FRANCE: One of my favorites…
4 03 2008This shot was taken looking through the corner glass of a butcher’s meat case (in Rue Mouffetard) as he was pulling cuts for a customer. It’s one of my favorite shots from the trip. It’s not especially great, composition-wise. But I remember the moment very clearly.
It was the moment when I wished JJ was with me. I think it was because on the day I went there, the street was full of couples holding hands. February 16th - the first Saturday after Valentine’s Day. I was working Valentine’s Day so I didn’t give it much thought that I was thousands of miles away from him during a “love holiday”. But Saturday, it felt like I was the only lone woman on the street. I’m sure I wasn’t. But at the meat case, I remember turning around and taking it all in and then wishing I could buy one cut of ‘rosbif’ with him to take back to a rented apartment for a decadent lunch.I liked France. But I love JJ. Food just isn’t the same without him.
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Inspector Vino
[...] a kitchen in Paris the first day I walked through Rue Mouffetard’s open air market. I showed you one of the butchers already. I’ve highlighted cheese. But the first thing that brought it home? Etoilated [...]