An introduction and Paris Recommendation request

originally posted by Zachary Ross:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
I'm an American art historian and I have a job, and you're right, it's not in a tree in Iowa. I'll be sure to welcome you to New York when you guys move here.
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We'll see where we end up. Though it does seem that 75% of American Art History are in New York, though my wife's specialty is in Western American Art, so that tends things a bit westward.
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Indeed, there are options for people like your wife. The art market is here, in large part, hence there are many art historians here. Best of luck to her -- are her interests strictly academic?
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Yes, at this point, her interests are strictly academic. Ahhh, the joys of academia, especially in this economic environment, when academic jobs are being unposted, is a thrilling place to be...
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by Carl Steefel:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
but I do know of a great wine storage facility there.
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Sharon's basement???
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Do you store your wines there, too?
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I would if I could ever find a decent wine in Paris that was not consumed the same evening.

Main thing is to avoid storing any Selosse champagne there, or it will likely not last through the year...
 
There's a pretty unique place out there in the boondocks (the working-class 20me arrondissement) - wine bar, a few tables, wonderful French country cuisine (with a modicum of modern touches) cooked by a kindly Argentine lady, Raquel Carena, and a boss who fakes having a terrible temper and offers some of the best 'sans soufre' and other trendy biodynamic and 'naturel' wines, apt for the New York unspoofulated Taliban crowd: Le Baratin, 3, rue Jouye Rouve, 75020 Paris, France, phone +33 1 43 49 39 70, closed Sundays and Mondays. The boss's name, BTW, is Philippe Pinoteau. (An Italian would shout: "Predestinato!".) Some of the wines that will show on his blackboard could be a Morgon Cte de Py by Jean Foillard, a VdP Syrah de l'Ardche by Herv Souhaut, a sauvignon de Touraine by Thierry Puzelat, a red or white Mcon-Cruzille by Guillot-Broux... Not really purple enough for me, but I enjoy it a lot.
 
Victor's right. Le Baratin is a great spot and has been around for 20 years! It is not a new trendsetter, but one of the original Bar Vins which created the Parisian wine scene. Don't miss.
 
Hello all from a former-new yorker now-faux-parisian lurker...seems to me (and correct me if I missed it) that no one has yet mentioned Autour d'un Verre (in the 3me, I think).

Anyway just another suggestion, not as much of a selection as, say, Le Verre Vol or La Crmerie but still great, especially if your French isn't up to snuff as the owner and his wife are both native English speakers.

Josh
 
originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
originally posted by VLM:
the S-word
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SHAMWOW?
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Now THAT is fucking funny.
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have you seen his latest commercial for the Slap Chop and the Graty?

"You're gonna love my nuts!" I swear. You can't make this stuff up.
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Are you still going on about Eden's salty fried balls?

It may be time to give that a rest.
 
Welcome, Kevin! I have nothing useful to add in response to your question, as I have children aged 4.5 and almost 7, which means I haven't been to France in more than 7 years.

I too share a love of great beer, and work hard to keep Shelton Brothers in business (including a so-far-one-time splurge on a keg of Mahr's Pils for my kegerator). Long time homebrewer too, though I'm currently on a dreadfully slow pace.

Hope you have a great trip, and I look forward to your contributions here.

Cheers,

Dave
 
originally posted by VS:
There's a pretty unique place out there in the boondocks (the working-class 20me arrondissement) - wine bar, a few tables, wonderful French country cuisine (with a modicum of modern touches) cooked by a kindly Argentine lady, Raquel Carena, and a boss who fakes having a terrible temper and offers some of the best 'sans soufre' and other trendy biodynamic and 'naturel' wines, apt for the New York unspoofulated Taliban crowd: Le Baratin, 3, rue Jouye Rouve, 75020 Paris, France, phone +33 1 43 49 39 70, closed Sundays and Mondays. The boss's name, BTW, is Philippe Pinoteau. (An Italian would shout: "Predestinato!".) Some of the wines that will show on his blackboard could be a Morgon Cte de Py by Jean Foillard, a VdP Syrah de l'Ardche by Herv Souhaut, a sauvignon de Touraine by Thierry Puzelat, a red or white Mcon-Cruzille by Guillot-Broux... Not really purple enough for me, but I enjoy it a lot.
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You had me at Puzelat...

This was on my list of possibilities, and has been moved up accordingly.

Thanks!
 
originally posted by Josh Fontaine:
bonne anneHello all from a former-new yorker now-faux-parisian lurker...seems to me (and correct me if I missed it) that no one has yet mentioned Autour d'un Verre (in the 3me, I think).

Anyway just another suggestion, not as much of a selection as, say, Le Verre Vol or La Crmerie but still great, especially if your French isn't up to snuff as the owner and his wife are both native English speakers.

Josh
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Thanks for this. My French is diabolical. I can read French tolerably well, but as for speaking, well, we'll see. I doubt that Norwegian I took in college will come in handy. I'm thinking I've got a good milennium of global warming before Norway becomes the "new champagne." Even longer before they'll grow good cab franc and gamay. What was I thinking?
 
Kevin, Puzelat can also be had at La Crmerie and Le Comptoir in the 6th, as well as at Quedubon in the 19th, if you're interested.
 
originally posted by Bwood:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Kevin,

For which biotech company do you huff?

I'm a recovering biotech chemist myself.
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I work for Integrated DNA, we sell DNA to the medical research market. I have little to do with that, I make dyes and linkers and such. Where did you work?
And how well are you recovering?
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In the "it's a small world" world, I spent a few months this past year learning about pcr, plasmids, home brews, markers and such. I am now realizing I should have just posted my questions here instead of wasting time reading fucking books.
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Small world, I just recently learned about PCR as well!!
 
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
originally posted by Zachary Ross:
I'm an American art historian and I have a job, and you're right, it's not in a tree in Iowa. I'll be sure to welcome you to New York when you guys move here.
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We'll see where we end up. Though it does seem that 75% of American Art History are in New York, though my wife's specialty is in Western American Art, so that tends things a bit westward.
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Indeed, there are options for people like your wife. The art market is here, in large part, hence there are many art historians here. Best of luck to her -- are her interests strictly academic?
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Yes, at this point, her interests are strictly academic. Ahhh, the joys of academia, especially in this economic environment, when academic jobs are being unposted, is a thrilling place to be...
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Well, academic life has been pretty good to me. I didn't make as much during the bubble as my colleagues who went to Wall St., big Pharma and the like, but I am in no danger of losing my job and I get to work on things that may, if I'm lucky, has some benefit to humanity that isn't merely transient.
 
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