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Wandering in Paris
Enjoying vin chaud on a cold day in Paris! Before we traveled to Paris last month, I watched an old episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “ The Layover ,” a television show that ran on the Travel Channel several years ago in 2012. As long ago as the episode originally appeared, what Bourdain said then holds true today. Experience the city by wandering and focusing on the pleasurable things in life like food, others around you and excellent coffee. With his advice ringing in my head,
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Luke patiently waits for us to catch up to visit Du Pain des Idees near Canal St. Martin My first memory of eating a croissant in Paris was when I was very young, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Buttery, soft folds of flaky honeycomb like layers with a shatteringly crisp, golden exterior. I remember it having the taste of butter, without being greasy. This long ago memory continues to inform my opinion about what makes a croissant good or bad, but it is very much a c
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