for someone who has been to paris 14 times, always something new!
Mar 3rd, 2009, 06:54 PM
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dinner at nine, in the canal saint martin area tonight Feb. 21, Et Dans Mon Cour Il Ya, supposedly on rue Lancry...we have reservations, we are tired and definitley hungry....but no Et Dans Mon Cour Il Ya on rue Lancry. We called and there was definitely an translation problem, I don't understand French and they didn't understand English.
Plan B, first place that looks like they serve food, we try to grab a table and eat!
We see this interesting Italian place it is called Fuxia, 15 rue jean poulmarch 75010 paris 01 42 01 90
Another cool place, young, bobo, kewl, well we are there so that helps.
We order an aubergine salad to go with our viogner, and then we eat the wonderful bread, [ugly, ugly waiters
] We had fab service, I ordered calmari in a pasta sauce. We hit a bullseye with this place. Of course we ordered desserts at all our dining experiences but if I don't write about them there no calories. We walk back to our hotel, and tommorw is our last day in Paris, we of course get to bed again at 2:30 AM! We are going to an off the beaten track market and Pere Lachaise cemetary tommorow.
Plan B, first place that looks like they serve food, we try to grab a table and eat!
We see this interesting Italian place it is called Fuxia, 15 rue jean poulmarch 75010 paris 01 42 01 90
Another cool place, young, bobo, kewl, well we are there so that helps.
We order an aubergine salad to go with our viogner, and then we eat the wonderful bread, [ugly, ugly waiters
] We had fab service, I ordered calmari in a pasta sauce. We hit a bullseye with this place. Of course we ordered desserts at all our dining experiences but if I don't write about them there no calories. We walk back to our hotel, and tommorw is our last day in Paris, we of course get to bed again at 2:30 AM! We are going to an off the beaten track market and Pere Lachaise cemetary tommorow.
Mar 3rd, 2009, 07:08 PM
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I am enjoying this thread, especially because I will be in Paris soon and some of your suggestions are interesting and off the beaten track. However, I have a question. Do you also have a blog called "Etienne Marcel"? I googled Le Verre Vole for the address and ran across that site. Your post on Le Verre Vole copies her verbatim. If it is not you, you should credit that writer.
http://etiennemarcel.blogspot.com/20...verre-vol.html
http://etiennemarcel.blogspot.com/20...verre-vol.html
Mar 3rd, 2009, 07:40 PM
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I googled Le Verre Vole too, I am not Etienne Marcel, but I definitely used his blog. Thanks for posting it for me, go to Le Verre Vole, it is a kewl place and if you are like me and the rest of my American friends, we don't eat andouillette, boudin noir, and I still don't know what was in the mound of potatoes and hash, maybe if you go there you can let me know!!
Another blogger that is good is foodiefroggy.canalblog.com/
Feb. 22nd March D'Aligre
I have posted this before about foodie froggy and of course I would like to give credit to Nelly Parnet for anything that is her words, and I think that covers it!
One more day and that is the end of this story.
Another blogger that is good is foodiefroggy.canalblog.com/
Feb. 22nd March D'Aligre
I have posted this before about foodie froggy and of course I would like to give credit to Nelly Parnet for anything that is her words, and I think that covers it!
One more day and that is the end of this story.
Mar 3rd, 2009, 07:43 PM
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http://afoodiefroggy.canalblog.com/ here is the correct address
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Hi my screenname here is AnneParis, but I am the "foodie froggy" from the blog you mentioned. And thanks for that. I would like to add an information : the restaurant "et dans mon coeur il y a" does not exist any longer, it has been recently replaced by a Thai restaurant called Mrs Swann, or something approaching. Too bad...Maybe this is what the person tried to explain to you in french...
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Hi Anneparis, I love your blog! I have made recipes and used your off the beaten path wisdom for my trip! et dans mon coeur il y a looked so interesitng in your blog that I was bummed when we couldn't find it! We figured out the thai place was the former, the phone number works that was listed for et dans mon coeur il y a, so I don't know if that means we had reservations at the thai place or some other place in paris.
Have you eaten at the Italian place that I mentioned, it was good and they have those ugly waiters that are all over Paris!!
Next time we go to Paris I want to check out Bellevue, if you have any really good advice on that type of journey please post!!
