Parisian Lifestyle & Love…
Re today’s terrorist attack in Paris at the satirical journal’s Charlie Hebdo headquarters, 12 innocent people where assasinated. Stéphane Charbonnier… or “Charb”, one of the journalists who was killed, once courageously remarked…
“Je préfère mourir debout que vivre à genoux.”
– Charb
I prefer to die standing… than living on my knees.
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In… search…
Of… yet another…
Parisian… brasserie…
We… discovered…
Le… Petit Poucet…
“Le grand café-brasserie… de la Place de Clichy”….
Yet… another…
Brilliant… establishment…
Added… to the already before-mentioned sister brasseries… Le Dôme… Le Hibou… among many others mushrooming “à Paris” by the same ingenious “proprietaire”…
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The… Peninsula…
Paris…
Is… now…
Open…
“Enfin”…
Stepping under the Pyramide du Louvre-like awning… up the steps into the spacious lobby of this “Asian heritage” hotel… was a magnificent experience…
The gleaming white marble floors… glamorous stairways… ornate silver urns… not to mention the huge crystal chandeliers… all were breathtaking…
Not forgetting the two delightful bellboys… Nicholas and Aurelian…
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Rue… des Martyrs…
Is… compact…
With… impact…
It is… a steep…
Long… road…
Lined on both sides with clusters of traiteurs… bistros… cafés…
“Une rue… très vivante”…
It is romantic… exciting… vibrant…
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Drenched… soaking wet…
With…unreasonable…
Insane…
Lashings… of torrential…
Wind… rain…
Furiously… relentlessly… targeting us…
We’re… in shock…
It is… August 6th…
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“En… route”…
To our… rendez-vous…
We stop… at Villiers…
Upon alighting… we glide up the airy “escalateur”… landing right in front of…
An… oasis…
Le… Dôme…
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He… was…
Tall…
Handsome…
My eyes… from under my hat… happened to notice his appreciative look…
His gaze was not… without humour… “un regard amusé”… engaging me to reciprocate in a… “moment”… while travelling on the Métro heading to Saint-Germain-des-Prés…
Magnetic blue eyes… flirting with the idea of two strangers on a train…
My heart… skipped a beat…
Exciting… thrilling…
Enticing…
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“Aujourd’hui… mercredi…
Jour… de marché”…
A… gorgeous day…
The… sun…
Dazzling us… generously…
With… spun gold…
Wearing… summer…
Glorious… fascination…
Exhilaration…
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Wading… through…
Stubborn… clouds…
Endless… rain…
Enfin…
We… plunge…
Into… a long…
Hot… summer…?
Ciel… de Paris…
Bluest… of blue…
Tall… trees…
Rippling… leaves…
Swaying… a breeze…
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Odette… Paris…
“Comptoir à chou”…
Cute… quaint…
Adorable…
Affordable…?
Not… really…
A bit…overpriced…
But… oh…
So… charming…
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