tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post4364362750950283895..comments2024-03-22T10:18:25.233+01:00Comments on ParisDailyPhoto: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivéEric@ParisDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945292068472619659noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-47222738045704950512011-11-20T07:19:12.249+01:002011-11-20T07:19:12.249+01:00Nice to read your blog on this website. different ...Nice to read your blog on this website. different experience to read this blog. i get some awesome information throw this article.hcghttp://www.cheaphcgdiet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-69187344443524448692008-12-02T22:35:00.000+01:002008-12-02T22:35:00.000+01:00Bonjour a tous! I do believe I purchased this win...Bonjour a tous! I do believe I purchased this wine, here in the states at whole foods, because I was most excited to try it. Well, I was deeply disappointed since it tasted like water with a hint of wine.Candida Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10786521908016981729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-54082952464073067302008-11-25T15:53:00.000+01:002008-11-25T15:53:00.000+01:00It's fashionable to knock Beaujo Nouveau as over-h...It's fashionable to knock Beaujo Nouveau as over-hyped nonsense, but it's a seasonal treat I personally look forward to. In the current American vernacular, "It is what it is" -- a fruity concoction that gives a first idea of what the wines of the year will eventually be like when properly fermented.<BR/><BR/>This year I don't like either of the DuBoeufs, but the Dupond is delicious. I'm off to stock up for Thanksgiving!expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-23979783040721703232008-11-25T05:17:00.000+01:002008-11-25T05:17:00.000+01:00Lynn: I agree with you about 50s lifestyle and fas...Lynn: I agree with you about 50s lifestyle and fashion. I also miss good manners - my own especially!<BR/><BR/>Teddy bear? LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-27192265685697323872008-11-24T23:47:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:47:00.000+01:00I do feel like a little minx getting up to high ji...I do feel like a little minx getting up to high jinx here at Eric's place! he he what WILL he say when he sees us. Poor Eric. I fear we shall run rings around him.Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-30441459127734726052008-11-24T23:45:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:45:00.000+01:00LOL you got me going there, Suzy! Wow a grandmoth...LOL you got me going there, Suzy! Wow a grandmother at any age is really something. I'm the mother of a 21 year old, 20 year old and 17 year old so you get the idea. lol! Still, in Photoshop we can be whatever age we want! Let's order two Guinnesses from Guille to that!Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-36845250598588086452008-11-24T23:40:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:40:00.000+01:00Half your age? Lynn, I'm a grandmother. OK, a step...Half your age? Lynn, I'm a grandmother. OK, a step-grandmother with my much older husband, but still a grandmother!♥ E.T. Suzy ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/04573215118946859329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-83656169277621652002008-11-24T23:37:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:37:00.000+01:00Well they call it menage a trois, Suzy, don't they...Well they call it menage a trois, Suzy, don't they, but we are simply menage a deux. We need another. Any takers?Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-29383927370414397942008-11-24T23:32:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:32:00.000+01:00he he I'm really amused by it Petrea! Of course I...he he I'm really amused by it Petrea! Of course I'm totally kidding myself - Suzy I am sure is half my age - it's amazing what Photoshop can do. Still, it's great fun having a twinnie.Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-64200806774160955752008-11-24T23:17:00.001+01:002008-11-24T23:17:00.001+01:00I just read the NY Times article about the cafes. ...I just read the NY Times article about the cafes. Here in Minnesota, a smoking ban went into effect a few years ago. The first year or so, all we heard and read were complaints from bar owners and smokers. After a year, these complaints came only from the very small and, usually, crummy bars full of drunks. Well, those businesses were hurt. However, the others have experienced a renaissance, as we nonsmokers now enjoy going out again. The bars are doing fine again. Of course, our taverns, bars, small restaurants are not the same as cafes in France, but I think there are some similarities.<BR/><BR/>As to the police and drunk driving: the owner of a grungy bar in the city where I work has asked the city council to tell the police to leave his customers alone. In short, he wants his customers to be able to drive drunk without getting arrested!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I will bring my Beaujolais Nouveau to the family Thanksgiving dinner and then it will be gone for the year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-8956566930329987682008-11-24T23:17:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:17:00.000+01:00You matching cuties are adorable.Carrie, more good...You matching cuties are adorable.<BR/><BR/>Carrie, more good stuff! Merci.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Alexa, Carrie has a friendly face and demeanor. To see her is to want to get to know her. No wonder she's meeting people every day!Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-11933454310805030722008-11-24T23:09:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:09:00.000+01:00Menage a .... what do they call it?Menage a .... what do they call it?♥ E.T. Suzy ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/04573215118946859329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-57443065724734215372008-11-24T23:07:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:07:00.000+01:00Eric will be groaning... he's got double the troub...Eric will be groaning... he's got double the trouble now! LOL.Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-1644999560207952022008-11-24T23:04:00.000+01:002008-11-24T23:04:00.000+01:00Hey Suzy just look at us! What twinnies we are. ...Hey Suzy just look at us! What twinnies we are. Fun huh? How strange. Make a comment next to mine if you can. Ok, yes I'm behaving like a schoolgirl and giggling.Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-12171973155452899522008-11-24T22:48:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:48:00.000+01:00I just love the blue glow around the moon. Enchan...I just love the blue glow around the moon. Enchanting.