My Paris To-Do list June 2007

[GitteK]

Please feel free to let me have any add-ons you think I might like !!!

[glow=red,2,300]EATERIES AND WINEBARS[/glow]
Ripaille on 69 rue des Dames
Bistrot Mélac, 42 rue Léon Frot, 75011 Paris
AU PETIT MARGUERY
Lunch at the roof terrace of PRINTEMPS
L’Ecluse 15 pl de la Madeleine, 8e,
Chez Maître Paul, 12 rue Monsieur-le-Prince
Closerie de Lilas (for a real Hemingway feel)
L’Écluse 15, quai des Grands Augustins (6ème)
JOSEPHINE - CHEZ DUMONET, 117, rue du Cherche Midi
L'Époque at the top of rue du Cardinal-Lemoine
LE DEPART SAINT-MICHEL
Restaurant Chantairelle, 17 rue Laplace, 5.arr.
Chez Julien at 1 Rue Pont Louis Philippe
Le Caveau du Palais on Pl. Dauphine
Au Vieux Molière Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 3e
Au Vieux Paris 24 Rue Chanoinesse
Atelier Maitre Albert, 1, Rue Maitre Albert
Dalloyau (patisserie) – Place Emile Rostand
La Cave de l’os à Moëlle in the 15th
Le Jardin d'Isa - Le Clos Sainte Marie (at Square des Batignolles)
Le Bistral on rue Lemercier (between Legendre and Moines)
La Tete de Goinfre, 16 rue Jaquemont
Macis et Muscade on the corner of rues Nollet and Legendre.
Les Bouquinistes (maybe, if not too snobby)

[glow=red,2,300]MUSEUMS / EXHIBITIONS:[/glow]
Institut Pasteur
Musée de Montmartre
MANUFACTURE DES GOBELINS
Château de la Reine Blanche (13th)
Musée de la Vie Romantique
Paristoric (now known as Paristory also) - A multi-screen slide show on the history of Paris, 11 bis rue Scribe
Crypte Archéologique under Notre Dame
Musée national du Moyen Âge - Thermes et hôtel de Cluny
Louvre (haven't been there since 1973)
Musée Nissim Camondo
La Conciergerie
Musée national Gustave-Moreau
Bois de Vincennes + CHATEAU
Musée de l’Orangerie
Musée Marmottan
Retrospective Eugene Atget, 58 rue de Richelieu, IIème.
Hotel de Soubise, 60 rue des Francs Bourgeois
Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (Rembrandt exhibition), Hôtel de Saint-Aignan
Galerie-Musée Baccarat 11 place des Etats Unis


[glow=red,2,300]SHOPS:[/glow] hmmmm.... one perfume, five chocolate joints....

Salon du Palais Royal Shiseido

A l'Etoile d'Or
30 rue Fontaine, 75009

Patrice Chapon
69 rue du Bac, 75007

Jean Paul Hevin
23 bis Ave. de la Motte Piquet, 75007

PIERRE HERMÈ (patisserie)
Pierre Marcolini
89 rue de Seine, 75006

Michel Chaudun, on rue de l'Universite

[glow=red,2,300]CHURCHES:[/glow]
Saint Eustache, organ recital every Sunday from 5:30-6 pm
Saint Augustin church
Alexander Nevski cathedral
St. Vincent de Paul church (10th arr.)

