Sagittarius 11° (December 3)

Had lunch with Peter; and Gary came for a chat. I have to stop eating out but I know it will settle soon. It’s almost second semester and it’s starts sooner for me because Christmas will be completely awful. I went to Strangers again for a pizza this time. Then strolled through the Holly Folly world a bit. Stopped in to see Mike and Rodrigo then bumped into Tim and Molly, who gave me a ride home which is great because it is getting a lot colder. Put the Beatles on and fell asleep. There must be a meaning to all of this. Looking back on this date I do think I might have been more sad than I am now. I’m now further through the ringer, no doubt, but I think I’m now fully broken when then I was still breaking. I would love to be able to plow through a month at a time (per day) like this at a clip and just let the past be the past. It couldn’t be bleaker anyway. When I feel this way it’s always the same thing. I want to hold out for something beautiful and ideal but I’m not sure I know how. I really hope that some day, maybe by spring, I’ll be feeling happier but things with S. will have gotten worse just when things will have been getting better. And a really giant bomb will be dropped. And I will come to realize I really have been assassinated, character-wise. People will become unrecognizable. And reinvention will be the order of the day. Anyway. These postings can’t be too detailed given the distance in time between sittings with them. 

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Sagittarius 10° (December 2)

Only a few hours sleep again. I did a bunch of cooking and deep cleaned the house which felt very good indeed. Still I headed out for some Strangers salmon. Starting watching the Beatles thing which is like this real-time fly on the wall type experience with an extraordinary angle. I will have put my server resume out there; I will have taken on clients. I will have gotten into many fights and found myself given the silent treatment many times. It’s just the way it will go. Only in this experience am I amble to write in the future anterior. Which is more than most people can say. I am creating in so many zones, some of which are time related. I will yet to know even deeper despair, but with glimpses of joy as well. None of this will matter much in the end. But wow is it quite the journey nonetheless. I will almost feel as if I can’t remember a single moment of the past forty years. And at the same time every detail is emblazoned in my mind. I know what I have to do.

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Sagittarius 9° (December 1)

Some tearful voicemail leavings. I had to spend hours figuring out how to keep my credit from being affected by overdue bills that were still being addressed to an email not under my supervision. Trying to clean up the house a bit and start a more functional regime. All I will eat today is some leftover cucumber, feta and tomato salad. Not the healthiest day, mentally, maybe.  I’m keeping on my Paris theme.

Cafés/Wine Bar (other than Nouvelle Mairee)

Le Petit Fer Au Cheval. rue Vielle du Temple in the Marais. It looks like nothing. I always have lunch solo in the back. Great Plat du Jour. Or sit at the tiny bar and order the cheese and charcuterie plate which is enough for four (but I’ve also polished off myself). It’s a bit unkempt with a horrid toilet. But the real deal.

Le Pick Clops. Maris also on rue Vielle du Temple. It’s a holdover from the eighties (kind of kitsch Americana in style). Still I find it very neighborhoody and authentic since it’s been here foreover. Open till 2am.

Le Rubis. It can be intimidating both in terms of the space and the food but it is worth pushing through anxiety and claustrophobia as this place hasn’t changed in an age. Great for a rustic lunch not for the faint of heart. If the downstairs is full, the barman will expose a sort of secret door and stairway up to “à l’étage” to a small room of tables. It is very meaty (lots of sausage, pig trotters and such served on lentils for instance) but really so delicious. Stuffed cabbage, herring salad. Amazing wine (despite its ancient look it is noted as a genuinely lauded contemporary wine bar!). You can also hang outside for drinks and use the barrels on the street as tables. rue du Marché St-Honore in the 1e. (After a stroll in the Tuilleries!).

If choosing between Les Deux Magots and Café Flore you should do the latter. But both have become kind of tourist traps where the servers put French people in one area and the rest of us in another. I go here on “French Day” when I pretend to decided frogginess!

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Sagittarius 8° (November 30)

Need to cook in tonight, I can’t keep dragging myself out. Will make a pea and mushroom risotto with cuke, tomato, feta salad. Rescheduled visit to Hyannis; I just can’t drag myself there. I need to understand where in this life I can live.

