Paris GTG March 23-30??
 

cigale, gomiki and AGM_Cape Cod are going to Paris! Woo Woo!!! Is anyone interested in a GTG? By the way, there is a great fare sale on Air France for the next three days!

DH and I will be there during that time and would love to hear more about the GTG.

Darn it! I'll be there until the 22nd. :(

Traviata, Oh good! No plans yet. I'm throwing it out there to see who might be interested. We will be staying in the 6th but will plan whatever works for interested parties.

lennyba, Dang!

We will be staying in the 5th...right next door. Will be watching for date and place.

We will be there too. As well as a few others that I know of. Keep me posted.

Suzanne

Is Cigale the same as Cigalechanta on OPF???

What's OPF?
Yes Suzanne, t'is I :))

ourparis forum, light bulb just turned on :)

<lennyba, Dang!>

I know! You three should come to Bruges.

I will be in Paris from 23rd - 27th - I have never been to a GTG (no-one seems to bother downunder) - I'll keep watching for details.

lennyba, I did a day trip to Bruges from Brussels and loved it! Really liked the movie too. Are you going there after Paris?

I wish I had time to go back to Bruges WE really loved it. Have fun.

stormbird, I missed your reply. Wonderful!! Please keep checking.

We will be in Paris March 11 through the 23rd, leaving on the 24th. Hope I can get to go to the GTG. We hosted one for south floridians several years ago and went to one in Paris at a winebar, would enjoy adding a third notch to to GTG belt. (is that some kind of mixed metaphor?) We're staying in the 5th but willing to metro anywhere.

gomiki - yes, we are taking the train to Bruges for a couple of days after Paris (partly because of that movie). I'm sorry I'll miss you all - have a great time!

Hi JulieVikmanis, I hope we can meet at the GTG. I always appreciate your restaurant information. Any plans for this trip?

I am so excited to be involved in a GTG in PARIS!!! Can't wait.

AGM, DH claims he's planning this trip and that it will involve leisurely strolls and plenty of time to take the pictures he always claims I hurry him through in order to keep to the schedules I so strictly control. Lots of pent up frustration there I guess. He also says he'll select the restaurants, which would mean they would all be repeats of places we've gone over and over again, BUT he's been a little busy with his business so I've generously offered to help with the planning a bit, especially with the restaurant plans. SO I've quickly dashed off an e-mail to the concierge type person at our hotel to reserve at least at Itineraires, Petites Sorcieres and Mon Viell Ami, all new places I've been wanted to try. (It pays to be prepared) Others I'm intending to book while there are:
Ribouldingue--a place specializing in offal and related cuts, Cristophe, Petit Pontoise and La Ferrandaise, and, of course my new favorite Fables de la Fonatine.

With 28 meals, there's plenty of room still left to return to some old favorites and have a Chinese dinner or two. He should be happy.

Besides those liesurely walks he's "planning" we think we'll do a day trip to Brussels where we haven't been in years, and another to Compeigne and Pierrefonds to see a castle I've long wanted to see of which I've had a picture in the Paris file for about 15 years or more from an Old Gourmet magazine.

Hope to see you in Paris. Meantime, post a picture so that even if we don't manage to get to the GTG, I'll be able to recognize you in case we bump into you while we're there. :)

We'll be there as well, March 19-26. 3 adults and a teen. Julie, my husband and I met you at the wine shop back in '05(?) and really enjoyed the venue. Do they still hold the Saturday tastings?

this is going to be some fun!

Topping to keep this in view for other Paris travelers.

Melissa, I have to admit I haven't been there since we met there for the GTG.

Is it Le Dernier Goute (or something similar)? I'll try to find out about the tastings. We could probably meet for something like that, though I know many people like a dinner GTG.

I kind of like drinks or wine tasting myself. It's not such a major commitment. I have a picture from the Dernier Goute
GTG that I would like to post but don't know how. It's in my my pictures file, which isn't on the internet, so I don't think there's any way, right?

I just figured it out myself. I'll just post it in my profile. Here goes.

Shucks. Don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't get my face off and the picture from the GTG on. I can see it in the edit your profile page but when I punch the button to upload it all, all I get is my face all over again. Ugh. Technology is just not my strong suit. Sorry for over promising.

It worked! Get out your magnifying glass and view the participants at the 2004 Paris winebar GTG.

So who were the participants?

Well I was hoping one of the pictured ones was Melissa 19. I'm there and so are the couple we travel with. He lurks here but doesn't post. I keep them updated by sending them posts of interest to them. The other person pictured may be
"Another Judy" someone I haven't seen posting here for a while. Melissa was there with her husband who was wearing a real French beret. Don't know if any of this is visible even
with a magnifying glass, but at least I finally managed to post the picture.

