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Post by lagatta on Jan 29, 2018 12:26:21 GMT
Frankly, I think that is stupid. I like living plants, and the Cubans could restore that old car!
And I'm bluidy sick of being cold now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2018 13:58:03 GMT
LaGatta chose the perfect word. Thanks for showing us, as I doubt I'd have believed it if someone had merely told me about it. It looks dirty and uncomfortable. If a luxury hotel can pull customers in with that, well ........ *shakes head sadly* Great pictures, though!
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Post by mossie on Jan 29, 2018 14:28:15 GMT
Unbelievable, created by rip off merchants to harvest money from those who have too much money and not enough sense.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 29, 2018 17:13:15 GMT
Well, that's nothing new. It has been going on for thousands of years.
Strangely enough, I was rather attracted to their restaurant menu. The restaurant is only open for dinner in the evening and -- get this -- the menus are wads of paper in a basket. You have to unfold a wad to see what is written. Entrées were 10 euros and main dishes were 20 euros. While that is a tad more than what I would normally want to pay, it is more than reasonable for a luxury hotel. But is it any good? I did not look at the wine list, which is probably where the principal pain is located.
They also made a point of mentioning that their buffet breakfast is open to anybody for 15 euros. Don't know if it's any good, but it's no more expensive than a Mercure or a Novotel.
Their Sunday brunch (I hate brunch but I understand that certain inferior beings require that option on the weekend) is 35 euros, but they helpfully said that if you reserve on The Fork, it is really only 28 euros. It is also quite popular and requires reservations.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 29, 2018 23:19:15 GMT
Yes, those aren't outrageous prices for that sort of place. Though it would be nice to indicate some places near your place (well, anywhere in La Chapelle or over the bridge in Ménilmontant and Belleville) that are a bit cheaper but good, and that don't inflict too much pain for wine and beer.
I have eaten at more than one of the Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants around place de Torcy, but it was quite some time ago, so I don't know which ones are still good. Anything else?
And K2, I'm also a brunch-hater, or rather I have an aversion to it as a meal with no structure. Don't think I'd waste "hate" on it as I feel no emotional reaction or obligation to take part in brunch.
I love the photos - some I recognized immediately as a friend used to live on your street.
I miss Jazz and her advice on cheap but good places to eat and to stay. I don't want to stay chez des amis any more, but I am looking for options in the East where most of my friends live, for obvious cost reasons on their part. Two (not a couple, two separate single households) have finally managed to get social housing after decades working in Paris.
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Post by Bubba10 on Sept 9, 2018 23:19:18 GMT
K2 - any idea where the famous painting - Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris “Street: A Rainy Day” was painted? Is that a real place or a fictional one?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 10, 2018 3:28:53 GMT
That is Place de Dublin in the 8th arrondissement, showing rue de Moscou on the left, rue Clapeyron in the centre and rue de Saint Petersbourg (called rue de Leningrad from 1945 to 1991) on the right.
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Post by Bubba10 on Sept 11, 2018 3:45:07 GMT
Thanks! I am coming later this week, I will see if I can find it!
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Post by lagatta on Sept 11, 2018 7:49:30 GMT
Bubba, it is part of le Quartier de l'Europe, where many streets bear the names of European cities - and Tehran, a major city but not a European one. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartier_de_l%27Europe Unfortunately this wiki article doesn't seem to exist in English. Bubba, what part of Paris are you staying in?
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Post by Bubba10 on Sept 11, 2018 22:42:57 GMT
lagatta, staying in the Marais, but planning to d a lot of exploring.
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Post by Bubba10 on Sept 25, 2018 0:55:59 GMT
Thanks so much for the info! I found it and as luck would have it, it was sprinkling, so umbrellas were up....
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 25, 2018 3:28:38 GMT
Thanks for the photo!
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Post by Kimby on Jul 24, 2022 14:18:27 GMT
Thanks for reminding us of this fine thread’s existence.
(If one of the helpers wanted to curate it by moving the hotel/restaurant discussion elsewhere, it would restore it to its original splendor.)
I am curious about the changes to the windows between the historical and modern images, particularly the removal of shutters. Is it because double glazing replaced single glazed windows, and/or perhaps because air conditioning made the shutters obsolete? The shutters must have been so high maintenance, so maybe they were just jettisoned when they needed scraping and re-painting…
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