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    Salon du Chocolat is One Big Candy Store!

    by Colleen's Paris October 30, 2023
    by Colleen's Paris October 30, 2023

    Welcome to the largest chocolate store in the world! In 2023, the Salon du Chocolat store supplies gigantic chocolate croissants, a 5-meter tall spire topped with a chocolate puppy (LuLu), …

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    Printemps Haussmann Reopens Le Grand Escalier

    by Colleen's Paris June 4, 2023
    by Colleen's Paris June 4, 2023

    Opening the daily newspaper, Le Parisien, the photo of a magnificent staircase in Printemps Haussmann met my eyes. After forty years, Printemps Haussmann reopened Le Grand Escalier (the Great Staircase). Get …

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    Inventions and Fun at Foire de Paris 2023

    by Colleen's Paris May 2, 2023
    by Colleen's Paris May 2, 2023

    Where can you see 400 inventions for 2023 under one roof? My first stop at the Foire de Paris, the Lépine Competition (Concours Lépine, Pavillon 1 Porte de Versailles). My …

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    The Salon du Chocolat 2022 Offered Fashion and a Chocolate Bugatti

    by Colleen's Paris November 1, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris November 1, 2022

    What do you do with 400 kilos (881 pounds) of chocolate? You build a Bugatti Grand Prix type 35, of course! The Bugatti was one of the numerous creative chocolate …

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    How did le Croque-Monsieur get its name?

    by Colleen's Paris January 15, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris January 15, 2022

    Le croque-monsieur (croak-missyou) is THE real French sandwich. It is not just a ham and cheese sandwich made with two pieces of bread. It is toasted and it is famous. …

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    Father Christmas at the Bastille in Paris

    by Colleen's Paris December 21, 2021
    by Colleen's Paris December 21, 2021

    One day walking through the Bastille plaza, I saw the Christmas trees being set up around the green July column. By the next evening, purple was once again the sparkling …

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  • Let's ExploreSeeing Paris

    Paris: Shopping for Essentials – Who decides?

    by Colleen's Paris November 17, 2020
    by Colleen's Paris November 17, 2020

    Thinking about the holiday shopping ahead? France is working through a vocabulary issue: what is considered essential shopping and what is non-essential? On the morning breakfast show, Télématin, Gabriel Atal, a …

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    Bring France Home and Support Small Businesses

    by Colleen's Paris August 21, 2020
    by Colleen's Paris August 21, 2020

    “We’re still here,” said Nathalie as she dusted the Paris dust off the shelves and products. Bring France Home is your Made in France shop on rue de Birague and …

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    Foire de Paris-shopping for home fashion

    by Colleen's Paris May 5, 2018
    by Colleen's Paris May 5, 2018

    Making the annual pilgrimage to the Paris Home Show (Foire de Paris) is now mission accomplished. However, we are going back for more.
Last year we made contact with the interior …

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