April 30, 2018
Having taken photos of window, doors and door knockers all over France, I find the best one right across the street from our hotel. Not sure about the symbolism but I like the whimsy of it!
Another rainy day in Paris so we decide to take an Uber over to the Musee Jacquemart Andre to see the exposition "Mary Cassatt - an American Impressionist in Paris". After being dropped off on Boulevard Haussmann I decide that I need some meds for my cough which is keeping me awake most nights and walking to the pharmacy we passed these amazing flowers at a shop.
I do love Peonies!
This was the advertisement for the exhibit and unfortunately I was not allowed to take any photographs once inside.
Inside the Musee Jacquemart Andre before getting to the exhibit.
This is a painting of Mary's sister from a postcard that I purchased there.
We decided that it would be nice to get our three son's some bread knives from Boulangerie Poilane. I bought one for us many years ago and it's a very special knife.
And right next door is the newly remodeled and expanded Comptoir Poilane which just happened to have an open table just as we arrived. It was pouring rain outside so it was nice to be somewhere warm and cozy.
They serve tartines or open faced sandwiches both hot and cold on Poilane's famous bread. I don't know why but it tastes so incredibly delicious this way.
Luckily we dropped our knives off at the hotel before heading over to Napoleon's Tomb at Le Invalides because........
.....machine gun toting police were doing body scans and bag searches!
Mr. B nor myself have ever been here before and while it was an amazing building, once was enough.
The marble floors were richly decorated...........
And the tomb is built of red quartzite and rests on a green granite base.
Several of Napoleon's family are buried here as well as important military hero's. Now we are off to E. Dehillerin to do some more shopping!
Dehilleran's is a chef's store in the Les Halles area of Paris and noted for their fine copper pans.
Which I purchased a cute little shaped sauce pan that just spoke to me. It has sloping sides that help hasten the process of reducing or thickening sauces!
Next door was a cozy bistro named Loup and since it was still raining, we decided to head inside for a glass of wine and to give our feet a chance to rest.
We are seated near this massive rotisserie full of golden brown meat going round and round...
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The chef decides that the Prime Rib is done and takes it into the kitchen.
But returns with this little smiling piggy......
...that every time it went around it's little tail would go "plonk"......too much for me!
Le addition s'il vous plait!
Check please!
The hotel had made us reservations at Brasserie Lipp but we canceled because...well....they serve trotters.....
We had dinner around the corner from our hotel at Cafe Louise and it was perfect!
"You won't realize the distance you've walked
until you take a look around and realize
how far you've been."
--Anonymous