Have you eaten at the Italian place that I mentioned, it was good and they have those ugly waiters that are all over Paris!!
Next time we go to Paris I want to check out Bellevue, if you have any really good advice on that type of journey please post!!
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Hi Anne,
I have read some of your other posts on Fodors and noted that you do a cooking class in your apartment? We will be in Paris April 17, 18, 19. I'm looking for a local, insider, experience. My friend and I are both foodies and enjoy
cooking. We don't have a lot of time. What can you suggest for us in terms of a half day experience? Feel free to email me at [email protected]
I have read some of your other posts on Fodors and noted that you do a cooking class in your apartment? We will be in Paris April 17, 18, 19. I'm looking for a local, insider, experience. My friend and I are both foodies and enjoy
cooking. We don't have a lot of time. What can you suggest for us in terms of a half day experience? Feel free to email me at [email protected]
Mar 4th, 2009, 05:22 AM
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Our last day in Paris....it is Feb. 21st...I know I will be back but it can put me in such a melancholy...
We stayed up late of course, so now we getting a late start. Life is not a dress rehearsal, so I don't like to be put on some rigid regime when I am on holiday.The breakfast was just wonderful as usual at Villa Saint Martin, the people working the front desk were incredibly helpful and I really enjoyed my stay here. Loved the area, next time I want to shop at some of the boutiques that look so interesting. I am sure in the summer it is buzzing, it was pretty calm in Feb.
We decide to go to March D'Aligre on foodie froggie list of places to go!
Here is an excerpt:
Overall, The East side of Paris is not a favorite spot for tourists. I understand that first-timers tend to focus on the famous must-dos and must-sees of the Capital, but I consider that not visiting l’”Est Parisien” is missing the Real Paris.
I am quite familiar with the 12th arrondissement and particularly the Place d’Aligre and its surroundings. I really love that part of the city, it is very lively, cosmopolitan and full of excellent gourmet shops, wonderful bars and restaurants and there’s always something happening there.
Let's start the visit with the Marché d'Aligre
How to access there Metro line 8, exit at “Ledru Rollin” station.You will find yourself on Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, an interesting street in itself with lots of shops (international as well as French brands) but do not hesitate to visit the numerous little covered “passages” along this street with plenty of workshops (carpenters, cabinetmakers. Very charming...
We find the market, wow, love the atmosphere. We have so many choices the outdoor market, the passages, covered markets, the kewl boulangeries...we start in the covered market and we are on mission for stinky cheese, pate, and other yummy stuff we can eat with our baguettes. We get in line for the cheese and sample and pick out our yummy cheeses.We then find this place that is selling the most wonderful spreads...aubergine, olives, tapenades, just delicous.
We walk around and find this adorable shop that specializes in tea, and all the assecories, to go with tea, very cute. Great teapots ect. My friends definitely are getting some souvenirs.
We have our picnic and now we are back on the metro to Pere Lachaise cemetary.
We have a drink at at bistro right across the street from the Pere Lachaise cemetary, very close to the pere lachaise metro stop. It has the most beautiful art noveau art, there is this huge sculpture when you walk in of 4 woman?/it is a pillar and the top of the pillar is beautiful nouveau stainglass. Anyone know the name of this bistro?? It is specatular.
We are ready for our walk in the cemetary, of course we have to find Jim Morrison. I saw his grave 5 years ago, and it was a lot different than now. It is barracaded there is security and there are lots of pilgrims. It has lost it's cool factor IMHO. Anyone know why he is buried there?? I know he died in paris, but Pere Lachaise...anyway we eat our yummy tapenades
bread/cheese..we are sitting on benches looking at all the monuments. I don't know what graves we saw, but it is a great place to walk arouond.
Maybe someone can fill in the blanks for me, we heard what sounded like a parade outside when we were walking around the cemetary, and when we left the cemetary there was confetti all over the streets, interesting costumes, lots of families. So anyone know about the parade or what it was for??
We go back to the bistro, which also has a creperie and 2 of my friends order there crepe, one is nutella and the other is I think hama and cheese, with a egg in the middle? There were fab...oh the melancholy...we are now picking up our luggage at Villa Saint Martin...taking the RER back to CDG and I am leaving Paris....for now!
I am going to post a new thread because my journey is not completely over, we have 2 full days in London yet then back to chicago on Feb. 25, ash wednesday.
