Crêpes at Christmas

Crêpes are a festive option with visitors whatever the occasion or time of year.

Above: Breizh Café

 

Moon walk

 

The first full moon of the year shines on streets and squares.

 Above: Place du Tertre

Below: rue des Abbesses

 

 

 

 

Paris-Athens

The birth of Modern Greece 1675-1919

 The exhibition, organised on the occasion of the bicentenary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, aims to highlight the links between Greece and European culture, with a particular focus on the relations between Paris and Athens.

 Paris-Athènes

Musée du Louvre

Ends February 7, 2022

Window stopping

 

  

A couple stops to look in a Left Bank shop window.

 

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Annual winter soldes end February 8

A chef's salad

Chef Yves Camdeborde's irresistible salade gourmande: 

green beans, artichokes, more, topped by a slice of foie gras

Le Relais Comptoir
9 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006

 

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In February newsletter:

Some dishes from my childhood

 

Tripes à la mode (de Caen)

Légumes farcis à la provençale

Bacalao (salt dried codfish) w/bananes plaintain

 Omelette aux herbes a.k.a. "Daddy's green omelet"

Pied de porc en gelée

 Fromage de tête

Beef tongue w/pickles

 Tête de veau

Rognons de veau

Hasenpfeffer w/juniper berries

German Rinderrouladen

 

 More....

 

To my Father

 

 

Bear down

A couple of bears get in some down time in the Marais district.

Café magic

 

Le Café Marly at night.

Pyramide du Louvre