Calling Claude Bolling

Excuse a brief departure from my usual topics. But it’s not often I see a New York Times news item that includes an obituary for someone I had the good fortune to spend a bit of time with, albeit many years ago. It was such a pleasure to read [paywall, [...]

2021-02-20T00:31:42+00:00February 20th, 2021|France, Memories|

Paris: A Review

So there I was in Paris for a month earlier this year, living la belle vie, nothing but time to wander, read, eat, write, ponder, drink, consider, explore. It was glorious, as you can imagine. Unseasonably cool and quite wet weather didn't dampen the experience. I made a number of blog [...]

2022-06-04T21:01:40+00:00August 23rd, 2013|Restaurants, Travel|

Beyond Golden: Finding Flavor

This picture is one of my favorites from this month's escapade in Paris. It was taken at one of the top pastry/confection shops in Paris, Jacques Genin, which I was very happy to find to be just a matter of blocks from the apartment I rented in the Marais. And [...]

2022-02-08T16:18:22+00:00May 19th, 2013|Cooking at Home, Travel|

Oysters + Wine, Bliss

Back home in Seattle at Anthony's on Shilshole, the beginning line-up of wines to judge I've been in Paris nearly two weeks now and so far only indulged in oysters once. It was at a tiny, bright, delightful little spot in the Latin Quarter that I'd read about [...]

2013-05-21T20:07:47+00:00May 8th, 2013|Food and Drink, Northwest Treasures, Wines|

The Best of Paris’ Baguettes

It's not me making that decision -- it was a panel of illustrious judges who convened last month to sample over 150 entries for this year's Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition Française de la Ville de Paris. It was just delightful timing that the news of this year's winner came [...]

2020-02-05T19:19:13+00:00May 7th, 2013|Food and Drink, Travel|

Paris: The Other Side

A delightful oasis in Paris, Square du Temple. My first inclination when I started to plan this long-awaited, extended time in Paris was to narrow my apartment-searching to my old stomping grounds. The Left Bank. The 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements. As noted in this earlier post, it's where [...]

2022-06-04T20:59:08+00:00May 3rd, 2013|Travel|

Paris

I spent a few minutes trying to come up with a more clever title for this post but figure it pretty much speaks for itself. Whether you've been there on your honeymoon or for a study-abroad term, if you backpacked-it in a hostel or lived it up at George V, even if [...]

2020-02-05T19:21:18+00:00April 24th, 2013|Memories, Travel|
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