[glow=red,2,300]PARKS, SQUARES, MARKETS, QUARTIERS:[/glow]St-Germain-en-Laye
L'Haÿ les Roses (Roseraie du Val de Marne)
CITE DES FLEURS (again !!! Maybe this time I am lucky to be let in)
Flower market on Place des Ternes + Marché Poncelet/Rue Poncelet
Bagatelle rosegardens in Bois de Boulogne
La rue Campagne Premiere (and the surrounding area)
Rue Crémieux in the 12th
Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, Rue St. Bernard, Ste. Marguerite church, Rue Popincourt
Square Denys Bülher, 147 rue de Grenelle
23 Rue Oudinot (small alley and courtyard behind the gate)
Courtyard of Ecole Superieure Normale, Rue d’Ulm
Jardin St. Gilles-du Grand Veneur, by Rue des Arquebusiers or Rue Villehardouin (3rd arr)
Square du Temple
Cloître des Billettes 22-24 Rue des Archives
Rue Mouffetard - accordeon-music at Père Médard church, Sunday mornings 11.00-13.00
Place Maubert Mutualité, Tuesday mornings
Marché Avenue de Saxe, Thursday and Saturday mornings
Rue Cler !!! (have never been there)
Le Jardin des Champs Elysées
Quartier Sainte Marthe (10th arr.)
Marché Avenue du Président Wilson Wednesday and Saturday mornings
Bastille Market, Boulevard Richard Lenoir between rue Amelot and rue Saint-Sabin, on Sundays
Explore some of the "villas" and alleys in the 14th and 15th
Explore more of la Nouvelle Athène in the 9th
Explore the northern side of Montmartre
Cité des Arts on Avenue du Maine (Montparnasse)
Explore the "villages" of Passy and Auteuil
Explore Menilmontant and Belleville:
- la rue de Ménilmontant
- la rue Gasnier-Guy avec ses gros pavés, la rue de la Cloche menant à une petite colline,
- la rue Villiers-de-l'Isle-Adam (entre la rue de la Chine et la rue Pelleport) - et les rues sinueuses passant sous des porches,
- la rue des Cascades bordée de quelques vieilles maisons
- la rue des Savies et ses grosses bornes
- la rue de la Mare avec son pont biscornu en escalier qui franchit le chemin de fer de la Petite Ceinture.
- Cité de l’Ermitage, Cité Leroy, Villa Godin (20th)

Many other exciting "secrets" found in my trusty Paris books.

[glow=red,2,300]TOURS, SHOWS, CONCERTS, NIGHT-OUTS:[/glow]
"CABARET" at Les Folies Bergère (pre-booked)
Michou (dragshow) "FOLIES FOLLES" 80 Rue des Martyrs
Bach-concerto in Basilique de Saint-Denis (pre-booked)
Le Vieux Belleville, 12, rue des Envierges, Belleville
Day trip to Chartes
Day trip to Reims (pre-booked champagne tour with Cityrama)

Besides that I shall just sit in the apartment feeling bored, not knowing what to do.......

[sistereurope]

Wow Gitte - you are gonna be one woman on the move! I couldn't possibly think of anything to add - actually you have several restaurants/bistros/sites that I plan to visit on your list so I truly can't wait to hear your trip report...you know that you're taking all of us with you, right? In spirit at least

[holger]

Gitte,

Are you sure you aren;'t triplets? I am exhausted just reading the to do list! But have a wonderful time. Will look forward to your trip report. Please let me know about Josephine-Chez Dumonet. We are planning on eating there. Also Au Marguery.

Merci.

[Happygoin]

I'm very jealous that Closerie de Lilas is on your list. We walked by last fall and I was dying to make reservations. The friend I was with didn't like the look of the menu..too many organ meats, she said. AAAaarrrgghhh!

By the lenghth of your list, you'll have to stay until June '08 to get them all in .

[goldenmama]

But what are you going to do on the second day?

[annettecinca]

Amazing list, Gitte! Can't wait for the report. Goldenmama, you're pretty funny!

[Shoesy]

That's quite a pretty list, Gitte. Are you REALLY planning to do all of that?
BTW, I don't remember seeing the word Berthillon there.
Oh, and please be sure to memorize every detail about Au Petit Marguery because that's one place that's on my "Perhaps" list.

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Gitte, are you sure you can take enough luggage for a three month stay? (Or are you taking only the hairbrush and shampoo, and adding extensive -- not necessarily expensive -- shopping to your to-do list?)

