Chez Gladines - cuisine Basque à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1CArRDFzOsQAJ2NXarIF8l1GjZficly9ik5Cnj_aVEperaVkf5T07NPn-ybT2UQkLOkS9SrJ9sncG01CSGa_BFC_N85dT0WFmmPebhiyuMHY40GlVrAjUEHQDUqZYGjPsdyAgaA2XJo/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+509+DSC_9622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1CArRDFzOsQAJ2NXarIF8l1GjZficly9ik5Cnj_aVEperaVkf5T07NPn-ybT2UQkLOkS9SrJ9sncG01CSGa_BFC_N85dT0WFmmPebhiyuMHY40GlVrAjUEHQDUqZYGjPsdyAgaA2XJo/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+509+DSC_9622.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chez Gladines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This charming bistrot serves reasonably-priced Basque cuisine. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I first "discovered" Chez Gladines, the original restaurant, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on rue des Cinq Diamants in the 13ème.  The food is simple, but delicious. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be sure to select a dessert while I whisper in your ear....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(crème caramel -or- mi-cuit au chocolat et Piment d'Espelette )</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This lively scene is on Boulevard Saint Germain and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the warm September evening filled all the tables,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> inside and on the terrace.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Chez Gladines</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>44, boulevard Saint Germain</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div>

Chez Gladines - cuisine Basque à Paris

Chez Gladines This charming bistrot serves reasonably-priced Basque cuisine.  I first "discovered" Chez Gladines, the original res...

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Le Consulat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94aT3ci8LIOnBMSuM7gfh_T0H9is96ZsJdUea01MbF4bui0jNnjwBXju2drBK7RTCla_HOeMvMa_yoySeNbX0xSN8YDWuQjri1BPZR84Y1VifM3vDsJpRdI81YwLTyab-QAmvHZ-Wsjo/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+118+DSC_7630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94aT3ci8LIOnBMSuM7gfh_T0H9is96ZsJdUea01MbF4bui0jNnjwBXju2drBK7RTCla_HOeMvMa_yoySeNbX0xSN8YDWuQjri1BPZR84Y1VifM3vDsJpRdI81YwLTyab-QAmvHZ-Wsjo/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+118+DSC_7630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Restaurant - le Consulat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This bistro is adorned in deep red and housed in a building </div><div style="text-align: center;">which has likely been in place on <i>Butte Montmartre</i> for nearly 400 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beside the tourists of Montmartre there is much beauty, </div><div style="text-align: center;">history, and architecture to be enjoyed.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the views and wander the back streets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Le Consulat</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>18, rue Norvins</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75018, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Montmartre</i></div>

Le Consulat

Restaurant - le Consulat This bistro is adorned in deep red and housed in a building  which has likely been in place on Butte Montmartre fo...

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Un rendez-vous?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PA_r9-RfmM46m3-oHKuFGb0eH_vOtTrvtBHH2ixmF1Uv8SgEiSNxtYBo75P3BTTzhS8Nldygn5RfBNjZrBul0wLJCweyUQVBqEiecay-xTB7o64jZhNK1En7VNmud0H6rDmju679zUM/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+167+DSC_0866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PA_r9-RfmM46m3-oHKuFGb0eH_vOtTrvtBHH2ixmF1Uv8SgEiSNxtYBo75P3BTTzhS8Nldygn5RfBNjZrBul0wLJCweyUQVBqEiecay-xTB7o64jZhNK1En7VNmud0H6rDmju679zUM/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+167+DSC_0866.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The leather jacket,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dark sunglasses,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a sliver of light...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a rendez-vous?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris restaurant</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un rendez-vous?

