French Cuisine

I'm getting hammered on my Facebook page for having the audacity to note that I've thusfar found the food in Paris, um, lacking. Now, I've gone to all sorts of bistro's and restaurants, including several that were highly recommended. It's not that the food is crappy or anything. In fact, I've moderately enjoyed plenty of the dishes. And the bread (and red wine) is spectacular. But the meats are, in general, far too fatty for my liking, and the seasoning in general trends towards the flavorless. In three different restaurants, soups have tasted quite watered down. I suppose it's plausible that I've just had awful luck--and I'm certainly hoping my mind is changed in the next three days--but as of now, France lags far below New York and Italy on the taste-buds scale.

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Hello all,

While www.abovegroundrealty.com covers my bread-and-butter business, and www.filmandfelt.com takes care of poker, sports, and cinema writing (when I get around to updating it...which will happen much more frequently after the election), I don't have anywhere to rant about politics, chatter about my daily life

I'm currently in Paris, enjoying just my second pure vacation since I started Aboveground Realty in 2005. Thusfar, it's been very relaxing; yesterday, which was our first full day in the city, we hit three museums, walked until our feet burned, and drank lots and lots of red wine. I loved it all, though I must admit I'm not much of a fan of French food thusfar...the meats are far too fatty for my tastes. But hey, no place is perfect.

A full museum report to come this evening, as well as an update on where the presidential election stands just 12 (!!) days before voters head to the polls. Au revoir, for now.