Saturday, August 2, 2025

The Sunday Salon: A Paris in July Composed of Thirteen Books, Two Maigret Series, Eating at Brasserie du Parc, Baking Croissants, and a Real Visit to Paris

  







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We spent the weekend in Paris, Texas, and what a fun weekend it was! We ate pastries at the Paris Bakery, shopped at some Paris stores, traiped through a Paris farmers' market, got a library card from the Paris Public Library, and, of course, visited the Eiffel Tower. 





What I Read Last Week:






What I'm Reading Now:

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (Book Club)

Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer (Nonfiction)

The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood (Fiction)

Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff (1001 Children's Books)






What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:













I delighted this month in celebrating Paris in July. I enjoyed being in Paris this July by:

(1) Reading books set in Paris...These are listed in Enjoyment Order, from Most to Least...


Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

Remembering Paris by Denis Tillinac

In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art by Sue Roe  

The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwartz and Iva-Marie Palmer 

Claudine: A Fairy Tale for Exceptional Grownups by Marian Grudko

Picasso and Minou by P. I. Maltbie

Fantômette et la maison hantée by Georges Chaulet 

The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World by Cathy Yandell

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 

A Bakery in Paris by Aimee Runyon

La Vie, According to Rose by Lauren Parvizi

 

(2) Watching... 

Maigret (1992) on BritBox. (Mystery series)

Maigret (2018) on BritBox. (Mystery series)

 Odette Toulemonde on Kanopy. (Movie)


(3) Practicing my French on Duolingo.



(4) Eating at Brasserie du Parc
a French restaurant in downtown Houston.


(5) Baking croissants.


(6) Visiting Paris...Paris, Texas, that is.




I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:


Good Thing #1:
G-granddaughter Lucy loved 
having her 3rd birthday party
She found a beautiful (imitation) ammonite 
in the dig-for-fossils pit.



Good Thing #2:
We had a great time at 
A Wrinkle in Time,
a play put on by children at
nearby
Alvin Community College.



Good Thing #3:
My friend Janet and I, 
in our search for 
a reported Northern Bobwhite
in our area,
arrived
at a private bird hunting area. 
The only bobwhite we found
was on the sign. Ha!



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1 comment:

  1. Your Paris month has been fun to read! I especially liked seeing Paris, Texas, as I didn't know they had their own "Eiffel Tower." I've always enjoyed participating in PiJ the past but this month was too busy with a trip to Greece. Thanks for hosting Sunday Salon, it's always interesting.
    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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