Bistrot Victoires avec mes amis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7wARPI9MRNehZl-gzI5ccdYL5-WG-mP3HxGgjhE9KVWGamzYLfCbAbR2ZPS2RqcLpdZjhDL5NVYQDoLF7-aIcXsYOooYkk5WIH8EjGJuIDlWwnpQ0xXkC1Xutbk55Nf9znomBc5apAk/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7wARPI9MRNehZl-gzI5ccdYL5-WG-mP3HxGgjhE9KVWGamzYLfCbAbR2ZPS2RqcLpdZjhDL5NVYQDoLF7-aIcXsYOooYkk5WIH8EjGJuIDlWwnpQ0xXkC1Xutbk55Nf9znomBc5apAk/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In our first hours in Paris, Holly and I met friends Peter, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mary, and Virginia at Bistrot Victoires.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We plied our travel-weary selves with delicious tartines and Champagne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As you can see from the menu, the <em>tartines</em> are made with Poilâne bread.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was delicious enough that Holly and I came back </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">later in the week with sweet friend, Isabelle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They did not seem to mind the crazy people with cameras </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">snapping every corner, zinc bar, and cranny!</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Bistrot Victoires</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, rue la Vrillière</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Victoires avec mes amis

In our first hours in Paris, Holly and I met friends Peter, Mary, and Virginia at Bistrot Victoires. We plied our travel-weary selves with d...

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Une fontaine de larmes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD08jATJqaV0TSN1Wd2AKSMKwnnA4DBid40Tvth4SWJlcd1ThHyFcWaWUV8jpanzM8JiKWTIVBYWR_13Xy22falnm8KU-9VAy3Z5NsAwsQvxeYf2yodOKQjUyZy5yYdBpB00tEvwM0vGI/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD08jATJqaV0TSN1Wd2AKSMKwnnA4DBid40Tvth4SWJlcd1ThHyFcWaWUV8jpanzM8JiKWTIVBYWR_13Xy22falnm8KU-9VAy3Z5NsAwsQvxeYf2yodOKQjUyZy5yYdBpB00tEvwM0vGI/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0103.jpg" width="640" /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the warming light of a January afternoon,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this young woman was alone with her thoughts.</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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Palais Royal</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div>

Une fontaine de larmes

In the warming light of a January afternoon, this young woman was alone with her thoughts.   Jardin du Palais Royal 75001 Paris

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Sempé at Hôtel de Ville

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7H2AgIhL6nNeOSxt9iBsYdFzJjZaWgXHCrGRMatxvrQqUx4sEJrZxQQsSoSmFjXHS61Eevdqo6IKZS8lKw_m1cHjjHNMuLgBwmsYewLtHvhVLcRdsnkTZsXdMn15WYvNSfXTA7jt3hY/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7H2AgIhL6nNeOSxt9iBsYdFzJjZaWgXHCrGRMatxvrQqUx4sEJrZxQQsSoSmFjXHS61Eevdqo6IKZS8lKw_m1cHjjHNMuLgBwmsYewLtHvhVLcRdsnkTZsXdMn15WYvNSfXTA7jt3hY/s640/2012+Jan+12+1st_0223.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.paris.fr/english/english/the-drawings-of-sempe-at-the-hotel-de-ville/rub_8118_actu_107168_port_19237"><strong>Sempé retrospective exhibition</strong></a> runs through March 31st at Hôtel de Ville.  It is free and photos are permitted!  Mary (Mad about Paris), Virginia (Paris Through My Lens), Peter (Peter's Paris), my daughter Holly and I all enjoyed the more than 300 original drawings.  The soft light of the chandelier seen here is one of several projections on the walls of the exhibit hall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you have not been, there is still time.  It is not to be missed!</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel de Ville</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Salle Saint Jean</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>5, rue Lobeau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sempé at Hôtel de Ville

The Sempé retrospective exhibition runs through March 31st at Hôtel de Ville.  It is free and photos are permitted!  Mary (Mad about Paris)...

