Yes, that was me. "Commando" indeed. I remember that I was up late (for me), my dyslexia was probably kicking in, and I specifically remember that my spell checker proposed this spelling to me. Hey, it did look right at the time. Egad. Sorry.Especially because I love the museum so.
Dennis
Posts: 196 | Location: Tacoma/France | Registered: 24 February 2005
Dennis, Don't be embarassed. The mistake was funny and we laughed. If we could see each other's faces, you'd see we are laughing through this together. But I think since you have a dyslexic background, psychologically you go back to your school days when spelling correction was a self-esteem correction. Again, just on this site, I have spelled Laroque d'Antheron all kinds of ways (case in point: spelled it "Laroque d'Athernon" earlier, I think. But if I want to spell proper names right, it is not because of some spellling fundamentalism, but because I'd like others to find info easily on this great gem of a festival. (off topic) I myself have what must be the worst form of dyslexia, on numbers. If you give me a street nubmer, say, 43, most likely I write down 34. Most phone numbers that I write down are wrong.
I've just been looking at the website and it looks lovely. I did a google map to check how close it is to the apartment and had to laugh at their roundabout routing (because of one-way streets).
We're staying on Rue Domat, one block away! If you have positive things to report, my sister and I may have to make it our little hangout during our 9 night Paris trip!
Your little map made me realize you will only be steps away from my favorite find last spring!
Over at 3 rue de la Bûcherie is a quilt shop called Le Rouvray. My mother, a quilter, and I stumbled upon it on our first walk -- she fell into a fit of gleeful giggles. (She adds that Le Rouvray is also in the background of a scene in The Devil Wears Prada.) It is a cute and quick stop if you are staying in the neighborhood.
In addition to some beautiful fabrics and quilts, the owner also has a wide variety of small gifts and other household decor.
Chris, to buy some of the best bread in Paris, you'll have to walk just a couple of blocks, to Eric Kayser, 8 rue Monge. His baguette Monge is famous, and his pain aux cereales has been called “perhaps the best bread in the world” – every bread and every pastry we've bought here over the years has been superb.
Aloha, Ann
Posts: 1606 | Location: Sunset Beach (Haleiwa), Hawaii, USA | Registered: 16 September 2001
Ann, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that's Kayser's original store too. It's definitely on my list as I'm on rue Monge just a couple of blocks south of the shop!
OMG...way too much info here!! I only have one week, which was supposed to be a slow trav week, but now I'm slowly adding things to my list....eek! Stop already.....
Now I plan on grabbing a book at Shakespeare & Co and heading to La Fourni Ailee.
I had also found the Red Wheelbarrow that Happy in Paris mentioned way back on this thread.
Thanks (or maybe not )for all the great suggestions!
Thank you everyone! I'm planning on blogging every day (except tomorrow when we'll be flying or in airports for about 20 hours) and I'll be sure to report back.
I know you've all made my trip much better than it would be without your suggestions--thanks again.
Chris, Bon voyage, enjoy completely...this trip of yours is what's called whetting my appetite! I'm so looking forward to your posts, blogging and photos from the apartment of your daily view of Notre Dame!
"I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth." ~ James Weldon Johnson Brenda
For historical purposes, to reply to the original post (yes, I know I'm late!) I'd add a day trip to the list of interesting things Parisian: St. Germaine en Lay, especially the prehistory museum. The castle and moat are fun, the grounds are pretty and if you walk to the edge of the grounds you get a nice view back towards Paris. Be sure to see the Lady of Brassempouy!
St. G had a few nice restaurants for lunch. I suspect our information on those is now out of date. Maybe someone else can help?
Thanks! Bucky "Trying To Slow Down" Edgett
Posts: 915 | Location: Maryland | Registered: 24 April 2006
We're here! Actually we we've been here about 24 hours now.
Yesterday we walked around, looked, gathered a few basic provisions, and with the aid of chemistry, slept. I'm still very groggy this morning, it always takes me a few days to get back to normal.
Our dial-up connection is excruciatingly slow. I need to research free wiifii close by.
In the meantime, I'll try to get something up on my blog.
FYI, the cheese shop on Place Maubert - Androuet with a red awning - is run by a master cheese ager - Laurent Dubois (that's the name in my photos, I'm assuming that's it) - he won the annual competition for artists in various fields. On his collar he has the stripes to show his status. We stopped here during our culinary tour with Meeting the French.
Sorry, I tried to post a photo, but was having a hard time making it work!
Correction to post above: The red awning with the name Androuet that I thought was the cheese shop in one of my pictures is I think the gourmet shop further down Rue Mouffetard. So I don't know what the cheese shop looks like from the outside, but it is on Place Maubert. Sorry for the confusion! My sister took these pictures.
)for all the great suggestions!
