tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534336955228121954.post6238014156542324146..comments2023-10-30T03:04:25.738-07:00Comments on EdwardianPromenade: Maxims-de-ParisViolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534336955228121954.post-58545443673902360862009-08-23T21:11:17.498-07:002009-08-23T21:11:17.498-07:00I only know it from the movies! I'd love to go...I only know it from the movies! I'd love to go there but I think that the museum will be as far as I'll get...<br /><br />I've been reading about the impoverished artists and they certainly had pretty miserable lives. Their wives had an even worse time!<br /><br />Thank you very much for commenting.Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534336955228121954.post-19104493235758028412009-08-17T21:57:41.072-07:002009-08-17T21:57:41.072-07:00"Maxim’s became a symbol of the opulent Belle..."Maxim’s became a symbol of the opulent Belle Epoque era in Paris. Everyone who was anyone dined there." So it probably started in the 1890s.<br /><br />Ahhh see that is why I don't know it so well. I only know the grotty dives where my impoverished artists hung out, paying for their coffees by leaving the odd drawing :) Maxim's was at another level of elegance altogether! <br /><br />HelsHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com