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Look to the sky

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4L-jlHj7WK1WjdfpCKX4F0LwL2FCsxCrs1Wxto_qNMcB7PBHNfPokALjwwLFj8WPiBkSyHTVm2GQUKJDIMepcQ2W42zdd7VP7gIdZe4pdmrgmK5tdq-OhVVFDtGTMrYb0jyF1hJYMRU/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="424px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4L-jlHj7WK1WjdfpCKX4F0LwL2FCsxCrs1Wxto_qNMcB7PBHNfPokALjwwLFj8WPiBkSyHTVm2GQUKJDIMepcQ2W42zdd7VP7gIdZe4pdmrgmK5tdq-OhVVFDtGTMrYb0jyF1hJYMRU/s640/2012+jan+13+1st_0656.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>  <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>bon dimanche</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>1 place Ste-Geneviève</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Look to the sky

  Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont bon dimanche Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont 1 place Ste-Geneviève 75005, Paris

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Les toits de Passy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1W5-xZKniKNgRIdNgW4lL9216ZMCNiuFYeMF8fcFuhqUFuKQzmITZe547Rjo0LmekrbAzbu9PM26m0k8VtnvQoFQiCrrDEWBCbCeg3KJl2_l_GxO8LNse_rkLsCI2T5u2f-sRPkJH5vQ/s1600/2012+jan+14+1st_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1W5-xZKniKNgRIdNgW4lL9216ZMCNiuFYeMF8fcFuhqUFuKQzmITZe547Rjo0LmekrbAzbu9PM26m0k8VtnvQoFQiCrrDEWBCbCeg3KJl2_l_GxO8LNse_rkLsCI2T5u2f-sRPkJH5vQ/s640/2012+jan+14+1st_0958.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The roofs, the shutters, the chimneys...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">transformed by the magical afternoon light of winter</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de l'Annonciation</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75016 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits de Passy

The roofs, the shutters, the chimneys... transformed by the magical afternoon light of winter Rue de l'Annonciation 75016 Paris 

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When pigs fly...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HMd2j-Xq3s1_lSqGL-A5AjByOGtadb9gxfwPhWxQmO9lvoKKIEqggXiUdNocQOuUagQmS-GrHTlWqMk_AmL3ENaaI4rTyTZjo9KsbgcfeJtDd_Qo4_S8evk7rKFt7oOOMdFa78XFlEs/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="508px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HMd2j-Xq3s1_lSqGL-A5AjByOGtadb9gxfwPhWxQmO9lvoKKIEqggXiUdNocQOuUagQmS-GrHTlWqMk_AmL3ENaaI4rTyTZjo9KsbgcfeJtDd_Qo4_S8evk7rKFt7oOOMdFa78XFlEs/s640/2012+jan+13+1st_0550.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When pigs fly, as these surely plan to do, are they circumnavigating the globe?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was not sure of the interpretation but found this window amusing.</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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div>

When pigs fly...

When pigs fly, as these surely plan to do, are they circumnavigating the globe? I was not sure of the interpretation but found this window a...

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The commute

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZnwmCHYhf3KTDFGgy8n1ER0wSc-OK_ljzIfZAMkzAqb7Minmf9mhc2hMUyKfBY7KvRAEKmWdYN1jiyn3KSMzmKqVa2cnYt-cu0wv8HDg0s0G8B16SD-QlRtM_U0idWJaVYSJ6fhS35E/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0360+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZnwmCHYhf3KTDFGgy8n1ER0wSc-OK_ljzIfZAMkzAqb7Minmf9mhc2hMUyKfBY7KvRAEKmWdYN1jiyn3KSMzmKqVa2cnYt-cu0wv8HDg0s0G8B16SD-QlRtM_U0idWJaVYSJ6fhS35E/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0360+b-w.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I saw him coming in my direction, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I knew that I would only get one shot... He was FLYING!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, would a Parisian say this is a scooter, a trottinette, or something else?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Il va travailler <span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null">à trottinette?</span></em></span></div><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint Louis en l'Ile</em></span></span><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Ile Saint Louis</em></span></span><br /><span class="hps" closure_uid_1ji8ci="637" kc="null"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The commute

When I saw him coming in my direction, I knew that I would only get one shot... He was FLYING! So, would a Parisian say this is a scooter, a...

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Photo shoot or wedding?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDGq-NeIPToo_r0fWyTacT11aCgOrlBC0aUdoEcSkaA5zmbNwOWMa06eh95Bs4QkeJJcJHAYlFR7JWZtEPZujBJv1bu4VzrlIhZljNSCb8wS69WVx3lYCBJ7ghY-B5-ODm11Z2Veol0Y/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDGq-NeIPToo_r0fWyTacT11aCgOrlBC0aUdoEcSkaA5zmbNwOWMa06eh95Bs4QkeJJcJHAYlFR7JWZtEPZujBJv1bu4VzrlIhZljNSCb8wS69WVx3lYCBJ7ghY-B5-ODm11Z2Veol0Y/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0375.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wish that I had spared the time to hang around and solve this mystery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What are they doing?  Is it a photographer and an artistic statement or a wedding shot?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thoughts?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Passage Boiton</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75013, Paris</em></span>

Photo shoot or wedding?

I wish that I had spared the time to hang around and solve this mystery. What are they doing?  Is it a photographer and an artistic statemen...

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Scouts Guides de France

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13YI2TehfT5e2tuwYbnad-maKufIDQko7Wn57cujn_6KGHJCi7BNYHDB7xxBjd7GSEYbSS6uqGbXlIryd_60MKh-cvvwUsQKF8RawJWkscyeGq8kTJTXCRiny-VdPbOsBT39buMg5Wdo/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13YI2TehfT5e2tuwYbnad-maKufIDQko7Wn57cujn_6KGHJCi7BNYHDB7xxBjd7GSEYbSS6uqGbXlIryd_60MKh-cvvwUsQKF8RawJWkscyeGq8kTJTXCRiny-VdPbOsBT39buMg5Wdo/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0629.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I headed out on a Sunday morning in November, I encountered a group of scouts selling <em>Calendrier 2012</em>.  After a long busy day with my camera, I encountered another group of the </span><a href="http://www.sgdf.fr/"><strong><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Scouts Guides de France</span></em></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> wrapping up their day of calendar sales.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The one I bought sits in my office </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and reminds me of this group of enthusiastic young people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Joyeux anniversaire, Nanette!)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Boulevard Saint-Germain</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75005 Paris</span></em>

Scouts Guides de France

As I headed out on a Sunday morning in November, I encountered a group of scouts selling Calendrier 2012 .  After a long busy day with my ca...

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Les trois chevaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXq8s4M4TapgI4QbWhey9a0szoF_sxM5PI9fX4xaCOFJCe0qIXBpadaNBFHYTO4vPY-vb6p9cnaKYWazklEu0XEugK9PHD4tc5iWVUFNPRhYBvcWW_oxuNxhgfB8BeOJBo5uqrb6aNA0/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXq8s4M4TapgI4QbWhey9a0szoF_sxM5PI9fX4xaCOFJCe0qIXBpadaNBFHYTO4vPY-vb6p9cnaKYWazklEu0XEugK9PHD4tc5iWVUFNPRhYBvcWW_oxuNxhgfB8BeOJBo5uqrb6aNA0/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0998.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The expressions on these carousel horses remind me that it is Monday.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The two horses on the right may have a tough week ahead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What about you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine!</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Carrousel Venitien</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Saint-Pierre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Montmartre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75018 Paris</em></span>

Les trois chevaux

The expressions on these carousel horses remind me that it is Monday.  The two horses on the right may have a tough week ahead. What about y...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s1600/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s640/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">and to see if there are any mistresses in attendance.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bon dimanche </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Pa</span>ris</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette II

Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum. I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,   ...

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La Petite Rose

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SUrJfaw5UZwfSphT2Za2VsPud37V2r3amdU6pSKPR0Xw_483tYp4AK1mTZSrvFU_9L5Y2C_yPdLLTaly7Mm0qImV0xNdWsUC3sDXkruT-2IrVG7fayH_YRmdviMrUZJqQdThFMTQHic/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0812+picasa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SUrJfaw5UZwfSphT2Za2VsPud37V2r3amdU6pSKPR0Xw_483tYp4AK1mTZSrvFU_9L5Y2C_yPdLLTaly7Mm0qImV0xNdWsUC3sDXkruT-2IrVG7fayH_YRmdviMrUZJqQdThFMTQHic/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0812+picasa.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Days of wine and roses?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, actually, it was a bottle of water and a single rose, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but the lighting in the salon de thé was enchanting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Petite Rose</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>11, boulevard de Courcelles</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro Villiers</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

La Petite Rose

Days of wine and roses?  Well, actually, it was a bottle of water and a single rose, but the lighting in the salon de thé was enchanting. La...

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Le Verger d'Aligre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlvPBSIbsKE6kRzIcwnxRDkRC5rbvGJgrvVSzCFuLJNY9N_J-bf7aIpYdC5Nth-gFoQIcvsehesnQBUS5cb6_hpwnWX_i7dAPlFdTHuGOTg-ggrkCK53dfHhhNRLdiIdzdn7Hhc3JQys/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlvPBSIbsKE6kRzIcwnxRDkRC5rbvGJgrvVSzCFuLJNY9N_J-bf7aIpYdC5Nth-gFoQIcvsehesnQBUS5cb6_hpwnWX_i7dAPlFdTHuGOTg-ggrkCK53dfHhhNRLdiIdzdn7Hhc3JQys/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0464.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Verger d'Aligre is a little shop within the covered market of Marché d'Aligre.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My camera loved the bright colors of nature found here.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The constant line of people attest to its popularity and good produce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Verger d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Le Verger d'Aligre

Le Verger d'Aligre is a little shop within the covered market of Marché d'Aligre. My camera loved the bright colors of nature found ...

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Le Pain au Naturel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjd6iQ8xURhiwEFm3cmz1ywnahpS9ZBRpBZBIi5Q7jIKC0xEl0U8-LBg1cMcdQ_DMmeCORAgjAKew5kIjT0QQOefPH6ntVT8OrwdPftYUmlkY1RanwniV78VFPCljojAwAUf2wHhPoUs/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjd6iQ8xURhiwEFm3cmz1ywnahpS9ZBRpBZBIi5Q7jIKC0xEl0U8-LBg1cMcdQ_DMmeCORAgjAKew5kIjT0QQOefPH6ntVT8OrwdPftYUmlkY1RanwniV78VFPCljojAwAUf2wHhPoUs/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0473.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On a Sunday morning, the lines for the most popular bread items are set on a table in front of Le Pain au Naturel.  Just ten minutes later the storefront was obscured with people in two lines, one leading into the store and one on the sidewalk for these delicious loaves and baguettes.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you ever find yourself alone in Paris, a street market is a great place to sit in a café and watch the Parisians enjoying <em>la vie quotidienne</em>.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Pain au Naturel</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>5, place d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012 Paris</em></span>

Le Pain au Naturel

On a Sunday morning, the lines for the most popular bread items are set on a table in front of Le Pain au Naturel.  Just ten minutes later t...

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Architecture on a building

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf02ZoYwPsDfmQf_HTuGPyH-Fbe44acGJbvR2vftKFaKXa0a6eacaotGbkjYMQdTadO-lurG06JPEz7fnRORM7Xs8ytY0rUb9pwD6glVWilfzGcEBJ5IM5ge5Wv0QL5aGbsmlU_XHFBY/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf02ZoYwPsDfmQf_HTuGPyH-Fbe44acGJbvR2vftKFaKXa0a6eacaotGbkjYMQdTadO-lurG06JPEz7fnRORM7Xs8ytY0rUb9pwD6glVWilfzGcEBJ5IM5ge5Wv0QL5aGbsmlU_XHFBY/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0535.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On Rue Raymond Losserand (near the intersection of Rue Pernety) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I spied this interesting artwork on what would have otherwise been a blank wall.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The colors and subject matter are interesting </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but I did not find any information about either the artist or the interpretation.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you think that it has been in place for a few years, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">or would it have already been covered with graffiti?</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Raymond Losserand</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Architecture on a building

On Rue Raymond Losserand (near the intersection of Rue Pernety) I spied this interesting artwork on what would have otherwise been a blank w...

