Les deux fashionistas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6aNZRdDM5zNSM4fv2OgSvaCYZCFpyTeStOx6GYLBcUKn35faJOrA68Tulqt_GyBM1rpMvW8ENA9rHgJKQp1_Elp2f7cdAESa8TJJ2wmJGDsuVWoyoDaTBr7D_UeWmlcJIAv3CBBLCx8/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6aNZRdDM5zNSM4fv2OgSvaCYZCFpyTeStOx6GYLBcUKn35faJOrA68Tulqt_GyBM1rpMvW8ENA9rHgJKQp1_Elp2f7cdAESa8TJJ2wmJGDsuVWoyoDaTBr7D_UeWmlcJIAv3CBBLCx8/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0183.jpg" width="526" /></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;">Les deux fashionistas...</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>(not exactly French bien sûr)</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;">just out for a Sunday afternoon stroll along Canal St. Martin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can certainly understand how a sense of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">style and fashion is passed down from mother to daughter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Canal St. Martin</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Les deux fashionistas

Les deux fashionistas... (not exactly French bien sûr) just out for a Sunday afternoon stroll along Canal St. Martin You can certainly under...

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Au Rendez-Vous de Montmartre - café

<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/AVvXsEg4KjBQrGxk6vx9T5CVjVKCx5iTNHNuHJXao54txmrdDM963TA2O47yae4q585jIY31re0g3Df1ND0Bc3O-2XmKA-lmF1hEtRFEI2RZkOhTvl-aar0v4iZ4NS4Jk2OnskXZdvh3bZg9DR8/s1600/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0205b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KjBQrGxk6vx9T5CVjVKCx5iTNHNuHJXao54txmrdDM963TA2O47yae4q585jIY31re0g3Df1ND0Bc3O-2XmKA-lmF1hEtRFEI2RZkOhTvl-aar0v4iZ4NS4Jk2OnskXZdvh3bZg9DR8/s640/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0205b.jpg" width="570" /></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;">Au Rendez-Vous de Montmartre, café-bar-restaurant</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;">...a place where everybody knows your name</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;">Well, perhaps not, but can you imagine a better place</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to put on your red hightop sneakers and visit with a friend?</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>Au Rendez-Vous de Montmartre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>15, rue de la Vieuville</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75018, Paris</em></span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro Abbesses</span></em>

Au Rendez-Vous de Montmartre - café

Au Rendez-Vous de Montmartre, café-bar-restaurant ...a place where everybody knows your name Well, perhaps not, but can you imagine a better...

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L'architecture et la glycine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQfZbyzXczXz95Vbaz5-v10NTYgW0sfCaCHfjPTvH6P-KDvND5FkQFFo_3VswBMbfTRRLMZxasoNNncbjXf58mLuRqVeOgEcd0uPk_QvwMECSaHbnEOsUlPvwvkdIlxjVUGV5_RidjxE/s1600/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQfZbyzXczXz95Vbaz5-v10NTYgW0sfCaCHfjPTvH6P-KDvND5FkQFFo_3VswBMbfTRRLMZxasoNNncbjXf58mLuRqVeOgEcd0uPk_QvwMECSaHbnEOsUlPvwvkdIlxjVUGV5_RidjxE/s640/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0038.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;">Walking to Église Saint-Etienne du Mont, this scene of architecture, sculpture, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">iron fence (en bleu), and climbing wisteria caught my eye.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are places all over Paris in full bloom with this cascading lavender bloom.</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 Clovis</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></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></em></span></div>

L'architecture et la glycine

Walking to Église Saint-Etienne du Mont, this scene of architecture, sculpture, iron fence (en bleu), and climbing wisteria caught my eye.  ...

