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Chez Julia
By Ann | May 26, 2010
The other day I walked by Julia Child’s apartment at 81 rue de l’Université in the 7ème. She called it “rue de Loo.” There’s no plaque (though I’ve heard there’s a movement afoot to install one), but if you’ve read Julia’s memoir, My Life in France, it’s not hard to picture her living here. She and Paul occupied the second and third floors in a rambling flat that Julia described as “large, centrally located, and a bit weird.”
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May 27th, 2010 at 2:56 am
… Weird and right next to the Assemblée Nationale, which I think in Julia’s era was called the Chambre des Députés. Just next door is a small café where I had a delicious Poilâne croque monsieur after a meeting not long ago. It’s certainly worth a walk through this neighborhood between visits to the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée du Quai Branly.
May 28th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I went by there shortly after reading My Life in France. I can just hear Juila saying “rue de Loo” in her famous falsetto.
May 29th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I’m with you, Camille! I always chant, “Rue de Loo! Rue de Loo!” when I bike by the building. Glad to hear there might soon be a plaque to commemorate her—I always thought it weird that there’s not.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Chris — The building is also not too far from the American Embassy where Paul worked. I like to imagine him crossing the Seine to walk to and fro.
Camille — Remember how Paul created tongue-twisters so she could practice her phonetics? Here’s one to say three times fast: Le serrurier sur la rue de Rivoli.
Sweet Freak — I agree, we need a plaque! After all, even Thomas Jefferson has his own statue here. And Julia Child has certainly done more for 20th- and 21st-century Franco-American relationships than Jefferson!