The biggest event so far this year (and perhaps it’ll prove to be for the whole year, the whole next decade, who knows?) is the Inauguration of Barak Obama as the 44th President of the USA.
It’s an historic event in so many ways, for so many reasons—-hard to list and put your finger on, exactly. [...]
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Where to eat in St Michel in Paris? So many choices.
Posted in Food, Paris--general, tagged Paris eating, Petite Hostellerie, St Michel eateries on Monday, January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
La Petite Hostellerie
35 rue de la Harpe 75005 (St Michel area)
01 43 54 47 12
The narrow pedestrianized, but busy, streets around the St Michel area are teeming with so many places to eat and drink, all vying for one’s patronage. Many look good and/or have good prices posted on their outside menu boards, so how [...]
A Year Ago Today…in Paris
Posted in History, Paris--general, art, personal musing, tagged Cluny museum, Paris, stained glass windows, Unicorn tapestries on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Year Ago Today we were at the Cluny Museum in St Michel, Paris. Originally built as an abbey for the abbots of Cluny, it is now le Musée National du Moyen Age. A building with multiple lives.
This very attractive 15th century secular Gothic building, constructed atop a Gallo-Roman baths complex dating from the 2nd [...]
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Comme c’est beau ici!
Posted in Nature, Travel in USA, seasons, tagged French comment, ice storm, Orlando weather on Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Comme c’est beau ici!” or “How beautiful it is here”.
The baggage carrousel at Orlando International Airport was surrounded by excited chattering in many languages. But, it was a comment in French that really captured my attention.
The French family must have left awful weather somewhere in France, as the man poked his head out the exit [...]
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