And here I come back to you with more news of my belle France or is it Paris! Well its all concentrated you know. We have a semicloudy day today in my neck of the woods of Brittany/Bretagne and windy but no rain so far and temps of 16C or 62F and the same in Paris with 63F as well as cloudy. We are already into the Fall season and it shows on the tree leaves! Now, lets get into the news shall we. Hope you enjoy it!
Nice things to see in the 19éme arrondissement de Paris !
Between the exhibitions of the City of Science and Industry, the Géode, the large spaces for sports, concerts, the Cabaret Sauvage, it is a unique complex. There is also an equestrian center. The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (City of Science and Industry) of La Villette.30, av. Corentin-Cariou 19éme. More info here: http://www.cite-sciences.fr/fr/accueil/
The bookshop or atelier created a youth workshop and an annex dedicated to art books and comics. Librerie L’Atelier . 2 bis, rue du Jourdain 20éme Several others in Paris, more info here : https://www.librest.com/librairies/L-Atelier.html
Original films and original versions are play here in a nice environment. There is also a nice bookstore specialized in cinema and a caféteria where you can sit and talk about the movie at the exit … These are very friendly places. The cinemas MK2 quai de Loire and quai de Seine.7, 19éme. More info : https://www.mk2.com/salles/mk2-quai-seine-quai-loire
The parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge is a very bucolic and unknown place. Another dandy in my eternal Paris. Spaces landscaped by good gardeners create a strong mineral presence. This is where Jean Jaurès made his speech on peace in 1914. It is a popular place, with lots of cultural events. The park is at 5, av. Debidour 19éme . More info city of Paris : https://www.paris.fr/equipements/parc-de-la-butte-du-chapeau-rouge-1811
Another wonderful walk in my eternal Paris is from the villas where we can see Montmartre. I like to walk between these small typical brick worker houses. There is the Villa Danube , populated by artists, the Villa Kronstadt or Villa Amalia. It’s a little countryside in Paris … You can hear the birds singing in the morning. They are between the rue de Miguel-Hidalgo, rue de Mouzaïa,rue de Bellevue and rue David-d’Angers 19éme arrondissement of Paris!.
The Fréres Gruss brothers presents a new show, called Les Folies Gruss, which takes the codes of the cabaret year creating a before and an after-show. The new show, entitled Les Folies Gruss, from October 12th 2019. And to continue to capitalize on their heritage, but also to familiarize the spectators with their universe, they went digging in the tradition of the cabaret by shortening the show in itself 1h15 for the new formula against 2h30, and by creating a “pre-show” and an “after-show”. Les Folies Gruss Bois de Boulogne, carrefour des Cascades ,16éme. More info : https://www.folies-gruss.com/
A Parisian tradition that won’t stop even if now heavily on visitors is the Cabarets. Here are my favorites over the years, but not been to one lately!
The Moulin Rouge at 130, the beautiful age. That of the Eiffel Tower, too. Born both in 1889, the year of the World’s Fair. The year that pushes Paris into modernity, a century after the French revolution. Two symbols of the Belle Epoque that will make Paris, with the urban transformation led by Baron Haussmann, the most attractive capital of the world. The Moulin Rouge opens its doors on October 6, 1889, succeeded for the cabaret of the butte Montmartre, become a Mecca of the Parisian festival, immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec (which will see a major retrospective, “Toulouse-Lautrec. From 9th October at the Grand Palais, see my previous news from France). The Moulin Rouge, 82, boulevard de Clichy 18éme. More info : http://www.moulinrouge.fr/
The Lido nestled at the top of the Champs-Elysees, the small entrance is shared with UGC Normandy cinema. It’s a bit odd, especially on a night when Tout-Paris is running for the premiere of Joker, but, after the first five meters, it’s time to go into another world with curiosity. The blue star-studded carpet pixelated golden walls, mirror on the ceiling and from the outset one of those huge chandeliers to make Louis II of Bavaria jealous. Without realizing it, the visitor has just crossed an airlock of two huge armored doors. The Blue Bell Girls, charming smile, minimum 1.75m, are as comfortable strings rhinestones in punches. The Lido, 116 bis, av. Champs-Elysees Paris 8éme . More info : https://www.lido.fr/fr
The red doors of Madame Arthur (installed in the walls of the Divan of the World). The public, rather chic and trendy, between 35 and 50 years, is already in a good mood. Madame Arthur is one of the most fun places in Paris. When Madame Arthur reopened in late 2015, the troupe sang in front of four people. Today, thanks to word of mouth, the cabaret is packed. Of all their skills, this is the one that best reinvented the great tradition of Parisian cabaret, by rejuvenating the public. Madame Arthur, 75 bis, rue des Martyrs 18éme. More info : https://www.divandumonde.com/le-cabaret/