The leather jacket, dark sunglasses, a sliver of light... a rendez-vous? Paris restaurant 75001, Paris

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Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2kvSg-ptM7ofWiK97YEyR8RN82JsLuZxArz2q-Xxb9uy2w_5Jn34UYWvs2xm4g6lU78KcHiiKbqHueWs3ojlpqVQUHE2W9ZAEdcgM9wj6zy-IcaNT6GEJOxCZ3lbtwlUWPa7W8U-UTU/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+125+DSC_7169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2kvSg-ptM7ofWiK97YEyR8RN82JsLuZxArz2q-Xxb9uy2w_5Jn34UYWvs2xm4g6lU78KcHiiKbqHueWs3ojlpqVQUHE2W9ZAEdcgM9wj6zy-IcaNT6GEJOxCZ3lbtwlUWPa7W8U-UTU/s640/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+125+DSC_7169.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Museum of the Table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...of the Table?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Why, a most famous table, that of La Tour d'Argent.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The little museum has a display of cutlery, original menus,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and memorabilia from times gone by.<br /><br />Probably the most impressive display, is that of a table,<br />which is laid out exactly as it would have been for a royal assembly<br />and pretigious event that took place in Paris in 1867.<br /><br />Before you write down the address and put it on your to-do list<br />please note that it is only available in the reception area of the restaurant,<br />for which you have made dinner reservations.  Tant pis pour moi. <br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">15, quai de la Tournelle</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span></span></i></div>

Petit Musée de la Table de la Tour d'Argent

Little Museum of the Table ...of the Table?   Why, a most famous table, that of La Tour d'Argent.   The little museum has a display of c...

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Merci - la cantine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0wEX9ZuKllzJMWJo3F5gnd2FfZXd411vFdWYFVVMwSp50K-QCDvt4Mon0SfTquRYch0xx_gEnS4-trCxx6sWfrxhwMb939khWJ7xNCfu2iAixha-J3YDaijIYkv4Nnzgs3dAbpZmQS8/s1600/2013+May+18+Sat_275DSC_4144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0wEX9ZuKllzJMWJo3F5gnd2FfZXd411vFdWYFVVMwSp50K-QCDvt4Mon0SfTquRYch0xx_gEnS4-trCxx6sWfrxhwMb939khWJ7xNCfu2iAixha-J3YDaijIYkv4Nnzgs3dAbpZmQS8/s1600/2013+May+18+Sat_275DSC_4144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lower floor of Merci in the Marais</div><div style="text-align: center;">has a charming restaurant called La Cantine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is one of three at Merci</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You feel as if you are in a country courtyard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">far from the busy boulevard Beaumarchais</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Cantine at Merci</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">111, boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Merci - la cantine

The lower floor of Merci in the Marais has a charming restaurant called La Cantine. It is one of three at Merci You feel as if you are in a ...

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Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Enfants de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return?</div><div style="text-align: center;">How can one even think in those terms?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the people of Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the children, the parks and gardens, the green chairs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the music, the churches, the architecture, the history, the Seine, the bridges,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Métro, the secret little spots discovered over 20+ trips, the food,</div><div style="text-align: center;">ex-pat friends, Parisian friends, the grand views from Paris landmarks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting on green grass when it is permitted, dancing on Rue Mouffetard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and so much more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter what the future holds, I will always have a bit of Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and all that it is, in my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(and tens of thousands of photos, if I forget)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">What Would I miss most?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75000, all of it, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

Les Enfants de Paris What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return? How can one even think in those terms? ...the people of P...

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Qu'est ce que c'est?!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lY19_H0Of3WzUSgMgVdisYF3RbEx4nfub0wXKeY2BvMYI5UWkhNvhctP7eZkyzk4d8efoj1gyLM8oiy_-4imte1QVC8lkMUHl2hjX16kvhu2ftGe5OvgXlDod32bI5JLTSlJ5x2rbXQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+132+DSC_1357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lY19_H0Of3WzUSgMgVdisYF3RbEx4nfub0wXKeY2BvMYI5UWkhNvhctP7eZkyzk4d8efoj1gyLM8oiy_-4imte1QVC8lkMUHl2hjX16kvhu2ftGe5OvgXlDod32bI5JLTSlJ5x2rbXQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+132+DSC_1357.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What is this?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you guess?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a reflection, inverted (180°),</div><div style="text-align: center;">an ornate ceiling, with a mirror </div><div style="text-align: center;">and a chandelier....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is the elegant dining room of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Grand Vefour at Palais Royal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taking a photo of the mirror on the ceiling  (from outside)</div><div style="text-align: center;">is the closest I have ever been.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tant pis pour moi</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Grand Vefour</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Qu'est ce que c'est?!

