Tower of treats, the crescendo at Brown’s.

Greetings from high tea at Brown’s Hotel, an enduring and well deserved tradition. Always a highlight of our trip.

Our favorite way of getting around in London is the bus — often the upper deck front seats are open, and we get a very inexpensive tour. Today we are on the way to Somerset House museum.

Scenes from Michelin-starred Elystan Street. We got a behind the scenes peek down into the kitchen, above the stairs to which is a painting of chef Philip Howard. As always, we had the tasting menu, included for reference. #finedining

Greetings from a London fave, Michelin-starred Elystan Street, where majordomo GM Charlie bid us a warm welcome and showed us a wonderful time. Chef Philip Howard never disappoints. #finedining

I enjoyed doing this interview with #ketteringfoundation senior fellow Governor Christine Todd Whitman re #scotus case Trump v US . . . and more.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is nothing less than a revolution. There will always be, I believe, before- and after-Dorian. Sarah Snook is transcendent. To think that the performance we saw was her second of the day beggars imagination. Thanks to friend Peter Marks for suggesting …

Greetings from London — Jamie Oliver’s Catherine Street. Later tonight, Dorian Gray feat. Sarah Snook (Shiv). #birthdayweek

Birthday girl at Epicure #finedining

The most exquisite dessert I have yet encountered. Tiny strawberries, exploding with flavor, vanilla cream, and the leaves are all edible spun sugar.

Scenes from Epicure — tasting menu from beginning through dessert (which will deserve its own post).

Greetings from perhaps the finest meal I have ever had, at Epicure (in Hotel Bristol, Paris). Chef Eric Fréchon has created a most exquisite experience, with nothing falling short of perfection. I can’t say enough good about this restaurant. How perfect to celebrate the birthda…

Lovely day at the Pompidou. Brancusi exhibit is monumental. My favorite of his studies of human heads, though, is part of the permanent collection: La muse endormie II (1920).

Greetings from Le 14 juillet — a highly rated and VERY neighborhood resto — classic bistro and a hilarious proprietor whose son came in at the end of service and hung out in the corner. 📸 by @evelynecarson83

Since our Paris trip in 2022 where we viewed the Joan Mitchell / Monet exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, @andreajarrell has been in love with Mitchell’s work. This piece (The Goodbye Door, 1980) in the entryway to the Pompidou Center was a lovely addition to a lovely …

Birthday week at the Pompidou!

Unawares

With our dear friends George and Lois after an amazing classic French bistro meal.

Au jardin du Luxembourg

Bon voyage à nous! To Paris and London for our springtime trip.