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Musée Rodin - Hôtel Biron III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigItkmO-N-rCmRD8HaZkg88zRZaCU3Q-Wffip8oBZBF-P2xOhtah_dMgXFLLsk2K47PGuJCtsdbrvZZjrE9vX_SyA4EST2QWM4Ku0G53VVLSpeaa1PPISVhpOiQRhBGfve3v5M6BWlK9M/s1600/2011+april+day+2+DSC_0567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigItkmO-N-rCmRD8HaZkg88zRZaCU3Q-Wffip8oBZBF-P2xOhtah_dMgXFLLsk2K47PGuJCtsdbrvZZjrE9vX_SyA4EST2QWM4Ku0G53VVLSpeaa1PPISVhpOiQRhBGfve3v5M6BWlK9M/s640/2011+april+day+2+DSC_0567.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;">Every room in Hôtel Biron has an enchanting view.  With the renovations and the reopening of the East wing of the museum, the rooms will take on a fresh sparkle.</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>Musée Rodin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>79, rue de Varenne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></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>Métro Varenne</em></span></div>

Musée Rodin - Hôtel Biron III

Every room in Hôtel Biron has an enchanting view.  With the renovations and the reopening of the East wing of the museum, the rooms will tak...

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Bassin de la Villette - IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1ZPWMngYQ7gREYEa52PKjrsZyyIpkaQhK-CniAaLI3t5VSLE2INnpxHcMgFursSlrv1x1bA8aFz3ipmgXJefbv8sOCkUngPC52iuQv3nodjDPd00osIEGVi1EQsEueUHw-zoqir0fTE/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1ZPWMngYQ7gREYEa52PKjrsZyyIpkaQhK-CniAaLI3t5VSLE2INnpxHcMgFursSlrv1x1bA8aFz3ipmgXJefbv8sOCkUngPC52iuQv3nodjDPd00osIEGVi1EQsEueUHw-zoqir0fTE/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0260.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;">A Sunday afternoon on the quai of Bassin de la Villette...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> out for a spin, a game of Pétanque with friends, a picnic, or just soaking up the Paris sun</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;">There is quite a drop into the water without a rail, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and I worried a bit for this fellow and other little ones so close to the edge.</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>Bassin de la Villette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Quai de la Loire </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Bassin de la Villette - IV

A Sunday afternoon on the quai of Bassin de la Villette...  out for a spin, a game of Pétanque with friends, a picnic, or just soaking up th...

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Église Saint Germain des Prés III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX-J0hobURqftbh11djKNXjSMpeIHIktAlNICq0pPMvlTC2CnSUTNq1BudExvyJ3nnlZdgu4OgzWwU3kEh2NgOVCBdt34omqsbhUX63MzwKapFphC2PQwcCrGHsoh3f8YlzaIsp_OAqc/s1600/2011+nov+day+8+P1010410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX-J0hobURqftbh11djKNXjSMpeIHIktAlNICq0pPMvlTC2CnSUTNq1BudExvyJ3nnlZdgu4OgzWwU3kEh2NgOVCBdt34omqsbhUX63MzwKapFphC2PQwcCrGHsoh3f8YlzaIsp_OAqc/s640/2011+nov+day+8+P1010410.jpg" width="480" /></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 November, blog friend Vreni (<a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo</span></strong></a>) and I spent an afternoon visiting in Paris.  My Nikon had broken on my last day and I had only my very small point-and-shoot to record our sightings.  </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;">We spent some time in Église Saint Germain des Prés, so very dark and ancient with its Gothic and Romanesque architecture.  We found this one bright scene beyond the church interior, a courtyard with bright pink (rose foncé) roses in bloom.</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>(Travel tip:  always have a back-up camera)</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></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>Église Saint Germain des Prés</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>3, place Saint Germain des Prés</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Germain des Prés III

In November, blog friend Vreni ( Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo ) and I spent an afternoon visiting in Paris.  My Nikon had broken on my las...

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Pâtisserie - Julien V

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmOEOMmZaNMjcVqW86GBOe2dlE9CagNLG_Qs0JjbS0Ly2Z-Pu5R1nyV15uCYeWCgKmVblxZ1QeVPYk7oj8zfaLzL-nsfHSpd0ndWLsRcAthXZgyMqYRxb8mXnVWG15ywIpId6McOMNnQ/s1600/2011+april+day+7+DSC_0107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmOEOMmZaNMjcVqW86GBOe2dlE9CagNLG_Qs0JjbS0Ly2Z-Pu5R1nyV15uCYeWCgKmVblxZ1QeVPYk7oj8zfaLzL-nsfHSpd0ndWLsRcAthXZgyMqYRxb8mXnVWG15ywIpId6McOMNnQ/s640/2011+april+day+7+DSC_0107.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;">Brunch anyone?</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;">(la religieuse caramel et millefeuille pistache)</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>Julien</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>73, Avenue Franklin D Roosevelt</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span> </div>