What is this? Can you guess? It is a reflection, inverted (180°), an ornate ceiling, with a mirror  and a chandelier.... It is the elegant d...

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Le Tir Bouchon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4xnNBZdTQYUUzRWCVCwx7aSs_AR_dx-Q2WJ1C5WQ1Q2zAImSeuaqoKNHmuK9CMtlXloXv78pGCA2LjawEA9RDRIJ2Dl_S5xN_l7Hd9cIJXLxrwaBIVT5PsxsFZ2Uva7Aj8Zp4rsQDw/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+322+DSC_1547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4xnNBZdTQYUUzRWCVCwx7aSs_AR_dx-Q2WJ1C5WQ1Q2zAImSeuaqoKNHmuK9CMtlXloXv78pGCA2LjawEA9RDRIJ2Dl_S5xN_l7Hd9cIJXLxrwaBIVT5PsxsFZ2Uva7Aj8Zp4rsQDw/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+322+DSC_1547.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.le-tirbouchon.com/" target="_blank">Le Tir Bouchon</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cascading ivy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">bucket of stargazer lillies, </div><div style="text-align: center;">color theme of <i>rouge</i> and <i>rose foncé, </i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">handwritten blackboard menu...  </div><div style="text-align: center;">all should have been sufficient to entice my entrance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I checked out this restaurant on line for my post, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I added it to the "definitely try" on my next visit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Tir Bouchon</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">22, rue Tiquetonne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Tir Bouchon

Le Tir Bouchon Cascading ivy,  bucket of stargazer lillies,  color theme of rouge and rose foncé,   handwritten blackboard menu...   all sh...

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Café La Palette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Night or day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette attracts a crowd.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café La Palette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">43, rue de Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café La Palette

La Palette Night or day,  La Palette attracts a crowd. Café La Palette 43, rue de Seine 75006, Paris  

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Chez Julien - les fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2zMFWCR8OGoCsKVGNhkLWIW4ARyLDZLc_evviQf2M9OcJ6xdleLLfzAj3Q4P5ei8AK4LPe0NGkrVcvTtI5pi7LMtcaeQqWon8i_kSFU-RcY7ei8VHIkaUA0PUkoQK4AMZjA52rQrYKQ/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_464DSC_6075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2zMFWCR8OGoCsKVGNhkLWIW4ARyLDZLc_evviQf2M9OcJ6xdleLLfzAj3Q4P5ei8AK4LPe0NGkrVcvTtI5pi7LMtcaeQqWon8i_kSFU-RcY7ei8VHIkaUA0PUkoQK4AMZjA52rQrYKQ/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_464DSC_6075.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Chez Julien</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flower boxes of Paris are a ubiquitous presence in all parts of the city, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the red geraniums are quite hardy lasting until winter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Look up</span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chez Julien</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue du Pont Louis-Philippe</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i>

Chez Julien - les fleurs

Chez Julien The flower boxes of Paris are a ubiquitous presence in all parts of the city,  and the red geraniums are quite hardy lasting unt...

