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Cela fait une éternité qu’on n’a pas flâné dans Paris par ici (depuis avril dernier pour être précise) ! Shame on me, je vous livre une super adresse libanaise pour un brunch aux petits oignons pour me faire pardonner.

Au 14 rue de la Banque près de la Bourse se trouve une bouffée d’air oriental : Liza, un restaurant libanais fondé par Liza et Ziad Asseily. Grâce au Rital, je me suis familiarisée avec la cuisine orientale. En effet, sa grand-mère vient d’Égypte (hein mais il est italien, américain et il a en plus des origines arabes ?!). Je suis donc habituée à manger du hummus, du babaghannouj, foul et compagnie et aime de plus en plus la cuisine orientale. On était donc ravi de pouvoir retourner chez Liza pour la 2e fois, pour cette fois-ci tester le brunch.

De l’extérieur on n’imagine pas ce qui nous attend à l’intérieur mais une fois la porte poussée, vous avez l’impression d’avoir posé un pied dans une magnifique demeure orientale ! La décoration est signée Maria Ousseimi, une décoratrice d’intérieur libanaise qui a un talent fou. Jugez plutôt par vous-mêmes.

C’est lumineux, convivial et raffiné. C’est magnifique non ? En tout cas moi cela me donne des envies folles de déco.

Côté assiette il y a également du niveau, d’ailleurs Liza Paris est le premier restaurant oriental à avoir reçu la distinction de « l’Assiette Michelin.

J’avais déjà été chez Liza pour dîner mais jamais pour le brunch.   Si vous venez un samedi ou un dimanche midi, vous aurez droit à une buffet digne de ce nom pour seulement 34€ par personne (sachant que bien sûr le buffet est à volonté ainsi que le thé et le café). Jugez plutôt par vous-mêmes en jetant un œil au menu du brunch ci-dessous.

Je vous mets maintenant au défi de ne pas saliver devant ce buffet. Le Rital n’osait même pas donner un coup de cuillère dans les mezzés tellement c’était beau et bien présenté et on le comprend.

Ne vous inquiétez pas, il y en a aussi pour les becs sucrés avec une farandole de desserts : salade de fruits, baklawas, flans de lait à la fleur d’oranger et j’en passe. Un régal ou comment finir ce brunch en beauté !

D’ailleurs le succès est tellement au rendez-vous que Liza s’est diversifiée : boulangerie-sandwicherie (L de Liza – 14 rue de la Banque – 75002 PARIS), service traiteur (« Liza chez vous » par le biais de Deliveroo et Foodora). Il existe désormais également un restaurant à Beyrouth qui a l’air tellement incroyable que rien qu’à voir les photos j’ai envie de sauter illico presto dans un avion direction le Liban !

Le petit plus : le resto accepte les chiens, notre cockinette était donc de la partie.

Liza Paris - 14 rue de la Banque – 75002 PARIS

Pour digérer, on a ensuite flâné un peu dans le quartier, quartier que l’on connait assez mal car on vient très rarement dans le coin et c’est bien dommage car c’est drôlement joli.

basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires

Et à côté se trouve la Galerie Vivienne, l’un des plus beaux passages couverts de Paris dans lequel se trouve quelques boutiques de luxe et cafés raffinés. J’adore la lumière qui traverse la verrière et vient illuminer ces magnifique mosaïques d’époque. C’est somptueux n’est-ce pas ?

Sticky aussi a beaucoup aimé ces mosaïques, tellement même qu’elle a décidé de marquer son territoire. J’ai donc du éponger le sol à l’aide de mouchoirs sous l’œil dégouté des passants, la classe ! La pauvre, je crois qu’en fait elle n’a pas réalisé qu’on n’était pas à l’extérieur et qu’elle n’avait donc pas le droit…

Galerie Vivienne – 4 Rue des Petits Champs, 75002 Paris

On a continué notre flânerie digestive en passant par la rue des Colonnes, la place Boieldelieu pour retourner place de la Bourse. J’en profite pour vous recommander chaudement le restaurant Aux Lyonnais, un bistrot d’Alain Ducasse dédié à la cuisine lyonnaise où j’ai eu l’occasion de merveilleusement bien dîner pour mon anniversaire il y a quelques années (32 rue Saint-Marc – 75002 PARIS).

rue des Colonnes

Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique (1 Place Boieldieu)

Palais Brogniart (Bourse)

Voilà, j’espère vous avoir donné envie de visiter ce quartier et surtout d’aller tester le délicieux brunch de Liza Paris.  Allez-y et vous m’en direz des nouvelles ! Yallah ! Si vous connaissez d’autres bonnes adresses libanaises sur Paris, n’hésitez pas à me les suggérer dans les commentaires.