Near the bar, Michou, 88 springs (yrs old), greets the spectators. The man is friendly, his impressive career and his biography, The Blue Prince of Montmartre, published by Éditions du Cherche Midi, is to be read. Here, in the corridor covered with photos, he poses with Alain Delon as with Jean-Luc Lahaye. In the intimate room, the walls covered with mirrors are lit by small flowery lamps highlighting two large portraits of the boss. For decades, his cabaret has been a must-see address for all-Paris. The gap with the delicacy of the show opposite, at Madame Arthur’s, with real singers and real musicians, is abysmal. Chez Michou, 80, rue des Martyrs. 18éme. More info : https://www.michou.com/
The Le Paradis Latin is a show as a hybrid show that mixes the codes of classic cabaret with French cancan and acrobatics, and a succession of contemporary dance paintings with a touch of circus. If the costumes are very studied and created by the team of On will have seen everything, the staging has also enjoyed large means, when it is not a Pegasus coming out of the ceiling, it is a cloud on which two singers move. In two parts, the show begins with a meal alternately animated by the singers. A foretaste in details led to enter the dance thanks to the main actors of the magazine: the waiters and their ballet of plates. Le Paradis Latin, 28, rue du Cardinal-Lemoine 5éme. More info : https://www.paradislatin.com/
Always have a leg up. This is the motto of the Crazy Horse, since its inception in 1951. Seek the novelty, draw inspiration from the zeitgeist. Meanwhile, the sculptural dancers, whose origins are more and more diverse, continue to roll out the magazine Totally Crazy. Twenty paintings follow each other, including the classics as well as the best of each collaboration over time. A show always sparkling, interspersed with numbers of singers, jugglers, contortionists. Crazy Horse, 12, av. George-V 8éme. More info : https://www.lecrazyhorseparis.com/
Something outiside Paris we love over time a wonderful place and event.
Under the title «Jardins divers, jardin d’hiver» or various gardens, winter gardens, professionals and amateurs meet up at the Domaine de Villarceaux. On the program: market and plant exchange, conferences, barter of seeds, bookstore gardens and sale of honey … The 2019 edition is combined with Jardins ouverts or open gardens. At the Villarceaux estate castle in Chaussy , dept 95 Val d’Oise. Tomorrow Saturday 5 October and Sunday 6 October from 11h to18h. More info : http://villarceaux.iledefrance.fr/fil-actus-du-chateau/jardins-ouverts-fete-plantes-villarceaux
And the Nuit Blanche (White Night) is coming again to Paris! This weekend!
Nuit Blanche offers athletes (and others) two loops of 10 km untimed, combining running and walking in cultural venues. The choice will be made from the place de la Concorde, for a parallel trip to the Seine river, west (blue and yellow loop) or east (red and green loop). Meeting is at the place de la Concorde. Departures between 22h and 23h30. More info : https://nuitblanche-grandetraversee.fr/inscriptions2019/select_competition
The Cité Internationale Universitaire is the flagship location of Paris South Station. Visitors are invited to discover through a creative journey ten works scattered around the park: two in the main courtyard, three in the International House, three on the big lawn, one in the House of Korea and a stroll to meet the artist Camille Voyenne throughout the evening. Cité Internationale Universitaire 17 boulevard Jourdain 14éme. From 19h to 02h. More info : http://www.ciup.fr/citescope/nuit-blanche-a-la-cite-internationale-86481/
This year, some fifteen artistic platforms designed by contemporary artists will start from the Place de la Concorde to the Place de la Bastille. The public will be able to see a mobile exhibition, made of monumental works. The Parade. The procession from Place de la Concorde to Place de la Bastille. From 19h to 22h. More info : https://quefaire.paris.fr/82465/la-parade
The wonderful recipe with a touch of Brittany: A simple blue Lobster with potatoes. Ingredients for 2 persons are: 1 blue lobster about 800 g, 120 g of new potatoes, 60 ml of raw farm cider, 60 ml of muscat, 1 coffee spoon . from Noilly Prat, 1 coffee spoon spring water , ½ unprocessed lemon, 110 g butter + 20 g for roasting lobster, Fresh cucumber, Salt
Step 1: the lobster: Bring a large saucepan to the boil and cook the lobster for 3 minutes from boiling. Let it cool and peel it. Cut the tail into thick slices. Cut the claws and paws into small cubes. Wash the potatoes and steam them in their skin. When they are cooked, remove the skin and cut into small cubes, keep warm. Peel and cut a piece of cucumber into 8 thin slices, salt slightly.
Step 2: the sauce: In a small saucepan with a thick bottom, reduce the cider and muscatel by half, lower the heat and stir in the butter. Add a few drops of lemon, the Noilly Prat and a spoonful of water. Salt lightly (do not pepper).
Just before serving, combine the diced potatoes with the butter sauce and leave on very low heat for a few minutes. Quickly pan lobster rolls in a knob of melted butter.
Step 3: Dressage : In a hot soup plate, place dice, claws, cucumber slices, butter and potatoes, and place lobster loaves. Grate some lemon peel over and serve.
Ps: I gram= 0,035274 ounces. 1 gram= 0,033814 US liquid ounces.
And there you go enjoy your weekend me with the lobster will do!! And do come on over ok. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all!!!
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