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Chez Clément - restaurant d'hôtes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahPzYnc3TooYdaULnewhhVlOWkyulUG8q71fpPp15987oz3vWEi3sFXuEsWbS4nFxcxNB_t5gT_y-BNSBkFfmqalzl1QX8Oxyjdrf_16NYQC3t5tpdLzhTuivxwhVQils73Nu1iI-i9Y/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_30DSC_5449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahPzYnc3TooYdaULnewhhVlOWkyulUG8q71fpPp15987oz3vWEi3sFXuEsWbS4nFxcxNB_t5gT_y-BNSBkFfmqalzl1QX8Oxyjdrf_16NYQC3t5tpdLzhTuivxwhVQils73Nu1iI-i9Y/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_30DSC_5449.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chez Clément</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The terrace after a spring rain</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a bit of reflection</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you have a weekend free of showers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chez Clément</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">17, boulevard des Capucines</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Chez Clément - restaurant d'hôtes

Chez Clément The terrace after a spring rain with a bit of reflection May you have a weekend free of showers bon weekend Chez Clément 17, bo...

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Déjeuner à Chatrès

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbB67AQiTp-wLZaOUACBD-n-6P1ai2ZFD7wrZUVV8l2jsQ2glfFjw_aDjz6x8l3f1sQ6BJtnjotADHBoswGMZz6cIE_RdqgaVxDnE846gkPe0dEw4ccJW4hWHWNNg5mmbiFgiuj1nGq38/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbB67AQiTp-wLZaOUACBD-n-6P1ai2ZFD7wrZUVV8l2jsQ2glfFjw_aDjz6x8l3f1sQ6BJtnjotADHBoswGMZz6cIE_RdqgaVxDnE846gkPe0dEw4ccJW4hWHWNNg5mmbiFgiuj1nGq38/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0169.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch in Chartrès</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A quiet table for two.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, this could be just about anywhere, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the cane chair just about gives it away.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartrès, </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">a quick train from Paris</span></span></i></div>

Déjeuner à Chatrès

Lunch in Chartrès A quiet table for two. Yes, this could be just about anywhere,  but the cane chair just about gives it away. Chartrès,  a ...

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La Chaumière en l'Île - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vFuaewEMR7nRw_fyTNIiKjyKEaC-TfsANReGB89z_GZ6IUdxsTAoyA0hHGwAIzMxFandeDaViQLLO3ovI0_Z5Sr3UvW6rzBDWCyl9hUOyKcWnj3l0pllhP-5UOn-IdF4vKBhuAh_dJs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_60DSC_4308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vFuaewEMR7nRw_fyTNIiKjyKEaC-TfsANReGB89z_GZ6IUdxsTAoyA0hHGwAIzMxFandeDaViQLLO3ovI0_Z5Sr3UvW6rzBDWCyl9hUOyKcWnj3l0pllhP-5UOn-IdF4vKBhuAh_dJs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_60DSC_4308.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Chaumière en l'Île</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a quiet street, under the shade of trees,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> this terrace looks quite inviting.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I am always a bit suspicious </div><div style="text-align: center;">when there is a sign in English.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Perhaps I am a tourist-snob?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Chaumière en l'Île</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue Jean du Bellay</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Île Saint-Louis</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Chaumière en l'Île - la terrasse

La Chaumière en l'Île On a quiet street, under the shade of trees,  this terrace looks quite inviting.   However, I am always a bit susp...

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Le Bar à Huîtres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xjqs3bQ_4msskVWQRshOUVnhLY4PT00tvAta2o8GhV5MAw30EMbr6XR9BlCsVZVKPaZwa4_Xl-3llTn-3tlt50LiYz5EEmEXvCquTsRo54dZd4-EqoixhNqvGys_dZGE_0eQ01iv_3I/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xjqs3bQ_4msskVWQRshOUVnhLY4PT00tvAta2o8GhV5MAw30EMbr6XR9BlCsVZVKPaZwa4_Xl-3llTn-3tlt50LiYz5EEmEXvCquTsRo54dZd4-EqoixhNqvGys_dZGE_0eQ01iv_3I/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0235.jpg" width="665" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lebarahuitres.com/uk/index.php" target="_blank">Le Bar à Huîtres</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sidewalk display in front of the restaurant is colorfully arranged </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a large selection of <i>les fruits de mer</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although I have not eaten here, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the boxes in the bottom row are labeled <a href="http://huitres-cadoret.fr/en/" target="_blank"><i><b>Les Huîtres Cadoret</b></i></a>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a family company over five generations since 1880.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes my mouth water just to think about these bivalves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.lebarahuitres.com/uk/index.php" target="_blank">Le Bar à Huîtres</a></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">33, bd Beaumarchais</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Bar à Huîtres

Le Bar à Huîtres The sidewalk display in front of the restaurant is colorfully arranged  with a large selection of les fruits de mer Althoug...

