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Passage Jouffroy - II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" width="424" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Passage Jouffroy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </div>9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris <br /><br /><div></div><div></div>

Passage Jouffroy - II

In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to...

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La Cour du Petit Palais

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3CYt4nXLpKZpyEWkVqNMDh3r9HKABiMJBXjVQZJu9jiPleHM6QNVItIFiYHB-b22qq8pOPVq1AkvBANBDjylwsFFP8AifjROkNFS4YmybG8v3-NT6fX_XLmO7d61MxY9toL-9xjcKWg/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0549.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646849551602002210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3CYt4nXLpKZpyEWkVqNMDh3r9HKABiMJBXjVQZJu9jiPleHM6QNVItIFiYHB-b22qq8pOPVq1AkvBANBDjylwsFFP8AifjROkNFS4YmybG8v3-NT6fX_XLmO7d61MxY9toL-9xjcKWg/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0549.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Amidst the beautiful architecture of Petit Palais sits this serene octi-circular courtyard, </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">filled with trees and plants, mosaics and paths</span>. <br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en"><strong>Petit Palais</strong></a>, City of Paris Fine Art Museum <br />Avenue Winston Churchill <br />75008 Paris </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kFHL3kdPXK7v7PK3JzRLNcMkieyswNQwX4QtcCyBfpcEPvfQHBvYKlw_jSI6-8ccbeX7R_axHy2P7rKG_G-WQ83FaYof9YxvjhwSC9FqcN8uHK6FQ78CpXU9eTJMEOa6ixoV8XhKsPw/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0549+bw.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646963041137098162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kFHL3kdPXK7v7PK3JzRLNcMkieyswNQwX4QtcCyBfpcEPvfQHBvYKlw_jSI6-8ccbeX7R_axHy2P7rKG_G-WQ83FaYof9YxvjhwSC9FqcN8uHK6FQ78CpXU9eTJMEOa6ixoV8XhKsPw/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0549+bw.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /> </a><em>Black and white has been suggested... what do you think?</em> <br /><div align="center"></div></div></div>

La Cour du Petit Palais

Amidst the beautiful architecture of Petit Palais sits this serene octi-circular courtyard, filled with trees and plants, mosaics and paths...

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Montmartre Café - Le Troubadour

Montmartre Café - Le Troubadour

From the street view looking down, the café scene on this Saturday was one of families and friends framed with green and a blue sky (not sho...

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Parc de Monceau - ennui

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ3K3HBI6J59XMQLFMaU6oe6HNLl-aqUZi73y98qrntAlHyQf4EaRqSxjfvRecqU4dArPxjwIDSKGfF_OnHGMyOzQZ73h_NBZ9mg9mbe25hKGQvjz-wAEv55gW4ctls-Hp0Ljw_YfPII/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0211-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646058806709569378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ3K3HBI6J59XMQLFMaU6oe6HNLl-aqUZi73y98qrntAlHyQf4EaRqSxjfvRecqU4dArPxjwIDSKGfF_OnHGMyOzQZ73h_NBZ9mg9mbe25hKGQvjz-wAEv55gW4ctls-Hp0Ljw_YfPII/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0211-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Métro, boulot, dodo...<br /><br /><br /><br />C'est lundi encore...<br /><br /></span><br /><br />(Commute, work, sleep - It is Monday again)</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Parc de Monceau<br /><br />Boulevard de Courcelles<br /><br />27008 Paris</span>

Parc de Monceau - ennui

Métro, boulot, dodo... C'est lundi encore... (Commute, work, sleep - It is Monday again) Parc de Monceau Boulevard de Courcelles 27008 P...

