Final week, I went to Paris for a mixture of work and pleasure, and town appeared extra beautiful than ever! Listed below are a couple of pictures, when you’d prefer to see…
Prior to now, I’ve principally visited Paris within the winter, so it was a deal with to spend time there within the springtime. The parks exploded with flowers, and infants toddled round within the grass.
A couple of buddies had been capable of be part of, too, which was actually enjoyable.
We rented a household’s house within the eleventh arrondissement, a ravishing neighborhood that feels relaxed and residential.
Guess Who, however make it French!
Every morning began at a café, like Boot Café within the Marais.
How cute are their stackable circus stools?
We stopped for espresso so many occasions on the journey that it grew to become a operating joke. We’d stroll a couple of blocks, get a espresso, stroll a couple of extra blocks, then sit down at a café…
One other morning, we ventured to the seventh arrondissement, close to the Eiffel Tower and the Rodin Museum.
Morgane’s brown shirt; my striped shirt
For breakfast, I used to be thrilled to go to the house of Morgane Sezalory, Sezane’s founder and inventive director, who I’ve recognized for years. Sitting in her kitchen, we talked about so many issues — household, divorce, work, love, growing older, children, nothing felt off the desk. She was turning 40 in a couple of days, so we talked bout the panic that comes earlier than it and the calm that comes after, haha.
She set out a plate of berries, and we had been quickly joined by her very fluffy cat.
Afterward, feeling impressed, I wandered over to the close by Sézane retailer, filled with embroidered clothes, wide-leg denims…
…and these beautiful sneakers!
Different outlets we beloved had been Merci (a three-story idea store), Bonton (youngsters’s garments and toys), and Mélodie Graphiques (a stationery retailer).
One other afternoon, we headed to the David Hockey exhibition on the Fondation Louis Vuitton. He’s 87 years previous and nonetheless wears his signature spherical glasses.
We wandered by way of room after room full of work — I saved strolling into a brand new area and saying “WOW!” out loud with out even realizing it. The saturated colours! The English countryside! The thousand-yard stares!
Considered one of my favourite work took up a complete wall — above is only a small half — and featured folks at an artwork exhibit. I’m not an enormous canine particular person, however that bulldog stole my coronary heart.
We additionally had a magical lunch at Mokonuts, which can be the very best restaurant in Paris (daring assertion, I do know!).
Owned by a husband and spouse — Moko Hirayama and Omar Koreitem — the tiny gem is open just for lunch, and the small menu modifications day by day. We devoured labneh with fluffy pita, crunchy asparagus, grilled squid, and pork atop bursting inexperienced peas. [Update from a reader named Morgan: Mokonuts is publishing a cookbook in September!]
It was a type of lengthy leisurely meals the place the dialog meandered from parenting preteens to enterprise bookkeeping as to whether folks discuss soiled in mattress, haha. In the meantime, between bites, all of us saved exclaiming, “That is probably the most scrumptious meal I’ve ever had,” and “Omg is that this the very best restaurant in Paris? …the world?”
Lastly, on our final night time, we simply stayed house. (Typically, whereas touring, it’s so good to do nothing, don’t you assume?) We grazed on cheese and olives and chips and chatted with the home windows open. Then we watched a pair episodes of The 4 Seasons, as one does.
The entire journey felt so good. Though I got here again to grumpy boys (“By no means go away once more!”) and per week of jetlag (“It’s 3 a.m. in Paris proper now!”), my coronary heart felt full and buzzy with feminine friendship and wanderlust. When you’ve been to Paris, or dwell there, what are your recs? The place do you prefer to journey most? I’d love to listen to.
We’re additionally doing one other Cup of Jo submit right this moment concerning the clothes coloration I noticed in all places and a Large Salad subject tomorrow about issues we noticed folks sporting in Paris, so please join right here, when you’re . Thanks a lot! xoxo
P.S. Our 2024 Paris journey, and our 2023 Paris journey. Plus, two magical Paris itineraries.
(Metropolis pictures and Hockney signal by Alison Piepmeyer. Sézane pictures by Stella Blackmon. This submit is sponsored by Sézane, a model we have now beloved and worn for a few years. Thanks for supporting the manufacturers that help Cup of Jo.)