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• L'Office in the 9th: Go Quickly If You Want to Catch Kevin O'Donnell's Last Thre...

  

  L'Office in the 9th is a place I've happily eaten at for a few years, most recently under Chef Kevin O'Donnell's cool twists on food. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Spring in the 1st; Where Else to Go but There on July 4th?

  

  So, all Duded up in red, white and blue for the 4th of July we headed off with two friends to "the" only place to go for lunch on our fete nationale (except... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Incivilité on the RATP: Words on Wednesdays

  Recently the RATP conducted a survey of passenger complaints about acts of incivility on Metros, RER’s and buses and has a campaign on to reduce them. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• La Table d'Aki in the 7th: a Wonderful Light Meal

  

  The Table d'Aki's chef - Akihiro Horikoshi certainly has a way with fish that was realized in all its finesse today. The 16 places were quickly filled with a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Similarities and Differences in US and Parisian Restaurants and Reviews.

  I recently heard a wonderful talk by the relatively new restaurant critic for the Baltimore Sun, Richard Gorelick, that prompted me to think over several... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of June 25th, 2012.

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger awarded 4/5 dots to the previously mentioned CheZ aline in the 11th, where Delphine Zampetti whips up sandwiches... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Jalles: All the Publicity Hasn't Gone to Their Heads

  

  Les Jalles, only open for a few weeks to universal acclaim, was, in the (academic) year-end summary of great restos of 2012 in Figaroscope, named one of their... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Grandes Tables De L'Ile Seguin (Arnaud Daguin) in the Seine (B/B): How...

  

  - 0.1 Les Grandes Tables de L'Ile Seguin (Arnaud Daguin) on the Seine between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres (Metro: Pont-de-Sevres or T2: Brimorion),... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Apibo in the 2nd: A Few Kinks Show Up

  

  L'Apibo in the 2nd is still on the coolest street in town, especially on Gay Pride Day, with all the balloons and outrageous facepainting, tattoos, hair-dyes an... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• MaSa Redux in B/B

  

  MaSa in Boulogne-Billancourt is a place I promised Colette and the French friend I've known the longest (43 years) we'd all go to. The "menu" was much the same... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Auberge Flora in the 11th: Flora's Back in Town and Flowering.

  

  7.5 L'Auberge Flora, 44 blvd Richard Lenoir in the 11th, 01.47.00.52.77, open 7/7 (Metro: Brequet-Sabin is the third of her ventures in Paris after Les... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Pan: Good Products, Good Press, "la Plus Buzz."

  

  5.5 Pan, 12, rue Martel in the 10th (Metro: Gare de l'Est), 09.52.51.63.70, closed Saturday lunch, Sundays and Mondays, was featured in today's special... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Words on Wednesdays: French Retirement Age

  A recent letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal by Dick Bagby of Virginia Beach entitled "I was Wrong About Parisian Cafe Society" is worth sharing:... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Dining in France: When and How to Send a Plate Back?

  A loyal reader wrote me as follows “Your pigeon [at a recent restaurant] seems to be an arguing point: was it wrong enough to return? …. We are very reluctant t... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Escargot (1903) in Puteaux: Well Worth a Trip, Detour, Schlep; No Wonder It's...

  

  8.0 L'Escargot aka L'Escargot 1903, 18, rue Charles-Lorilleux in Puteaux (Metro: La Defense but you're better off taking the T2 to Puteaux and trekking a bit... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of June 18th, 2012.

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger awarded 3/5 dots to the previously mentioned Italian bistro Vilia in the 12th and Philippe Toinard gave a 2/5 to... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Beaurepaire in the 5th: Perfect Weather, Company, Food and View; Imperfect...

  

  Aux Verres de Contact, the new trendy cave a manger, is sited at 52 blvd St-Germain on the corner of the Rue de Bièvre where I'm told Francois Mitterrand used t... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Deportation and Safeguarding of Jewish Children at the Hotel De Ville: 70 Years...

  

  Bertrand Delanoe, our wonderful Mayor, bless him, no stranger to discrimination himself, starts out his introduction to this impressive exhibition by saying... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• Le Cabanon De l'Ecailler in the 14th: Very Fine Products from Marenne-Oleron:...

  

  6.5 Le Cabanon de l'Ecailler, 14, place Constantin-Brancusi in the 14th (Metro: Gaite), 01.43.20.52.17, closed Sunday nights and Mondays, is the second to La... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Apibo in the 2nd; Outstandering: What's Not to Like in Hipster Heaven?*

  

  Prequel: The Rue Tiquetonne is the hippest-gayest-neatist street in Paris I've tumbled on in years: kids on bikes, skateboards, skates; kids in pousettes,... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL