tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5751666221566346890..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: ELBOW ROOMRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68231595139129513252017-08-06T17:56:56.606-04:002017-08-06T17:56:56.606-04:00Parisian dogs are too well bred and considerate ac...Parisian dogs are too well bred and considerate actually to befoul the public spaces. :)<br /><br />Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-9224032269130421192017-08-06T16:32:50.392-04:002017-08-06T16:32:50.392-04:00Have the Parisiens of the 21 c. stooped to clean u...Have the Parisiens of the 21 c. stooped to clean up la merde de leur chiens from their sacred public spaces? Or do they hire Algerians to do that?levinebarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-54506862825296913082017-08-04T23:49:23.916-04:002017-08-04T23:49:23.916-04:00The apartment is indeed lovely. One thing that ma...The apartment is indeed lovely. One thing that makes the kitchen function well is that it is very close to places where you can buy fresh ingredients. That's a joy of a good neighborhood in a good city. (It's something I miss very much already about the neighborhood I moved from in Philadelphia, and dislike about the one I moved to in Melbourne.) My strong preference, whenever I can, is to shop regularly in good small shops, rather than doing very large trips (needing a car, or else being very inconvenient) to buy lots of stuff that then requires a large fridge and many cupboards. Of course, you don't want to always be running out to buy flour or salt or porridge or whatever, but it is nice to be able to just go around the corner and buy the things you want to make a nice dinner, and not have to stock them for a week or more. If it were difficult to shop there, the kitchen would be much less useful. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446428606119200980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-23898780016954123972017-08-04T16:00:10.066-04:002017-08-04T16:00:10.066-04:00Thanks. I have a general idea of where that is i...Thanks. I have a general idea of where that is in my mental map of Paris.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-34207056742207182622017-08-04T15:39:40.735-04:002017-08-04T15:39:40.735-04:00The apartment is on a little street half a block f...The apartment is on a little street half a block from the Seine on the left bank, diagonally across from Notre Dame. I think of that famous cathedral as the neighborhood church.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-6899567352994515622017-08-04T15:22:16.783-04:002017-08-04T15:22:16.783-04:00That sounds like a lovely apartment. Where exac...That sounds like a lovely apartment. Where exactly in Paris is it (for those of us who only know Paris by the principle tourist landmarks)?<br /><br />U.S. living spaces tend to be giant, as are the heating costs. I have a 52 square meter apartment (Santiago de Chile), which is actually a bit smaller due to the fact that about 4 square meters are taken up by a space (a kind of covered porch) with a washing machine and a water heater. I lived here without problems with my 11 year old son for about two years and with my woman companion and her 4 year old hyperactive child for seven years, with some problems. One floor beneath me there's an at least outwardly totally conventional family with exactly the same living space: a couple with two children, both pre-teens, and that seems fairly normal and middle class here. The poor generally live more crowded together.<br /><br />s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-85898728924584293932017-08-04T14:37:21.687-04:002017-08-04T14:37:21.687-04:00Professor, we need a picture of that legendary kit...Professor, we need a picture of that legendary kitchen!Ian J. Seda Irizarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791805107306447252noreply@blogger.com