<BR/><BR/>Alexa, mercy for the link. Yes, I agree, it is a little sad. However, I'm not one of those people who are going to stop going to cafes. I feel so at home in a cafe. I prefer them over a restaurant.<BR/><BR/>Zazie cafe in my neighborhood in San Francisco every third Thursday of November they have a Beaujolais night. They have a three course meal with various Beaujolais served with each course. You can sit outside or in. The fixed price is about US$49.00.Lois Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147226104566786852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-80665726151537923272008-11-24T22:31:00.001+01:002008-11-24T22:31:00.001+01:00Alexa...Merci for posting the link to the NYTimes ...Alexa...Merci for posting the link to the NYTimes article. I also read that over the weekend and realized how an institution that is so strongly associated with the culture of France is in peril. Very sad! They should allow a smoking/non smoking area for cafes perhaps?? I was going to post today also..glad you saw it!<BR/><BR/>Beaujolais Nouveau...great tradition and the event is a lot of fun[one of the only times you will see so many Parisians publicly drunk]..but the wine??? Hmmmm...that is a matter of taste. Now with the flics on the arses of those drinking in cafes, one never knows!!tonton_flaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071868284684917894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-20313823118461341992008-11-24T22:31:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:31:00.000+01:00Guille - you only got three flakes!!?? That's too...Guille - you only got three flakes!!?? That's too bad. :( <BR/><BR/>Where I was - I don't know where Michael was - the air was all white with them - beautiful!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-16147449575466103562008-11-24T22:29:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:29:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-68952533851589852008-11-24T22:28:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:28:00.000+01:00ETS - great twin photo!!!!!ETS - great twin photo!!!!!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-71321065321602923542008-11-24T22:21:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:21:00.000+01:00Carrie -- they've always been lovely to me aussi, ...Carrie -- they've always been lovely to me aussi, and I'm glad you're making new friends wherever you go. But you probably have a friendly face and welcoming demeanor yourself!Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620873522996260383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-69260085975719574922008-11-24T22:07:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:07:00.000+01:00Lynn, this is the best twin photo I could make of ...Lynn, this is the best twin photo I could make of myself. <BR/><BR/>Carrie, the French have always been lovely to me!♥ E.T. Suzy ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/04573215118946859329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-29578557982854534032008-11-24T21:57:00.000+01:002008-11-24T21:57:00.000+01:00Lynn -- Isn't it great?! I love to tell people wh...Lynn -- Isn't it great?! I love to tell people who've been led to think the French aren't friendly to Americans!! : )Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-67769681353012661582008-11-24T21:39:00.000+01:002008-11-24T21:39:00.000+01:00Alexa -- sad article,but thanks for the link. I'v...Alexa -- sad article,but thanks for the link. I've noticed empty cafes here in Paris, but I don't know if its out of the ordinary - I thought it might be the winter coming on, etc. I'm sure the French contingent knows. Sadly, I think peoples' fears may be well founded, but the failure to spend will help to increase the very problem we fear.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-7468048255246266702008-11-24T21:37:00.000+01:002008-11-24T21:37:00.000+01:00he he Suzy USA twin - I didn't intend that, but it...he he Suzy USA twin - I didn't intend that, but it's quite uncanny isn't it? Perhaps it might be good to show yourself on here - though don't worry if you're not comfortable.<BR/><BR/>Carrie I'm so enjoying your Parisian adventures! You are certainly being made welcome.Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-12640174281491579792008-11-24T21:33:00.001+01:002008-11-24T21:33:00.001+01:00Today was a late start. I had to get my camera fix...Today was a late start. I had to get my camera fixed, and luckily found a shop where the owner spoke English - I daren't think how I'd have explained the problem! <BR/><BR/>Once done, I went to see the great Gates to the City - the Porte St. Denis and the Porte St. Martin, only blocks from each other. They must have been truly awesome when they weren't surrounded by 6 story apartment buildings, like the cathedrals must have been when surrounded by small dwellings and farms.( In the event I got a good dose of the Sentier, and that during the day - now I know what you mean Guille!) <BR/><BR/>Then I went to the Left Bank's Arenes de Lutece, a 2d C. Roman arena of incredibly even stonework complete with sand in the center, perfect for an afternoon petanque game. There were two groups playing and the good natured haranguing that seems to be a necessary (and I think, endearing) part of the game was in full fledge. I watched and after some pleasantries, one of the older gentlemen came over and began to talk to me. <BR/><BR/>Under huge white clouds and it being a lovely afternoon, he warmed to his topic and began to tell me in great detail about the glory of the French empire. He went on with nearly spiritual fervor about the wonders of the French language, music, art, philosophy, food, women and numerous other things French. He even recited poetry to me! It was all quite charming. <BR/><BR/>But, after about 25 minutes (of which I must say, I understood nearly all), I had to leave for the Jardin des Plantes. So, I excused myself and he was thoroughly regaled by his friends to make sure I'd be shown the way to the gates. So off we went, and when we got there he told me I must keep loving France! <BR/><BR/>The Jardin des Plantes was pleasant with an overlook knoll reached through a winding path. But, as it began to get dark and rain, my umbrella broke, causing one of those practical adventures that led me to have to walk somewhere south of the equator in search of an umbrella. Of course it had quit raining by then, but having found one, in Ecuador, I tramped back up the Christmas-lit rue Mouffetard to the Latin Q. <BR/><BR/>I stopped near St. Severin church for a hot drink and soon two girls, art and architecture students, tried their English out on me. We spent a fun couple hours laughing and trying to communicate in 3 languages. By the end, one of them had offered to show me her school. So, that adventure awaits on Wed. (We'll see if she shows up to meet me - I'll let you know!)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.com