Walking to Rue Cler with our wheeled cart one morning, we passed a restaurant where the day's produce deliveries had been made and were stacked along the sidewalk. Potatoes, beans, leeks, onions, turnips and other vegetables were neatly piled outside the restaurant door."They wouldn't stay there long back home," we remarked. "They'd be gone in minutes."
It may be true that Parisians do not say bonjour to strangers on the street, as Americans might. But they have a sense of civility.
18 comments:
Lovely observation, Mimi!
And did you see anything in their boxes that made you want to return to that restaurant? Or that gave you ideas for your own shopping that morning?
Thanks, Chris.
Lydia, as I recall, I stocked up on vegetables that day!
A sad commentary on the morality of americans, isn't it? But, unfortunately, oh so true. I am loving the photos, Mimi! I am glad you didn't overwhelm us when you first got home from France, but instead, are doling it out in bits and pieces. Makes the vacation seem to go on forever! (don't we wish???)
Yes, Cyn, it does help. Last week I started dreaming about Paris at night and I have not stopped...
I think there was a time when those boxes would have been untouched here in America. Unfortunately, not all change is "progress".
That is so sad and true. I love your pictures and glad you are still bringing Gay Paree to us in your posts.
Hmm. My Parisians often remark exactly the opposite, when they see similar things in America. ("That would never work in Paris," they say.) But then, aren't Parisians famous for being cynical about themselves? :) Maybe too cynical!
Toni, I agree. My experience in recent years is that if you leave it alone, it will be stolen.
Judy, I think I have enough material to mete it out over time.
Laura, that's interesting. I think there are still places where people would not steal things all over the world. At least I hope so.
I have walked down that street too. Now I wish I looked at that restaurants menu!!!
I guess I would disagree here Mimi. I think there are good French and bad French just like there are good Americans and bad Americans. We are all just people. Good and bad.
My daughter cris when she thinks of this city....
I've always love the tiny narrow stret shots!
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LadyJicky, since our goal was to cook ourselves and save money, we did bot look at all that many restaurants either.
Tanna, I never said there were no bad French people or no good Americans. It is simply my experience that you could not leave food unattended in most cities here. Thank you for your comments.
I can understand that, CF, I get a bit teary sometimes, too. Our world is changing so quickly these days. We never knwo what the future will bring.
What lovely posts you have been leaving us! Had no idea you had gone to Paris - spent a little time in the French Kitchen catching up. I wish I was going to Paris but I am making our "just about yearly" trip to Door County in three weeks.
By the way, I LOVE seeing those little, teeny french grocery stores with the produce spilling out onto the sidewalks. My husband and I were just commenting on that the other day...oh Paris.
I love Door County. We used to go there every July, but lately we've been making off-season trips. I hope to get there in the fall - I spent part of a day in Sturgeon Bay recently and that whetted my appetite, PF.
Lovely early morning photo!
Carol, I just loved getting up early and wandering around with my camera. I have always wanted to experience Paris early in the morning - I had certain ideas about it - but this was the only time we stayed there long enough to get into the habit of rising early.
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