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Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3b2XVg2h9YTsjhaN6s89h_Y61HjfgpsMKq2TeV8gYEp4OudYY0ZgJ0mn3RlelCSKWXcQNGMEyGqMn1P-fmidlvfb5UhBQtG3xDGLg9p07VEIEKsg5UfusgSMpG2ItnF0gIrjYtZA6Ks/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_459DSC_6070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3b2XVg2h9YTsjhaN6s89h_Y61HjfgpsMKq2TeV8gYEp4OudYY0ZgJ0mn3RlelCSKWXcQNGMEyGqMn1P-fmidlvfb5UhBQtG3xDGLg9p07VEIEKsg5UfusgSMpG2ItnF0gIrjYtZA6Ks/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_459DSC_6070.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Lutétia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The usually busy tables were noticeably vacant on this rainy May afternoon.  However, from inside the large windows give a great view of the quai, the Seine, and Pont Louis Philippe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the course of an hour or two we watched several stories unfold in the rain:</div><div style="text-align: center;">a drowning in the Seine, a family drama on the terrace, and wedding pictures on the quai below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You do not always have to rush around Paris to see the city.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">On some days the city comes to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">33, quai de Bourbon</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant

Le Lutétia The usually busy tables were noticeably vacant on this rainy May afternoon.  However, from inside the large windows give a great ...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - Squares

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC69JNvMGw11ljkSl6376VhXqaaX2Tc-GKqD7hAqcv2kKHXuB-CXq_iZGfGGq7yCU2S9Dhkm9NvGtisNgIwMFAr98Ya6sKFZFi1TvNLhplz0qAccck5C5ZTGZ59Eauj56hlDFlI73ufE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC69JNvMGw11ljkSl6376VhXqaaX2Tc-GKqD7hAqcv2kKHXuB-CXq_iZGfGGq7yCU2S9Dhkm9NvGtisNgIwMFAr98Ya6sKFZFi1TvNLhplz0qAccck5C5ZTGZ59Eauj56hlDFlI73ufE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hôtel du Nord</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A faceless shadow leaves its mark </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the restaurant floor tiles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the first day of each month I join all my City Daily Photo friends in a theme.  This month's theme is SQUARES.  <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/may-2014-gallery-squares.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see all of the others from around the world. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hôtel du Nord</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></span></i></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Squares

Hôtel du Nord A faceless shadow leaves its mark  on the restaurant floor tiles. On the first day of each month I join all my City Daily Phot...

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Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hôtel du Nord</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St. Martin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Often, when I look through my Paris photos </div><div style="text-align: center;">I run across this one and wonder just who this man might be.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is he a movie star, <i>un chanteur</i>, a friend of the restaurant, who?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I almost posted this in black and white, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but could <u>you</u> do that to those aquamarine eyes?</div><div style="text-align: center;">really!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Qui est ce beau gosse?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></i></span></div>

Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

Hôtel du Nord I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo. It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St....