Hope this trip report helped, I know all the reading I did before helped, and thank you for all that contributed to my writing and thoughts so I could share to fellow travelers looking for a different experience.
We stayed up late of course, so now we getting a late start. Life is not a dress rehearsal, so I don't like to be put on some rigid regime when I am on holiday.The breakfast was just wonderful as usual at Villa Saint Martin, the people working the front desk were incredibly helpful and I really enjoyed my stay here. Loved the area, next time I want to shop at some of the boutiques that look so interesting. I am sure in the summer it is buzzing, it was pretty calm in Feb.
We decide to go to March D'Aligre on foodie froggie list of places to go!
Here is an excerpt:
Overall, The East side of Paris is not a favorite spot for tourists. I understand that first-timers tend to focus on the famous must-dos and must-sees of the Capital, but I consider that not visiting l’”Est Parisien” is missing the Real Paris.
I am quite familiar with the 12th arrondissement and particularly the Place d’Aligre and its surroundings. I really love that part of the city, it is very lively, cosmopolitan and full of excellent gourmet shops, wonderful bars and restaurants and there’s always something happening there.
Let's start the visit with the Marché d'Aligre
How to access there Metro line 8, exit at “Ledru Rollin” station.You will find yourself on Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, an interesting street in itself with lots of shops (international as well as French brands) but do not hesitate to visit the numerous little covered “passages” along this street with plenty of workshops (carpenters, cabinetmakers. Very charming...
We find the market, wow, love the atmosphere. We have so many choices the outdoor market, the passages, covered markets, the kewl boulangeries...we start in the covered market and we are on mission for stinky cheese, pate, and other yummy stuff we can eat with our baguettes. We get in line for the cheese and sample and pick out our yummy cheeses.We then find this place that is selling the most wonderful spreads...aubergine, olives, tapenades, just delicous.
We walk around and find this adorable shop that specializes in tea, and all the assecories, to go with tea, very cute. Great teapots ect. My friends definitely are getting some souvenirs.
We have our picnic and now we are back on the metro to Pere Lachaise cemetary.
We have a drink at at bistro right across the street from the Pere Lachaise cemetary, very close to the pere lachaise metro stop. It has the most beautiful art noveau art, there is this huge sculpture when you walk in of 4 woman?/it is a pillar and the top of the pillar is beautiful nouveau stainglass. Anyone know the name of this bistro?? It is specatular.
We are ready for our walk in the cemetary, of course we have to find Jim Morrison. I saw his grave 5 years ago, and it was a lot different than now. It is barracaded there is security and there are lots of pilgrims. It has lost it's cool factor IMHO. Anyone know why he is buried there?? I know he died in paris, but Pere Lachaise...anyway we eat our yummy tapenades
bread/cheese..we are sitting on benches looking at all the monuments. I don't know what graves we saw, but it is a great place to walk arouond.
Maybe someone can fill in the blanks for me, we heard what sounded like a parade outside when we were walking around the cemetary, and when we left the cemetary there was confetti all over the streets, interesting costumes, lots of families. So anyone know about the parade or what it was for??
We go back to the bistro, which also has a creperie and 2 of my friends order there crepe, one is nutella and the other is I think hama and cheese, with a egg in the middle? There were fab...oh the melancholy...we are now picking up our luggage at Villa Saint Martin...taking the RER back to CDG and I am leaving Paris....for now!
I am going to post a new thread because my journey is not completely over, we have 2 full days in London yet then back to chicago on Feb. 25, ash wednesday.
Hope this trip report helped, I know all the reading I did before helped, and thank you for all that contributed to my writing and thoughts so I could share to fellow travelers looking for a different experience.
Mar 4th, 2009, 05:43 AM
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I want to post about this unusual shop in the 10th it is called VOY alimentos & smart drinks
23, rue des vinaigreirs 75010 paris
01 42 02 03 44
www.totum.fr
We stopped in there, it was an unusual experience, they have these natural remedies and natural sweeteners and we got to sample the most interesting flavors and textures, all plants. Very kewl....
23, rue des vinaigreirs 75010 paris
01 42 02 03 44
www.totum.fr
We stopped in there, it was an unusual experience, they have these natural remedies and natural sweeteners and we got to sample the most interesting flavors and textures, all plants. Very kewl....
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