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Paris street artists Nemo and Jef Aerosol

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGlZQtyuTo8lCZ5rVqLIhwr_9sr7u28r4aiXnI11ANy7EsPwGjj1mac4IzLT0nnqHD75ahM3uUjNntz17VTwTz1cGPgzoZXXDgAMY28DssjRrnyJ7DOa8RzEpBhwjR1VxmA9lg6ixtkk/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGlZQtyuTo8lCZ5rVqLIhwr_9sr7u28r4aiXnI11ANy7EsPwGjj1mac4IzLT0nnqHD75ahM3uUjNntz17VTwTz1cGPgzoZXXDgAMY28DssjRrnyJ7DOa8RzEpBhwjR1VxmA9lg6ixtkk/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0357.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Seen here on Rue Vandrezanne, a collection of Paris' well-know graphic street artists, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nemo and Jef Aerosol.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The rouge utility pole wrap is just an accessory en rouge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Vandrezanne</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75013, Paris</em></span>

Paris street artists Nemo and Jef Aerosol

Seen here on Rue Vandrezanne, a collection of Paris' well-know graphic street artists, Nemo and Jef Aerosol.  The rouge utility pole wra...

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A glimpse...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-lF6sOafXh-EEmrncFQvIiv2rU7uAyJzchIdcV8F4qzpqBJswEXVEC5jJXDkfeIQquIEjnCj4zjYAhIrgsVA8fuKEu2R0LQvtu4skUBCZggvo9Eardk0qqaCMdErSxjEKv3eby1Z8Cw/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-lF6sOafXh-EEmrncFQvIiv2rU7uAyJzchIdcV8F4qzpqBJswEXVEC5jJXDkfeIQquIEjnCj4zjYAhIrgsVA8fuKEu2R0LQvtu4skUBCZggvo9Eardk0qqaCMdErSxjEKv3eby1Z8Cw/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0408.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I were le chat domestique, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would sit in this window with the hardy geraniums.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

A glimpse...

If I were le chat domestique, I would sit in this window with the hardy geraniums.

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Cimetière Montparnasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_t1N9PdDlA0PmGsNtv-ry5O3W54wHn0c89UI8N2-BKeMhMmRbCpxInZfP3lu4dSjgIsvvpKsIzJ1nOHwa033twT_ferSggjSnPbpemhQw9Aj9b-XZvs5K6t8CTcr50Rrn7E4M4qVnJA/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_t1N9PdDlA0PmGsNtv-ry5O3W54wHn0c89UI8N2-BKeMhMmRbCpxInZfP3lu4dSjgIsvvpKsIzJ1nOHwa033twT_ferSggjSnPbpemhQw9Aj9b-XZvs5K6t8CTcr50Rrn7E4M4qVnJA/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0603.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A photographer can often capture a scene and not know the heartfelt story.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In this case, we can supply our own memories and a story perhaps.</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: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cimetière Montparnasse</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Raspail (there are several)</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span>

Cimetière Montparnasse

A photographer can often capture a scene and not know the heartfelt story.  In this case, we can supply our own memories and a story perhaps...

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La Butte Aveyronnaise

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzrF3aHmI7dLmo6pwdjLz4iRbXAKSw1caHYh1HlldlAtheYyipX2XhXrbsfwsrIKkSyrFLZRcA5D63JoWmZJZY9FRh_OMeyPkZ2vi9XsvG1gq9Gj7jyk__EYT3kChyphenhyphencj3JTv0mVHy2tg/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzrF3aHmI7dLmo6pwdjLz4iRbXAKSw1caHYh1HlldlAtheYyipX2XhXrbsfwsrIKkSyrFLZRcA5D63JoWmZJZY9FRh_OMeyPkZ2vi9XsvG1gq9Gj7jyk__EYT3kChyphenhyphencj3JTv0mVHy2tg/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0359.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This wine bar and restaurant has the <em>rouge et blanc</em> theme in the café chairs, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the restaurant decor, the tablecloths, and even in <em>les toilettes</em>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was a delicious setting for lunch with a friend in November.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://parisbutteauxcailles.blogspot.com/2009/07/nouveau-resto-la-butte-aveyronnaise.html"><strong>La Butte Aveyronnaise</strong></a></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">12, rue de la Butte Aux Cailles</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75013, Paris</span></em>

La Butte Aveyronnaise

This wine bar and restaurant has the rouge et blanc theme in the café chairs, the restaurant decor, the tablecloths, and even in les toilet...

