It’s Wednesday again and I’ve found you some more great posts from other people’s blogs, starting with Vingt Paris Magazine giving us the best brocantes and flea markets in Paris, followed by Girls’ Guide to Paris with suggestions of places to have your favourite beverage, and a very interesting description of National Garlic day by Llamalady from Blog in France.
Best Brocantes and Flea Markets of Paris
by Anne at VINGT Paris Magazine, devoted to the 20 arrondissements of Paris and helping you get the most out of the city.
We were so pleased with Meg Gagnard‘s roundup of the best vintage clothing shops in Paris, we invited her back to share some insider secrets of Paris’s flea markets and brocantes -the best places to find vintage goods and antiques around the city. The list is a mix of trinket and furniture shops, as well as where to go to find out about weekly neighborhood brocantes. Thanks, Meg! Read more …
Tea, wine, or cocktails
by Girls Guide to Paris, an all-encompassing online guide to Paris
Here is an assortment of places where you can lounge and enjoy your favorite beverage, often with some excellent food as a bonus. Note: The term wine bar can be a little confusing in Paris. All wine bars feature wine, of course, but the bar part is a little more flexible. Some have a counter and tables, and you can show up anytime for a glass of wine and a snack. Others resemble restaurants more than actual bars. In many cases, reserving in advance is imperative. Some are cavistes (retail wineshops), which is good to know if you need a bottle to go. Read more …
National Garlic Day
by Llamalady from Blog in France who blogs about her life in rural France where, amongst other activities, she raises llamas and alpacas
Today, believe it or not, is National Garlic Day. And since garlic is irrevocably linked in most people’s minds with France, well, I had to blog about it.
Garlic, Allium Sativum, is originally from Asia. China is still the world’s biggest garlic grower, producing more than 12 million tonnes of it a year! Garlic is something of a wonder plant, because not only does it have the blood cleansing properties most of us know about it, it’s also anti-bacterial. Surgeons who ran out of anti-septic during the First World War would use garlic instead. Read more …
Hi There Fraussie,
Thanks for your thoughts, Have you ever considered selling products at a flea market to make some extra cash? Many people find having a stall at their local flea market gives them a steady source of extra cash. For others, however, they take the concept one step further and turn selling things at flea markets into a full time income. That’s great news if you want to get out of a job you don’t like, and are looking for something different. In order to do that, however, you need to discover how to turn your flea market stall from a hobby into a business.
Keep up the posts!
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Hi, I’ve run a few brocante stalls with my kids over the years but I think I would prefer to be on the buying side than the selling side!