Bon vendredi à vous et bon week-end !

I had planned to take you to a cute village outside of Paris but unfortunately the weather was so bad that I had to change my plans so I’m taking you to the 5th arrondissement of Paris for a stroll around Notre-Dame (not too bad either). And don’t miss the giveaway at the end of this post.

Let’s start this stroll by the cute Square André Lefevre on rue Saint Jacques.

Then if you go down rue Saint-Jacques towards the Seine, you will find the best choux à la crème of Paris at Odette‘s. I’ve talked to you about it already in the Parisian street food post.

Odette – 77 rue Galante – 75005 PARIS

You can take out some choux and eat them on a bench in the square René Viviani in front of Notre-Dame.

Then let’s go to the famous English bookstore, Shakespeare & Company which opened recently its own café. How amazing this is to drink your coffee in the middle of books or under the cherry blossom trees!

Shakespeare & Company – 37 rue de la Bûcherie – 75005 PARIS

Then, cross the Seine by taking the bridge “Pont au Double”, and go to Jean XXIII  garden close to Notre-Dame. This is one of the most romantic places in Paris during spring, look at this explosion of flowers!

Of course dogs are not allowed in this garden so if you have one, you can also stroll on quai de Montebello, it’s quite nice.

This is my favorite personalized necklace made by Delphine Pariente. Isn’t it cute?

After crossing the bridge “pont de l’Archevêché”, you cana have a nice drink on a terrace. For example I love to go to Esmeralda (2 rue du Cloître Notre Dame) or to café St Régis (6 rue Jean du Bellay).

And then if there’s one place you’re not allowed to miss it’s rue Chanoinesse because in this street you can find Au Vieux Paris d’Arcole, one of the oldest houses in Paris (it’s been built in 1512)! I don’t know if it’s a good restaurant but it’s pretty amazing from outside, especially during summer when wisteria is in full bloom!

Au Vieux Paris d’Arcole – 24 rue Chanoinesse – 7505 PARIS

Let’s end by the flower market on Quai de la Corse to buy flowers for your home or just for the pleasure of smelling them.

Do you like the dress I was wearing that day? It’s a Parisian brand called Lespard. I love their concept “try at home”. You can choose 5 items on the website and they deliver them to you for only 1€. Then you have 3 days to try them. Finally you can send back for free the ones you don’t want to keep and pay the ones you want to keep. Isn’t cool?

Lespard is offering to 5 of you you favorite clothe from this Spring collection. Here are the rules :

1. Choose your favorite item from the Spring collection on lespard.com.
2. Subscribe to lespard.com’s newletter.
3. Leave a comment at the end of this post to tell me what is your favorite item and in what color.

(4. you need to live in France).

See you in 2 weeks to know the name of the winners !

Good luck!

P.S. Sticky is very sick, we are a lot worried. I will tell you more about it as soon as I can.

Today let’s stroll in another bucolic place in Paris before taking you to the mountains.

What’s amazing about Paris is that there are so many hidden and verdant streets contrary to what most people might thing. The other I’ve discovered this cute dead end while I was walking Sticky out. I love charming streets like that bordered by houses and workshops.

It’s already so beautiful during winter, I can’t imagine how even more beautiful it must be during spring or summer! I think we would all dream of living in such a cute and quiet place in the middle of Paris, isn’t it?

And look at this wonderful facade!

It was the 1st time that I strolled with Sticky and I must say that it wasn’t the easiest thing in the world since she just wanted to run everywhere so imagine how difficult it was to take pictures without moving with her pulling on her leash…

Villa Santos-Dumont

After that we walked a little bit more and I was surprise to see this big white and red lighthouse at the foot of which there’s this barge and seaman the middle of the XVth arrondissement of Paris! It used to be the biggest fresh fish market in Europe but it’s unfortunately closed today.  

La Criée du Phare – 69 rue Castagnary – 75015 PARIS

Down this street there is this other cute dead end. Even if it’s not as cute as the previous one I wouldn’t say no to live here and I’m sure you won’t either. Plus the magnolias were already in bloom. Welcome spring!

Villa des Charmilles – 56 rue Castagnary – 75015 PARIS

Not far form here you can also stroll in George Brassens park and go to the ancient and secondhand book market under the market hall (81 rue des Morillons). This market gathers 60 specialized booksellers and is open every weekends from 9am to 6pm.

