Archive for March, 2010
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Paris, via a 19th Century Guide
From the New York Times…
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
A Moveable Feast
Newly launched, The Paris Supper Club promises to replace both outdated guidebooks and raves from nostalgic friends when it comes to searching out some of the best and truest places to eat in the French capital. The club is a project of former Gourmet European correspondent Alexander Lobrano, author of a book and blog called [...]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg also like Mon Vieil Ami, in Ile St.-Louis
I remember a Sunday afternoon meal at this wonderful bistro with my darling husband and my kids a year ago. … Bloomberg, the thrice re-elected mayor of NY also prefers it…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/nyregion/19paris.html
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
More on the Rue de Vaugirard
The rue de Vaugirard is not as romanticized as some other streets in the 6th and 7th so it’s always nice to see a glowing write up in an article that is really more of a review of a hotel at 4, rue de Vaugirard, the Hotel Fontaines. … It spans the 6th and 15th arrondissements, a mostly one-way passage dating from Roman times, paved in the 15th century and well maintained by the city since it also is home to the French Senate. … The first day I nibbled delicacies (a tough choice to make among three famed local pâtisseries: l’Atelier Pierre Hermé, the Japanese patissier Sadaharu Aoki and Des gâteaux et du pain, so I sampled something from each) and cruised past the former residences of American writers who lived on this street: at #42, William Faulkner; at #58. … I was tempted by numerous three-course lunch specials and nearly settled for an 8E plat at the Brasserie du Luxembourg at nearby Rue Monsieur le Prince.
… Many of these sites are part of our daily experience when we’re home in Paris, though I’m going to have to check out my history of American writers.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
La Ferrandaise – 8, rue de Vaugirard
Okay, I feel ashamed I don’t even know this one, but I guess now we’ll have to try it, seeing as it is supposedly just a few feet from chez nous. Actually, on the map, numéro 8 is down a bit, just a few meters short of the 5th, where the rue de Vaugirard gets lively near the Boul’ Mich. La Ferrandaise—located near the Sorbonne and frequented by scholarly types, this neighborhood bistro has a charming, effortless appeal. … I had a pate, boeuf bourguignon, and a chestnut soufflé and could not eat again that day. La Ferrandaise, 8, rue de Vaugirard [From Family of One: Family of One Dines in Paris 2010 ]
