StringGrrl sees the World

Starting out in the quarter near the Eiffel Tower, we strolled all over Paris Notre Dame Cathedral viewed from a Bridge back over the river Looking back over the river Seine Fan of Duck Breast  Bordeaux by the pitcher Not sure who StringGirl is waving to, but she makes friends everywhere Nice Diner-like atmosphere, certainly not stuffy. A Neighborhood eatery... The Louvre

StringFellow with the mixologists concoction, Mezcal Smoke Bank Having the chance to eat at one of Denver's hottest spots for Gastronomy was certainly a high point of November. Mizuna is one of Chef Frank Bananno top rated restaurants in the Mile High city, in fact it is one of the highest rated cities in all of Western US. Appetizer, Scallop  Mizuna has an intimate dining room, which gives the feeling that one is eating in a private dining room, almost homey. But the food served was by no means what I would expect as home cooked food, unless you were a first class chef. The Bar is very inviting and the mixologist provided first class cocktails from their list, but also welcomed the challenge to provide new palette for drink tastes (we had something they called a "Peanut Butter and Jelly Old Fashioned" with special home-brewed simple syrup from distilled Peanut Butter with house made muddled fruit serving as the jelly).  Dry Aged Duck Magret Duck Breast, with...