Let’s finish with this picture of Sticky and I. It’s not a very nice picture since it has been taken by my father on the phone but Sticky is so cute! By the way if you’re interested, the Boyfriend is gonna write a post to give some advises on how to train a puppy. What do you think?

In the meantime you can see all my bucolic strolls in Paris here but also here, here and here. Where do you like to stroll? Have a nice weekend!

Today, I’m taking you to the wonderful gardens of Bagatelle.

The area of Bagatelle is located in the Bois de Boulogne. Bagatelle’s castle and gardens were built in only 64 days after Marie-Antoinette has challenged her brother-in-law, the Count of Artois. I love to go to this garden especially during summer because there is a beautiful rose garden of 10 000 rosebushes from 1 200 different species but during fall the stroll is as colorful and as romantic. You can admire huge sequoia trees, caves, waterfalls and a Chinese pagoda among peacocks . I’m not gonna be chatty this time baceause sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words.

This was the first time I took out my beautiful Aigle boots. The weather was  mild and sunny but I couldn’t resign myself to leave them in the closet, they are so nice and confortable!

the entry of the castle

Madewell sunglasses

Tara Jarmon coat (old collection that I bought at Marques Avenue), Aigle boots et Madewell bag

Charlie Watch watch

Madewell shirt

Chinese pagoda

Parc de Bagatelle – Route de Sèvres – 75016 PARIS

The entrance of the gardens is not free from the 2nd of June to the 1st of Novembre (6€ for the full price). So come stroll in the gardens these days to enjoy the Indian summer, it’s free!

If you’re in the area, don’t miss the gardens of the greenhouses of Auteuil that I talked to you about here and Albert Kahn’s garden that I talked to you about here.  Have a nice Indian summer!

Two weeks ago I had brunch in a cool place and on this occasion I rediscovered the 11th arrondissement where so many treasures are hidden.

I finally met Marie-Loup (also known as Marygribouille), you know the talented illustrator who draw this cute drawing of me from this picture ? We’ve been following each other on IG for a while now but we never had the opportunity to meet. Now that she’s living in Paris, we had to see each other. We met at Bloom for brunch.

Bloom :

We were looking for a place not too expensive (in Paris it’s not that easy) where we could have brunch and I remembered that Bloom was on my to-go-list. Let’s try it!

First of all I loved the vintage and bucolic style of this cute little canteen with its colorful furnitures from Emmaüs.

Concerning the food, everything is local and homemade, all the ingredients are from small producers. The menu changes with the seasons.

Here is the current brunch menu :

– a waffle with homemade caramel (sweet menu) or a plate of cheeses (salted menu)

– a hot drink

– a fresh fruit juice (carrot/orange)

– a bread basket with a set of homemade jams and spreads

– an “œuf cocotte” with seasonal vegetables and a salad

– a dessert (apple crumble)

19,50€ for the sweet menu and 23,50€ for the salty menu. The prices are quite reasonable for the quality, it was copious and the atmosphere was friendly. I’ll come back for sure!

Bloom – 25 rue de la Forge Royale – 75011 PARIS

Les Fleurs :

After we did a little bit of shopping at Les Fleurs shops that were near by and I finally went to the 2nd shop which is even nicer than the first one!

The first shop is an Aladdin’s cave where you can find the perfect gift among cute jewels and accessories.

Les Fleurs – 6 Passage Josset – 75011 PARIS

The second one is like a flea-market of small furniture items. It’s impossible to go in without buying anything, trust me!

Les Fleurs – 5 rue Trousseau – 75011 PARIS

I remembered that along rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine there were a few charming private courtyards so I went to look for them and then I came back the next week with my beloved guide to see the ones I had missed (this guide is my Bible, I would love to make a book like this about my strolls, maybe one day…). Be prepared to be surprised, Paris still has a lot of secrets to disclose… Anyway, you’d better wear confortable shoes because you are gonna need to walk more than 20km on cobblestones.

La Cité de la Roquette :

Push the door to the left end of the deadlock of Cité de la Roquette and you’ll discover a haven of peace. This courtyard is full of old wooden and red-bricks workshops from the end of the XIXth century that are still in activity. You will also see a wonderful neo-gothic style mansion classified as an historic monument.

La Cité de la Roquette – 60 rue de la Roquette – 75011 PARIS

Passage du Cheval-Blanc :

You can go in from the n°2 of rue de la Roquette and go out at the n°21 of rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. This passage is divided in several courtyards named after the 6 first months of the year from January to June. It used to be a space for craftwork and today there are still some cabinetmakers and other artisans but most of the buildings are now offices and warehouses.

