a
~ Glamorous Paris Evening ~
Following yet another suggestion from Milla ...
they head over for drinks at the Plaza Athenee Bar.
They quickly decide that every nook and cranny
in the Plaza Athenee is a dream-come-true ...
and in the lovely bar ... even the cocktails are a dream ...
Following cocktails, the girls leave for dinner
at a lovely restaurant called
~ meaning "Pleasure Garden of the Lilacs" ~
Belle is in heaven, as she's a southern-girl-living-in-the-city
and the lovely, lush courtyard garden reminds her of the
beautiful southern courtyards of her hometown.
Belle is in heaven, as she's a southern-girl-living-in-the-city
and the lovely, lush courtyard garden reminds her of the
beautiful southern courtyards of her hometown.
While they wait for their table, they toast a fabulous day in Paris
with one of the bar's world-renowned Champagne Juleps.
Walking slowly back to their apartment-for-the-week,
surrounded by sparkling Paris lights ...
... the girls all agree that the City of Light is aptly named.
Even taxis lights that say taxi like this ...
Even taxis lights that say taxi like this ...
are just somehow more
~ ever-so-ooh-la-la ~
~ ever-so-ooh-la-la ~
They gather up their memories of the day,
tuck themselves into their silky french sheets
and drift off, whispering ...
"Bonne Nuit, Sweet Paris ... Charmed, I'm Sure."
Please join us next week for Part III and the final episode of
"Aimee's Grande Paris Adventure."
Au revoir, darlings!
The characters that star in the
Ooh La Frou Frou Collection card line:
Hope Aimee Belle Alex Sunny Violet Tiffany and Cherie
are fictional, as are their glamorous fantasy adventures on the blog.
They were created by, and the blog is written by, the artist and creator of
Ooh La Frou Frou, Sandra Shelton Markwalder.
ILLUSTRATION CREDIT:
All illustration on this blog
and on all Ooh La Frou Frou Collection cards
is the work of artist
Sandra Shelton Markwalder.
Ooh La Frou Frou Collection cards
can be viewed and purchased at
Many photos used in this post were edited by
Ooh La Frou Frou by putting them in charm frames.
Photo Sources:
2. Paris street
3. Photo of Les Deux Magots (edited by me)
4. Macarons (edited by me)
5. Lenotre Paris
6. Lenotre Paris logo (edited by me)
7. Lenotre topiaries (edited by me)
8. Christian Louboutin store (edited by me)
9. Chanel store (edited by me)
10. Pink dress in window (edited by me)
11. Le Bon Marche escalators (edited by me)
12. Le Bon Marche exterior (edited by me)
13. Caron Paris store
14. Plaza Athenee Paris exterior
15. Plaza Athenee interior
18. La Closerie des Lilas (edited by me)
19. Paris at night
20. Taxi Parisien (edited by me)
