Paris - Nov 3 - Dec 14
Nov 13th, 2009 | 04:15 AM
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Yes, Joan, that's the way to cook, Paris-style! So easy to do at that end of rue St. Dominique. I see you took a photo of the butcher shop downstairs. This is the place I told you about last year. In addition to the usual roasted chicken, they have some delicious prepared foods. If you like cauliflower, their souffle is not to be missed. Enjoy, EJ
Nov 13th, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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Still with you spirit! The plum tart looked pretty special.
FYI, Had lunch in local hospital cafeteria (Glen Burnie Md) and believe it or not, they served a roast chicken that tasted similar to those in Paris. DH had soup and the whole thing was less than $10. There is hope yet!
FYI, Had lunch in local hospital cafeteria (Glen Burnie Md) and believe it or not, they served a roast chicken that tasted similar to those in Paris. DH had soup and the whole thing was less than $10. There is hope yet!
Nov 13th, 2009 | 05:06 AM
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elsiejune,
The butcher shop always has a long line of people outside..good sign!
What great looking stuff at Davoli every day! Can't buy any for a few days at least.
Sue, from Green Bay area, is coming by tonight and we have 8:30 reservations for Violon. She has never been to a Constant restaurant. She also wants to see a PP apt. and thinks that is what she wants to do next trip.
Tomorrow Florent and Michel will be coming by and we will then go out to dinner, a place of their choice.
Sunday Sue will be joining me at l'Obe (Crillon) and then plan on walking over to Bar Vendome in the Ritz.
Davoli is closed on Mon. Will have to look at the butcher shop downstairs and see what kind of goodies there. Will get to Davoli, too.
Will take pics tonight for all and for Sue to take home to show family and friends.
The Cabernet is comfortable. Practically same view as Fleurie. Fleurie is in bldg. next door with entrance on Rapp. I really do like the Fleurie..so spacious!
I think I may be substituting the Montrachet for the St. Julien. I think the Montrachet is right next door to where I am now. However it works out, is fine with me. Fun to see so many of them.
a bientot...
Joan
The butcher shop always has a long line of people outside..good sign!
What great looking stuff at Davoli every day! Can't buy any for a few days at least.
Sue, from Green Bay area, is coming by tonight and we have 8:30 reservations for Violon. She has never been to a Constant restaurant. She also wants to see a PP apt. and thinks that is what she wants to do next trip.
Tomorrow Florent and Michel will be coming by and we will then go out to dinner, a place of their choice.
Sunday Sue will be joining me at l'Obe (Crillon) and then plan on walking over to Bar Vendome in the Ritz.
Davoli is closed on Mon. Will have to look at the butcher shop downstairs and see what kind of goodies there. Will get to Davoli, too.
Will take pics tonight for all and for Sue to take home to show family and friends.
The Cabernet is comfortable. Practically same view as Fleurie. Fleurie is in bldg. next door with entrance on Rapp. I really do like the Fleurie..so spacious!
I think I may be substituting the Montrachet for the St. Julien. I think the Montrachet is right next door to where I am now. However it works out, is fine with me. Fun to see so many of them.
a bientot...
Joan
Nov 13th, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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Hi Joan,
Yes, I have our luncheon on my calendar -- I wouldn't miss it! Thank you for making the reservations. Looking forward to it.
That's a great idea about Nathan. I'll be talking to Lauren today and will mention it. She arrives on Thursday evening.
I just made my reservations by email with inter-shuttle. They confirmed almost immediately. (For anyone considering transportation in Paris, I used this service, at Joan's recommendation, last August and they were great--on time, roomy Mercedes, friendly & competent driver, no hassles.)
I'll email you, Joan...
Have a wonderful evening.
a bientot
Grace
Yes, I have our luncheon on my calendar -- I wouldn't miss it! Thank you for making the reservations. Looking forward to it.
That's a great idea about Nathan. I'll be talking to Lauren today and will mention it. She arrives on Thursday evening.
I just made my reservations by email with inter-shuttle. They confirmed almost immediately. (For anyone considering transportation in Paris, I used this service, at Joan's recommendation, last August and they were great--on time, roomy Mercedes, friendly & competent driver, no hassles.)
I'll email you, Joan...
Have a wonderful evening.
a bientot
Grace
Nov 13th, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Hi Grace,
I will make our l'Obe reservations when there on Sunday.
If Lauren needs Nathan's email address I have it. He might introduce them to places we wouldn't know about. If Lauren is planning to return to Paris it won't hurt to know someone here. I know Nathan plans to stay here. I should go to Les Cocottes tomorrow and see if he shows up...
I used inter-shuttle and he was right there. I am always so grateful, after that not fun trip! Sue was pleased, too. Her flight was half empty. I thought she would go via Chicago. She took a flight from Appleton to Detroit and to CDG. She had a long layover in Detroit. My inter-shuttles have usually been large vans.
a bientot...
Joan
I will make our l'Obe reservations when there on Sunday.
