La Palette.. L’incontournable…
Arctic… Siberia…
À… Paris…
It’s… cold…
It’s… icy…
Freezing… shivering…
Rushed into the old world charm… of the warm cavernous womb of our local bistro…
La.. Palette…
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Brasseries | Bistros
La Rotonde de la Muette.. Venue “de Jour”…
La… Rotonde…
de… la Muette…
Is… fashionable…
Elegant…
It’s the latest “IT” venue “de jour” in the 16th arrondissement’s quartier in Passy.
Romantic white flurries of snow are falling all around us… when we arrived at the newly refurbished brasserie…
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Le Hibou.. à l’Odéon…
Drenched… soaking wet…
With…unreasonable…
Insane…
Lashings… of torrential…
Wind… rain…
Furiously… relentlessly…
Targeting… us…
We were delighted to take refuge… in the conveniently located… overhauled café bistro…
Le… Hibou…
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“Tout est.. pardonné…”
“C’est… Voltaire…
Qu’on… assassine…”
Wrote Jean-Marie Rouart… of the Académie Française…
The assassination… of Voltaire…
He… who argued fiercely for…
Religious… tolerance….
Freedom… of thought…
If… only…
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Le Petit Poucet.. Place de Clichy…
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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Terra Corsa… on Rue des Martyrs…
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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Le Hibou… on the Left Bank…
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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Le Dôme de Villiers… A Must…
“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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Café Le Tourville… Dream the Day Away…
Café… Le Tourville…
“Juste à coté de… l’Ecole Militaire”…
Is really… spacious…
Wrapped… around…
A large… round corner…
The décor… is interesting…
Unlike… other Parisian cafés…
It’s modern… with a feminine touch…
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Paris London Café… Won’t You Try It…?
“Paris… London”…
Recently… refurbished…
The stylish… café…
Is… charming…
Enticing…
Black and white diamond shaped tiles… are enhanced by a handsome bar… “une belle terrasse”… a lovely terrace…
“Une ambience… accueillante”…
It’s… warm…
It’s… welcoming…
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