No room for dessert

Unseasonably warm weather and an evening stroll on the Left Bank led to:

- Drinks in a beautiful passage with

- Glorious planche mixte (charcuteries, cheeses) to accompany then

- Mediterranean mussels and prawns à l'ail

Often imitated

...but never equaled.

- Espace Dalí opens in Paris -

"a must for art and Dalí fans"

  Article: The Good Life France Magazine

By the gram

Scales used to weigh the leaves of over 600 varieties of tea.

Mariage Frères

- Since 1854 -

30 rue du Bourg Tibourg 75004

(tea room open for refined lunches / tea time)

Seeing double

I. M. Pei's Pyramide du Louvre might well be called, the "Pyramides du Louvre" as there are several smaller pyramids, a large inverted pyramid plus pyramid-shaped fountains.

It was Johnny

A motorcyle, symbol of French rocker Johnny Hallyday, parked in front of a kiosk where a photo of his widow is on a magazine cover that reads, "It was Johnny."

R.I.P. Johnny Hallyday

In the loup

With such beautiful weather we decided that lunch on the terrace of Les Loups de la Butte, a new neighborhood bistrot I've posted about before, might be fun. And it was.

Above: chef's fish soup-of-the-day crammed w/eye-opening textures; a demi magret (duck breast) in its juices w/eggplant and chanterelles; small plates courtesy of the house; excellent wines
 

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Asparagus season

It's asparagus season and asperges seem to be putting in an appearance on every menu.