Dinner at La Tartine in the Marais
I’d read a review of La Tartine, and it was on my list to try because the architecture looked stunning and supposedly the food was good. So this night when I was wandering around the Marais...
View ArticleDame Tartine: Best waiters in Paris
Dame Tartine is in the Marais, right on the corner of the Pompidou Centre (a post on the Musee Pompidou soon to come). So once you leave there, head straight over to Dame Tartine and have dinner. You...
View ArticleEating healthy in Paris
Unless you’re here for a long time or you have an apartment, forget about it. It’s not going to happen. I came to this realization after my latest attempt. I looked at the items in the case for...
View ArticleApres midi at Le Petit Zinc
In her continuing streak of good advice, my friend Elaine, the Francophile who visits Paris yearly, told me to stop by Le Petit Zinc in the Saint-Germain de Pres district. (I should note that I can’t...
View ArticleDinner in the Latin Quarter
Decided I was spending too much time dining in the Marais, so I thought I’d dine in the Latin Quarter this week. I love the less trendy, more Mom-and-Pop feel of the Latin Quarter. So festive, and not...
View ArticleCafe Pepe/My face hurts from smiling
Normally I’d start a restaurant review by describing the place then making a recommendation. But in this case, I’ll start with a two-word recco: Just go. I had walked by this place a couple nights...
View ArticleComplaining about restaurant service: how gauche.
Can I just say how much I hate this unless the service is truly egregious? I dislike it in the States, but I especially hate it in Europe. They dine slowly here; it is a lovely and civilized thing to...
View ArticleReasons to bring a pocket translator for dining
Think the French language is similar to English? Think they’ll all have an English menu? Maybe, maybe not. Fruits de le mer = fish, not fruit. Coco or cocco = coconut, not cocoa. Ananas = pineapple,...
View ArticleA La Tour Eiffel Cafe Bistro, Thibault, and a fun night in the 15th.
After spending weeks trying to get up the courage to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower at the request of my niece, I went to make reservations, and it was fully booked. Whew! I do not like heights at...
View ArticleSans Gêne, cute cafe in the Batignolles
Didn’t find much to do or see here in the Batignolles in the first hour or so. Walked the major shopping drags, but didn’t see a lot of shops, and most of them were closed for August. But I stopped at...
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