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June 22

Donuts and Cupcakes, Old News
Faith Popcorn Prediction #2

First they were lining up in Portland for crazy flavored donuts. Then the cupcake craze hit NYC with every color and kind of icing imaginable in store front windows and as wedding cakes. 

There are no donut shops in Paris. They do have cupcake bakeries where you custom make your cupcake. But they also have  Le Eclair de Genie, in The Marais, 

where every day at 11:00 am their cases are filled with the most artistic, delectable miniature eclairs of every taste you can imagine. It is a feast for the eyes. 

They are perfect little three bite pastries worthy of a jewelry store window sparkling like rubies and emeralds.  The shop is only open until 8pm, they make these gems once a day and so if you want one, show up early. The cases are empty by 4pm.  

People  buy them by the box like we buy donuts by the dozen and this being Paris, if you want just one edible art eclair be prepared to hand over 5 Euro, that's about $2.00 for each incredibly delicious bite.  

I can see the craze hitting Soho or Brooklyn any day now or perhaps Steve and I have found our next career......anyone want to invest???

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