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Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnOJlVtmRELvaeI1EsSjMpkvNfsBPyQACM9K_qPqWMPTgDIhSjr0auqpWPv4H5Coia-l_UCJ273qfyeBQZttK9Q-lqWHDM8cT5jy01neooHrEQNafrLK9hj_xX6af7eRjg1N0PYh0WAQ/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0259-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645354007440343746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnOJlVtmRELvaeI1EsSjMpkvNfsBPyQACM9K_qPqWMPTgDIhSjr0auqpWPv4H5Coia-l_UCJ273qfyeBQZttK9Q-lqWHDM8cT5jy01neooHrEQNafrLK9hj_xX6af7eRjg1N0PYh0WAQ/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0259-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> <br /><br />Playing second fiddle to Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre is not too bad when you have a perfect Cavaillé-Coll organ. This former abbey became a place of music in the late 17th Century during the years when Renée de Lorraine was abbess. Although not as large as many of the Paris organs, its tradition of music continues the rich heritage of this church on the hill. <br /><br />Bon dimanche <br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre_de_Montmartre"><strong>Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre </strong></a>2, rue du Mont-Cenis <br />75018 Paris, France <br /><br />(pour ma soeur, Renée, l'organiste)

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

Playing second fiddle to Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre is not too bad when you have a perfect Cavaillé-Coll organ. This former abbe...

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Carrousel - Place des Abbesses

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCY-370-XtEDI3AFhXPZau3z3a7X2uE9YHbgwPseFhtw4_VgH6AlYS29Tbg9y5eAqfctZQZyY5h0UBJHgN4XEOKMCk8eZQm4Rv3FWIYh32l0hFQnqLIx07F4XFUaWL4ATkK4pK0Udp8k/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0162.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645347102992247858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCY-370-XtEDI3AFhXPZau3z3a7X2uE9YHbgwPseFhtw4_VgH6AlYS29Tbg9y5eAqfctZQZyY5h0UBJHgN4XEOKMCk8eZQm4Rv3FWIYh32l0hFQnqLIx07F4XFUaWL4ATkK4pK0Udp8k/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0162.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Colorful, fast, and trendy...</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Enjoyed immensely by the children, but</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Not my favorite carrousel à Paris</span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Zoom-zoom</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Carrousel (Counter-clockwise)<br /><br />Place des Abbesses<br /><br />75018, Paris<br /><br />

Carrousel - Place des Abbesses

Colorful, fast, and trendy... Enjoyed immensely by the children, but Not my favorite carrousel à Paris Zoom-zoom Carrousel (Counter-clockwis...

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Printemps - le reflet

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoJ5a1ahV-Axtz6oLqoQGLa2w4GGBzLqjfoa7MXdcN6RunUqLtedCAbl8HPrpPYZ2W3ooGdnV9UiCNPkpV79RBOgg1YLR_en6PEpvOOIr8OAga6tlRFWYy2JWbVAktN_Z62XGSI4GOFg/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0349.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644992754183442642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoJ5a1ahV-Axtz6oLqoQGLa2w4GGBzLqjfoa7MXdcN6RunUqLtedCAbl8HPrpPYZ2W3ooGdnV9UiCNPkpV79RBOgg1YLR_en6PEpvOOIr8OAga6tlRFWYy2JWbVAktN_Z62XGSI4GOFg/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0349.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">A dress of pale blue feathers and fringed silk tweed, </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">a backdrop of trees, </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">and a wistful glance down the boulevard.</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br />Printemps<br /><br />64, boulevard Haussmann<br /><br />75009, Paris<br /><br /><br /><br />To see more reflections visit James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/sun-and-moon-2-weekend-reflections-101.html">Weekend Reflectio</a>ns<br /><br />

Printemps - le reflet

A dress of pale blue feathers and fringed silk tweed, a backdrop of trees, and a wistful glance down the boulevard. Printemps 64, boulevard...

10:01 PM

Musée Grevin

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTqO_FaYZNdTBqpBdIx181gf4OZu_7Vc-tmXFBiUuA3GLNC1XAtBxx4VNEHF6sfzmHaIjNQHnCo6kCgXKpTtNVxMR6DmwXmmXC3cTgvzyesSGr2HO2c9yiRG2yCUserRAvSlcOYYzhxs/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0334.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644621966875349010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTqO_FaYZNdTBqpBdIx181gf4OZu_7Vc-tmXFBiUuA3GLNC1XAtBxx4VNEHF6sfzmHaIjNQHnCo6kCgXKpTtNVxMR6DmwXmmXC3cTgvzyesSGr2HO2c9yiRG2yCUserRAvSlcOYYzhxs/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0334.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. Its baroque architecture includes a mirrored mirage room based on the principle of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catoptric_cistula"><em>catoptric cistula</em> </a>and a theater for magic shows.<br /><br /><br /><br />It has an ornate main entrance on Boulevard Montmartre and another entrance in Passage Jouffroy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hummmm.... you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Musée Grevin<br /><br />10, boulevard Montmartre<br /><br />75009, Paris<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Musée Grevin

Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arran...

