II.3.5.j. A NEIGHBORHOOD GERTRUDE STEIN WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED

Menu: 2.3.5.l. Gertrd. Stein wd hv appreciated

A TAKE-OUT,  A PICNIC AND A MEMORY

Yacine

In brief

• A take-out

• A picnic in a park where sculpted figures play

• At a time when the public valued only classic works...   

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Next,
Grande finale: a take-out...

A TAKE-OUT...

A TINY SENEGALESE TAKE-OUT WHERE THE CUISINE IS EXCELLENT AND EVERYTHING IS FRESH

Keur Yacine

 11 rue Jean Robert, for which you cross the railroad tracks 

Yacine starts from scratch. I have seen her peel 20 kilos of onions
as a ventilator blows away the fumes.

Clients are hungry young men and portions are generous.

Fish, carrots, sweet potatoes, African vegetables and red rice, 8€. For desert, try "xayiri," made of yogurt, millet, cream, vanilla and orange-flower petals, 2€.

As it's also a take-out, you can buy lunch there

and picnic at square Léon 10 minutes away.

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Next,

...and a picnic in a park where sculpted figures play

A PICNIC IN A PARK WHERE SCULPTED FIGURES PLAY

 

SQUARE LÉON, TEN MINUTES FROM THE TAKE-OUT AND FIVE FROM MÉTRO BARBÈS

Acrobats about which nothing is said

On weekends there may be a special event...

In any case children run around, parents watch, boys play soccer, men ponder checkers and Europeans relax in the sun:

This mural shows people of all origins happy together...

Panel at the police station

 After visiting La Goutte d'Or at least 50 times,
I think it tells the truth.

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Next,
At a time when the public valued only classic works...

AT A TIME WHEN THE PUBLIC VALUED ONLY CLASSIC WORKS...

GERTRUDE STEIN TRUDGED UP THE HILL TO DISREPUTABLE MONTMARTRE, WHERE SHE POSED FOR YOUNG, UNKNOWN PICASSO 80 TIMES

Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Pablo Picasso, 1904, Metropolitan Museum, New York / Elisabeth Rawson

Today La Goutte d'Or just down that hill is as far from convention's gaze as Montmartre was then...

and Stein might be as fascinated by its off-beat energy. One feels it in the conviviality of its beauty salons and tailors' workshops, the individualism of its hairstyles, the Sapeurs' cheerful irony, the striking attire and the universal amiability. 
 

Venturing into La Goutte d'Or follows her spirit.

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End of this chapter and of walks for adults,
though kids are fascinated by the hairdressers' signs 
and the tailors they see from the street.

The next chapter is about activities 

 adapted to families with young children,

which open new perceptions for adults as well.

II.4.
To do with children (or without them)