What I wish I had right now.

Some macaroons from Laduree would be so very good at this moment {11:29 p.m.} in time. I have got to find some way to get these babies for my wedding. Can there be such a thing as a macaroon cake? or a macaroon tree? Ah, I miss Paris.

Petit souvenir de Paris

{this picture accompanied the little note}

What a joy it is to find pretty words in your inbox:

Un petit mot Danielle, pour te redire notre joie de t'avoir retrouvée comme tu étais partie, aussi jolie et gentille, gaie et souriante... et en plus heureuse... ça sautait aux yeux !

Bravo à vous deux pour votre bonheur communicatif. nous vous embrassons affectueusement.

Sticky Candy goes to France...

...and I come back engaged to the love of my life.

{Centre Pompidou}

{View from Sacre Coeur; Le surrealisme, c'est John; Bateaux}

{Apres nos fiancailles; Goofing off; Dinner at Chez Julien}

{WHERE IT HAPPENED; Love}

I am one big smiley mess today.

A bientot mes cheries

I'll be taking a weeklong hiatus from posting while I visit the city of love with my love.

{who can be viewed above}
{tee hee}

Expect photos of pastries and pretty things when I return.

xx, danielle

Dreaming away.

Les Macarons

Petit gâteau rond à la fois moelleux et croustillant, le Macaron est le produit emblématique de la maison Ladurée. Chaque saison nous lui rendons hommage en créant un nouveau parfum.

La nouveauté Automne Hiver 2008 :
Le Macaron Mangue Jasmin

Les parfums permanents :
Chocolat - Chocolat amer - Vanille - Café - Pétales de Rose - Pistache - Framboise - Cassis violette - Caramel au beurre salé - Griottes - Fleur d’Oranger - Réglisse.

Les parfums d'été :
Noix de coco - Menthe Glaciale - Grenadine.

Les parfums d’hiver : Citron - Marron - Praliné

Les Créations spéciales & éphémères :
Abricot Gingembre - Muscovado - Barbapapa - Havana - Ambre blanc - Rose Indienne - Anis - Orange Safran - Muguet - Pain d’épice - Fraise coquelicot - Poivre de Java - Citron vert Gingembre - Rosanis - Epices & fruits moelleux

The caramel au beurre sale (salted butter caramel) is my faaaaaaavorite.

Paris, ma choupette, je t'adore.

{Photos courtesy of Your Destiny is Stone Golden}

I leave for Paris in 5 days and it couldn't be at a better time. It's snowing yet again in Boston, after flirting with the first brief kisses of Spring, and I can't begin to tell you how stagnant I feel. I need to suspend my real life for a little fantaisie.

Bonbon Oiseau of Your Destiny is Stone Golden is in Paris right now and her photos are making me excited. There are flowers blooming, and the sun is shining. It's also a good 20 degrees warmer there than it is here. Even if John and I weren't to do anything but sit in our hotel room, it will be nice to get away.

I used to live in Paris so this vacation is more of a homecoming. We're staying 3 streets away from where I used to live, in a quiet little arrondissement, far from the hustle and bustle of the big city. I like it that way. Though I won't be able to visit my little attic garret (from which you could see the Eiffel Tower), my old memories are sweet, and I have no doubt that the new memories I will make will be even sweeter.

Oh, I'm so close.

In my dreams...

...and very soon my reality.
Paris, ca me ferai super plaisir de vous revoir.
{photo courtesy of Jak&Jill}