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L'Entracte -- café en rouge

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-UYtD8hHN8QqOrxyZXoCqttVjMQ6UsOHJYLaujm7uHq_R1ILTxbiljIcS7mzHCIrQXRlr8yEFOwtZJ2NRTp79vi2BNkn-K3XJVfLOZXR3yWbD3hxWKK09tzvgkkq6m1M9DELWtq6eVY/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0316.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644135169200483522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-UYtD8hHN8QqOrxyZXoCqttVjMQ6UsOHJYLaujm7uHq_R1ILTxbiljIcS7mzHCIrQXRlr8yEFOwtZJ2NRTp79vi2BNkn-K3XJVfLOZXR3yWbD3hxWKK09tzvgkkq6m1M9DELWtq6eVY/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0316.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">L'Entracte's small terrace is dressed in <em>rouge vif</em> looking fresh for the season.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This tiny café's English translation means "the intermission" and is located across the street from Palais Garnier, the site of the L'Opéra de Paris.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />L'Entracte<br /><br />1, rue Auber<br /><br />75009, Paris<br /><br />

L'Entracte -- café en rouge

L'Entracte's small terrace is dressed in rouge vif looking fresh for the season. This tiny café's English translation means ...

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Happy Hour at Le Ricaux

Happy Hour at Le Ricaux

I am not sure whether this gentleman is looking for a friend or if he is just looking cool. Le Ricaux 44, rue Chaussée d'antin 75009, Pa...

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Une question...

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqWMLo-OG-OkzZe4Boi89pH4cGHFN2oLObjvNQc3-yyUhX-gpMZUb-f15npR897haFIyYbM_HZOnXtKJsAB82jDEcDrZWPdaPJZjjYx35HmM4CSSLXr1Jh-kMN_LahafqfOsxzQ71_M/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0086.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643486580151824770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqWMLo-OG-OkzZe4Boi89pH4cGHFN2oLObjvNQc3-yyUhX-gpMZUb-f15npR897haFIyYbM_HZOnXtKJsAB82jDEcDrZWPdaPJZjjYx35HmM4CSSLXr1Jh-kMN_LahafqfOsxzQ71_M/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0086.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Puis-je l'obtenir en rouge?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">(Can I get it in red?)</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Zoom-zoom!</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>

Une question...

Puis-je l'obtenir en rouge? (Can I get it in red?) Zoom-zoom!

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Église Saint-Étienne du Mont - IV

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WxpY87bYJ0rzAFgKkhXzTzP5kLEf0h4uB1_W900x5a-aKu4xCC50MkCE8y626K5ARslewQ3sbDdzEm4KJzxOqvuFT5gFQLJJue157aeS1vIoXdORJmm2i7OBUgJe60mBvsBLylB5VP0/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0089.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643136552671519186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WxpY87bYJ0rzAFgKkhXzTzP5kLEf0h4uB1_W900x5a-aKu4xCC50MkCE8y626K5ARslewQ3sbDdzEm4KJzxOqvuFT5gFQLJJue157aeS1vIoXdORJmm2i7OBUgJe60mBvsBLylB5VP0/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0089.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Église Saint-Étienne du Mont sits among some giants in the Latin Quarter, just across from the Pantheon on Place Saint Geneviève. It is difficult to choose a favorite church in Paris, but this would surely be high on my list.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bon dimanche<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Église Saint Étienne du Mont<br /><br />1 place Ste-Geneviève<br /><br />75005, Paris<br /><br />

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont - IV

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont sits among some giants in the Latin Quarter, just across from the Pantheon on Place Saint Geneviève. It is diff...

