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Two alternatives to the Mouffetard market, in the same general part of town, are Place Maubert (Tu, Th, Sa) and Monge (Mo,We,Fr).

It depends. Goumard Prunier used to include wine, bottled water and coffee in their "menu." And here I thought it was Chateau Delanoye. ← Gee & I thought it was d'eau robinet. Or just plain robinet for short. ← Une carafe d'eau works for me.

Forest, Did you happen to note if Manhattans were on the menu there? I'm going over next month with a friend who is a first time visitor to the city. He's a Manhattan drinker. My guess is that, despite my exhortations of " eat and drink what the locals eat and drink", some time during the week there, he's going to want one.

No question that it went downhill. I was there once under the old regime and liked it but wasn't impressed this last visit.

That's odd. I was there for dinner in June and there were several salads on the ardoise. Two in my party had them.

Schlepping her own tofu to a French Christmas dinner? Had I been the host(ess), I would have been tempted to toss her butt onto le trottoir. I'd like to see, too, the facial expressions on the cafe waiters resulting from the soymilk request. Sorry, it's one of those mornings.

re: lack of half bottles at Les Papilles. I lunched there solo last month and had a half bottle of Morgon. Don't remember the label but it was NOT Georges Duboeuf.

ROTFLMAO!! Brilliant.

You might be my doppelganger! I hate the yolk, but don't mind the white so much. I do like mayonnaise, though. ←

Nope, you're not the only one. I also detest hard-boiled eggs, well, the whites, anyway. Mayonnaise doesn't cross the threshold of my house, much less my mouth.

Sometime last year, I encountered Dutch salt licorice. The medium salt version. Much spitting, hacking, and rinsing of mouth(s) ensued. What is it with that stuff, anyway?

The egg was hurled in an anti-Sarkhozy demonstration, maybe?

Ooooh, thanks for the WineKaddy link. One of those things I didn't know I needed until I saw it. One of these trips, the ole wine-bottles-wrapped-in-dirty- laundry-inside-the-checked-bag trick is gonna fail.

Well, sometimes I skip the half day of sightseeing in favor of a few hours in a cafe. Or two. ← I stick to the morning to "do" museums, sites,etc. I've learned the two-dish tango for eating out in Paris. Either an entree/plat or plat/dessert, with wine, of course. That way I can do two nice meals a day without "hitting the wall". Afternoons are more free form. However, I have discovered splitting a bottle of champagne after that post-prandial walk does tend to wreck the rest of the afternoon .

World's worst tourist? Not hardly, or if so, you have company. Your day sounds like my ideal day in Paris, with a few minor differences.