Oh to be Rich and in Paris at Christmas

Just Above Sunset

December 4, 2005 - Oh to be Rich and in Paris at Christmas

From Our Man in Paris is Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis. His weekly columns appear here and often in a slightly different version the next day on his site from Paris, with photographs. Here, a pre-Christmas tour.

PARIS, Saturday, December 3, 2005 - These photos are from pre-Christmas tour of Madeleine emporiums of wretched excess for foodies - Fauchon, Hediard, caviar place, booze shop, truffles - then in front of the church, entry to Village Royal, down Rue Royal to Saint-Honore - oh, hard-core bigmegabucks - past Maxim's and through Concorde and catch the metro up to George Cinq for the lights - thanks GE - on the Champs. And there were huge crowds on the sidewalks, in the metro, all over, looking, buying, gawking, driving, not parking, buses double-parked, taxis, cops and more cops, and sparkling lights everywhere. Almost makes you believe in capitalism. In first ten days of winter cold in France eight homeless froze to death, including one worker who couldn't afford a place to live and died in his car. 'We've got your number, Cratchit!'

Um, about the stuff in the photos looks kind of like food - is probably edible, but I dunno what they are. They just looked good, putting meaning into the term 'eye candy.'

The rue du Faubourg Saint Honore

rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, 3 December 2005

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