Serge the Concierge

Pink like a Bicycle Heart Racing up a Facade, Yellow like a Lemon Tart, Paris in Color

Before heading for Paris (by train) on Sunday morning, I had to dive into a little book that offers Paris in many flavors.

With Paris in Color (Chronicle Books, April 2012), photographer and blogger Nichole Robertson applies the adage 'a picture is worth a 1000 words' litterally and offers a book without any words except for those captured in the photos she shares.

Each chapter is organized around a color. Book opens with 'la vie en Noir' (the color black) and concludes with yellow.

Besides 'Guimauve' and rose petals', 'Rose' chapter offers 'Hearted Bicycle' racing up the facade of a building.

Jaune could not be without a Metro 'M' sign, flowers that brighten any room and of course a lemon tart.

(* Images reproduced by permission of the publisher, all rights reserved, from 'Paris in Color' by Nichole Robertson-Chronicle Books, 2012).

Blonde, Blanche or Ambree, Biere Ratz from Quercy, Spotted at J'Go Toulouse

Micro breweries are alive and well in places far beyond Brooklyn, Portland and Chicago.

Blonde, Blanche or Ambree, Biere Ratz comes from Quercy, made in Fontanes near Cahors. 

I spotted it while having lunch at J'Go Toulouse this Friday, August 31, 2012.

(* Biere Ratz site is in French only)