Pâtisserie - Julien V

Brunch anyone? (la religieuse caramel et millefeuille pistache) Julien 73, Avenue Franklin D Roosevelt 75008, Paris  

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Quai de Jemmapes - la petite fille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvlGQpL8P8YCoX3l8G0MU1O51p_Ls6dw9kgnUfoneNFipw9w90AYhCYC-9gcy3mXSDhq8S1XZ-WSdWz3Zgy0cn5ebywUZh21LsxapqIVttyVPjTSkSs0JAq0B7yv0XE4dH5y2Ukm6-to/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvlGQpL8P8YCoX3l8G0MU1O51p_Ls6dw9kgnUfoneNFipw9w90AYhCYC-9gcy3mXSDhq8S1XZ-WSdWz3Zgy0cn5ebywUZh21LsxapqIVttyVPjTSkSs0JAq0B7yv0XE4dH5y2Ukm6-to/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0176.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;">I caught her running along Canal Saint-Martin, full of energy and light on her feet...</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 am running with her spirit into a delightfully long holiday weekend!  Join me!</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">bon weekend!</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>Quai de Jemmapes</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Canal Saint-Martin</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span>

Quai de Jemmapes - la petite fille

I caught her running along Canal Saint-Martin, full of energy and light on her feet... I am running with her spirit into a delightfully long...

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Café Jacquemart-André

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCZLjppPpm0sE05dt1mOcuTRZHvrsodFAV9nPr5p1lwdwBxhwROVr0TsBkUgO8cygV0GHQefZv-Yz0oNlNt0jm1jzk95OAk2-fdpBAieubQa0CBj79TOAmxgr3trsLTrj4HeRviNIWkE/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0117.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;">This stunning tea room is situated in the <a href="http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/preparing-your-visit/restaurant-le-cafe-jacquemart-andre" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">Musée Jacquemart-André</span></strong></a>, a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collected by Edouard André and his wife Nélie Jacquemart.  After his death she bequeathed the mansion and its collections to the Institut de France as 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;">The room seen here was the mansion's dining room.  It was a delightful déjeuner, a royal treat, with Peter (Peter's Paris), Mary G, and her friend Pat from 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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>158, boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span>

Café Jacquemart-André

This stunning tea room is situated in the Musée Jacquemart-André , a private mansion completed in 1875 to house the fine works of art collec...

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Les abeilles et la porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQmD50Qtc9UmXHtLGRThvFzy76gOcGt-UuDQ5plxLvwNeLp7AujX1F9ohVjCGjnhPNjIrPbdsa22S2t2g2g5lMIsKZlDs9CVCWoA7TH0PQ7nb_6dNWaU5kaRYgKR4uVrq_7DXm54YLkQ/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQmD50Qtc9UmXHtLGRThvFzy76gOcGt-UuDQ5plxLvwNeLp7AujX1F9ohVjCGjnhPNjIrPbdsa22S2t2g2g5lMIsKZlDs9CVCWoA7TH0PQ7nb_6dNWaU5kaRYgKR4uVrq_7DXm54YLkQ/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0037.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;">Alone in Paris, and happily lost, this huge double-door portal took my breath away </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with its delicate detail high above the heads of les flaneurs.  </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;">How sad to see the whole view below,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and I will be back to see if the graffiti has been removed.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can you imagine how gorgeous this door could be with some attention, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">some cleaning, and polish?</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/AVvXsEjQqyarpiSYfdKFSvKshJTLuexe7JTbcSk_RYH_gRDLiMZ3O0d8Rzmn6WPSqy-YN8sdjFlfFKXhkuXYxvJk4jAwRoF1d5mvDNrHOusgNi6fiQf9HyCZV57rE7tB0K8hHAubSfqaBiyMxKU/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqyarpiSYfdKFSvKshJTLuexe7JTbcSk_RYH_gRDLiMZ3O0d8Rzmn6WPSqy-YN8sdjFlfFKXhkuXYxvJk4jAwRoF1d5mvDNrHOusgNi6fiQf9HyCZV57rE7tB0K8hHAubSfqaBiyMxKU/s400/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0038.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>64, ave Ledru-Rollin</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Les abeilles et la porte

Alone in Paris, and happily lost, this huge double-door portal took my breath away with its delicate detail high above the heads of les flan...

