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The Smiths Bakery in Paris

The Smiths bakery in ParisThe Smiths bakery caught my attention when I was strolling around in my old neighborhood St Germain last week in Paris. I had not seen this bakery before and it looked very welcoming with the Berthillon cart just in front. I went in to have a sneaky peak and fell in love with their mouthwatering pastries…..

My camera only caught the sweet products in this bakery (what else do you expect when yours truly has a sweet tooth?) But they have lot’s of different salads, quiches, sandwiches and salty things for lunch and dinner as well. The Smiths Bakery has a New York / London style with a French touch and looked very charming with it’s beautiful antique looking mirrors with the menu written on them. They are open everyday (yes, even on Sundays!!!) between 9h-00h30. Too bad they didn’t exist when I was still living in Paris, since I’m a night owl I would have dropped by often in order to satiate my late hour desires for French pastries.

The Smiths bakery – 12 Rue de Buci, 75006 Paris
The Smiths bakery in ParisOutside The Smiths Bakery in Paris with the Berthillon ice cream cart in front

The Smiths bakery in ParisTropézienne, I need to try this one on my next visit!

The Smiths bakery in ParisCarrot cake and pistachio cake, looking very yummie :-)

The Smiths bakery in ParisChocolate and other kind of cakes at The Smiths Bakery in Paris

The Smiths bakery in ParisLa prochaine fois ;-)

The Smiths bakery in ParisI completely love palmiers, especially to dip them in hot chocolate…need to try The Smiths Bakery’s palmier next time…

The Smiths bakery in ParisCrumble pies at The Smiths Bakery in Paris

Pivoines – glamorous pink snowballs

pivoines Pivoines – glamorous pink snowballs…don’t you think they look like that? I love pivoines and can’t resist buying bouquets after bouquets of these wonderful flowers.

This morning I was supposed to take an early flight at 7 to Stockholm, had an appointment at my dentist…..but what can I say? Yours truly missed her flight – yes, I guess everything is possible when you’re name is Solli. There was nothing else to do than calling my dentist to get a new appointment + buying new flight tickets. Not the best way of ending the week on…instead I went to work and on my way home I bought a bouquet of pivoines to cheer myself up.

I hope your Friday started better than mine….wish you all a wonderful weekend!

pivoines

Ordinary life does not interest me

baccarat chandelier“Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want to be a writer who reminds others that these moments exist; I want to prove that there is infinite space, infinite meaning, infinite dimension. But I am not always in what I call a state of grace. I have days of illuminations and fevers. I have days when the music in my head stops. Then I mend socks, prune trees, can fruits, polish furniture.

But while I am doing this I feel I am not living.”

Anaïs Nin

Photo I took on a Baccarat chandelier last week at Merci Merci in Paris

Souvenirs de Paris

Solli Kanani homeSouvenirs de Paris (souvenirs from Paris). During my latest trip to Paris I bought two DVD’s (“Je l’aimais” – one of my favourite movies based on a novel I love written by Ana Gavalda and “De Rouille et d’Os” that I saw last year and also liked) and two books. I have already read Coelho’s novel but thought it can be a good idea reading it in French too. You see, I do everything to maintain my French ;-)Solli Kanani home

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