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Chez Guy**(*)

Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel, Wines with tags , , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2023 by xi'an

While I rarely enter company sweepstakes and lotteries (and correlatively never win!), I answered a contest from my credit card company around the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and won the prize of having a Chinese dinner cooked at home by a chef, news that I first treated as a spam for being so improbable. The communication agency in charge of the rewards insisted enough and offered the alternative choice of a top restaurant, which we eventually opted as Guy Savoy in Paris. We went there for lunch last week and enjoyed tremendously the unique experience!, from the location in the historical French Mint, with a monumental entrance, and tables overlooking the Seine,

 

to the round of dishes, colour themes and fabulous tastes, the apex being the hardly coked lobster!,
 

to chatting with the sommelier about unknown vintages and the staff about the dishes, and of course having a great time altogether!
 

 

Sailing the Exumas

Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags , , , , , , , on September 4, 2011 by xi'an

A few weeks ago, taking advantage from being in Florida, the four of us sailed the Exumas islands in the Bahamas with Sylvia Richardson’s family (Sylvia, Jessie, and Alex) on a charter catamaran, Stray Cat, piloted by Captain Mark Pomerenke. Although “sea, sun, and sail” is not in my top ten list of outdoor activities, I enjoyed it very much, along with all members of the trip! Here at last is the shiplog of our week in the Exumas, mostly written by Sylvia (with a few additions of mine for the ‘Og). Continue reading →