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Le chat roux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTf7EDyn9vPCWQP0mi8Nxc3jBAy8KyBuWLcvE7RMtQ-QaHm3IQNhfjex1W0yC_WS5sNtPWHFAfh0RMRbrZqH-tRfN5loMSzV5jDvzYnEK6QEsee2VNI6db4wTizOmn6E3jYTR4W97Xd8/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTf7EDyn9vPCWQP0mi8Nxc3jBAy8KyBuWLcvE7RMtQ-QaHm3IQNhfjex1W0yC_WS5sNtPWHFAfh0RMRbrZqH-tRfN5loMSzV5jDvzYnEK6QEsee2VNI6db4wTizOmn6E3jYTR4W97Xd8/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0034.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;">Would you believe that this is in Paris and not the countryside?</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;">A laid back chat, taking a morning break...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">from napping?</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>Typical narrow street</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

Le chat roux

Would you believe that this is in Paris and not the countryside? A laid back chat, taking a morning break... from napping? Typical narrow st...

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Parc Monceau - le carrousel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3TuVvgOfyARQH5JCp94pnZcAxycWdNwrcP-2EGYrOby45_Y9Cl-ag-9VCPBvomK0O8Fi1CU69BOr1_IuDT39Er4xklHT-T7EdypPAKFlc23SyycdYkH0uzSDpbSLstEkYTZnXxa1xQM/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0888.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides...</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 a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy vintage model, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but it would have been a bit too small for me.</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;">(counterclockwise rotation)</span></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>Carrousel Jules Verne</em></span></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>75008, Paris</em></span></div>

Parc Monceau - le carrousel

The new and delightful carrousel at Parc Monceau has a varied choice of rides... I was a bit partial to this little yellow plane, a sturdy v...

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Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKkOyATIej0pW0JlXshwTqYCehETqji_vChcRbsR_2C19-osruFTJLdHoigLUbgElJCMyo29P3KF4yK_4yKduEosEPS639xZSpHCpcnw1GFOOjugS_Q269mwZkYzy6EOqT8c2fjC2H4k/s1600/2011+Nov+Russian+orthodox+church+-+paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKkOyATIej0pW0JlXshwTqYCehETqji_vChcRbsR_2C19-osruFTJLdHoigLUbgElJCMyo29P3KF4yK_4yKduEosEPS639xZSpHCpcnw1GFOOjugS_Q269mwZkYzy6EOqT8c2fjC2H4k/s640/2011+Nov+Russian+orthodox+church+-+paris.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The beautifully crafted windows of the St Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">give a reaching view of the streets beyond.</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 windows of this elegant place of worship are most often <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/saint-alexandre-nevsky-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">seen from the other side</span></strong></a>.</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>bon dimanche</em></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>Saint Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>12, rue Daru</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span>

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral II

The beautifully crafted windows of the St Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral give a reaching view of the streets beyond. The windows of this elegant...

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Porte -- Rue des Capucines

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHXcCOhy-1eiuOIayKXYRf4424vx-Vt7lgvvrqNPsk8QpDLUaskQWZ2mj7ivsedriDtPX34yQ9p0F9gDE6Oq_9aoFwcCXLftR_6flQPaAfbSJKrljiGLiJw7yoabz-cLRadUlso03Txc/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464px" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHXcCOhy-1eiuOIayKXYRf4424vx-Vt7lgvvrqNPsk8QpDLUaskQWZ2mj7ivsedriDtPX34yQ9p0F9gDE6Oq_9aoFwcCXLftR_6flQPaAfbSJKrljiGLiJw7yoabz-cLRadUlso03Txc/s640/2012+jan+15++2nd_0596.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First cousin to the lions at <span class="hps" closure_uid_vx0mhe="177" qc="null">Hôtel </span>de Ville,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this one seems a bit grumpy...</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 est grognon)</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br /><em>Rue des Capucines</em><br /><em>75008, Paris</em>