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Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s1600/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642766536400619986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s640/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Couture"><strong>Thomas Couture</strong> </a>was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his "<a href="http://hoocher.com/Thomas_Couture/Thomas_Couture.htm"><strong>Romans in the Decadence of the Empire</strong></a>" found today in Musée D'Orsay at a grand 472 x 772 cm (15 feet by 25 feet).<br /><br /><br /><br />He was critical of the moral decadence of France under the July monarchy (the ruling class) and alluding to French society the "Romans" of his masterpiece translated to "French in the Decadence." He later left Paris and started his own school, and among his students were Edouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his " Romans in the Decadence of the Empi...

10:01 PM

L'homme à tête de chou

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLu1XZzzsyAjTAP4kA8VLYscbSB0F3a1WmGDxVcoRtHENZYrP8qdfHb5jVohy1EX-XW1PGHX9v3_G5lMdl2rUpiSqFemhGVHUfO5BF7_Gu_CpHPBio7K7Vaq6Dd7a-MoCNGqBi-jtvMs0/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0228.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642399623391717522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLu1XZzzsyAjTAP4kA8VLYscbSB0F3a1WmGDxVcoRtHENZYrP8qdfHb5jVohy1EX-XW1PGHX9v3_G5lMdl2rUpiSqFemhGVHUfO5BF7_Gu_CpHPBio7K7Vaq6Dd7a-MoCNGqBi-jtvMs0/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0228.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, this "gentleman" seemed to be looking for someone?</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This drole caricature is of Serge Gainsbourg, the reknown and often infamous singer, whose lyrics and songs were filled with puns and references to sex. He did look familiar in the salon window, but I could not quite place him. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thanks to Malyss, Vreni, Richard, Véronique, dive, Bibi, and beau gosse)</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Bon weekend!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">(and I <s>need</s> found a title, <s>svp</s> merci!)</div></s></s><br /><br /><br /><br />Valérie<br /><br />14, rue Marseille<br /><br />75010 Paris<br /><br /><br /><br />More Weekend Reflections <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/balboa-fun-zone-weekend-reflections-100.html"><strong>here at James' place</strong></a>.<br /><br /><s><s></s></s><br /><br />

L'homme à tête de chou

Well, this "gentleman" seemed to be looking for someone? This drole caricature is of Serge Gainsbourg, the reknown and often infam...

10:01 PM

Avec l'amour

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8rgF90jiViaJWyigoTEUidk81fviKOA2-1MZFYMB8JU9XNk30Wn1RCARL71guMjMeRhv4kOWNHvR6_GdEem_LDuuBb8Qs0da3pVUgmVHnkbWKPSXpOhQ9UrPdg3v2MrQx9-DpW7DkyQ/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0426+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642180559203499138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8rgF90jiViaJWyigoTEUidk81fviKOA2-1MZFYMB8JU9XNk30Wn1RCARL71guMjMeRhv4kOWNHvR6_GdEem_LDuuBb8Qs0da3pVUgmVHnkbWKPSXpOhQ9UrPdg3v2MrQx9-DpW7DkyQ/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0426+b-w.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> <br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In the hours just before twilight, </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the pace of the day slows and gives way to more tender moments. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div></div><div></div>

Avec l'amour

In the hours just before twilight, the pace of the day slows and gives way to more tender moments. Jardin du Palais Royal

10:01 PM

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641266789520916690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If it seems that I am suggesting it is haunted or slightly askew, I have been reading Deborah Lawrenson's wonderful book, <strong>The Lantern,</strong> just published by HarperCollins in the USA. A novelist and journalist, she and her husband live in a crumbling house in the Luberon which is the inspiration for her captivating, haunting book. You can check out her blog </span><a href="http://deborah-lawrenson.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">*always remember to look up</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />10-12, boulevard Montmartre<br /><br />9, rue de la Grange Batelière<br /><br />75009 Paris<br /><br />

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries...