Sorry, thought I posted yesterday (probably on wrong thread). Anyway, that's me in the red coat! DH has been wearing berets forever, so it was funny that he was noticed for it in Paris.

Julie, I remember you all telling stories about your trip to Champagne. Is that right?

We can commit to meeting at Le Derniere Goutte around 5pm on Sat., March 21. Anyone else?

I'm in for that time as well. Unfortunately that would leave Gomiki the OP out since s/he will be there from the 23 to 30th. The only overlap I have with those dates is the 23rd. Maybe we'll get two GTGs out of this one thread. Anyone else want to weigh in on dates here?

melissa, Sorry we can't be at Le Derniere Goutte on that Saturday. We will arrive on the 22nd and Cigalechanta & Gomiki will arrive on the 23rd. Julie, maybe we can meet for a drink? Many of your restaurants appear on my lists! Too many good places too few days-sigh!

Sure. We'll be there 14 nights. We can arrange to drink with someone every one of those nights, in fact, could be an interesting challenge. (We celebrated DH's 60th b'day in Paris by drinking a toast to him in 19 of the 20 arrondissements. We're pretty good at drinking in Paris.) So we surely could arrange to meet AGM, Cigale and Gomiki on the 23rd, and Melissa on the 21st. Anyone want to speak for the other nights?

Melissa, yes, we had been in Champagne country before meeting you the bereted one at Derniere Goutte. What a memory!, but then you're younger.

It appears from reading this that the best day for the GTG would be Tuesday or Wednesday. Now the question is would everyone like to meet for drinks w/a dinner option? Or just drinks? If so, wine bar? Any ideas are welcome. It appears that several posters will be in the 5th and 6th. So maybe in that area? It's exciting that so many posters might be able to make it!

Julie, maybe cigale, AGM, and I can meet you on the 23rd for a drink. If that might work for you I will post my email address and we can work out the details.

Well, I'm not planning anything but that is the week of my birthday and Paris would be nice....I was there last year that same week.

So, I'm going to keep following this thread and who knows!

gruezi

gruezi, I hope you end up in Paris!!

We arrive on the 22 and leave on the 30. We are open to anything.

Gomiki, I'd welcome the opportunity to meet you three for a drink on the 23rd, even if I can't make the Tues. or Wed. larger gathering. you can e-mail me at valdisvikmanis at comcast dot net.

Consider Louis Vins as a venue for the gathering. It has a small wine bar and a restaurant. It's cute, has excellent food, a nice vibe, reasonable prices (23-26 euro dinners and 15 euro lunch). It's at 9 rue de la Montagne St. Genevieve, Maubert Mutualite. Only drawback--and probably not for a group--is its no credit card policy.

Another really pretty place would be Bouillon Racine in the 6th, metro Odeon of Cluny la sorbone, at 3 rue Racine. The bar couldn't be prettier, very art nouveau. Roughly same food prices as Louis Vins, but food can be hit or miss. The bar and the decor OTOH is superb.

Fish, la Boissonnerie, at 69 rue de Sein, metro Mabillon or Odeon is very casual and cute. They have a small bar and rustic picnic table seating, excellent food and prices just slightly higher than Louis Vins or Bouillon Racine. Nice area with lots of activity nearby.

You could also gather at any of the bars in the Carrefour d'Odeon (near the Comptoir Relais where Camdeborde holds forth) and then those who want to move on for dinner could adjourn to the ever popular Chez Maitre Paul to pig out on that lovely chicken in jura wine sauce with morels.

Apparently the wine tastings at Derniere Goutte take place on Saturday or so says my Pudlo guide, so that might not work out as a repeat venue.

Supposedly Le Luxembourg at 58 Bd. St. Michel is a brasserie with views of the Lux. gardens which has long served as a meeting place for academics and students from the Sorbonne. It's a cafe which would tend to indicate that you could sit for drinks and then follow with a modest meal.

Sigh. Wish I could come.

Julie, Thank you so much for the wonderful suggestions! Bouillon Racine was one of cigalechanta's suggestions.

And I will send you an email.

gomiki,

may the universe agree with your thoughts...

if not for the GTG, perhaps for something more permanent;)

gruezi

Don't lose this thread. Even if we can't make the GTG, it needs to happen and perhaps others will see and be able to add to the fun. Note the thread here entitled "For someone who has been to paris 14 times, always something new!" He goes to Hotel du Nord and La Ver Vole winebar nearby. A bit off the beaten track but atmospheric (to copy a term) and could be a fun venue for a GTG, getting more people out of the middle.