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At any café in Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2w1YzccpCE3W18R96A-stHajwJFM6zjZHVe_nwc8s41pPxhx2hwGwycxTheRy9h2z11kGJGZ1db1BB_DNhPKEwpSgs658K3RWy0WvF7Kf4xoDsJl6whxobYtN_41pzLCu46KmSDftdc/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2w1YzccpCE3W18R96A-stHajwJFM6zjZHVe_nwc8s41pPxhx2hwGwycxTheRy9h2z11kGJGZ1db1BB_DNhPKEwpSgs658K3RWy0WvF7Kf4xoDsJl6whxobYtN_41pzLCu46KmSDftdc/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0642.jpg" width="640" /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At any café in Paris, your coffee will likely be served in a Cafés Richard cup.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What is Cafés Richard you ask?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They are a company whose fresh roasted beans </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">are delivered daily to Paris' cafés and restaurants.  </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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have several Paris cups and Paris mugs, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but why have I never bought the cup so well-known to Parisians?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will be doing so this week if I can buy a single cup or two.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is called their Perle Noire Cappuccino Cup and Saucer.  </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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps I need the expresso, the black Florio design, the Richard Coffee Cup and Saucer with the logo... My carry-on may be a bit heavy on my return to the US.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

At any café in Paris

At any café in Paris, your coffee will likely be served in a Cafés Richard cup.   What is Cafés Richard you ask?  They are a company whose f...

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Une chouette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtv193nwy9HuVRG7zRjnX6GH-xa3DwDt7BraFfEdVkI9SXDyfCbJcty1-Ln5n0qdudBYgkjm_4gOLQA6ETMxpb51dcCLr-O8oXr6G3F6Ndem39wAQ8xqUuLvlRM9emIHo4bk8sFtQZIc/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtv193nwy9HuVRG7zRjnX6GH-xa3DwDt7BraFfEdVkI9SXDyfCbJcty1-Ln5n0qdudBYgkjm_4gOLQA6ETMxpb51dcCLr-O8oXr6G3F6Ndem39wAQ8xqUuLvlRM9emIHo4bk8sFtQZIc/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0578.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I looked up and snapped this photo I wondered...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A mascot?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A part of the balcony decor?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sentry to scare away the pigeons?</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: center;"><br /></div>

Une chouette

As I looked up and snapped this photo I wondered... A pet? A mascot? A part of the balcony decor? A sentry to scare away the pigeons?

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A city garden

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4EtEXbuH6vKquPFZpMfGWpNkR4oYXzRsnLD36L4aixRIZJSWXNMCX-CkaVttFkvRGti_1IvAtAQ8Gm2OaIIUJIAMwfGkY3Owf_tkDvXEG9Te8J709UTqTZpnpTF_XsKm0PKnvywcTCM/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4EtEXbuH6vKquPFZpMfGWpNkR4oYXzRsnLD36L4aixRIZJSWXNMCX-CkaVttFkvRGti_1IvAtAQ8Gm2OaIIUJIAMwfGkY3Owf_tkDvXEG9Te8J709UTqTZpnpTF_XsKm0PKnvywcTCM/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I met up with my Paris friend, Isabelle, in November, we walked to the park where she once lived.  The cloistered park cannot be seen from the main street (Rue Pernety), but had a walking trail, a playground, little garden plots, and much more which I will show you on another day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>near Place Marcel Paul</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Pernety</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span>

A city garden

When I met up with my Paris friend, Isabelle, in November, we walked to the park where she once lived.  The cloistered park cannot be seen f...

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Une grande porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P5sIC4TvdtpnMDJgX8MZtnJ0Y9iAyh2JXuLxDUK5e_LI1sYrxPAib8OJhUFU8jYlMFv9-MoEb0HSlG0-Hb3h73741Hq3nVrwaxjkqQzXRxHo_Rf1kGJ7r_qm3xHi6GFrB-_MSvO3RnU/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P5sIC4TvdtpnMDJgX8MZtnJ0Y9iAyh2JXuLxDUK5e_LI1sYrxPAib8OJhUFU8jYlMFv9-MoEb0HSlG0-Hb3h73741Hq3nVrwaxjkqQzXRxHo_Rf1kGJ7r_qm3xHi6GFrB-_MSvO3RnU/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0511.jpg" width="424" /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is good to see the fine wood grains of an elegant door that has been well-cared for.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are many showing signs of neglect and abuse.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, I want to walk into the courtyard that is surely beautiful, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">maintained as well as the door.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">----------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I am on my way to Paris with daughter Holly and will be joined by Virginia (Paris Through My Lens) and Mary.  I will be checking in daily and making comments here as possible.  If I stayed long enough to check everything off my list, it would be mid-summer before my return!</strong></span>  </div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Une grande porte

It is good to see the fine wood grains of an elegant door that has been well-cared for.  There are many showing signs of neglect and abuse. ...

