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Monday, May 10, 2010

Fr. Menu Dans La Rue

0 comments Posted by pece at 6:52 AM

Why is it

I ask myself

A Fr.menu on a blackboard

Always rings a chord?

Are you too Compelled to read
Each menu
Sitting dans la rue?

Your words are scrawly Your chalky is smeary
Yet never dreary
Oh menu dans la rue.

Pas elegant Cette l'ardoise(blackboard)
Pas de tout
Mais encore fascinante
It's absolutement true!

Yet I feel no compulsion

To go and eat

Inside the resto

With the sign in the street.

An addictive habit

This menu reading

Dans la street

It leaves me tres incomplete.

My feet demand:

Walk on, walk on!

Only to repeat

The process again

When next an ardoise I meet...

Parisienne Marie-Noelle made me this ardoise(blackboard)

It says:

Chez Carol

Watercolors - Macarons
Help yourself!

Some of you have requested the Paris watercolor still lifes and I'm enjoying painting them again, along with your Paris portraits.

Let me know if you see one you would like!

BONJOUR ARDOISE dans la rue!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Bear Steps Out In Paris

0 comments Posted by pece at 2:01 AM

Paris weather has taken a decided change for the better.

With a possible high of 63 degrees!!!

or 17 centigrade.

Yahoo!

Bear decides to go out on the town...

Bear studies the Metro board at station Concorde like a resto menu...

Where to go?

Bear LOVES the Paris Metro!

Especially the Ikea couches at Station Concorde!!!

Bear does not love crush hour on the Paris Metro...

Bear loves getting lost in Paris...

Bear feels at home on the newly repaired Daniel Buren pillars at Palais Royale...

Another fav pastime in is browsing the menu boards dans la rue...

This 12 euro formule looks most appealing...

But Bear has been invited to lunch by PB reader Kyle M. at Chez Georges...

Normally Bear doesn't eat out that much, but Kyle is a fellow New Yorker and a foodie. Neither Bear nor Kyle can get a word in edgewise - they are both talking so fast and interrupting each other constantly = Perfection!

Bear inspects the bread = the best way to tell a good resto bien sur.

There is no formule at Chez Georges. There are no specials of the day. They have been serving the same classic menu for about 100 years or at so...

c'est comme ca

Later Kyle takes Bear to Legrand Filles et Fils for a little pate de fruits and guimauve. Bear is happy as a clam :)

Kyle is busy browsing the fine wines at Legrand naturallement...

In the Marais Bear browses the other bears at L'Ours du Marais...

Bonjour Karl! J'adore Karl!

On rue Vavin in the 6th, where there are like a million baby shops, Bear asks,

"R U my mommie?"

Malheureusement, at boutique Colette Bear tries to browse a jeweled bear pendent but he gets a smackdown :(

c'est comme ca

Feeling a bit battered Bear heads for the best pistache gelato in Paris Pozzetto bien sur. No smack down here :)

Bear finishes a busy day at Pauls with a the de 4 fruits rouge miam...miam! Hope you enjoyed sharing Bear's day out on the town in Paris.

Do tell if you'd like to see more of Bear.

BONJOUR BEAR!!!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Chez L'Ami Jean

0 comments Posted by pece at 5:32 AM

We're having dinner for breakfast today at bistro Chez L'Ami Jean...

You often ask me where to eat dinner - go here and you will not be disappointed.

It's a bit cher but worth every penny - about 34 euros for the prix fix...

The inside of this bistro is full of rustic ambience...

This is the menu ardoise they bring to the table so start practicing reading this chalky scrawl or you can just point and hope.

Did I say the food and interior is Basque..?

Nice Spanish details and very good homey bread from down the street at Secco

Jamon from Spain...

So naturally the chef, Stephane Jégo throws around some bacon but it's paper thin and adds just a hint of surprise flavor to the dishes, almost like eating air...

I ordered this the first time I want to L'ami Jean...

And Anne had this the second time I visited. A lot of dishes are happenings- things get poured or tossed or cut at the table adding to the drama and the fun.

This was a foamy mystery dessert that Anne had... L'Ami Jean is especially famous for their Riz au lait ‘grand-mère’ en service - a huge heaping bowl of rice pudding you serve yourself from..

As a surpise ending we were given this take-away box full of guimauve/marshmallows!

I love their little business card...

For more detailed descriptions of L'Ami Jean's delicious food visit Food Snob.
And if you plan to go Figaro says to reserve one week ahead!
BONJOUR L'Ami Jean!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Paris Signs

0 comments Posted by pece at 9:22 PM

The first Paris sign that greeted me upon arrival in the Metro from Galeries Lafayette - definitely a stop in your tracks poster...

Where else in the world do they have such beautiful street signs? My refrigerator is cluttered with these in miniature...

And freshly made signs everyday just like the baguettes they announce...

So many hand-made signs everywhere - I love the personal touch...

When you see this sign in any traiteur's window, stop and buy the reccommended item - it's a signal that Le Figero has deemed them worthy of making their best/Notre classement des meilleurs lists, whether it be tartelettes au citron, eclairs, baguettes, crepes etc. This shop has the 2nd best "jambon-beurre" in Paris. STOP and get one! Serious research goes into these lists and they must be obeyed.

More Parisien scrawled handwriting and a no doggies allowed sign...
I can relate to the scrawly writing instantly...

Another sign to be obeyed. When a sale is announced you must buy! The sales help always wear these special T-shirts that say "SOLDE" that I want to buy and they are never for sale...