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Annual Paris Tweet Up

Friday, January 31st, 2014
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Priscilla Pilon’s Annual Paris Tweet Up is now history, and what a blast it was!

38 Saint Louis

38 Saint Louis
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

It was held yesterday evening at a cheese shop called 38 Saint Louis located on rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Isle.  Operated by Thibault Lhirondelle and Didier Grosjean, this is a great delicatessen that sells cheese, wine, sausages, and fine foods.  Before setting foot there, I never realized that cheese could be so much fun.

Thibault Lhirondelle and Didier Grosjean

Thibault Lhirondelle and Didier Grosjean
Proprietors of 38 Saint Louis
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Pierre-André Rouard

Pierre-André Rouard (left)
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Pierre-André Rouard of Origine Gourmet presented some of the finest salmon that I have ever tasted.  It was served with a glass of diluted Highland Park whisky (2/3 water, 1/3 whisky), an eminently appropriate accompaniment for salmon.

Frédéric Royan

Frédéric Royan
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Wine merchant Frédéric Royan presented four wines (two white and two red), which we tasted one at a time, each with a different cheese.

Thibault Ringing Bell

Thibault Ringing Bell
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Thibault would call people to order from time to time so that he could announce the names of the cheeses, each of which was paired with an appropriate wine.

Cheese Board

Cheese Board
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Pictured above:  Fontenille Selles-sur-Cher goat cheese (left-hand corner), Comté Charles Arnaud, aged 20 months (center), Saint-Marcellin (right-hand corner), Fourme d’Ambert au lait cru (lower corner), .

Baguettes in a Bread Basket

Baguettes in a Bread Basket
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Fresh, chewy bread from Boulangerie Martin, a bakery shop located on the same street, was served with the cheese.

Lily Heise

Lily Heise
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Lily “La Tigresse” Heise, who rocked the world with her explosive kiss-and-tell memoir Je t’aime, Me neither, was there.

Priscilla Pilon and Kathy Reichart

Priscilla Pilon and Kathryn Reichart
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Priscilla (who organized the event) poses with avid tweeter Kathryn Reichart.

Pouring red for Anna Eklund-Cheong

Pouring Red for Anna Eklund-Cheong
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Anna Eklund-Cheong of Paris Haiku was there.

Happy People

Happy People
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Pictured (with faces to camera, from left to right):
Mary Kay Bosshart of Out and About in Paris
Frédéric Royan
Leah Walker of Leah Travels
Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson of Colleen’s Paris

Not pictured:
Tom Reeves of Discover Paris and Paris Insights
Monique Y. Wells of Entrée to Black Paris
Nathalie of The Parisienne
Richard Reichart
Susan Ferguson
Patty Jenkins

Other names will be added as they are communicated to me.

A good time was had by all! A big thank you goes out to Priscilla for organizing such a great event.

38 Saint Louis
38, rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile
75004 Paris
Tel.: 01.46.33.30.00

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