tag: beer
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April 7, 2013
So I find myself in Montmartre more and more often nowadays. When I have a spare hour between whatever I’m coming from and whatever I’m going to, I like to stop in at People’s Drug Store for a bottle.
Like it says on the sign: all of the small bottles are €3 and the large ones are €6, so there’s no reason not to experiment and try new bottles. That Belgian quad is no more expensive than the Sierra Nevada you can get at home.
Though it is nice to be able to get a real American IPA when you want one.
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Tags: 75018, alcohol, beer, beer shop paris, bottle shop, bottle shop paris, craft beer, craft beer in paris, montmartre, paris, people's drug store, people's drug store paris, travel |
6 COMMENTS
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February 20, 2013
Delicious brews. Awesome friends. Quality bar. Good oysters. The best.
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Tags: bar, beer, beer bar, brooklyn brewery, brooklyn brewery launch party at le mary celeste, filles du calvaire, le mary celeste, oysters, paris, paris bar, travel |
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December 31, 2012
Guess where I am?
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December 17, 2012
This week I learned… something… about restraint… or knowing your limits… or something like that. It’s all kind of a blur really.
So what happened is that my French class partners, Tríona and Oisin, invited me to something called “12 Pubs of Christmas.” Basically, the goal was to hit up twelve different pubs in twelve hours, drinking a beer at each one. We started with a lovely brunch at Tríona and Oisin’s place, where we all looked bright-eyed and chipper in our Christmas jumpers.
Each pub had a rule, such as: you must wear a Christmas jumper, or drink with your non-dominant hand, or not call anyone by their real name. Penalties for rule-breakers included drinking shots and doing Irish dances. Keep this sober, late-morning photo in mind. We degenerated quickly.
I think part of the thing I learned was something about not starting out too strong. There were two options you could choose from to fully participate: drink one pint at each pub (A-team), or one half-pint (B-team). Note that, in Paris, what they call a pint is really 500cl, so the A-teamers would be drinking a total of six liters total. I decided to start out on the A-team, then kick down to the B-team eventually. That decision was my downfall.
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Tags: #12pubs, 12 pubs of christmas, bar, bar à vin, beer, christmas jumpers, drinking, frenchie, frenchie bar a vins, friends, irish pubs, paris, paris restaurants, paris wine bars, pubs, restaurants, travel, ventreche, where's me jumper, wine |
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October 14, 2012
Le Siffleur de Ballons
34 Rue de Citeaux, 75012 (Faifherbe-Chaligny or Reuilly-Diderot)
01 58 51 14 04
If a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams. That is where I believe we have come. We are in the dreams of the city. That’s why certain places hover on the brink of recognition; why we almost know where we are.
– Sandman #51: “A Tale of Two Cities”
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Tags: beer, beer bar, buskers, Candelaria, cat, champagne, chatelet, duff beer, flower shop, flowers, food, le siffleur de ballons, louvre, mexican food, neil gaiman, neil gaiman quotes, Nuit Blanche, paris, paris at night, paris bars, paris beer bar, paris restaurants, pikachu defibrillator, pont des arts, quai de seine, restaurant, sandman, sandman quotes, seine, street art, travel, verjus, Verjus Bar à Vin, wine, wine bar |
9 COMMENTS
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September 23, 2012
It’s been a week full of friends and lots of good food and wine and beer. First, Au Passage with Ariane and Antoine. The menu was varied and everything we got was superbly fresh and well-sourced. Just look at that tartare de boeuf! We’ll definitely be going back.
Then to Verjus for a kale party thrown by the wonderful Kristen of The Kale Project, who’s been working tirelessly to bring kale to France.
The arancini and the salad (which I failed to get a photo of) were to die for. Thanks for the invite, Kristen, and thanks for the excellent wine and service, Laura!
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Tags: arancini, au passage, bar a vins, beer, beer bar, biere, cantillon, friends, kale, la fine mousse, oysters, paris bar, paris restaurant, parisariane, tartare de boeuf, the kale project, verjus |
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September 11, 2012
As you can tell, Lucerne is unfairly pretty. Bisected by a river so clean you can drink its water, astride a sparkling lake, under the shadows of Rigi and Pilatus, I spent a lot of time giggling incredulously at how charming the town was.
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travel |
Tags: beer, brewery, fondue, food, fortification, heartbeats jose gonzalez, jose gonzalez veneer, lake lucerne, lucerne, luzern, rathaus, reuss river, rigi, river, sailboat, sparkling lake, swans, switzerland, tour boat, travel, vacation |
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