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Catacombs and La Dame de Pic

Oct. 7:  We are back from what has become our annual dinner at Anne-Sophie’s.  Our busy day started out with what has become our annual attempt to visit The Catacombs.  Two years ago, we showed up bright and early on a Monday morning only to discover that The Catacombs are closed on Mondays. 

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Dinner at Maison Pic — Oct 9

Dan and I already think the world of Anne-Sophie. I had discovered her in Patricia Well’s book, The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris. There is a line in it, about the pea shoots tasting like she had just picked them off the vine and this struck me,

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Lesson at SCOOK — Oct 10

Even though we didn’t go to bed until 2am, we set our alarms for 7:30am, because we wanted to have some time to enjoy the Maison Pic while awake. Its understated elegance is as charming as charming gets.

Neither of us were really hungry, but Dan didn’t want to pass up the chance to see what Anne-Sophie could offer for petite déjeuner (breakfast).

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