10:01 PM

Stepping out of the shadows

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SNK5cAndSPdubQe3TvADoxe3nrw_wngRfx26Ty-EkfyyoAWZ7xuzd9ZlLSZtFERMk9XK_QQdTwDHAXRaItFAlT1HXScMETK7U4QLgZGqpz69cVPhxkAlJa5Y3ZV6L8eA77RyA4lZ5vg/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0357.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640893274263917538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SNK5cAndSPdubQe3TvADoxe3nrw_wngRfx26Ty-EkfyyoAWZ7xuzd9ZlLSZtFERMk9XK_QQdTwDHAXRaItFAlT1HXScMETK7U4QLgZGqpz69cVPhxkAlJa5Y3ZV6L8eA77RyA4lZ5vg/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0357.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On the cobbled narrow Rue Cortot, we find this prince stepping out of the shadows of Musée de Montmartre. He may have disappeared by now.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Musée de Montmartre</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">12, rue Cortot</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">75018, Paris</span></div><br /><br />

Stepping out of the shadows

On the cobbled narrow Rue Cortot, we find this prince stepping out of the shadows of Musée de Montmartre. He may have disappeared by now. Mu...

10:01 PM

Le chat du café

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLeGFOtVo6G3YK8WyhIVtKYK_5t3HXQRJOX33ax3bX8tlgAuP5hyphenhyphenBa10SBIdrHF2yxqWO72Tic98hvBF5qfoJIgXVADVtl-rS2HxXZWUpZezLhpybXc3YewtbHF9IxDfVpEbEUM2IXzs/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0445.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639417965270135506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLeGFOtVo6G3YK8WyhIVtKYK_5t3HXQRJOX33ax3bX8tlgAuP5hyphenhyphenBa10SBIdrHF2yxqWO72Tic98hvBF5qfoJIgXVADVtl-rS2HxXZWUpZezLhpybXc3YewtbHF9IxDfVpEbEUM2IXzs/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0445.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I wonder if he is there for a beer or a smoke. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hummmm? </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Perhaps just for the warm lap and the ambiance.<br /><br /></div></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Rue Lepic</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Montmartre</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">75018 Paris</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Le chat du café

I wonder if he is there for a beer or a smoke. Hummmm? Perhaps just for the warm lap and the ambiance. Rue Lepic Montmartre 75018 Paris

10:01 PM

Saint-Pierre Church - Chartres

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyTBrZekF6APgKACOW6_XzcD9yTnDLV5XgLbjcsZgvwtRHKljfo6jafsp6toHfuf7iDpr4A_ZQG6S8oysoVj1WV0xiTRosGvcPWTuqXw1WC_otm4QX52xLqF3q_dx3flBKBOMiwdC5Ps/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0215.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640471574964739730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyTBrZekF6APgKACOW6_XzcD9yTnDLV5XgLbjcsZgvwtRHKljfo6jafsp6toHfuf7iDpr4A_ZQG6S8oysoVj1WV0xiTRosGvcPWTuqXw1WC_otm4QX52xLqF3q_dx3flBKBOMiwdC5Ps/s640/2011+april+4+DSC_0215.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />Saint-Pierre Church in Chartres is not as well known as the Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres, but this 13th Century church is a Gothic masterpiece with some windows surviving from the 14th Century.<br /><br /><br /><br />Built outside the original fortress walls of Chartres, it was built to withstand the assault of aggressive armies. Built, reconstructed, renovated over the centuries, it is currently undergoing restorative work in the high arches seen here.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bon dimanche<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Saint-Pierre Church - Chartres

Saint-Pierre Church in Chartres is not as well known as the Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres, but this 13th Century church is a Gothic mast...

10:01 PM

Epicerie Bastille

Epicerie Bastille

I snapped this petite shop from across the busy Boulevard Beaumarchais. It is narrow among many larger offerings on this wide street at the ...

10:01 PM

Bécassine - the story

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639799371933280258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cassine"><strong>Bécassin</strong></a> is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern <em>bande dessinée</em> inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.<br /><br /><br /><br />These books were seen in the window of a bookseller in Passage Jouffroy, a covered arcade in the 9ième arrondissement.<br /><br /><br /><br />I first encountered this heroine through collecting antique fêves, which is another story...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Librarie Paul Vulin<br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />Métro Grands Boulevards<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Bécassine - the story

Bécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière...