Passage du Cheval-Blanc – 2 rue de la Roquette – 75011 PARIS

Cour Damoye :

On Place de la Bastille, there is a discreet door framed by Le Paradis du Fruit restaurant and the Falstaff Café that leads to another world where the time seems to have stopped. This 120m paved street links Place de la Bastille to rue Daval. It’s an old city of craftsmen that has been saved from promoters and restored in 1999. These workshops are now used by companies and some lucky people even live there but at the end of the street on rue Daval side, the Brûlerie Daval remains, one of the oldest coffee roasters in Paris which still roast its own coffee on the spot!

Cour Damoye – 12 Place de la Bastille – 75011 PARIS

Cour du Bel-Air :

Here this is another courtyard but it used to be the former fief of the famous musketeers! Today it is exclusively residential (I can’t imagine how great it must be to live there). The vines on the facades makes it even more charming.

Cour du Bel-Air – 56 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine – 75012 PARIS

Passage du Chantier :

This passage used to be where there were lumber depots. This path still hosts today several craftsman stalls specilized in wood and several antiquity shops.

Passage du Chantier – 66 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine – 75012 PARIS

Cour des Shadoks :

La cour des Shadoks gets its name from the famous TV show Les Shadoks because its creator, Jacques Rouxel, was living there. It has been redevelopped in his honour in 1998. A nice gesture!

Cour des Shadoks – 71 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine – 75011 PARIS

Cour de l’Etoile-d’Or :

I had a big crush for the Cour de l’Etoile-d’Or that I would have never seen without my guide. Indeed, it’s a private courtyard closed by a big door with a digicode. Of course I tried to open it just by pushing the big button but without any success. Did you know that sometimes, you can open the door just by pushing this button ?! Since I figured this out, I try to do it everytime I see a door that might hide something interesting. The Boyfriend doesn’t appreciate it very much, especially when we are in a hurry…

I couldn’t get in so I waited a few minutes and miracle, someone opened the door! I immediately sneaked in like a little mouse and it was worth it as you can see on the pictures above (and the 1st picture of this post has been taken there too). It’s an enchanting place with beautiful pink houses, green shutters and ivy everywhere : wonderful!

Cour de l’Etoile-d’Or – 75 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine – 75011 PARIS

Cour de l’Ours :

Let’s end this stroll with la Cour de l’Ours bordered again with furniture stores and cabinet-making workshops.

Don’t miss right next to it Passage Lhomme that I’ve talked to you about here.

Hope you liked this tenth Parisian bucolic stroll. You can find all these strolls here. Happy Halloween weekend!

We decided to go see the Ambassy of Romania and by the end of the day we ended up visiting 3 embassies, one town hall and 3 ministries. We hadn’t plan anything and this is why it was so great, plus we didn’t have to queue up at all! We started to walk on St-Dominique which would deserve to have its own blog post, because there is so much to see. There are delicious pastry shops after pastry shops like Gâteaux Thoumieux, Le Moulin de la Vierge, Aux Merveilleux de Fred and many more (yes I only talked about bakeries, you can easily see what interests me the most between shopping and eating).

hôtel Saint Dominique

As mentioned, we started then by visiting the Ambassy of Romania which is located in a wonderful private mansion: l’hôtel de Behague.

A little further in rue St-Dominique, there is the Hôtel de Monaco where the ambassador of Poland lives. This private mansion was even more luxurious than the previous one.

Hôtel de Monaco – 57 rue St-Dominique – 75007 PARIS

Not far from here on rue de Grenelle, we visited l’Hôtel d’Estrées where the ambassador of Russia lives. It’s kinda hard to imagine that someone is actually living his daily life there.

Hôtel d’Estrées – 79 rue de Grenelle – 75007 PARIS

After the embassis, we went to the town hall of the 7th arrondissement (l’Hôtel de Villars) before visiting a few ministries.

Inside, there was nothing worth mentioning because all the decoration from the 18th century has been removed but the English garden, one of the biggest of the faubourg St Germain (a bit less than 4000 m2) was worth it!

Time to visit some ministries now with l’Hôtel du Châtelet where the Labor Ministry is.

Do you see the guy posing ridiculously on the picture ? This is the Boyfriend… I only noticed him when I looked at my pictures several hours after.

