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June 18, 2009 By cheryl

Paris: The Tried And True


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The upside to visiting Paris with a first-timer: The excuse to retread paths well worn.

There is the Angelina chocolat chaud yet undrunk, the freshly baked Poilane pains undiscovered. 

The sister, she has come to Paris with guidebooks well-marked and images of Amelie’s Montmartre flitting through her head. But first, the basics must be covered; important stops must be made.

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Filed Under: Boites, Food Porn, France, Restaurants, Sweets, Tales From the Road Tagged With: A Moveable Feast, Amelie, Angelina, Barack Obama, Berthillon, Brasserie Lipp, Cafe Flore, Cervelas, Ernest Hemingway, Hacques Chirac, Ice-cream, Île Saint-Louis, Laduree, Les Deux Magots, Louis Vuitton, Macaroons, Mon Vieil Ami, Montmartre, Paris, Poilane, Seine, St. Germain

June 12, 2009 By cheryl

La Derniere Goutte (And A Lovely Discovery)


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When in Paris, we wanted to do as the Parisians do.

Or rather, given our limited French, what some expats in Paris do.

And so we found ourselves wandering the streets of St. Germain in search of La Derniere Goutte, a little wine shop my friend Barbra, a former and soon-to-be-again Parisian, had recommended.

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Filed Under: Food Porn, France, Tales From the Road Tagged With: Escargot, La Derniere Goutte, Macaroons, Montpellier, Paris, St. Germain, Vignobles Orliac, Wine

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