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l'Opéra Restaurant - le café rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2nL2DH2Xm3uk8t_A1OsBIKzXYl2xwiJ9LKqR-qbKfzrYjpEebyVlU7UOwPbM-42309sXoJy_8PsDaB5NLI5m5fz8oUyCjydzQUP8XH7CbR_-QhqIvdP_ZR-wWkw6_1WigzYjBg9GYV0/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_78DSC_5497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="785" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2nL2DH2Xm3uk8t_A1OsBIKzXYl2xwiJ9LKqR-qbKfzrYjpEebyVlU7UOwPbM-42309sXoJy_8PsDaB5NLI5m5fz8oUyCjydzQUP8XH7CbR_-QhqIvdP_ZR-wWkw6_1WigzYjBg9GYV0/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_78DSC_5497.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">le café rouge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although this photo was taken early in the morning, I have seen a good-sized crowd for lunch.  Just beyond the gates you can see the entrance of l'Opéra Restaurant which I <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2014/03/palais-garnier-lopera-restaurant.html" target="_blank">featured several weeks ag</a>o.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you been here?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you tell me how you found the food and the service? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> It might be worth having a coffee and a small pastry </div><div style="text-align: center;">to watch the world walking by.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">café at l'Opéra Restaurant</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, place Jacques Rouchés</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></span></div>

l'Opéra Restaurant - le café rouge

le café rouge Although this photo was taken early in the morning, I have seen a good-sized crowd for lunch.  Just beyond the gates you can s...

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Aux Anysetiers du Roy et des hortensias

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7JqzGjPDfgsO9XtiYZK1KjCowK6jY4nXJaIR1shq796nUvBhYNlaQWANVjlA6TqIJrI9CQuZMX5xhfrP9vrwoms3gPS8LFSwmnYpSu0-ZwbbeC9J63rK6IwGUAvqUCbg1alxqyo_Sa0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_51DSC_4299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7JqzGjPDfgsO9XtiYZK1KjCowK6jY4nXJaIR1shq796nUvBhYNlaQWANVjlA6TqIJrI9CQuZMX5xhfrP9vrwoms3gPS8LFSwmnYpSu0-ZwbbeC9J63rK6IwGUAvqUCbg1alxqyo_Sa0/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_51DSC_4299.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aux Anysetiers du Roy</div><div style="text-align: center;">pink hydrangeas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although the bright pink hydrangeas* were the focus of my photo, this charming restaurant set in a Medieval building has more history than can be imagined.  Serving simple, classic French fare, Madame oversees all the food preparations.  Devotees of this  non-touristy restaurant swear by the French onion soup, Cassoulet Maison,  Boeuf Bourguignon and Crème Brûlée.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Set on the quiet Île Saint Louis, </div><div style="text-align: center;">one can step back hundreds of years</div><div style="text-align: center;"> into a building which has not changed by much </div><div style="text-align: center;">and enjoy traditional French comfort food ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">which has not changed at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aux Anysetiers du Roy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">61, rue Saint Louis en l'Île</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*corrected - merci beaucoup Lance, Jane, and Alan!</span></span></i></div>

Aux Anysetiers du Roy et des hortensias

Aux Anysetiers du Roy pink hydrangeas! Although the bright pink hydrangeas* were the focus of my photo, this charming restaurant set in a Me...

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Le Montegrosso - le petit déjeuner

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhOmOP6H1r8hIvuCFwmc3rr8IsuMnN7UQbfJsIQRoi4BzQ-nD_1yEJs04AxLtGVVes9rvTG9RUp_fpbH1xxgzDdHxwNe0v6-UzLP9fsHiOfFjn2SGrwSnAfdZ9TdUomuln5tMMwPL_WU/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_095DSC_4027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhOmOP6H1r8hIvuCFwmc3rr8IsuMnN7UQbfJsIQRoi4BzQ-nD_1yEJs04AxLtGVVes9rvTG9RUp_fpbH1xxgzDdHxwNe0v6-UzLP9fsHiOfFjn2SGrwSnAfdZ9TdUomuln5tMMwPL_WU/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_095DSC_4027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Montegrosso</div><div style="text-align: center;">breakfast</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Franco-Italian restaurant has a charming terrace with a large red awning.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This gentleman was enjoying the sun with his breakfast on a brisk spring day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Montegrosso </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6, rue de l'Échelle </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Tuileries, Pyramides, ou </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">         Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Montegrosso - le petit déjeuner

Le Montegrosso breakfast This Franco-Italian restaurant has a charming terrace with a large red awning.   This gentleman was enjoying the su...

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