Porte -- Rue des Capucines

First cousin to the lions at Hôtel  de Ville, this one seems a bit grumpy... (Il est grognon)   Rue des Capucines 75008, Paris

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Parc Monceau - les chaussures rouges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC2LK2S2ShauUtnE81k-Drhtu0WUHeOFkHNJLpAV4eDCNa9NhzXfWABldZrHXj76tcYCM8u-3GqZPSOxF8POCpJViX65UW1w748EmPHurbq1jnWHMopYYaMnZcM2xndvWwiM0Zdj9dls/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0862.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC2LK2S2ShauUtnE81k-Drhtu0WUHeOFkHNJLpAV4eDCNa9NhzXfWABldZrHXj76tcYCM8u-3GqZPSOxF8POCpJViX65UW1w748EmPHurbq1jnWHMopYYaMnZcM2xndvWwiM0Zdj9dls/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0862.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A little rest on a park bench at Parc Monceau...</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;">perfect start for the weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span> </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>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>75009, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Parc Monceau - les chaussures rouges

A little rest on a park bench at Parc Monceau... perfect start for the weekend...   Parc de Monceau 75009, Paris 

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Jardin du Palais Royal - le chien qui joue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhij3hcD4Af3XNnwuK5PpUXXWVkGkHC1WZLlGket6JKwxY4If9LJioDxTpA4oa9mciwPCSJMPh15PPaLymwopJQ0Cd_HqGeJXB_2aun1-7cSXLk2OenwPtJFhWFy3q0apbZYffs7PvVw2Y/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhij3hcD4Af3XNnwuK5PpUXXWVkGkHC1WZLlGket6JKwxY4If9LJioDxTpA4oa9mciwPCSJMPh15PPaLymwopJQ0Cd_HqGeJXB_2aun1-7cSXLk2OenwPtJFhWFy3q0apbZYffs7PvVw2Y/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0756.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;">A lucky shot in Jardin du Palais Royal considering how quickly le petit chien was running, fetching, retrieving, bouncing...</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;">Can you see the blur of tail-wagging?</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

Jardin du Palais Royal - le chien qui joue

A lucky shot in Jardin du Palais Royal considering how quickly le petit chien was running, fetching, retrieving, bouncing... Can you see the...

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Hôtel de Ville - le lion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SlCuH4GIZ_rgFmh-UlGWhFvM05zmfGB57FllAtXk2ersXg2y_cdHR-SV2FELaIXNpEHcrfLVzcyn52um9W8rYB3OWgqbWgVOlezrynEvHfKsIcM4Hxv8kpjblcSTYc1JbUS5AqPLdg/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0229+-+darker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SlCuH4GIZ_rgFmh-UlGWhFvM05zmfGB57FllAtXk2ersXg2y_cdHR-SV2FELaIXNpEHcrfLVzcyn52um9W8rYB3OWgqbWgVOlezrynEvHfKsIcM4Hxv8kpjblcSTYc1JbUS5AqPLdg/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0229+-+darker.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This bronze sculpture has taken a striking patina and sits on the west side of Hôtel de Ville, what I would call the "back door" of this historical building on Rue de Lobau.</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;">This majestic lion, one of a pair flanking the "back door," was likely sculpted in the 1880s by one of the 230 sculptors engaged to create the bronzes during reconstruction.  The building was almost destroyed by fire in 1871 leaving only the stone shell.</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;">He looks very content and proud to be guarding the doors of Hôtel de Ville.</span></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;"><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>Rue de Lobau</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Hôtel de Ville - le lion

This bronze sculpture has taken a striking patina and sits on the west side of Hôtel de Ville, what I would call the "back door" o...

