had a great day of painting today... i started at 9 and went to 1. it was so easy. why couldn’t i do this before?
after lunch i went shopping. having moved to a new apartment, we needed all kinds of household things. paris is very expensive and stupid, junky stuff can be ridiculous, like a plastic storage box $25. i love ikea for cheap nice design household things, but it is out of town and we don’t have a car. i finally went to the parisian version of ikea, a store called “conforama” which is in the center of paris. i hadn’t gone because i thought the stuff would be really badly made. in fact, the stuff is not any worse than ikea. it has lots of cute things very cheap. it’s my new favorite store. loaded with my shopping in a knapsack and big bag in each hand, i took the metro home. i will come back soon to buy some nice metal cafe chairs. (cheap!)
so, p. and i are empty nesters for 2 weeks. i was determined to make the most of the time. unfortunately, p. continued to work quite late. i have a list of cafes, restaurants and bars i want to try. the first evening, we went to “l’academie de la biere” (the academy of beer), which was a belgian beer house with a long long list of beers. they serve mussels in about 6 different styles as well as other food. it was a beautiful summers eve and it was very enjoyable. great place to bring friends for an informal and reasonably priced evening.
tuesday eve we tried out our new local cafe for a drink. it is called “le roi du cafe” (the king of coffee??) we liked it so much that we went there tonight, wednesday for dinner. it’s a cute bistro with old fashioned decor – which feels very authentic. for france, nothing really special. it had good prices and charm. we realized that with its decor, if it were back in boston, it would be the fancy french restaurant and very expensive. it had a reasonably priced menu and was packed with people. p and i ordered tuna steak with vegetables which were a kind of thick gazpacho or cold ratatouille which cost 12Euros – about $16. perfect.
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