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Sweet Treats in Paris

2010 September 3
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Sweet Treats in Paris

It’s hard never into give in into the sweet temptations of Paris. After all, one can hardly walk a block without passing a patisserie (the French version of a bakery). Rows & rows of delicacies line the window. Macarons, éclairs, tartes, beignets & pain au chocolate. Even those without a sweet tooth easily find much into savor in Paris.

Some of the most famous tea salons in Paris offer up these tasty morsels with utter civility. Sit down at a table in Angelina on the rue de Rivoli, & you’ll be hard pressed into pass up on their famous L’Africain – the impossibly thick hot chocolate that is worth dying for. When coupled with a colorful (and flavorful macaron), you’ll know that you’ve found bliss in Paris. 

This rue de Rivoli institution (and never the actress) has been enticing Parisiens & visitors alike with its gourmet delicacies for over a century, including Coco Chanel, Proust & the Parisien aristocracy. Designed by the famous Belle Epoque architect Edouard-Jean Niermans, Angelina remains a testament into a more civilized era. Located just steps from the Louvre & the Place de la Concorde, Angelina is the perfect place into stop for breakfast, lunch or just a delicious snack.

Another quintessential Paris tea salon is Ladurée. There are several locations by making the city, but its original 1862 location on the rue Royale was a simple bakery. After that shop burned down in 1871, it was rebuilt as a pastry shop. Ladurée gained it’s true fame, however, in 1930, when the Louis-Ernest Ladurée invented the macaron: two mini cake shells joined by a layer of creamy ganache. He transformed the pastry shop into a tearoom, & a legend was born.

If ice cream is your flavor, then you can’t leave Paris without a visit to Berthillon on the Île Saint-Louis. Known around the world for its ice cream, Berthillon (pronounced bear-tee-yone) also has locations around Paris, but the one on the island is the original. People line up for a cone, a cup or, if they’re staying in an apartment, a gallon into take home with them.

A cheap sweet treat can be found on just about any street in Paris: a crêpe. While many Parisians consume crêpes as a fast food lunch (filled with meats & cheeses), a dessert crêpe is just divine. Filled with everything from Nutella into fruit into nuts (and sometimes a combination of all), a crêpe can be enjoyed on the go, or while sitting in one of the many parks & gardens found by making Paris.

The sisters trace a mysterious Ice Cream Van who abducts children, but the evil may never be who they initially suspect. Meanwhile, the girls’ dad Victor comes for a visit.
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25 Responses leave one →
  1. jazzy501 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    @ANiMexFANx1 me too!!!!!!

  2. SuperMTHp permalink
    September 3, 2010

    now I got that stupid little melody outta my head !! xxD Anoooying -.- xxD

  3. dolphinrider22 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    haha ya

  4. j4sp10n permalink
    September 3, 2010

    shit, l think it’s the same movie
    watch?v=1jb17RWSsHQ

  5. SantuXD6 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    2:43 OMG EVIL BALD GUY

  6. ANiMexFANx1 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    i like this episode alot and this show!!!!!!

  7. FreshProductions01 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    wdf i thouqht this was da clown one?

  8. purple1123 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    ohhh kk thanks so much!!!

  9. HalliwellsAttic permalink
    September 3, 2010

    The song after the credits is called “Tonight and the rest of my life” by Nina Gordon

  10. purple1123 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    yay finally someone keeps the beggining part with the theme song then the other song after it!!!! btw what is that song????

  11. purple1123 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    if u want some rly scary episodes of charmed turn to season 2

  12. LOLAtFatGirls permalink
    September 3, 2010

    not exactly the same

  13. Brady7007 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    i thout this was masters of horror, there is a episode with that exact same storyline

  14. Justakid12 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    This is charmed???
    I never watched that show. Ive heard of it.
    I though this would be something else. o_o Hopefully this is scary.

  15. b1brittany permalink
    September 3, 2010

    Haha. It is all about the supernatural. :P
    ooohhh. spooky. haha. only witches could get into a situation like that. :P

  16. HalliwellsAttic permalink
    September 3, 2010

    The Ice Cream Man is not evil, it are the children that the Ice Cream Man lures to his van.

  17. Thephenom52 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    erm…evil ice cream men?! Aren’t we kind of running out of ideas here?

  18. jninja12 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    is this masters of horror?

  19. evita881 permalink
    September 3, 2010

    -hey, alright i need some professional help
    -no arguments here
    (i just love the way they pick on each other)

  20. logorrhea permalink
    September 3, 2010

    OUT OF TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  21. toagorragg permalink
    September 4, 2010

    ummm

  22. Emma2389 permalink
    September 4, 2010

    The song is Tonight and the Rest of My life by Nina Gordon.

  23. bexta234 permalink
    September 4, 2010

    Piper: Alright, I don’t know what you guys are talking about, but what I’ve got is better… at least bizarrer.

    Prue: Bizarrer?

    Piper: Mmm hmm.

    Prue: Is that even a word, Piper?

    Piper: Whatever. Anyway, Cara called last night, and she had a meeting in the Bay Tech Building yesterday, and she swore that she saw Victor walking through the lobby.

  24. bexta234 permalink
    September 4, 2010

    Phoebe: Come on, Cole. Talk to me.

    (Prue walks in.)

    Prue: Morning, sunshine.

    (Phoebe ignores her.)

    Prue: Okay, how about, uh, cloudy with a chance of showers?

    Phoebe: I’m sorry, did you say something?

  25. bexta234 permalink
    September 4, 2010

    the picture of Phoebe/Alyssa at 3.28 is a really nice one of her

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