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where’s chris? [les halles de lyon]

Monday, April 20th, 2009

chris eats a foie gras tart

two days ago kourtney and i went to les halled de lyon. this is a super fancy indoor market that katie went to last year when we were here and bought some delicious cheese on a stick. the market is in the part dieu district of lyon (see this) and to get there we took metro D then B. above, i am pictured sampling a foie gras tarte with glazed apples on top.

voila :

a foie gras tart

it was purchased for three euros at this humble foie gras vendor :

foie gras stall

foie gras is grossly overfed goose liver. but it looks pretty here :

foie gras

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sakura matsuri

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

cherry blossom festival - esplinade

today katie and i went to the cherry blossom festival at the brooklyn botanic gardens. it was awesome. our friend kate blum got us in for free and i was able to test out my digicam’s macro lens, with some great results. check out the fot’s :

the peony monument : white peony

white peony at the “peony monument.” katie loved peonies. i had a small conversation with her about how peonies got covered with ants. then i overheard some other woman talking about the same thing. these peonies weren’t covered with ants.

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