Our Paris Trip: Full Recap

Final week, I went to Paris for a mixture of work and pleasure, and the town regarded extra attractive than ever! Listed here are just a few pictures, in case you’d prefer to see…

Previously, I’ve largely 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 in a position to be part of, too, which was actually enjoyable.

We rented a family’s home within the eleventh arrondissement, a lovely 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 working joke. We’d stroll just a few blocks, get a espresso, stroll just a few 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 residence of Morgane Sezalory, Sezane’s founder and artistic director, who I’ve identified for years. Sitting in her kitchen, we talked about so many issues — household, divorce, work, love, getting older, youngsters, nothing felt off the desk. She was turning 40 in just a few 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 store, stuffed with embroidered clothes, wide-leg denims…

…and these gorgeous shoes!

Different retailers we liked 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 He’s 87 years outdated and nonetheless wears his signature spherical glasses.

We wandered via room after room stuffed with work — I stored strolling into a brand new house and saying “WOW!” out loud with out even realizing it. The saturated colours! The English countryside! The thousand-yard stares!

One in every of my favourite work took up a complete wall — above is only a small half — and featured individuals 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 one of the 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 adjustments each 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 kind of lengthy leisurely meals the place the dialog meandered from parenting preteens to enterprise bookkeeping as to if individuals discuss soiled in mattress, haha. In the meantime, between bites, all of us stored exclaiming, “That is essentially the most scrumptious meal I’ve ever had,” and “Omg is that this one of the best restaurant in Paris? …the world?”

Lastly, on our final night time, we simply stayed house. (Typically, whereas touring, it’s so nice 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 Four Seasons, as one does.

The entire journey felt so good. Though I got here again to grumpy boys (“By no means depart once more!”) and every week of jetlag (“It’s 3 a.m. in Paris proper now!”), my coronary heart felt full and buzzy with feminine friendship and wanderlust. In the event you’ve been to Paris, or stay 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 at this time in regards to the clothes colour I noticed all over the place and a Big Salad issue tomorrow about issues we noticed individuals sporting in Paris, so please sign up here, in case you’re . Thanks a lot! xoxo

P.S. Our 2024 Paris trip, and our 2023 Paris trip. 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’ve liked and worn for a few years. Thanks for supporting the manufacturers that assist Cup of Jo.)