Fezzik In Paris

Two Americans, three cats, and too many places named "de Gaulle"

For reasons unknown to us beyond “well, why the hell not?”, we decided to go for a mostly-French-style Christmas eve feast, albeit with a few modifications (said modifications consisted of omitting two courses [oysters and St. Jacques] and moving the beginning of the festivities to 1700, as the whole eat-from-midnight-to-0600 thing is not at all compatible with …

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Having cancelled our reservations to Ralph’s due to illness on my part, we decided to give Deliveroo a try. The restaurants in our quartier that participate are largely of interest, and we recognized immediately that the service might prove to be dangerous when we confirmed that they deliver foie gras, toasts (I should write a …

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After the Purrito returned from the airport, we went to Galleries Lafayette, which is probably the largest department store in Paris. We went with a purpose: the Purrito wanted to show me the “ridiculously huge” shrimp that she and her friend had seen when they browsed through the seafood section of the market. We bought …

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