Hello, everyone! Writers have done it from time immemorial, and the French have made an art of it. And what is that? Flanerie, the noble art of walking the city. Any great city will do, but for me Paris and New York are the lodestars of my life, the sources of inspiration for my blog Desperately Seeking Paris. Come, walk with me!

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Posts tagged Vaucluse

French Breads and Pastries: The Upper East Side

What better time to walk the streets of any great city than when it’s snowing or raining? It's that precipitation—be it rain, sleet, hail, snow or fog—has a way of blurring the sharp edges of a metropolis, slowing the pace of its inhabitants walking with downcast eyes, and lowering the decibel count. When the everyday hustle-bustle fades, the city takes a deep breath.

New York Walks, French Restaurants '17-18, Bread/Cheese/ChocolateBarbara DonskyApril 8, 2018Cafe Bilboquet, Le Bilboquet, La Goulue, Vaucluse, Boulanger V, Maison Kayser, Eric Kayser, Crossaints, Upper East Side, Paris Comments

Vaucluse: Upstairs and Down

On a dark and drizzly evening, walking north on Park Avenue around 5:30 PM, I'm brought up short at the sight of lights glowing in the ground floor windows of what is now Vaucluse at the south-east corner of Park and 63rd Street. This space had long been home to Park Avenue -- Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, a restaurant that changed its decor along with its menu from season to season. After a 22-year run, the restaurateur, Michael Stillman, packed up his pots and pans, taking them to lower Park Avenue.

French Restaurants '15-16Barbara DonskyDecember 20, 2015Autumn, Michael White, Park Avenue, Park Avenue-- Winter, Spring, Summer, Vaucluse, Voisin Comments