Let Them Eat Cakes
Sorry for the glare, but I found these cakes (sized to serve a dinner party of people) and the pastries too incredible to pass up, even in 23 degree weather on our way to an exhibition of torture devices and documents from the Bastille at the Arsenal.



Interestingly, while you could see (and I could read) that some people endured horrible torture at the Bastille, Voltaire seemed to have a really nice room there, complete with a nice bedspread and one of those long round pillows -- although it looked like he had to do some of his writing on the wall. Then again, unlike prisoners now in the USA, there were no widescreen TVs for Voltaire and ses amis behind bars.