{"id":1248,"date":"2012-05-01T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T19:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2022-01-12T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T13:25:57","slug":"may-1-regaining-our-bearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/may-1-regaining-our-bearings\/","title":{"rendered":"May 1&#8211;Regaining Our Bearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s May Day here, hence a\u00a0<em>fete<\/em>. Most stores and restaurants are closed but we wandered over to Cafe de la Mairie (near the\u00a0<em>mairie<\/em>, or local &#8220;city hall&#8221; in the 6th arr.) where we&#8217;ve often lunched and people-watched.<\/p>\n<p>Jet-lag set in and had to snooze a bit.<\/p>\n<p>After a walk around St. Germain, had dinner at Le Petit Zinc, a pretty old place,\u00a0with an excellent jazz trio. Headed to Le Flore for an armagnac and called it a night.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1248 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/may-1-regaining-our-bearings\/227_1132\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/227_1132-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1252\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1252'>\n\t\t\t\tWe are on the 5th floor of a building on rue Madam, this is our view looking north.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/may-1-regaining-our-bearings\/227_1133\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/227_1133-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1253\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1253'>\n\t\t\t\tView of St. Sulpice square from Cafe de la Mairie.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/may-1-regaining-our-bearings\/227_1134\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/227_1134-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1254\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1254'>\n\t\t\t\tLe Petit Zinc\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/may-1-regaining-our-bearings\/227_1135\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/227_1135-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1255\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1255'>\n\t\t\t\tView of Brasserie Lipp from Cafe de Flore\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s May Day here, hence a\u00a0fete. 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