You obviously had a great time just coming up with the list -- we don't want to give you a homework assignment, but if you get a chance please annotate this when you return with an indication of which ones you visited (and which ones you decided weren't worth it once you got a closer look!)

I'd say "have a great time" but I hate to always be saying the obvious!

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

One other thing -- I see you have Michel Chaudun on your list for chocolate, it's my very favorite chocolate maker in Europe! I have fond memories of many trips to their shop (plus, they are only a block from Petrossian, which has some of my favorite teas -- Tante Irene in particular).

[andi]

I swear Gitte is emigrating and not telling us! Gitte I hope you are quite tall in stature because once you have done all that visiting you may well come home a good 3 feet shorter LOL

[cybee]

What a fun list! Exciting just to read it! I do hope to hear your assessment of what you do visit , so I can make a list too ...with hopeful commentations! How long will be you able to be in Paris ! WHAT ABSOLUTE FUN! I am feeling a bit frustrated having no hard travel plans..but I will bide my time and will learn from your great travels! I would love to do what you are doing! Just explore and explore!

[GitteK]

Hi guys
goldenmama - on the second day I shall sit on my bed in the apartment and not know what to do.... well, I could always to to the Eiffel Tower and stand in the waiting lines.....
Seriously, I have no ambition of doing it all - it's just for inspiration. Whatever is left over when I come home, immediately gets transferred to the 2008-list !!!

becky - I have a combi-washer-dryer in the apartment, so no need to overpack (said she and packed 18 pairs of undies......)
shoesy - Berthillon, crêpes, falafel, stuffed baguettes, hotdogs, shawarma, gauffres, drinks, candied nuts, cherries, peaches, strawberries, pastis, kirr, pistachio-nuts, Noilly Prat on ice, chips, chilled afternoon-Sancerre, croque-monsieur, asian take-away, quiches and a BIG brown Leffe beer all come in between meals. That's why they are of course not mentioned on the to-do list. ;D

[Ray(aka) tripnebraska]

Gitte,
After reading your list, I understand why you said NO Photos on your trip. The money you save not having photos printed, would pay for your next trip.

[Shoesy]

Thanks for the clarification, Gitte. You had me a little worried at first. Seriously, though, I think all those little things that don't appear on your original "make-everyone-jealous" list may be just as important than those major listings.

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Ray, I think she has no photos because after paying the porters and waiters she just can't afford a camera!

[Happygoin]

OR because, after all the pastis, kir, Noilly Prat, Sancerre and BIG Leffe beers, she can't hold a camera straight anyway

[GitteK]

I'll tzsell you szomesching, happy *hic* - I can hold thzsat camera schzteady azz a ROCK !!!

[luvparee]

You rock, Gitte!!! I thought I had a long list for next, but I look like a real amateur! I think you could eat Berthillon for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and still lose 25 pounds doing all you have on your list!!!

You have a couple of things on your list that I also have on mine so if you could give some feedback after you return, I would so grateful:

Le Jardin d'Isa - Le Clos Sainte Marie - Square des Batignolles
Eugene Atget Retrospective - is that the fun that goes to the end of June or so?
Reims daytrip -- are you taking the TGV? (looking back at your list, I see it's a Cityrama tour).

I have been to the Place Maubert marche and it is a great little market! The Ave. Saxe-Bretueil market is in a wonderful location with the Eiffel Tower peeking through the trees. Lots and lots and lots of wonderful stuff!!! And, the Bastille market on Blvd. Richard Lenoir is also a great market. I guess I haven't been to a market in either Paris or Provence that I didn't love!!

Don't you just love the planning and the lists!!!

Enjoy!

joy/luvparee

[mtngrl]

Wow, what a list! I am still trying to organize my list. I gotta get busy on that

If you like tennis at all, visit the Tenniseum. Our DD plays on the varsity team at her high school, so this is a must for us. We arranged for a behind the scenes tour of the Roland Garros facility where the French Open is. She is bummed we are missing the event itself, but this will have to do.

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Wow, Gitte even types with a Mae West accent! ;D