Thursday Challenge—"good"

There are so many good things, it's
hard to choose just one—but for sheer
ooey-gooey sweet/salty deliciousness, I'd
have to put these macarons right up there.
They're caramel aux fleur de sel, the best,
from the new NYC shop of Ladurée, also the best.

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Walk in the Street

Madison Avenue, between &70th & 71st.
These boys were with their dad, waiting
on line at the opening of the Ladurée
store in NYC.  If they'd known what a
treat they were in for (macarons!), they
 probably wouldn't have been able to
concentrate so hard on that game.
[I'm linking back to Olivier's brilliant
Walk in the Street meme. See more here:
http://walkinnewyork.blogspot.com/]

abc wednesday —G is for "grand opening"

Finally!  Ladurée (Parisian macaron mecca) opened a store here.
The opening kept getting delayed, but finally yesterday . . .
the windows were dressed and the folks were lined up in anticipation.
The woman next to me in line bought almost $90 worth of these treats,
among them a few gorgeous, pink 'pétale de rose'.  My choice: one flavor only—
caramel au fleur de sel.  The best (imho), and worth every single penny and calorie!
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abc wednesday —L is for "Ladurée"

A Paris pastry shop where you can find macarons,
that meringue-y, jammy, buttercreamy concoction
that the French do SO well.  Pierre Hermé has arguably
Paris' best, but Ladurée provided our fix more than once.
[To see more of the letter L, go here.]