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June 2-3
This weekend is the Portes Ouvertes at Les Frigos! Check out the artist studios in one of the most famous former squats in Paris. In the 13th (near the Bibliothèque Mitterrand, just off Rue de Tolbiac), ree entry, Saturday (2-10pm) and Sunday (2-8pm).

June 8-10
Nearly 6,000 feathered and sequinned costumes, designed and made in the workshops of the Folies Bergère, one of the world’s most prestigious music-halls, are going on auction at the Palais de la Bourse (Place de la Bourse, 2nd) over three sessions (two catalogued sales on Saturday 9th at 6pm and Sunday 10th at 4pm, one non-catalogued sale of costumes, accessories, notions and supplies). To this magnificent set of lots will be added a hundred posters and programmes recounting a century of revues, original musical scores composed for Folies Bergère revues and drawings by famous fashion illustrator Erté. Public exhibition of the collection from 2-6pm on Friday, 10am-5pm on Saturday, 10am-3pm on Sunday.

June 17
It's time yet again to don your most fashionable hat and a picnic basket and head up to Chantilly for the annual Prix de Diane at the Chantilly Hippodrome. It's Ladies' Day at the races, and the fashions might overshadown the horses, but overall it's a fabulous day out for free (well, if you can get out there by train or car or helicopter). Check out one of my posts from the 2010 event with photos.

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Apr292011

N'Importe Quoi Photo of the Week

DateFriday, April 29, 2011

A little something for everyone at my local Paul bakery. A chocolate Fleur de Lys cake for your royalist friends sporting a particule in their name, a Charlotte aux Framboises for Sunday afternoons Chez La Belle-Mère, a Mousse à la Framboise to serve for your exotic foreign friends, and N'Importe Quoi Gateau for anyone too young to feel sick just looking at a pie covered in a bag of Haribo candy and marshmallows. Notice they don't even bother placing a tag on it, perhaps assuming no one will actually ask to buy it...Beurk!

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This is perfect. A model for all future French desserts.
May 1, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBryan
funny! My girlfriend bakes cakes like this one. But, for her childrens' birthday parties where kids just love a big mess of haribo, candy, sugar and anything that will keep them buzzing for the next few hours. I'll tell her she might have a career in Paul in her future! :)
May 10, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterforest

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