Un mélange de plusieurs choses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s1600/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s640/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Un mélange...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a poster for Bière Gallia Paris (</span><a href="http://galliaparis.com/en/beer-paris-gallia/gallia-history" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">three people who did not show their faces,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and one photographer who did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you think they were hiding from me?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Monge</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert- Mutualité</em></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">For more reflections click <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> for James' Weekend Reflections.</span></em></div>

Un mélange de plusieurs choses

Un mélange... café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar, a poster for Bière Gallia Paris ( click here ), three people who did not show t...

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Le Zinc d'Honoré

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxZTPvw6FpvCniJHdK6JkVvn20Ap7tOOCVQvoE1IVF4yCSfWrly6EzctZcEstLnqnszEIvO6JC3E59Fl4eE2Y4IbcEAy2JfIg1JPvNPC-8BaVY092Ui2dAujraEkEJTvS3rUnt-CbBU/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_181DSC_4113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxZTPvw6FpvCniJHdK6JkVvn20Ap7tOOCVQvoE1IVF4yCSfWrly6EzctZcEstLnqnszEIvO6JC3E59Fl4eE2Y4IbcEAy2JfIg1JPvNPC-8BaVY092Ui2dAujraEkEJTvS3rUnt-CbBU/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_181DSC_4113.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Zinc d'Honorée</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bistro, Brasserie, Terrasse, Café...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Food was reasonably priced... good, but not outstanding...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">chipper service, some local patrons, one was with us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Am I mistaken or is that a Coca Cola sign?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Zinc d'Honorée</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>36, place du Marchée St Honoré</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Opéra, Tuileries, ou Pyramides</em></span>

Le Zinc d'Honoré

Le Zinc d'Honorée Bistro, Brasserie, Terrasse, Café... Food was reasonably priced... good, but not outstanding... chipper service, some ...

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Hôtel du Nord - V

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz9-C8kv6-wyiAxVgixfEkYRTlEP0VJ05-Dyc1HQB7xnflvVgZlePMVVe5oXjVp-SqCWt4bhVlhRqve1H9cqs2LKD39VroXOlC_qIYiigFUpUeuB92p11NKCFrsrn4AhQltftX5YGbbo/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz9-C8kv6-wyiAxVgixfEkYRTlEP0VJ05-Dyc1HQB7xnflvVgZlePMVVe5oXjVp-SqCWt4bhVlhRqve1H9cqs2LKD39VroXOlC_qIYiigFUpUeuB92p11NKCFrsrn4AhQltftX5YGbbo/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0196.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hôtel du Nord</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can tell by the atmosphere why I am drawn back time and again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I said a <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/07/hotel-du-nord-le-dimanche.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>year ago</strong></span></a> that I could be a regular here, and now it appears to be true.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The ambiance and mood speak of Paris in times past </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and absolutely begged for black and white.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>102, quai de Jemmapes</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Gare de l'Est, Colonel Fabien, et</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jacues Bensergent</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I would invite you to visit a new blog written by <strong>Jacqueline Bernhardt</strong>, a college student who came for the summer and now is hopelessly in love with Paris.  Please stop by Jacqueline's </span></em><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><a href="http://parisneverleavesyou.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Parisian Girl Trapped in an American Body</a></em></span></strong><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and welcome her to the blog world.</span></em><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">.</span></em></div>

Hôtel du Nord - V

Hôtel du Nord You can tell by the atmosphere why I am drawn back time and again. I said a year ago that I could be a regular here, and now ...

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Hôtel du Nord - IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyBRwPt33PZ4Au0TZ-YjoWSJskOjh4zxs4bQscKqAuskUimbC20-rkSYOXDZO7tRtCHUvulYMLfC3w0QEYLH1bq3sLJxRenQxfc1qDkuRvyJtbkOUJfbgmGcTEfHSmsGxRAJsVKeFqUI/s1600/2012+april+1+5713DSC_5869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyBRwPt33PZ4Au0TZ-YjoWSJskOjh4zxs4bQscKqAuskUimbC20-rkSYOXDZO7tRtCHUvulYMLfC3w0QEYLH1bq3sLJxRenQxfc1qDkuRvyJtbkOUJfbgmGcTEfHSmsGxRAJsVKeFqUI/s640/2012+april+1+5713DSC_5869.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hôtel du Nord is one of my favorite restaurants </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with a neighborhood setting along Canal St. Martin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On our last night in Paris this April, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my husband and I enjoyed the company of dear friend Janeen </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and our Paris friend Isabelle.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leaving Paris is bittersweet, but always holds the promise of trips to come.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hôtel du Nord - IV

Hôtel du Nord is one of my favorite restaurants with a neighborhood setting along Canal St. Martin. On our last night in Paris this April, m...

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Hôtel du Nord - le dimanche

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINv3GaAxcd5f2R2a9Gx5R6LmlXnEhwOFkWsEARQGv5m0Tu2I4urQS5QsbqQ2hrzQ-pxnuW5njcE8ucr3ehGuM4xZLw88XrP-gKqbP-R9tq2a2JwT2tUzDccQKi4oIiuwW6dcT2bNGOo/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0208.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633111691738142370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTINv3GaAxcd5f2R2a9Gx5R6LmlXnEhwOFkWsEARQGv5m0Tu2I4urQS5QsbqQ2hrzQ-pxnuW5njcE8ucr3ehGuM4xZLw88XrP-gKqbP-R9tq2a2JwT2tUzDccQKi4oIiuwW6dcT2bNGOo/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0208.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What an extraordinary spot for a Sunday afternoon with friends. Marie and I joined Janeen for a leisurely déjeuner in April after a busy morning in the markets. </span><a href="http://www.hoteldunord.org/french.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Hôtel du Nord</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is situated on the bank of Canal St. Martin and has a history to match the ambiance with its black and white tiled floors, zinc bar, and rich wood. With its welcoming service and reasonably-priced tasty French cuisine, I could be a regular here. </span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hôtel du Nord<br />102 Quai de Jemmapes </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">(Be sure to click the link above above for the clever website)</span>

Hôtel du Nord - le dimanche

What an extraordinary spot for a Sunday afternoon with friends. Marie and I joined Janeen for a leisurely déjeuner in April after a busy mor...

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Le Cochon à l'Oreille

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPfQA8CzUe3xtZmpomjn16Fqa59cmj-v6d26DA_ywckTJanoo0qh2NMI0hBEndxRaUiTZinQS65Hq5OesXonhKb68xlciQ0ZVrNCjcJpgGnBoBsEMIGCgWrSlKYdzQOhfbCU7F2zqIAE/s1600/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0078+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540545313894873330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPfQA8CzUe3xtZmpomjn16Fqa59cmj-v6d26DA_ywckTJanoo0qh2NMI0hBEndxRaUiTZinQS65Hq5OesXonhKb68xlciQ0ZVrNCjcJpgGnBoBsEMIGCgWrSlKYdzQOhfbCU7F2zqIAE/s640/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0078+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Holly and I stepped into this historic bistrot after a little shopping at Mora next door. The outside has the original 1919 façade with a tiny outdoor terrace, but the inside is stunning with its original zinc bar and XIX Century ceramic tiles. The wooden seats are reminiscent of the old time Orient Express.<br /><br />We did not check out the menu but had a refreshing verre de vin rouge!</span></p><br /><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Le Cochon à l'Oreille<br />15, rue Montmartre</span></div><p align="center"><br /> </p>

Le Cochon à l'Oreille

Holly and I stepped into this historic bistrot after a little shopping at Mora next door. The outside has the original 1919 façade with a ti...

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