Comments on: Musee d’Orsay, Paris

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:25:30 +0000

Musee d’Orsay is one of my favorite museums too, since I do appreciate Impressionistic Art.

Thanks for sharing these photos Marketman :)

By: betty q.

betty q. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:17:53 +0000

Sorry again, MM …off the topic!

Angela: I wen to Chinatown only to find the tofu place is indeed closed. However, they relocated to EAST OENDER…1436 East Pender, Vancouver. ..just google for the other details: superiortofu.com. They are the ones that makes the best TAHO on site!…and if you are lucky to be there when they make it, you can get the TAHO still warm!

By: Apicio

Apicio — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:54:18 +0000

Here is a link to a picture of the humongous stove that Sister referred to in her comment above. Market Man, notice among the gleaming copper pots, the exceedingly elitist lozenge shaped turbotiere that we spoke of a few years ago.

https://www.frenchgardening.com/postcard.html?pid=3087881361254344

By: jtan

jtan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:20:04 +0000

did you take a bateaux ride on the seine? it’s lovely at dusk. you sail by the d’orsay, under the bridges as the homes turn on their lights. you get a peek into the affluent homes along the seine. brings a bottle of wine, bread and cheese.

By: corrine

corrine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:39:40 +0000

Really nice posts! I love going to museums…I can spend the whole day there!

By: Apicio

Apicio — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:29:55 +0000

A museum for every taste. Another fabulous favorite is MusÃ©e Carnavalet located in the Marais district and so within walking distance of Place de Vosge, the oldest Parisian plaza. This hotel particulier was Madame de SÃ©vignÃ©â€™s Paris residence throughout her life which seemed to have been devoted to writing letters (mostly to her daughter Madame de Grignan). Her collected correspondence comprises three thick volumes in Gallimardâ€™s edition de la PlÃ©iade.

I cannot understand why I need to spend close to CAN$2000 for a three day trip to San Francisco from Toronto while Air Canada is advertising CAN$673 for a whole week in Paris, hotels and taxes included.

By: wysgal

wysgal — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:54:04 +0000

The train station makes for an amazing space … loved the art too of course. =)

Centre Pompidou is a similarly amazing space (with a great view of the city!) although I wasn’t as big a fan of their more experimental type art.

By: Fabian Mangahas

Fabian Mangahas — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:15:18 +0000

Musee d’Orsay is my favorite museum that I have not visited. Not a wise decision back then to keep to visiting it on our last day, and not having pre-purchased tickets, and thus seeing a kilometric line snaking outside the museum. We didn’t want to miss our train :(

Really enjoying your Paris posts. Hope there are still a couple more before you move on to other things. :)

By: sister

sister — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:05:37 +0000

Apicio, I’m glad you mentioned the Musee Nissim de Camondo, my favorite one for showing how one family lived and what they accumulated during their lifetime. It helped to be bankers to the Ottomans. It has the best kitchen by far- with a receiving area for food deliveries, that gigantic stove in the middle of the kitchen, staff dining room, dishwashing rooms, etc. all on the first floor. Kitchen designers take note. Also a fabulous collection of china beautifully displayed on the second floor.
For those who find themselves in DC visit Hillside, the Merriweather Post estate, whose gardens include a pet cemetery.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:05:18 +0000

k. ramos, actually Mrs. MM took the first photo, and deserves credit. :) And to all, yes, if possible, visit as MANY museums as you can. I only favor the d’Orsay because it is a personal favorite, covering art I prefer or enjoy the most. Definitely make time to see the Louvre, the Picasso, Rodin, etc. The kid has been to all of them, I think, oops, except the Picasso, I think. but with kids, maybe the science museum would be even better than fine art at a young age.