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| Marche (market) des Enfants Rouges
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The alley entrance to the Marche (market) des Enfants Rouges. I took
this picture when we attempted to visit the market the previous day but
found it closed.
Artificially brightened.
| The end of the market rows and plenty of tables. By the time we got
lunch all these tables were occupied.
| Giant artichokes.
| A sample market lane.
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| Tables on the back near some cooked-food stands.
| A colorful organic vegetable stall.
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| Lunch
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| We got food at this Moroccan place with a long line.
| A close-up of some of their wares not visible in the previous picture.
| Our tajine, served in a plate too hot for us to touch but brought to us
by a waiter with his bare hands. We got two types of tajine: meat in
eggplant and also cabbage with green beans, peas, and carrots. Both
were served over couscous. Both were fine and unremarkable.
| For the rest of our lunch, we went to the quiche, tarte, and more shop
across
the street that I
photographed the previous day.
Here's Di Yin happily being handed our tarte by the deli-man who's
posing as well but I only barely got him in the frame. (I was intending
to photograph the shop, not the transaction.)
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| Our tarte with onions, tomatoes, and anchovy: a pleasing combination.
| We sat and ate our quiche in a nearby park, Square du Temple, once the
location of a fortress for the Knights Templar. Our spot is in
foreground-left.
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| Les Halles
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| Rue Saint Denis, a large pedestrian thorough-fare two blocks from our
place. I'm not sure why, but I love the look of this street. I have to
give this an excellent.
| A cool name for a bookstore.
| Built in 1407, this is supposedly the oldest house in Paris.
| Rue Saint Denis to the north. It's still nice, though it is known for
its sex shops.
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| Passage du Grand Cerf has a great feel: airy yet cozy.
| It's somehow simultaneously old-style yet clean and modern construction.
| The western end of the passage deposits you on Rue Marie-Stuart, which
is still fairly lovely. Notice the planters on the balconies on the
right.
| Rue Montorguiel is, according to our landlord, a traditional high-end
Parisian market street: butcher, fishmonger, fruit market, vegetable
market, bakery, pastry shop, cheese shop, wine shop, etc.
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| Another view of the street.
| Ah, the culture of watching people shop.
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We spotted adorable postcards with pictures of food outside an
amazingly-delicious-looking pastry shop. It looked so good that I wrote
down the name: Stohrer.
| Living in a colorful gangsta's paradise?
This movie, which must be played with sound, has a band we happened to
run into on Rue Montorguiel playing a lively bluesy variation of the
song Gangsta's Paradise. Excellent fun.
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| On the way home from Rue Montorguiel, Di Yin spotted many people playing
Go in a cafe near us.
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| Dinner at Home
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Di Yin tossed together a dinner at home with some stuff we bought at the
Rue Montorgueil shops:
- at left, a warm-ish salad of frisee, white asparagus, ham,
mushrooms, and blue cheese. The blue cheese made it come together. I
usually don't like blue cheese but something about this blue cheese
works for me and worked especially well here. We added more.
- center, breads and cheeses.
- at right, a salad of lettuce, strawberries, and balsamic
vinegar.
- not shown: rhubarb yogurt.
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| Evening Adventures (Les Halles and more)
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| A panorama of Saint Eustache with its many flying buttresses and giant
rose window.
| A straight-on shot of the center of the church. This shows some
features such as the sun dial that were cut off in the previous picture.
It also emphasizes the sense of scale; note the size of the people.
| Saint Eustache from one end.
| The giant head in the plaza in from the Saint Eustache is used as a
jungle gym by kids.
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