EL SKETCHBOOK LOS PARIS

So like...

did I mention that

Paris 

happened?

Yup.

Me and the stylish

Mrs. Warburton

took a vacation

(without the hobbits)

to

eat

drink

explore

and hang out with

local boy

Mo Willems

when we got tired of

classy, beautiful people.

Mo spends a lot of time sketching in Paris

and I wanted to get in on some of that action.

So i got a Moleskine

and had at it:

I don't always sketch people from life,

but when I do,

it kinda sorta maybe looks like them.

The Pompidou Center

rocked the modern art 

HARD:

One of the best parts of the trip 

was the apartment we rented in the Trocadéro.

It really felt like we had a home

instead of a stuffy, sterile hotel.

(thanks, Genia!)

We went to 

A LOT

of restaurants.

One of our favorites was

Poulette

which our favorite Frenchy friend Jerome 

suggested.

While the Mrs. shopped the stores,

I usually doodled: 

Mr. Warburton fact #243

I don't really like hot drinks.

I only drink iced coffee.

But ordering an iced coffee in Paris 

is like...

well, it's like ordering an iced coffee in Paris.

So I gave up and ordered

noisettes

instead.

Which are pretty delicious.

I thought the Musée d'Orsay

could have been called the

Musée d'Okay.

Ditto for the exhibition at the 

Fashion Museum.

Mr. Warburton fact #4

I don't really like wine.

But ordering a Manhattan in Paris 

is like...

well, it's like ordering a Manhattan in Paris.

So I drank wine.

And it was fine.

That said,

they make a life-fulfilling Manhattan

HERE

(that costs a million euros)

I didn't want to order a hamburger in Paris.

But everyone was ordering one at

L'Atmosphere

in 

Canal St. Martin:

Did you know that there's a convenient underpass 

that takes you to the 

Arc du Triomphe

so you don't have to risk your life dodging 

hurtling trucks and angry motorists 

to get there?

I didn't.

I think my favorite part of the trip might 

have been our tour of the

world famous

Poilane Bakery!

(but that's a tale for a later post)

(thanks Apollonia!)

On the plane home, 

I tried remembering

French-type stuff

for future reference:

I wish I had got more sketching done.

But I was too busy doing

EVERYTHING!

Keep it locked

to hear more about it.