MACARONI MACAROON


>> this past december was my first time in paris. what a wonderfully romantic and characteristic place!
      i loved all the little street cafe's, the museums, the food and the world famous monuments!

      i love the idea of traveling to a city and making sure i return with special items that will forever
      leave me with a memory of that place. one of the items i chose to buy in paris was the world famous
      macaroons from Laduree.
   
      with rick waiting outside the shop (absolutely furious with me for considering to buy these
      pricey sweet things), i enjoyed myself while choosing which macaroons to fill not one, but two
      beautiful boxes!
      yip, i sure did...

      and said luxurious "macaronis" (as rick calls them) were enjoyed fully with a bottle of champagne,
      ringing in the new year on a bridge in very rainy paris. x x x