preview: an afternoon avec amies

at Babette’s boutique, examining the merchandise…

This is going to be just a little teaser, as we’re down to our last day in Paris and I’ve promised le Monsieur that I’ll be off the computer by the time he’s ready for breakfast. But it wouldn’t be a trip to Paris without spending an afternoon with my dear friend Tish Jett. Tish as you may know is the author of an incomparable blog about style, life in France, les femmes d’un certain âge, current events and beauty. She wrote the best-selling book Forever Chic: Frenchwomen’s Secrets for Timeless Beauty, Style, and Substance

. We first met many years ago through our blogs, and have spent time together each time we’ve come to Paris (and even once when we didn’t….thanks to the Eurostar I was able to pop over from London for lunch). She is as delightful and charming as you’d imagine from her blog, and our time spent together always rushes by in a whirl of conversation, always over too soon!

lovely sculpture on the restaurant patio

This time Tish had something special planned: lunch with her good friend Sharon Santoni who writes the absolutely gorgeous blog My French Country Home, and then a bit of shopping, French-style. Sharon is as lovely as her blog, and we hit it off right away, just as Tish had expected we would.

Shopping with friends is something I don’t have the opportunity to do often, and it was especially delightful to do so with women who have such a great eye for style and a French perspective. Friends can sometimes see you without all of the body baggage and mother’s voice in your head (“you should never wear ____”). There were some hits, some misses…but I’m getting ahead of myself. Check back for the full scoop next week!

I plan to make the most of our last day here, including parking myself at a cafe to snap some Parisian street style.

Do you prefer to shop with friends or solo?

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