Colleague of mine: we couldn't find any decent food in Paris

[Hugh Conway]

That's sorta funny in it's own way

more friendly locals in Paris than Colorado...

[Ted Striker]

Years ago I was in the Lake District of England staring at a plate of greasy eggs, fried tomato, and yesterday's toast, trying not to dry-heave, when I overheard two blue-haired locals at the next table describing their recent trip to France to their friend. "The food was dreadful! The vegetables were hardly cooked!"

[Benny Profane]

Referenced this film (yes i said film) the other day to a room full of people and nobody had any idea what i was talking about. really sad.

When I'm stuck in an eatery with someone who is trying way too hard, or the staff cops an attitude, I slowly turn into Steve Martin in this scene just to have fun. You're right, it's becoming a lost, ahem, flick.

[OldLarry]

That's sorta funny in it's own way

Ya Parisians are not generally fans of Larry. Get on fine pretty much everywhere else in europe though, gypsies in Roma aside.

[TahoeJ]

Lots of good food in Paris, but... I'll take the food throughout most of Italy and Spain over it.

[Hugh Conway]

Lots of good food in Paris, but... I'll take the food throughout most of Italy and Spain over it.

I'm trying to pass this generalization Paris has really good Thai food among a whole host of other cuisines in addition to french whereas exotic food in most of Italy is a kebab

[OldLarry]

first meal I had in Paris was mexican food, heh.

[Pegleg]

That's sorta funny in it's own way

That's why I specified a "friendly" local. They do exist, or so I'm told.

[Benny Profane]

Wtf? Enchiladas with cream sauce? What wine?

[The Reverend Floater]

more friendly locals in Paris than Colorado...

Agreed. Parisians are some of nicest "big city" folks I've ever met. If you want a-holes, try LA, Madrid or Copenhagen. Those are some real a-holes.

[TahoeJ]

I've found there to be a very noticeable age divide in Paris and France in general. Older than baby boomer generation = not so friendly (to Americans at least). Younger = pretty friendly.

[Benny Profane]

Agreed. Parisians are some of nicest "big city" folks I've ever met. If you want a-holes, try LA, Madrid or Copenhagen. Those are some real a-holes.

Or NYC. Parisians didn't exactly welcome Benny with air kisses, but coming back to NYC reminded me of what rude really was.

[OldLarry]

Or NYC. Parisians didn't exactly welcome Benny with air kisses, but coming back to NYC reminded me of what rude really was.

Naturally biased, but I think most new yorkers are nicer than people give us credit for. What most tourists don't realize is that they are constantly in people's way when they walk .0005 miles an hour hand in hand, 4 abreast(iseses).

We work in/commute through the same neighborhoods where they play- that's 90% of the conflict IMHO. The new Apple store in Grand Central exacerbates this in a big way-

[Dexter Rutecki]

I've heard tourists comment that NYers are generally quite nice and friendly. I get people asking me for directions almost every week, and I always help them, even when they pronounce 'Third' so it sounds like 'Seventh' (figured it out when we switched to French, stupid frogs).

[TahoeJ]

We work in/commute through the same neighborhoods where they play- that's 90% of the conflict IMHO. The new Apple store in Grand Central exacerbates this in a big way-

I'd have to agree. I don't live there, but tend to be a non-wandering walker and found myself getting annoyed by a lot of the tourists. When I brushed past them they probably figured I was some asshole local. ;-)

[BigDaddy]

It helps to have sophisticated local friends in Paris who are in the know about fine dining, etc.:

[jfost]

It sure seems like Paris would have a full range of food options, since it is a gigantic multicultural city...

probably a PF Changs too, if you're in the mood for something salty.

[plugboots]

Dated a woman who went to Paris and said that she had trouble finding food also. I broke up with her.

[Huck_Schmuck]

Some of the hardest places to get good French food is France. If the original statement had been outside of Paris I would have agreed.

I've lived in France and commuted through France 4-6 times per year for 7 years, plus numerous vacations there. The issue is that the food is either exceptionally good or really fucking awful.

Very little middle ground. Fuck France and it's shitty attitude to food, they have IMO the best cuisine in the World and manage to constantly ruin it.

[DeeAre]

The new Apple store in Grand Central

My head just exploded.

[Benny Profane]

My head just exploded.

Great place to kill the half hour to your next train.

Grand Central is a NY treasure. Why you should never even think of living in NJ.

I've heard tourists comment that NYers are generally quite nice and friendly. I get people asking me for directions almost every week, and I always help them, even when they pronounce 'Third' so it sounds like 'Seventh' (figured it out when we switched to French, stupid frogs).

I meant more the day to day thing between New Yorkers. But, then again, I guess I had no clue what the day to day thing was between Parisians, since I was a fucking tourist.

[DeeAre]

more friendly locals in Paris than Colorado...

The Mecca of Smug. But the French are just assholes.

[Alaskan Rover]

Learn the difference between cue and queue.

This is like fucking up there and their. They are homophones but have completely different meanings.

I love it when peeps correct vocabulary and grammar and then go on to make an outrageously bad grammatical mistake in the same post.

Homophone = phonesex for homosexuals. Don't those 900 calls get espensive, meester?

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[timnormandin]

I was thinking "line em up". Not stage directions.

Nice recovery--Parvoesque.

[Alaskan Rover]

It helps to have sophisticated local friends in Paris who are in the know about fine dining, etc.:

Well...I WAS going to cook up some pasghetti tonight. Scratch that, now.

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