Paris Sunday April 21, 2013

Today, Sunday, we went up to the Brullerie to listen to the music which started at 11:00AM.  They had a four piece group including bass, saxophone, banjo and rhythm washboard playing Dixieland and blues.  Three men, one American on the sax, a woman on the banjo with the woman and the sax player also singing.  It was a lovely, pleasant morning somany people walked by and many others stayed a while to listen.  They were a fun group and we had a very enjoyable stay for about an hour.  Today since it was comfortably warm, the large front windows were open so it was as if the group were on the street as was most of the audience.  I even videos part of one piece with my iPhone.  I didn't know if it would also record the sound, but when I got home and turned it on to play back I found it had.  So now we have a mini recording of the group.  What a treat!

Walking home we stopped to talk to a man handing out election flyers.  He was most pleasant and even told us of a very good Italian restaurant on the street, Pucinella.  (Rue Danremont). We hope to try it before we leave.  

Next came another great discovery as we waked back to the apartment - a fantastic grocery store that sold only frozen food.  It is part of a chain called Picard.  There were about 50 freezer chests, each carefully labelled, containing pre-cut vegetables and fruit, all sorts of bird and bird parts and every imaginable type of seafood.  It also had an astounding array of frozen prepared foods for every dinner course.  Couln't resist so we got a couple of things to try including a salmon bread.  Let you know after we try it.

Got back in time to make lunch of baked cod with a pesto, garlic olive ans sun dried tomato topping, a huge pot of cooked kale, beet tops and leftover cabbage and a few boiled potatoes from an earlier meal. 

Nap time and then a walk to find Rue des Martyrs.  Second time I couldn't find it.  Does it really exist?  But the streets around here go in every direction so, even with a map, you can get confused.