Apr
17
Price Check is a series of posts from every destination we visit that could serve as a shopping list to stock the kitchen at the start of your stay, as well as a cost of living index in a way. We’re including some basic items to get you started plus a local specialty or two …
Apr
17
In the restaurants so far, we’ve had divine, earthy morels in a decadent mushroom velouté and a vibrant pea soup so fresh and green it was like a vitamin injection. But probably the best example of the use of seasonal produce was the white asparagus we had served simply with a fine hollandaise sauce. Now …
Apr
16
The charismatic location of our latest home away from home in Montmartre-Pigalle, in Paris’ 18th arrondissement, is a captivating area that, with its population of artists, bohemians and budget tourists, little old ladies and ladies of the night, simultaneously manages to be cool and vulgar, charming and seedy. It fascinates and seduces, as much as …
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