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Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte verte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hHzc8R12-gplAEYuQj5Gu6v9YcojF7X3y6ZmhFteY0_LL3kobyvyCM-WCX0HKmlq8WOJWyDX7ia4KN1tIndpjAtoiO7TP7AMddUgKUfeuYCGNSf2ge15BnM5t0gQzIB1jMW25JPySQ8/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hHzc8R12-gplAEYuQj5Gu6v9YcojF7X3y6ZmhFteY0_LL3kobyvyCM-WCX0HKmlq8WOJWyDX7ia4KN1tIndpjAtoiO7TP7AMddUgKUfeuYCGNSf2ge15BnM5t0gQzIB1jMW25JPySQ8/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0555.jpg" width="452" /></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 photographing the door, I almost missed the three bird houses over the portal.</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 hope the inhabitants are safe from the kitty I saw a few paces away!</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(I wondered if Veron was related to Lynyrd?)</em></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 des Thermopyles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span>

Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte verte

In photographing the door, I almost missed the three bird houses over the portal. I hope the inhabitants are safe from the kitty I saw a few...

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Paris portrait

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vA9fgoSE-zevp4tv6AYO0pkbUhFZUzldVssaZkehR4LXI__yz4lqbgOmwOwN7ifTFDRBVLVDdHJuyf5Mym7HFmHyHDtdFKDG2RF1-jamXATIQhqh5l_UZaLpWPg4i7C0Sq5b2-aPgw/s1600/2012+jan+13++1st_0574+-+bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vA9fgoSE-zevp4tv6AYO0pkbUhFZUzldVssaZkehR4LXI__yz4lqbgOmwOwN7ifTFDRBVLVDdHJuyf5Mym7HFmHyHDtdFKDG2RF1-jamXATIQhqh5l_UZaLpWPg4i7C0Sq5b2-aPgw/s640/2012+jan+13++1st_0574+-+bw.jpg" width="450" /></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;">As you might guess this was not one of my covert shots... </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;">He was standing outside an office door with a colleague and when he saw me photographing the details of the door he asked me to take his photo.  </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;">He did not have to ask twice, and yes, I will be taking a print to him on my next trip.</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Vivienne</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span>

Paris portrait

As you might guess this was not one of my covert shots... He was standing outside an office door with a colleague and when he saw me photogr...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71x4ZKg33AVC0xqSnokUvlYoTkA2q6-_dZYGkwuJEpNx-O-DN34Cil_lHqs22t0YK7tq60sc9iLv6JOHYN00djstDIBhZnduiqS1HrkRgcas5XsKpK8eE0dOhBKVSeu0bh1V6wHssMdQ/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71x4ZKg33AVC0xqSnokUvlYoTkA2q6-_dZYGkwuJEpNx-O-DN34Cil_lHqs22t0YK7tq60sc9iLv6JOHYN00djstDIBhZnduiqS1HrkRgcas5XsKpK8eE0dOhBKVSeu0bh1V6wHssMdQ/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0398.jpg" width="448" /></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;">This parish church found on the same street as Berthillion on l'Île Saint-Louis, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">on the quiet end of the street with few cars.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is the same church where we saw a donkey on Palm Sunday.</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;">Construction started in 1642 at the direction of Louis XIV using the plans of François Le Vau who was also designing Versailles.  The interior is filled with art and this sculpture seems appropriate for wishing the moms a wonderful Mother's 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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></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>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><em></em></span><br /><strong>   </strong>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

This parish church found on the same street as Berthillion on l'Île Saint-Louis, on the quiet end of the street with few cars.  This is ...

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Un bateau sur la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf8FtwcA74_BHQaomrrqEmR2eKpg_v4bwfXb2fG-4thwoOfOrsNHj8FusqV7Jm0P-BLE6DUwQdHVXHxFwVSHRxpb4JwDroMyRsjf_X-HuQzzKNiMNLImblL5gYfFd9O1FFm8I7BdsolA/s1600/2011+nov+day+1+nov+5++DSC_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf8FtwcA74_BHQaomrrqEmR2eKpg_v4bwfXb2fG-4thwoOfOrsNHj8FusqV7Jm0P-BLE6DUwQdHVXHxFwVSHRxpb4JwDroMyRsjf_X-HuQzzKNiMNLImblL5gYfFd9O1FFm8I7BdsolA/s640/2011+nov+day+1+nov+5++DSC_0004.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;">Do your weekend plans involve a boat?</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 be in this boat, on this river, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in the good weather promised this weekend...</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;">Ah, 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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Pont Saint-Michel</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Un bateau sur la Seine

Do your weekend plans involve a boat? I would like to be in this boat, on this river, in the good weather promised this weekend... Ah, Paris...