If Lauren needs Nathan's email address I have it. He might introduce them to places we wouldn't know about. If Lauren is planning to return to Paris it won't hurt to know someone here. I know Nathan plans to stay here. I should go to Les Cocottes tomorrow and see if he shows up...
I used inter-shuttle and he was right there. I am always so grateful, after that not fun trip! Sue was pleased, too. Her flight was half empty. I thought she would go via Chicago. She took a flight from Appleton to Detroit and to CDG. She had a long layover in Detroit. My inter-shuttles have usually been large vans.
a bientot...
Joan
Nov 13th, 2009 | 08:10 AM
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Joan, love the photos of the food/butcher and speciality stores. I am looking forward to seeing for myself come Christmas. In relation to the Cotes du Rhone apartment are the stores close?
Joan & Grace, I also have confirmation with inter-shuttle for roundtrip service. However, I have checked the website and see nothing in relation to tipping. Is it appropriate and if so what is customary?
Thank you and continue having a wonderful time.
Joan & Grace, I also have confirmation with inter-shuttle for roundtrip service. However, I have checked the website and see nothing in relation to tipping. Is it appropriate and if so what is customary?
Thank you and continue having a wonderful time.
Nov 13th, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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liktotravel,
The Cotes du Rhone apt. is on the corner of Bourdonnais and Monttessuy. Your neighbor across the street is Princess Caroline of Monaco. The Royal Apartments have the Monaco crest on each balcony section. Always light on, think she is rarely there. Your corner window has the ET view. Monttessuy has Au Bon Accueil restaurant..very good. You have an excellent boulangerie right on corner across from you..they serve meals, too. You are two blocks from St. Dominique, one block from parc Champs du Mars and ET, a couple blocks to the Seine. All 4 Christian Constant restaurants are a block away from Bourdonnais on St. Dominique. Buses to anyplace in Paris on the corner of St. Dom/Bourdonnais. The 42 bus right outside for you..will take you across Seine, Montaigne with high fashion shops, Rond Point and up to Pl de la Concorde for Tuileries, Rivoli and then on to Madeleine, Opera and Galeries Lafayette area.
When here to see the Christmas decorations, walk across the Seine at Pont Alma(Princess Diana) and up Montaigne and to Rond Point..take your camera. lots to see..and lots of people doing the same thing!!
Pull up a Mappy and take a look..add restaurants etc. to it...do google earth and take a tour of the area....
Pictures from dinner later....
a bientot...
Joan
The Cotes du Rhone apt. is on the corner of Bourdonnais and Monttessuy. Your neighbor across the street is Princess Caroline of Monaco. The Royal Apartments have the Monaco crest on each balcony section. Always light on, think she is rarely there. Your corner window has the ET view. Monttessuy has Au Bon Accueil restaurant..very good. You have an excellent boulangerie right on corner across from you..they serve meals, too. You are two blocks from St. Dominique, one block from parc Champs du Mars and ET, a couple blocks to the Seine. All 4 Christian Constant restaurants are a block away from Bourdonnais on St. Dominique. Buses to anyplace in Paris on the corner of St. Dom/Bourdonnais. The 42 bus right outside for you..will take you across Seine, Montaigne with high fashion shops, Rond Point and up to Pl de la Concorde for Tuileries, Rivoli and then on to Madeleine, Opera and Galeries Lafayette area.
When here to see the Christmas decorations, walk across the Seine at Pont Alma(Princess Diana) and up Montaigne and to Rond Point..take your camera. lots to see..and lots of people doing the same thing!!
Pull up a Mappy and take a look..add restaurants etc. to it...do google earth and take a tour of the area....
Pictures from dinner later....
a bientot...
Joan
Nov 13th, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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Joan:
Could you please post a list of all the apartments you've now stayed in?
Also, I'm sure you've explained in the past what your relationship is with PP and how it developed. But I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Jeanne
Could you please post a list of all the apartments you've now stayed in?
Also, I'm sure you've explained in the past what your relationship is with PP and how it developed. But I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Jeanne
Nov 13th, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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Jeanne, Try to think of all the pp's that I have stayed in or been in..I will include the ones that I will have been in by end of this trip. Some apts. I have stayed in more than once previously.
My relationship is a very good one, as I most certainly have a fondness for their apartments. After staying in just one of them, I decided that was the way to go, for me. It only took one stay..not something over a period of time. I'm sure they consider me a good guest, too. Not much more to be said about that. Now, you asked about apartments: Grenache, Kir, Meursault, Cotes du Rhone, Pomerol, Richebourg, Cabernet, Champagne, Montrachet, Chardonnay, Chateau LaTour,Chateauneuf and probably some that I have missed. I have seen the Pastis and I will be seeing the Cotes de Provence, for some others.
I will post pics in the morning re an excellent dinner at Violon d'Ingres this evening.
a bientot...
