While it was a blast window shopping and shoe gawking during my recent trip to Paris, there’s more shoe stuff going on there than just shopping. From museums to bookstores to pastry shops, there was a whole lotta shoe loving going on. Here are a few fun and random footwear tidbits from the city of light.

If you’re in Paris this summer, check out the exhibit by illustrator Edmond Kiraz at the Musee Carnavalet. The exhibit, entitled “Les Parisiennes” is a wonderful depiction of the women and men of Paris over the last forty years. A couple of his illustrations, such as the one at right, even feature shoe shopping! (This one’s caption roughly translates to “I must take you dancing tonight to make sure these shoes are comfortable for you.”) …The hype machine for Sex And The City is running at full throttle there; advertisements were on practically every surface. Is it possible Parisians are as excited about the movie as we are (or were)?…People in Paris are on foot a lot, and it’s not just the tourists. I saw more than one professional woman power-walking to her destination. Her shoes? Metallic sneakers! She carried her heels in a tote. Very chic, and boy can she move…Shoe-shaped chocolate was everywhere! Of course this can’t be the first time these two fetish objects have been paired, but it sure seemed like it was more prevalent in Paris…RIP Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday in Paris. His funeral is being held on Thursday at the Saint Roch Church on Rue Saint Honore.