Wine Wednesday

 

 

Evening apéro outside a small Italian traiteur in Montmartre.

Above: La Vie en Rosé

 

Seaside Sunday

 

 

 

Amber evening:

 

Peanuts and Pineau, by the sea
 

Above: the region's celebrated sweet apéritif wine, Pineau des Charentes
 

Paris - La Rochelle
 

3 hours (or less) from Paris 

 

 

Sit-down Saturday

 

Wine barrel tables at a favorite Left Bank French tapas wine bar.

Below: a summer apéro finished off w/riz au lait (creamy rice pudding) made w/vanilla bean and topped w/dried raspberry petals, dessert du jour

 

 

  L'Avant Comptoir du Marché

 

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Merci Yves Camdeborde

Green Fairy Friday

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

 

Above: at the counter of Montmartre café/bar Au Rêve

 

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Dubbed "The Green Fairy" due to its supposed hallucinogenic effects and re-legalized in 2011, absinthe is often associated with artists,writers and as a preferred apéritif of Vincent Van Gogh.

Wine Wednesday

 Midweek apéro of charcuteries and cheeses from Spain and France separated by a vibrant red from Portugal.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

A market stall stocked with Medovina, a sweet mead, Czech in origin, made from honey and apple cider.

 

Fish Friday

 

Smoked salmon atop avocado tartines are front and center for a Friday evening apéro - but first, a couple of Pimms, French style. 

Le Fumoir - off rue de Rivoli near Louvre Museum

 

 

Sit-down Saturday

 

Beautiful weather means tables on sidewalks, streets and squares.

 

Terrace Tuesday

 

 

Spring in the air means rosé apéros on a café terrace.

 Above: an impromptu celebration, w/friends 

Bonne Année

 

The evening began with an intimate champagne apèro.

- Bonne Année / Happy New Year 2024 -

 

🎉

 

 

 

 

Throwback Thursday

 

Warmer days on the lively sidewalk terrace of La Palette café.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

Steamed shrimp and a crisp Château Le Puy Rose-Marie (Bordeaux) at a Marais wine bar.

 

Welcome back Wednesday

 

 

Good weather prompts an impromptu apéro in Montmartre among friends.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

A bartender concentrates as he pours with precision.

 

¡Rosé olé!

 

Rooftop apéro of chilled rosé, refried beans and tortilla chips with view of the Eiffel Tower.

 

Tête-à-tête Tuesday

 A romantic rendez-vous with noisy trash pickup as background.

Tasting Tuesday

 

Once again chez Yves Camdeborde's L'Avant Comptoir du Marché.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés

 

 

Fishy Friday

Apéro of crispy accras de morue (dried salt cod fritters), calamares with home-made mayo and a bottle of Chardonnay on ice.

 

 Huguette, Bistro de la Mer

81 Rue de Seine 75006

 

Wine Wednesday

 

 First came the wine...

 

Then came the cheese.

 

Back to France

Les vacances have come to an end and Paris wriggles back into its skin.