Hôtel du Châtelet (ministère du travail) – 127 rue de Grenelle – 75007 PARIS

Another private mansion, another ministry : l’Hôtel de Castriesn the home of the Ministry of Housing (pun intended) and here again they have a huge garden. When you think that in Paris we all live crammed on top of each other and we fight to have a patch of grass when this exists! Yes I must admit, even though seeing all these private mansions made me dream, it also made me depressed (well I’m French so yeah I like complaining).

L’Hôtel de Castries (ministère du logement) – 76 rue de Varenne – 75007 PARIS

Finally we ended this day with the Ministry of Agriculture which is in the Hôtel de Villeroy. Finishing with this one was the best idea because Agriculture rimes with food (in French it actually does)!

Hôtel de Villeroy (ministère de l’agriculture) – 78 rue de Varenne 75007 PARIS

By visiting private mansions after private mansions, we saw so many nice buildings, colorful doors, dreamy flower shops and I even discovered this hidden gem under a bright sunshine!

After a wonderful day like this one I can tell you that I can’t wait for Heritage Days 2016. And you, what did you visit ? I need to start preparing my program for next year. :)

Bonjour everyone, I hope you spent wonderful summer holidays for those who were lucky enough to have holidays or had a nice summer for the others.
The blog is back with a new bucolic Parisian stroll: Montsouris.I like a lot this district of the 14th arrondissement, first of all to stroll in the Montsouris park, a 15 hectare park where are planted a wide variety of vegetal species but also to practice Swedish Fit (it’s called Gym Suédoise in France) during summer.

You may already know it if you follow me on Snapchat but I practice Swedish Fit for quite some time now. Swedish Fit is a mix between aerobic and strength based exercises. I am anything but a sportive person but I practice Swedish Fit 2-3 times a week without foot-dragging so I think we can say it’s an exploit, it reconciled me with sport! It exists gym rooms to practice Swedish Fit all over France (and in Sweden, England, Spain and Canada) but during summer you can assist to free courses outside and Montsouris park is one of these places.

To stroll and practice sport at the same time, isn’t it great?! For more info, you can visit the website here. Do you practice Swedish Fit by any chance?

What I love about this area is most of all the Square Montsouris, a cute little street with charming houses built in the early 20’s where several artists lived. In this place, you feel like you are in the countryside, it’s charming and peaceful like these places I’ve already talked to you about : La Campagne à Paris, la Cité Fleurie, la Cité des Fleurs or la rue des Thermopyles.

Look at this dreamy house, my favorite!

The little private street nearby also do not fail to charm.

Finally, if you go up to the top of the park, you will see the Cité Internationale Universitaire which groups together 40 university residences that host students from all around the world. It kinda looks like you’re in Oxford or Hogwards, don’t you think? Even if it’s a campus, everyone can freely stroll inside. It’s such a cool place!

Have a nice weekend and don’t forget to go buy As you like magazine if you’re in France, there are 5 pages dedicated to my trip in Korea! Yes I’m very proud. :)

Today, let’s discover another bucolic place in Paris: Bercy Park in the 12th arrondissement.

With its 14 hectares, it is one of the biggest parks in Paris but surprisingly it is not that famous.My parents live in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris so we went often to Bercy Village, an open-pit mall, but I didn’t know anything about its origins.

Bercy village is a former wine market as reflected in the old wineries transformed into boutiques and restaurants. It is served by the metro line 14 at the station called « cour St Emilion » which is the name of my favourite wine.
It’s quite an atypical Parisian place because you really feel like you’re in a village. The atmosphere is friendly to meet up with family or friends and there are a lot of events organized there.

Bercy Village – 28 rue François Truffaut 75012 PARIS

Surprisingly, I’ve only discovered Bercy Park 2 years ago, even though it’s very close from Bercy Village and there are not so many people who know about it!
Follow me, I’ll show you!
The park has been created on the locations where there were wine warehouses that were the biggest global center of wine trade in the 19th century. It is composed of 3 gardens:

The Romantic Garden:

In this garden there are a lot of pools where ducks, fishes, turtles and herons live together. There is also a small lake and its island where holds the Lake House dominated by Corsican pines and Lebanese cedars. I really like this garden because it’s a quiet place where you can easily relax.

The Prairies :

This garden is made of large lawns shaded by tall trees. This garden is not very interesting for me and there is a lot more people.

Les Parterres :

Two footbridges provide access to this 3rd garden dedicated to plant work activities. You can therefore find a vegetable garden, an orchard, the Garden House and its greenhouse, a rose garden, a scent garden…

To perpetuate the memory of its wine past, a vine has been planted and is subject of harvests every year and you can still see the train tracks on the paved streets which permitted the traffic of tank wagons.