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Place Maubert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX02KduU724cJRnul3bFMcECA88NUVHvtskJhtKplov-vvA9TUwiy8SOO8kjxz5b1bx7zDt_a4q7-LgLPRmSn4i897MtohVZLWZpSG-I6sgC9BoAo6gd4VBlBQ9le3YZl8V7O8dOXglP8/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX02KduU724cJRnul3bFMcECA88NUVHvtskJhtKplov-vvA9TUwiy8SOO8kjxz5b1bx7zDt_a4q7-LgLPRmSn4i897MtohVZLWZpSG-I6sgC9BoAo6gd4VBlBQ9le3YZl8V7O8dOXglP8/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0444.jpg" width="640" /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Two of my usual stops on the way "home" greeting friends </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">who know what I like and who will make new suggestions.</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: center;">  </div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Maubert</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert-Mutualité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span>

Place Maubert

Two of my usual stops on the way "home" greeting friends who know what I like and who will make new suggestions.   Place Maubert M...

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Through a glass darkly...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40xuNK8BW6acM5mP9IxTIDRdkOfbY6XVSx2TNvmmL4bSmTKbso89_LAdzpSdacwZ9t5SqpOwlgjhY8QmhgCC8v0ZsQg3f-JroRAZqBn3XbSk4jCdYE30nrl4RYIZZ2komqpXqvi1BU2M/s1600/DSC_0202+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40xuNK8BW6acM5mP9IxTIDRdkOfbY6XVSx2TNvmmL4bSmTKbso89_LAdzpSdacwZ9t5SqpOwlgjhY8QmhgCC8v0ZsQg3f-JroRAZqBn3XbSk4jCdYE30nrl4RYIZZ2komqpXqvi1BU2M/s640/DSC_0202+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Looking out the windows on the front of Eglise Notre Dame du Travail,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">one can just make out the small park across the cobbled street.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bon dimanche</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Eglise Notre Dame du Travail</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>36, rue Guilleminot</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014 Paris</em></span></div>

Through a glass darkly...

Looking out the windows on the front of Eglise Notre Dame du Travail, one can just make out the small park across the cobbled street. Bon di...

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Les yeux bleus

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRRT0c5aOCxdheHSnqWvSd2HaBZLWfrXuFECGBuAyHcRZifnv-6Zhe0HgedtxO_LqFjxi88TVhAtEFj6NBnEzQTsUHVVNnNNMKmM-cirkFy02f1jTG8dYb8AZ-Tb37sBSY1fch5c_g2Y/s1600/DSC_0364+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRRT0c5aOCxdheHSnqWvSd2HaBZLWfrXuFECGBuAyHcRZifnv-6Zhe0HgedtxO_LqFjxi88TVhAtEFj6NBnEzQTsUHVVNnNNMKmM-cirkFy02f1jTG8dYb8AZ-Tb37sBSY1fch5c_g2Y/s640/DSC_0364+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Seen on Rue Butte aux Cailles, the eyes appear to follow you as you walk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you think it would be a bit disturbing </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to have them positioned right outside of your apartment window?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Could these be the eyes of Dr. Eckelberg, blue and gigantic?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Butte aux Cailles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75013 Paris</em></span>

Les yeux bleus

Seen on Rue Butte aux Cailles, the eyes appear to follow you as you walk. Do you think it would be a bit disturbing to have them positioned ...