Eating

Chez René. In a Paris world where most of our favorite traditional restaurants have faded into memory, this place has come to represent one of the last great hopes. It serves things only French people will eat (kidneys and brains and other organs) but you are safe with the coq au vin or boeuf Bourgignon. Funny, charming waiters in the full kit and apron. Shiny dark red banquettes and a small zinc bar and exhibition posters fill the walls. At the very end of boulevard Saint-Germaine in the 5e near La Tour D’Argent. Reserve for sure: 43 54 30 23.

Bar à Iode. Also near the end of boulevard Saint-Germaine in the 5e (in case you haven’t noticed it’s one of our favorite areas). Delicious oysters and other raw shellfish and perfectly cooked fish dishes. A youngish couple opened this about five years ago and made a great success of it. Service can be slightly slow but definitely worth the wait. The decor is bright and simple—long blonde wood tables with colored metal chairs. Very Loic and Rob (Canteen) looking.

Café de la Nouvelle Mairie. rue des Fossés Saint-Jacques. This is our happy place. We go for tartines and bowls of coffee in the morning. We go for plat du jour or soup and mackerel rillette for lunch. And we definitely go for dinner at least twice a week when “living” in Paris. The food is simple and fantastic. The wine list (many organic reds) is superb—in fact it is mostly billed as a wine bar. It’s small and slightly cramped but always in a congenial way. The servers might seem aloof when in fact they’re super chill. Attracts many Sorbonne professors, philosophers, writers. Feels like the modern equivalent of an authentic 19th century cafe experience. Even some of the wait staff look like they’ve stepped out of Lautrec paintings. We tried to keep this place secret but word has definitely gotten out. 

Vivant. This place is super special too. The chef/owner is the son of the owner of the clothing line A.P.C. but he is the real deal and totally committed to this “experience.” It is a tiny place. Most seats are actually at the bar (which we prefer). You have to reserve well in advance as there are few seats. The number they give doesn’t look like a landline +33(0)967499626. The bar is best, too, because you can see them making everything. The bar is basically also the kitchen. The walls are lined with cases of wine. The somelier is top notch. Everyone looks young enough to be your grandchild. It is beyond delish.

Josephine Chez Dumonet. rue de Cherche-Midi 6e. Surely as good if not better than Chez René however the Goop crowd has found it (thanks a lot Gwyneth) so it can be filled with people who are quite full of themselves. But it is a wonderful bistro. Prolly more relaxing for lunch (if you just have a soup for dinner). You would need to book. 45 48 52 40. I would definitely eat things like a terrine (made in house) and steak tartare and pigeon and other authentic things here. The chef is Jean-Christian Dumonet and he knows a lot of New Yorkers.

Pizza Chic. When you just want a pizza and a salad but you still want to people watch and maybe spot a French film star or two this is the place. Probably among the best pizza restaurants anywhere. 13 rue de Mézierères 6e.

Le Voltaire. 27 quai Voltaire. when you’re also feeling very flush and French. Try to get seated in the back room with all the vraie Parisien.

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Sagittarius 7° (November 29)

Dinner out tonight again. I need to stop the hemorrhaging of money. A mussels appetizer and some cavatelli. Cousin Derek on my mind today. Speaking to Michael and his mate at the bar on the subject as he grew up with Derek. I will miss Strangers and Saints when it closes, which it will, with New Year’s Eve. More Paris please: Going to local for dinner, a wedge and some short ribs. Je n’est que Paris en tête: Shopping

Le Bon Marché. rue de Sèvres, 7e. Quite possibly our favorite store in the world. And maybe the first ever department store on the planet (don’t quote me). Now owned by the LVMH group it remains a wonder. Beware: you can lose track of time in here.

Flea Market. There are many marchés des puce but with limited time you should go to the Marché Paul Bert Serpette which is at Saint-Ouen, “world’s largest antique and decor market”. Closed Tuesday-Thursday. It is within the larger flea market but you want to go directly there. Have lunch at Le Biron, 85 rue des Rosiers, or (where the market owners go): Le Paul Bert restuarant.

Merci. On the Boulevard Beaumarchais. Just northeast of Places des Vosges: Concept store with designer and other fashions and beautiful home items. A delicious plant-driven restaurant (La Cantine) downstairs. Their (Le Used Book) café library, where you can also eat—great for a late breakfast. 

Ailleurs. On rue Saint-Nicolas, a stroll east of Bastille along rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine in the 12e. Lighting, furniture, glassware, textiles, ceramics et al. 