This park is a very pleasant and quiet place to enjoy sunny days and stroll with the kids. Have you already been to this park ?

Parc de Bercy – 128 quai de Bercy – 75012 PARIS

As soon as the sun comes out in Paris, we all tend to rush to go to the same places and the canal Saint Martin is one of these places. But why, what is there to do ?

The magic of the place :

First of all, we like to go to the canal Saint Martin for the place itself.

This 4,5 km long canal links up the bassin of la Villette to the Seine. Its banks are very appreciated by strollers and picknickers. Considering the fact that we don’t have the sea in Paris (Paris with the sea would basically be paradise on earth) we console ourselves with what we have which means the Seine and the canals. This is of course not the only reason why so many people like to come to the canal Saint Martin, the locks and the swing bridges makes it atypical and romantic and you can even go on touristic cruises on the canal.

It used to be a working-class neighbourhood but it became a cool and trendy place that managed to keep its authenticity and romanticism.

Good spots:

There are so many good spots in this area but I will focus on 3  I especially like.

Green Factory :

Let’s start with this shop that takes you into a green dreamlike word : Green Factory. You can discover mini-gardens under glass domes. This is the best option for urban citizens missing nature.

Green Factory – 17 rue Lucien Sampaix – 75010 PARIS

Holybelly :

You probably already know Holybelly because it already has a proven reputation, you just need to look at the queue to realize it! It’s a coffee shop held by an Australian couple. The interior is trendy and cosy : exposed beams, brick wall, old floor tiles, formica chairs… It actually looks like a lot of coffee shops you can find in Paris but thankfully there is more to Holybelly than its interior, the food and the coffee are really good!

Holybelly – 19 rue Lucien Sampaix – 75010 PARIS

Le Comptoir Général :

This is the spot you don’t want to miss!  Le Comptoir Général is very difficult to discribe because it is one of these alternative places you rarely see in Paris. It’s a bar (not just a bar, it’s much more than that) fitted in an old stable of 600 m2. This place could also be described as  a museum dedicated to ghetto art that promotes misunderstood, marginalized and exotic cultures from all around the world and especially of the African continent. Afraican influcences are therefore very strong so you can see a lot of curiosities from Africa stacked in every corner, a thrift shop, a record store, a garden center…  Le Comptoir Général donates the proceeds to finance its artistic and solidary projects. This outstanding place passes on strong values and makes us travel, I just love it!

Le Comptoir Général – 80 quai de Jemmapes – 75010 PARIS

And so many more:

I really like this cute jewelry shop (I’m sorry I don’t remember the name).

Nordkraft, the perfect address for Danish design.

Nordkraft – 20 rue Lucien Sampaix – 75010 PARIS

Artazart Design Bookstore is a bookstore specialized in graphic design.

Arthazart Design Bookstore – 83 quai de Valmy – 75010 PARIS

Babel, a cool concept store.

Babel – 55 quai de Valmy – 75010 PARIS

La Passerelle is another cool concept store and inside you can even find a tea room where you can enjoy a good coffee, organic tea, hot chocolate and soft drinks in a welcoming and vintage place.

La Passerelle – 48 bis Quai de Jemmapes – 75010 PARIS

Let’s finish with this wonderful decoration (sorry this time again I don’t remember the name).

Please don’t miss also the beautiful and delicious boulangerie Du pain et des idées (34 rue Yves-Toudic) and these addresses I’ve already talked to you about like Le Petit Cambodge for the best bobuns in Paris, The Sunken Chip for fish & chips lovers and the amazing decoration shop Colonel.

As you understood, there are so many reasons to go stroll along the Canal Saint Martin. Maybe you will come this weekend? :)

Inflate the tires, check the brakes, adjust the heigh of the handlebar and get on your bike, the Boyfriend and I, we are taking you on a ride in Boulogne.

In Boulogne like in Paris, you can find hidden gems that I absolutely love to discover. Sometimes I wait till someone open the gate so I could sneak in but it worth the wait when you see this!

Cycling like that makes us hungry so it’s time to stop to have lunch!

It’s time to ride home!

Here we are : home sweet home!

I’m sorry, you might find this post strange but I wrote kind of a poem in French and I just didn’t know how to translate it in English… If you understand French a bit, go have a look at the French version. ;)

P.S. You can see my lookbook made for Kent Street Apparel on their blog here and pictures of a future post. :)