It is hard to believe that our departure date is approaching. Before we leave I wanted to fill you in on a couple of things we’ve done that haven’t made it into my ramblings until now. A few days ago we headed over to one of our favorite museums- Musee d’Art Moderne – which is a free museum except there is a fee to see special exhibits. There are two special rooms that if you come to Paris you should see- one is the massive mural painted by Duffey called the history of electricity. The other are the Dancers- the original studies by Matisse which he used for his installation at the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia. We came, however to see an exhibit of a French artist we’d never heard of – Jean Hélion- who painted in the 1920s-50s. He was in the French army, captured and held prisoner by the Nazis for two years until he escaped in 1943. His work encompasses a wide variety of techniques – some of which we liked a lot. He could never quite find his place in the art world which I think was a source of frustration. His wife was Peggy Gugenheim’s daughter.
We had lunch one day at a very French and popular restaurant, Le Petit Lutitia, on rue Sèvres. The bar tender, with a mustache to match his bow tie gave us some hearty smiles. he could have been a model for anyone of French painters
My main course was a delicious filet of dorade- a white fish we don’t have on the Cape.
Another blog will follow soon.
pianomd 
OMG-you make every experience look so wonderful! Whi
They are!! We always have fun when we are out.
Carolyn, this was a fabulous blog! Loved the artwork and the dining photos. Makes me wish I were there!!! The fish and soufflés were the best ever. Pistachio with chocolate sauce. So jealous.
See you soon. Safe travels.
Love,
Mary Ellen
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That place never fails to please.
Well if we can’t get to Paris, you’re doing a fabulous job of letting us know what to add to our list for our next visit. Miss you Mary Jo
Omg. That soufflé 🤯
The bucket list gets longer and longer!!
Beautiful pictures….and yum, yum for the food.
The waiter is so cute. But I hesitate to ask for a photo with him.
To be surrounded by such beauty! (And I’m not talking about George, although he, too, is a great beauty!) I have to dig out my old souffle recipes from Fanny Farmer, although I don’t remember pistachio. . .
Oh those soufflés. Amazing. I’m ready!!
Thank you so much.. Love all the commentaries and the pictures.. thanks for sharing
Thank you for liking!! We should get our French speaking club rockin’ again.