So I can find Rue Cler just a two-hour drive away! No overnight flight, no strange foreign words (well, Rue is one), no euro conversion, and plenty of cars everywhere to make me feel at home. Sounds like heaven! And right across the street, Google Earth shows me, is a Starbucks (in case I want to drink my latte with just one hand).

Bring it on! And welcome back, Mike. (You were away?)

Posted by joe32F

Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂

03/27/22 08:11 PM

11138 posts

https://www.google.com/maps/place/6716+SE+Milwaukie+Ave,+Portland,+OR+97202/@45.4740956,-122.6488207,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAT3Aal8TKx8f-vTATbY-Sg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DAT3Aal8TKx8f-vTATbY-Sg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D76.96834%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x54950aea7b17c165:0x2eaa08495b82abc!8m2!3d45.4741428!4d-122.6485034

The ambience is a bit different that what one would find in Paris. But you avoid the 11 hour plane ride.

Posted by Barbara

03/28/22 04:38 AM

752 posts

Will Rick be invited to cut the ribbon at the opening? I’m glad that Paris inspired her, as it has so many of us.

Posted by Dave

Southeast US

03/28/22 10:51 AM

3830 posts

The ambience is a bit different that what one would find in Paris. But
you avoid the 11 hour plane ride.

Based on that picture, I might prefer the 11 hour plane ride.

Posted by Frank II

Freedonia

03/28/22 11:18 AM

14926 posts

To make it authentic, every visitor would have to carry a blue and gold guidebook.