Passage Jouffroy - II 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 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 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 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 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 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...

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Musée Grevin 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 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 &qu...

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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, Paris

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Une question... 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 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 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...

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L'homme à tête de chou 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...

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Avec l'amour 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

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Passage Jouffroy - un mystère? 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...

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Stepping out of the shadows 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...

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Le chat du café 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

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Saint-Pierre Church - Chartres 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...

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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 ...

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Bécassine - the story 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...

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Marché d'Aligre - le dimanche 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...

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Une prison ou une maison? 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...

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Le Musicien 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...

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Café de la Paix -- au matin 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 ...

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Église Saint Jean de Montmartre - l'ange 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...

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Repetto VII 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...

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Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu 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 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 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 ...

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Galerie C. T. Loo & Co. 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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