Odette Café

Daily Life in Paris
Written By Janice MacLeod

Imagine being good at making, oh say, cream puffs. You're so good at this one dessert that you decide you're going to open a café and just serve cream puffs, tea and coffee. That's it. One dessert.

And it works.

This is Odette. The charming little café at 77 rue galande in Paris. They serve one thing: cream puffs, topped with little icing berets. And they serve it oh so well.IMG_2650IMG_2563IMG_2560IMG_2566IMG_2567IMG_2565IMG_2561IMG_2564I was so delighted by Odette that I whipped up a watercolour for my shop. No letter here. Just the original watercolour. Sometimes there are no words, which is exactly how I felt when I tasted the cream puff. Mon Dieu!Odette Final Small Water Mark FrameThere isn't really a watermark in the original. That's just one of those things that one must do over at the shop. Alors. C'est comme ça.UPDATE: The prints are now available in the shop.

Janice MacLeod

Janice MacLeod is the New York Times best selling author of Paris Letters, a memoir about how she became an artist in Paris mailing out illustrated letters. She has a vibrant Etsy shop and is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs featured on Etsy's Quit Your Day Job newsletter. She has been featured in Business Insider, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, Canadian Living, Psychologies Today, Elle, Huff Post, and CBC, among others.

https://janicemacleod.com/
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