10:01 PM

Marché d'Aligre - le dimanche

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_sJ9rIXO8wHH8OyBXblSHS8rHnm58FBPydW52bf09xAkUDgiyRxaI1UCZ3qHAGxol4k0Rcu4N1nULROa6Jyk6KxDGJ5AlF4oRYKc8IapQMICe1N32mlQO6moZj-KyaVEGnS4aIu7fCU/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0044.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639431742793237218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_sJ9rIXO8wHH8OyBXblSHS8rHnm58FBPydW52bf09xAkUDgiyRxaI1UCZ3qHAGxol4k0Rcu4N1nULROa6Jyk6KxDGJ5AlF4oRYKc8IapQMICe1N32mlQO6moZj-KyaVEGnS4aIu7fCU/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0044.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />In a busy, crowded market shoppers were buying everything from fish and seafood to fruits, nuts, and cheeses. Vegetables of bright colors were hawked competitively across the stalls.<br /><br /><br /><br />One solitary man is buying flowers. I have more questions than answers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Marché d'Aligre<br /><br />Rue d'Aligre et Rue Beccaria<br /><br /><br /><br />

Marché d'Aligre - le dimanche

In a busy, crowded market shoppers were buying everything from fish and seafood to fruits, nuts, and cheeses. Vegetables of bright colors we...

10:01 PM

Une prison ou une maison?

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz6WCcfZEJV5ZiWG-Zt9horkOdmf2EUr_lVE7-lt7KtoUTuVuyPdC86EMPG5hnKyoTUGwW1cfrx7sUAO6Gc5i1wub18vHzB4X7I7o6mt-DxLijxgF_TuxTVLTc1axtkcs4zNWDRZ0_UI/s1600/2011+april+5+b-w+DSC_0236-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639061946365608674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz6WCcfZEJV5ZiWG-Zt9horkOdmf2EUr_lVE7-lt7KtoUTuVuyPdC86EMPG5hnKyoTUGwW1cfrx7sUAO6Gc5i1wub18vHzB4X7I7o6mt-DxLijxgF_TuxTVLTc1axtkcs4zNWDRZ0_UI/s640/2011+april+5+b-w+DSC_0236-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There was a tiny crack in the boards behind the bars. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If something had moved, I was prepared to bolt! </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Found: In an unnamed, narrow street of Montmartre.<br /><br /></div></span><br /><br />

Une prison ou une maison?

There was a tiny crack in the boards behind the bars. If something had moved, I was prepared to bolt! Found: In an unnamed, narrow street of...

10:01 PM

Le Musicien

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp5r4tgxytH1575C-E-9KKC8xakQmU3oAeHbXV4wmzPQHdXjSDbaEzN9fILp0YEuZ0Zh1vrlSOUkFJaFwDHaTAsVfngcxoqjMGo-NLa6XUH1LFu7G2x1QKrl9vOzv_sKjh3TAebTCLa0/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0223.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638688057033615314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp5r4tgxytH1575C-E-9KKC8xakQmU3oAeHbXV4wmzPQHdXjSDbaEzN9fILp0YEuZ0Zh1vrlSOUkFJaFwDHaTAsVfngcxoqjMGo-NLa6XUH1LFu7G2x1QKrl9vOzv_sKjh3TAebTCLa0/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0223.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />This musician may have been working for coins but he appeared to be playing for the music within his soul. The street (and Métro) performers seem to be a notch better than I hear in the United States. I found the same to be true in Seville last fall witnessing a string quartet for which I would gladly have paid for front row seats.<br /><br /><br /><br />Montmartre en avril 2011<br /><br /><br /><br />

Le Musicien

This musician may have been working for coins but he appeared to be playing for the music within his soul. The street (and Métro) performers...

10:01 PM

Café de la Paix -- au matin

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9p5dxMH0FT_gNNvSXKh9d-W_Ta5HV2u0dA7D8LH-b5Mn0btIiPIxJ0ZMlmGmkADU69kdVF-u0W_Kw2g_Qb7EiYFNN1pkRfhT7WU4Xt8XB8Y3-tMAUWz5tS3GkDiE_jLSuzrkst9vnZ4/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0306.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638293834425912786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9p5dxMH0FT_gNNvSXKh9d-W_Ta5HV2u0dA7D8LH-b5Mn0btIiPIxJ0ZMlmGmkADU69kdVF-u0W_Kw2g_Qb7EiYFNN1pkRfhT7WU4Xt8XB8Y3-tMAUWz5tS3GkDiE_jLSuzrkst9vnZ4/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0306.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><p><br />Early one April morning Marie and I found this gentleman just beginning his daily routine, arranging the café chairs on the terrace of Café de la Paix. It was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of Palais Garnier which sits just over your shoulder. </p><br /><br /><p>I would love to stop there this Monday morning for <em>une noisette</em> with my friends.</p><br />Café de la Paix<br />Place de l'Opera<br />12, boulevard des Capucines<br />75009, Paris<br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p>