Azzedine Alaia. Women’s obviously but is like visiting a temple. rue de Moussy, Marais.

Art-Depot (great vintage shop—I bought 60s Persol sunglasses) and Lambert Lambert (antique furniture).They are both on the rue des Barres (also rue Pont Louis-Phillipe, just opposite our favorite church Église Saint-Gervais) in the 4e near the river. There is also a Papier Plus shop and the Abbey store (at least that’s what we call it) associated with the church which sells things made by monks and cloistered nuns. The Eau d’Emeraude is something we always buy—it’s made by the same monks that make Chartreuse—and it is a healing miracle.

Diptyque. When you’re back in the hood near Chez René and Iode and Jardin des Plantes you can dip into (get it?) this original flagship store. It’s pretty beautiful.

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Sagittarius 6° (November 28)

Going to local for dinner, a wedge and some short ribs. Je n’est que Paris en tête: Shopping

Le Bon Marché. rue de Sèvres, 7e. Quite possibly our favorite store in the world. And maybe the first ever department store on the planet (don’t quote me). Now owned by the LVMH group it remains a wonder. Beware: you can lose track of time in here.

Flea Market. There are many marchés des puce but with limited time you should go to the Marché Paul Bert Serpette which is at Saint-Ouen, “world’s largest antique and decor market”. Closed Tuesday-Thursday. It is within the larger flea market but you want to go directly there. Have lunch at Le Biron, 85 rue des Rosiers, or (where the market owners go): Le Paul Bert restuarant.

Merci. On the Boulevard Beaumarchais. Just northeast of Places des Vosges: Concept store with designer and other fashions and beautiful home items. A delicious plant-driven restaurant (La Cantine) downstairs. Their (Le Used Book) café library, where you can also eat—great for a late breakfast. 

Ailleurs. On rue Saint-Nicolas, a stroll east of Bastille along rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine in the 12e. Lighting, furniture, glassware, textiles, ceramics et al. 

Azzedine Alaia. Women’s obviously but is like visiting a temple. rue de Moussy, Marais.

Art-Depot (great vintage shop—I bought 60s Persol sunglasses) and Lambert Lambert (antique furniture).They are both on the rue des Barres (also rue Pont Louis-Phillipe, just opposite our favorite church Église Saint-Gervais) in the 4e near the river. There is also a Papier Plus shop and the Abbey store (at least that’s what we call it) associated with the church which sells things made by monks and cloistered nuns. The Eau d’Emeraude is something we always buy—it’s made by the same monks that make Chartreuse—and it is a healing miracle.

Diptyque. When you’re back in the hood near Chez René and Iode and Jardin des Plantes you can dip into (get it?) this original flagship store. It’s pretty beautiful.

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Sagittarius 5° (November 27)

Rough morning running around. Passed J.D. we said hello how are you. Left something at Gov last evening where I had just the one beer. Going to sit at bar at Mews and I end up having the grilled lamb loin. Was pretty good, but garlicky. Lesser Trodden Museums: (Buy a Paris Museum Pass in advance which will allow you to skip the entry lines. Go to parisinfo.com Check individual museum hours. With the strike on many museums will be closed.) *means prioritize!

Musée de l’Orangerie. If only for the rooms containing Monet’s giant Water Lillies. (With the strike on now it seems that these are the only rooms of the museum open)

*Musée Nissm de Camondo. A beautiful intact home cum museum of decorative arts. The family were like Rothchilds of the Ottoman Empire and their story is fascinating and tragic. Built in early 20th century to house Moise de Camando’s obsessive collection of 18th century furnishings, art and collectibles. Right off the Parc Monceau.

Musée Jacquemart-André: Also near Parc Monceau. A private collection of Italian Renaissance masterpieces. Thinking Jacquemart and André are a couple.

Giocometti House (recommended by Griet)

Musée Eugène Delacroix. rue de Furstenberg, 6e. Tiny museum in house where he lived in a pretty square with a garden and his atelier.

*Musée Mormotton Monet. Once a private (Empire) home of Mormotton the permanent collection (the room of tiny portraits is a fave) features Monet and Berthe Morisot. Right now there is a showing of figurative Mondrians which rarely get featured anywhere. It’s on the edge of the 16e and you can walk down a path right into the Bois de Bologne on a mild day.

