Lazy Parisians eating at home
 

This evening I was walking around one of my favorite streets, rue Caulaincourt, a very wealthy speck of the extremely variable 18th arrondissement. Except for one significant detail -- public transportation -- I would be very tempted to move to that area if I had sufficient funds.

Anyway, today I was examining some of the aspects of putting together a meal there, if one is in the neighborhood, and it gave birth to this thread: http://tinyurl.com/klsrwm

Everything looks SO good! Great photos also.
I think the little 'ol lady with short white hair and sunglasses epitomises the look of a retired well-off very chic Parisienne woman. Sans the handbag I must add.

How fondly I remember those potatoes after they had been roasted under the roated chicken.

I can almost (but not quite) taste them.

Okay: you post things like this, and then wonder why Paris is infested with tourists?

No, I don't wonder.

And I have known many expats over the years who spend all of their leisure time enumerating all of the reasons that Paris is horrible and the French are the scum of the earth (I really regret not writing down some of the things I have heard in that department.).

No way. They don't deserve it.

Do you know if there is a Marche Franprix around Saint Germains or Rue Bonaparte? I am hungry just looking at the photos..The tiny roasted potatoes looked so good..

Dh and I are looking forward to chicken and potatoes.
Thanks for the pics. I enjoy your approach and style.

There are Franprix stores everywhere in the Paris metropolitan area.

www.franprix.fr

Just enter your address or the postal code of the arrondissement (75006 for Saint Germain des Prés) to get the addresses of all of the local Franprix stores.

I think the principal supermarket on rue de Buci in that neighborhood is a G20 or something like that. It's fine, too.

I know that there is a Monoprix very close to Rue Bonaparte..Thanks I will check it later.

Monoprix and Franprix (and Leader Price and Casino) are all owned by the same company anyway (which also owns Galeries Lafayette). Monoprix is just more expensive.

Hi Kis,

There is a Monoprix at Rue de Rennes, open 09:00 - 22:00.

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Hi Ker,

I was pleased to note that those were very pricey stores.

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Do the Monoprix and Franprix sell wine and is it cheaper in those stores than in a proper wine shop? I keep hearing about cheap wine but I don't know where it is coming from.

Niolas wine stores are all over Paris, and they have some very good cheap wines. The Franprix that I usually go to in Paris also sells wine, some of it cheap, but I don't think markedly cheaper than anywhere else.

Thanks for this StCirq. I shall make a note of the name and keep and eye out for them.

kerouac,

Like many others here, I always enjoy reading your posts for the glimpses of real Paris you give us (I had the pleasure of spending a year there in college, 1976-77, and a few visits since).

But this time, I am just struck and amazed and in awe. I LOVE the way you live in the moment. Smelling the roses. Enjoying the gifts of every new day where you live.

And thank you so much for sharing it with us!

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Hi Kerouac, Thanks again for your (where is my thesaurus for a suitable adjective?)inspirational photos! This is the street I would love to stay in and have even picked out my apartment for next time!!! Now you are telling me everything is too expensive to buy there. Can you give me the names of the streets where I should actually purchase rather than window shop when I am next back in your (insert adjective of your choice) city. (This is relating to the pet peeves thread you understand.

I loved the bakery that you photographed, I walked past it several times whilst I was in this area. I also liked one on Rue Lamark which sold the biggest meringues in the world!!

Your posts are so pleasurable to read.

Schnauzer

lol. I see I'm not really missing out too much not frequenting the Europe forum as I used to - when I actually traveled.


Lazy Parisians, indeed! lol ;)

They probably don't even take the escargot out of the shells anymore!