A recent email inquired, “What are you eating?” Well, the short answer is EVERYTHING! Our meals range from simple, straight from the open-air-market meals in the apartment consisting of salads, fruit, cheeses, and just roasted meats; to the traditional comfort food of bistros and the complex dishes served in elegant, Michelin starred restaurants. Here’s a look at a few dishes ranging from the classic comfort foods of Cassoulet and Stewed Chicken to stylish desserts and fish swimming in delicate, complex broths along with a few of the rooms in which they were served….
Cold night comfort food
And plenty of it...!
Not your New England cod...
Or your grandmother's apple pie...
An elegant setting
A different type of "fried egg"
Waiting for chocolate can feel like waiting for Godot
The perfect late night pick-me-up, crepes with ice cream, hot chocolate sauce and a touch of whipped cream...
Mussels & beans
A dessert so elegant that it is served with a gold-dusted spoon!
And for after dessert....
NO CAGE! Yes, the feeder does resemble a cage, particularly in the very small photos, but it is a feeder with a suet ball tied onto the outside. So, here's a larger photo for those who emailed us about our CAGED birds... Want to see a larger version?...Just click on the photo.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Appearing daily on our patio...
A small antique shop just a few steps from our apartment
The "Mairie", or town hall, for our arrondissement
just across the square from the Mairie
Our usual post-yoga croissant stop
If you really insist on having American fast food....
How's this for a vacuum cleaner?
We can buy almost anything we need at the Monoprix just around the corner...food, clothes, wine....
There seems to be some version this at every major intersection and park
Monday, February 20, 2006
A few more Paris street scenes....
Entrance to public toilettes with beautiful tile work... Note the date, 1905...
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About Paris & Beyond...
Paris and Beyond started as a way to keep in touch.. To let friends and family know what my husband I are doing when we are in Paris for extended periods of time. It provides a look at Parisian life beyond the tourist routes and occasionally beyond Paris. Welcome to Polly's Paris, I hope you'll visit often!
And, if you haven't been here lately, be sure to scroll back through the "older posts" to see what you've missed....