Café de la Paix -- au matin

Early one April morning Marie and I found this gentleman just beginning his daily routine, arranging the café chairs on the terrace of Café ...

10:01 PM

Église Saint Jean de Montmartre - l'ange

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZKEG_aV3YV4RUk0nxvZ4VxEQPU_KnKpihNpHs__6yvhkOKlwcnIhKArVwcG1xMMYLdpu6t3zRIlgvATSTLKfkpknENRB_WRShOaX1kuOx0Ckc8rWRw4Qd8k-MlxHNO2sE94Gwz-Ocgw/s1600/2011+april+5+DSC_0177.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637937216047903618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZKEG_aV3YV4RUk0nxvZ4VxEQPU_KnKpihNpHs__6yvhkOKlwcnIhKArVwcG1xMMYLdpu6t3zRIlgvATSTLKfkpknENRB_WRShOaX1kuOx0Ckc8rWRw4Qd8k-MlxHNO2sE94Gwz-Ocgw/s640/2011+april+5+DSC_0177.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />This unusual church made of reinforced cement between 1894 and 1904 sits at the foot of Montmartre across from Place des Abbesses. The organ was built by the famous Cavaillé-Coll in 1852 for a church in Lyon and later moved here.  This Art Nouveau style church was one of the first to use concrete, brick, and ceramics as building materials. It has been the center of much architectural controversy over the years.<br /><br />The photo is one of two angels gracing the front entry.<br /><br />Bon dimanche<br /><br /><br />Église Saint Jean de Montmartre<br />19, rue des Abbesses<br />75018 Paris

Église Saint Jean de Montmartre - l'ange

This unusual church made of reinforced cement between 1894 and 1904 sits at the foot of Montmartre across from Place des Abbesses. The organ...

10:01 PM

Repetto VII

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0LF0YhfF-m2jtXuxjAKjKrE3rcNKT6YykuB9psE3zCRMOn37PnaPCXZSlD3EP7X-7qwZVFlCXN8h1xjomaMJKji4FcajmgkchBrG2LkshgIGiejtzd5N7xJAKmoJ-WCVyV9eHz8p6VU/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0301.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637572055496190498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0LF0YhfF-m2jtXuxjAKjKrE3rcNKT6YykuB9psE3zCRMOn37PnaPCXZSlD3EP7X-7qwZVFlCXN8h1xjomaMJKji4FcajmgkchBrG2LkshgIGiejtzd5N7xJAKmoJ-WCVyV9eHz8p6VU/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0301.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />A trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to </span><a href="http://www.repetto.com/home.php"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Repetto</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> on Rue de la Paix. Although there was an expectation of an exquisite display*, the single poster of <em>Danseuse Étoile</em>, </span><a href="http://www.ballerinagallery.com/gillot.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Marie-Agnès Gillot</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, features a beautiful and talented ballerina.</span><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Although the tickets are très cher, I would love to see a ballet at Palais Garnier, just down the street.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Repetto</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">22, rue de la Paix</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">* previous posts of the window seen <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/ballerine-en-rouge-reflection.html"><strong>here</strong></a> and <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/09/repetto-for-nanette.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></div>

Repetto VII

A trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to Repetto on Rue de la Paix. Although there was an expectation of an exquisite display*, t...

10:01 PM

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637194805311635218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed especially vibrant and colorful... just one of the reasons I must return again and again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon weekend<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Place André Malraux<br />Rue St. Honoré et<br />Avenue de l'Opéra</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See more reflections at James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/la-mort-lente-du-ballon-rouge-weekend.html"><strong>Weekend Reflections</strong></a></span>

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed e...