Musée Maillol. rue de Grenelle in the 7e. Work by the sculptor plus pieces by Kandinsky, Matisse, Cezanne, from the private collection of Dina Vierny.

Musée de l’Homme and the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine are in the Palais Chaillot, across the river from the Eiffel Tower. The first is a museum of the evolution of man (Cro-Magnon jewelry!, carved mammoth tusks!) and the second feature plaster casts of the countries greatest monuments. 

Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, avenue du President Wilson in the 16e. Bonnard, Modigliani, Braque et al.

Musée de Cluny (Musée Nationale du Moyen Âge). 28 rue Sommerar in the 5e. It is dusty and damp and dank and delicious (“for those who like that sort of thing that is the sort of thing they like”—Miss Jean Brodie). If only for the Unicorn tapestries.

And the  obvious:

Musée Picasso-Paris. rue de Thorigny, in the 3e just north of Marais

Musée Rodin, rue de Varenne 7e. (Eat at Josephine Chez Dumonez on rue du Cherche-Midi)

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Sagittarius 4° (November 26)

I feel like a stowaway, down in the bowels with the sweaty and barbed. Didn’t eat at all today. Made a visit to local inn to inquire about their sauna and spa service. Tried to get into a show at Post Office but it was sold out. Oh my god, this all happens on the same day. I need a time out. My mind drifts to…

 Additional Strolls

Louvre through Tuilleries to Grand Palais and Petit Palais.

Marais north into the 3e around Arts et Metier then east to Republic and back down near Merci and Place des Vosges.

Hotel de Ville to Left Bank to Pantheon (near Cafe de la Nouvelle Marais) through the rue Mouffetard and Place Monge to Jardin des Plantes and to the eastern start of boulevard Saint Germain.

Pont Neuf to Left Bank up rue Dauphine, passage Dauphine, rue de Buci, rue de Seine, rue Jacob toward the 7e becomes rue de l’Université “rue de l’U” through the Place du Palais Bourbon all the way to the Tour Eiffel.

Of course along the Seine and the quais on the Left Bank. The Dries store is on the quai Malaquais and Shakepeare & Company bookstore is quai Saint-Michel. Just keep dipping up and down the “side streets” leading up from the river. Many art galleries. 

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Sagittarius 3° (November 25)

I should never have gone out for Thanksgiving dinner. It was so expensive and such a joke. I won’t be rushing back to said restaurant anytime soon. They brag about their kitchen but they served me raw potato gratin with my lamb. The whole thing was gross and not in the least memorable. Food has become too much a focus in any case but I thought it would lift my spirits on this most difficult day. It, like many, will end in tears. So I reve du Paris: 

Churches and Palaces 

Sacre Coeur. If you have to go (and if you haven’t been you really do need to) then try to go toward evening when the crowds are leaving and attend Vespers which is typically 6PM. One of the better strolls up the hill would begin at the Moulin Rouge. You can keep the Café de 2 Moulins as a landmark in mind (it was where Amélie worked in that film). You might want to breeze through the Cemetery. There is also the I Love You Wall and the Place du Tertre. There is still a windmill—the Moulin de la Galette and another famous cafe, La Maison Rose. If you use all these as landmarks it will make a nice jaunt!

Eglise Saint-Gervais. As I’m writing this in unlinear fashion I’ve already said it’s our favorite church. It is south of rue du Rivoli in the 4e (not technically still Marais but close enough) and the area is all beautiful shops and cafés-resto. We end up here a lot just to sit. And we try to time it with the singing masses which are beautiful. Don’t be put off by the homeless people camping around. The church is incredibly charitable and they disenfranchised do flock there.

Sainte-Chapelle. boulevard du Palis in the 1e. It is in the Palais de la Cité on the Île de la Cité. Gothic royal chapel dating to the 13th century, chapel of the French kings. 

Palais Royale. Opposite the Louvre in the 1e. The galleries are filled with designer shops. Make sure to walk around the entire thing. Gaultier, Ric Owens, Jerome Dreyfuss,Pierre Hardy and Didier Ludot’s famed vintage store. A must do. As is strolling through the Gallerie Vivienne to the north. Colette’s residence is in this quartier too as is the Grand Colbert restaurant. You don’t have to eat there unless you’re Keanu Reeves and Diane Keaton in that sappy film. Go west to Place Vendome, go east to Place des Victoires.

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