Joan
My relationship is a very good one, as I most certainly have a fondness for their apartments. After staying in just one of them, I decided that was the way to go, for me. It only took one stay..not something over a period of time. I'm sure they consider me a good guest, too. Not much more to be said about that. Now, you asked about apartments: Grenache, Kir, Meursault, Cotes du Rhone, Pomerol, Richebourg, Cabernet, Champagne, Montrachet, Chardonnay, Chateau LaTour,Chateauneuf and probably some that I have missed. I have seen the Pastis and I will be seeing the Cotes de Provence, for some others.
I will post pics in the morning re an excellent dinner at Violon d'Ingres this evening.
a bientot...
Joan
Nov 13th, 2009 | 01:20 PM
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Joan
I returned to my hotel safely. I forgot that boissy is closed to traffic this week,so it was good to get off at the Crillon.
Thank you for the great company tonite at the Violin,,,The food was DELICIOUS!!
I better have a late breakfast as it will be awhile before i am hungry.
more later
t
I returned to my hotel safely. I forgot that boissy is closed to traffic this week,so it was good to get off at the Crillon.
Thank you for the great company tonite at the Violin,,,The food was DELICIOUS!!
I better have a late breakfast as it will be awhile before i am hungry.
more later
t
Nov 13th, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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Hi Joan--Al and I are enjoying your trip. I loved the picture of your breakfast the other day so much that I did a little watercolor and it is dedicated to u--Joan's Paris breakfast--hope you enjoy it,maybe not as much as the real thing.
http://picasaweb.google.com/RobynFra...56693568743554
http://picasaweb.google.com/RobynFra...56693568743554
Nov 13th, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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I just took care of the photos from last night at Violon.
Sue called when she was leaving her hotel. I went downstairs and waited outside for her..not long before her taxi pulled up. We came up to my apartment. I showed her around and she did enjoy my ET view!
We then walked the short way down to Violon. I showed her both Cafe Constant and Les Cocottes as we passed by them. Alexandre greeted us and seated us. We had a glass of champagne to start things off! We did have an excellent meal. Violon is really a great bargain, for the price. It was busy.
Something I will note, from times past. Yes, they have changed from the very formal atmosphere to a more relaxed one. The casualness of some guests is what I find disturbing..for instance, a fellow in rather worn faded jeans with a short sleeve faded gold tee. It was the tee, not the jeans that really looked bad! Do the bargain prices go along with over casual dress? To me, I think going to a nice restaurant also includes dressing nicely. Maybe that is not what the world wants?
It is wet out. I was thinking of the market today..but not in the rain. It may clear later. Will play it by ear.
Florent and Michel will be over later and we will be going to dinner together..an area place of their choosing.
ElsieJune,
Fleurie does not have a balcony. The two apartments are totally different from one another, though. Fleurie is very spacious. The kitchen does not have the granite/marble countertops. If visiting when weather is for balcony sitting it might make the difference.
Here are the pictures from last night:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=abf39643.pbw
a bientot...
Joan
Sue called when she was leaving her hotel. I went downstairs and waited outside for her..not long before her taxi pulled up. We came up to my apartment. I showed her around and she did enjoy my ET view!
We then walked the short way down to Violon. I showed her both Cafe Constant and Les Cocottes as we passed by them. Alexandre greeted us and seated us. We had a glass of champagne to start things off! We did have an excellent meal. Violon is really a great bargain, for the price. It was busy.
Something I will note, from times past. Yes, they have changed from the very formal atmosphere to a more relaxed one. The casualness of some guests is what I find disturbing..for instance, a fellow in rather worn faded jeans with a short sleeve faded gold tee. It was the tee, not the jeans that really looked bad! Do the bargain prices go along with over casual dress? To me, I think going to a nice restaurant also includes dressing nicely. Maybe that is not what the world wants?
It is wet out. I was thinking of the market today..but not in the rain. It may clear later. Will play it by ear.
Florent and Michel will be over later and we will be going to dinner together..an area place of their choosing.
ElsieJune,
Fleurie does not have a balcony. The two apartments are totally different from one another, though. Fleurie is very spacious. The kitchen does not have the granite/marble countertops. If visiting when weather is for balcony sitting it might make the difference.
Here are the pictures from last night:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=abf39643.pbw
a bientot...
Joan
Nov 13th, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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Joan,
Thank you for the wealth of information.
From here on in, I will continue to look to you for the weather reports. Coming from Los Angeles anything under 60 is COLD for us. Two years ago we were there in March and it was uncharacteristically cold (the low 30's) and we FROZE no matter how much we layered with heavy clothes. Honestly, I think it was more psychological than anything else, but as you can see, it did not scare us away.
Therefore, off to the mall tomorrow to acquire more warm clothing.
Thank you for the wealth of information.
From here on in, I will continue to look to you for the weather reports. Coming from Los Angeles anything under 60 is COLD for us. Two years ago we were there in March and it was uncharacteristically cold (the low 30's) and we FROZE no matter how much we layered with heavy clothes. Honestly, I think it was more psychological than anything else, but as you can see, it did not scare us away.
Therefore, off to the mall tomorrow to acquire more warm clothing.