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Fèves pour la Galette des Rois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrmkAXmXJ-bvwgmcdS5Qn4fLFPw89Iv5ISRz5ktA8vyxeBrnP6-2uoO4Y86Cw6E-s5TRk1o3iUOFxR1XBgxd_4KuOiy673XF229vZmusC9Ms4oKhX4vkGuhyphenhyphenyH7EiECAfHDyf8MwqivA/s1600/2012+Jan+Feves+DSC_0328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrmkAXmXJ-bvwgmcdS5Qn4fLFPw89Iv5ISRz5ktA8vyxeBrnP6-2uoO4Y86Cw6E-s5TRk1o3iUOFxR1XBgxd_4KuOiy673XF229vZmusC9Ms4oKhX4vkGuhyphenhyphenyH7EiECAfHDyf8MwqivA/s640/2012+Jan+Feves+DSC_0328.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am ready for Epiphany and the <i>Galette des Rois</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I do not think that I will be able to get all of my fèves into just one gallette!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have collected fèves for years and was fortunate enough to meet a <i>parisienne</i> who was selling her husband's 40-year collection.  I promised to cherish them as he did.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will be looking for new ones next week to add to the collection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Fèves pour la Galette des Rois

I am ready for Epiphany and the Galette des Rois . I do not think that I will be able to get all of my fèves into just one gallette! I have ...

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Huîtres sur le pouce

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA0TAp2cUObjKR6rNMj_yw6OFMTJjptM92RZNga28KAvtLaZ7rszPvowALzdTJUm1ZDUH-nsVkDzNusytiVycTFscOLylxoC35QPTRoiTYV93mQQno17u-796i79yFr5b6ccx_why1N4/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA0TAp2cUObjKR6rNMj_yw6OFMTJjptM92RZNga28KAvtLaZ7rszPvowALzdTJUm1ZDUH-nsVkDzNusytiVycTFscOLylxoC35QPTRoiTYV93mQQno17u-796i79yFr5b6ccx_why1N4/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0502.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At <em>Le Baron Rouge</em> on Rue Théophile Roussel, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">people were lined up to eat oysters on the street.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Monsieur was shucking quickly for the waiting crowd.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was as close to a "feeding frenzy" as you will find in Paris.</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: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2w2DkRWEIWj1GtMSrhIvFlqu9MtviCD1Ev9kCHqNru0WNmxhsR1v00T8Nh2BB-Y9KyssIAEbB49DF2jYpljof14FB7YMub_XdNA3T6QQ__o1vrgw-PoVta7iYr_wYJ_rViUQXvXzjzyU/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2w2DkRWEIWj1GtMSrhIvFlqu9MtviCD1Ev9kCHqNru0WNmxhsR1v00T8Nh2BB-Y9KyssIAEbB49DF2jYpljof14FB7YMub_XdNA3T6QQ__o1vrgw-PoVta7iYr_wYJ_rViUQXvXzjzyU/s320/2011+nov+3+DSC_0499.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Merci, for the correction, mes amies - </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>I was "eating on the flea" and I meant "eating on the thumb")</em></span> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Baron Rouge, wine bar</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>1, rue Théophile Roussel</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012 Paris</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Huîtres sur le pouce

At Le Baron Rouge on Rue Théophile Roussel, people were lined up to eat oysters on the street.  Monsieur was shucking quickly for the waiti...

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Les petites amies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqNd9p15cCKQhbaK22wsbvTWrKfmdD5MgUp3sziN0c0qpR2yT6-TvXJeofGWML8PMMcFbyLtKtaap939nl-xHjXlJLoB-9p0fW9z5U9Xarxd9SCGy2Skkpbd417eDH_2Q9PMbvp_vYEM/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqNd9p15cCKQhbaK22wsbvTWrKfmdD5MgUp3sziN0c0qpR2yT6-TvXJeofGWML8PMMcFbyLtKtaap939nl-xHjXlJLoB-9p0fW9z5U9Xarxd9SCGy2Skkpbd417eDH_2Q9PMbvp_vYEM/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0866.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Walking in Parc de Monceau in November, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I encountered a group of 15 to 20 children on a park outing with their teachers.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Based on the ages (under 6 years), I guessed an <em>école maternelle</em>.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Each child was wearing a bright yellow vest with reflective stripes, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and from a distance they looked like a little swarm of bees darting about.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Courcelles</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Les petites amies

Walking in Parc de Monceau in November, I encountered a group of 15 to 20 children on a park outing with their teachers.  Based on the ages ...

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La photographe -- Holly à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s1600/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s640/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth" shots.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Opéra Garnier</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span></div>

La photographe -- Holly à Paris

When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot... I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth...

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Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s1600/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s640/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oh la la!</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 align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>40, boulevard Haussmann</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Metro Chaussee d'Antin Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  Oh la la! Ga...

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