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Must be a French girl -- VIII

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllldwyM-4yEBGtE3rd_J8KPrbmuh7ARPjNQ-1CqFF6JxCdFmbqvGfKxHbJJ3wUBoTVyZjgtkf-H5GQq1Aac0ky7CX5pcgQiCUNWUXgV6twjrGNNAIzv2u3r-f6xt0Kk6Kafjt1iERG2Q/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0279.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636837752645656546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllldwyM-4yEBGtE3rd_J8KPrbmuh7ARPjNQ-1CqFF6JxCdFmbqvGfKxHbJJ3wUBoTVyZjgtkf-H5GQq1Aac0ky7CX5pcgQiCUNWUXgV6twjrGNNAIzv2u3r-f6xt0Kk6Kafjt1iERG2Q/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0279.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Oh definitely, and M. Cycliste thinks so too!<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Blvd de Courcelles</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">at Parc de Monceau</span><br /><br /></div>

Must be a French girl -- VIII

Oh definitely, and M. Cycliste thinks so too! Blvd de Courcelles at Parc de Monceau

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Le coiffeur et le vélo

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXvyZWKtsAUG4pGfjSoOhYfzwu5LKVTcC9eLDC15v3uT6kHoMd4lF80fr92CVsL5xftXjNpu9E90f7q7RvtQV6jWL-9yukU7_ODGcGcfFFahI90nWS7Qi02rue18RE-s-P1K-GOlMO48/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0065.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635699898170118514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXvyZWKtsAUG4pGfjSoOhYfzwu5LKVTcC9eLDC15v3uT6kHoMd4lF80fr92CVsL5xftXjNpu9E90f7q7RvtQV6jWL-9yukU7_ODGcGcfFFahI90nWS7Qi02rue18RE-s-P1K-GOlMO48/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0065.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A narrow street in the 2ième arrondissement boasts this perfect blue door, </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">offset by the single vélo. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Please disregard the graffiti.</span><br /></div></span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">7, rue Tiquetonne</span></div>

Le coiffeur et le vélo

A narrow street in the 2ième arrondissement boasts this perfect blue door, offset by the single vélo. Please disregard the graffiti. 7, rue ...

10:01 PM

Galerie C. T. Loo & Co.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgl4wY2qE-Ck4PqVEkmhnc62wvht18QTb00BgtTnjn5wpmypgbK0y5wkJ-5agwi1Da6GLVXpi0hWy4koD8yg-JOhbSVBPpogKkuBcGzGeMuuSK9u3h7uMURUTEHbQTgpIX9j4QmeFuDM/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0156.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636089072704538066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgl4wY2qE-Ck4PqVEkmhnc62wvht18QTb00BgtTnjn5wpmypgbK0y5wkJ-5agwi1Da6GLVXpi0hWy4koD8yg-JOhbSVBPpogKkuBcGzGeMuuSK9u3h7uMURUTEHbQTgpIX9j4QmeFuDM/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0156.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This beautiful mandarin pagoda is an island in the midst of Hausmanian architecture very near Parc de Monceau. It was built in 1926 by the french architect Fernand Bloch for the chinese antics dealer Ching-Tsai Loo. "Starting his business in Paris, Loo was almost single-handedly responsible for introducing early Chinese art—bronzes, jades, paintings—to Western Europe and North America"....Real Parisian-50 best kept secrets<br /><br />I hoped to catch a glimpse into the open window but saw neither shadow nor curious eyes. Tant pis pour moi.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Galerie C T Loo & Co</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">48, rue de Courcelles</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div>

Galerie C. T. Loo & Co.

This beautiful mandarin pagoda is an island in the midst of Hausmanian architecture very near Parc de Monceau. It was built in 1926 by the f...

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Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

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Musée Grevin

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Bécassine - the story

Marché d'Aligre - le dimanche

Une prison ou une maison?

Le Musicien

Café de la Paix -- au matin

Église Saint Jean de Montmartre - l'ange

Repetto VII

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

Must be a French girl -- VIII

Le coiffeur et le vélo

Galerie C. T. Loo & Co.

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