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Tapisserie - réflexion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXad_jua18ZSxCFGIEPRLH1zV9USpZYlPpn6kjkMA7_MPng5ZrY8DcDjlTbbnzIf2CcQJbdkZL-LUj1-XQsjnthKIRXCaiS8LG_qoIJTIoGUSMNisxQClZOVf9csrpuswZgZhC8goASk/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0689+-+rotated+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXad_jua18ZSxCFGIEPRLH1zV9USpZYlPpn6kjkMA7_MPng5ZrY8DcDjlTbbnzIf2CcQJbdkZL-LUj1-XQsjnthKIRXCaiS8LG_qoIJTIoGUSMNisxQClZOVf9csrpuswZgZhC8goASk/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0689+-+rotated+cropped.jpg" width="472" /></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;">Seen in a store window on Rue Croix des Petits Champs</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(The photo has been rotated to trick the eye)</em></span></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>Gallery</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Croix des Petits Champs</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;"></div>

Tapisserie - réflexion

Seen in a store window on Rue Croix des Petits Champs (The photo has been rotated to trick the eye) Gallery Rue Croix des Petits Champs 7500...

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Boulangerie - Pâtisserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHDLVZiMNwN1qA_4qJbPKuOFS9x0o8BhyEU3jrS1EWZxZ0DFoKUJYw-rhFrX8uhdjRntNrzG6kzOg0B_CXQrivrN9IEtLNY5qNTqze_VZuK5rrg6kyC3fTZo9CDaaPeYbX4t_9TNgW5Y/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHDLVZiMNwN1qA_4qJbPKuOFS9x0o8BhyEU3jrS1EWZxZ0DFoKUJYw-rhFrX8uhdjRntNrzG6kzOg0B_CXQrivrN9IEtLNY5qNTqze_VZuK5rrg6kyC3fTZo9CDaaPeYbX4t_9TNgW5Y/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0871.jpg" width="412" /></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;">I wonder if there are more churches or more boulangeries in Paris?</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 is good to walk a long distance between the cafés and the boulangeries and the pâtisseries and the fromageries and the crêperies and....</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>miam-miam</em></span></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>Boulangerie-Pâtisserie</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Boulangerie - Pâtisserie

I wonder if there are more churches or more boulangeries in Paris? It is good to walk a long distance between the cafés and the boulangeries...

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Les herbes et les fleurs de printemps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FC7xey2JFryGCuYgDBdX63RCCH4CTFY8HiCLOSYb0H_FHEEacKqx5sVMEf1WB4l2n8-0k-VA1pYMwCIpd4EA3SjximcEs5Jk80uQ-e7fq0KZcdgvaxMRXkdajGgjUwTcZlXzdhbbRRE/s1600/2012+mar+27+photo+(15).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498px" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FC7xey2JFryGCuYgDBdX63RCCH4CTFY8HiCLOSYb0H_FHEEacKqx5sVMEf1WB4l2n8-0k-VA1pYMwCIpd4EA3SjximcEs5Jk80uQ-e7fq0KZcdgvaxMRXkdajGgjUwTcZlXzdhbbRRE/s640/2012+mar+27+photo+(15).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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An abundance of healthy herbs and plants available in every market...</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;">Herbs and flowers on my Paris terrace to go with the lantern...</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, just to find a cafe table and chairs...</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>Marche aux Fleurs</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>

Les herbes et les fleurs de printemps

An abundance of healthy herbs and plants available in every market... Herbs and flowers on my Paris terrace to go with the lantern... Now, j...

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Passage Choiseul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbU-xIWbwFQz4WhScvRo6mVNc6UUfRfLL_GvmJ9octql2uPXIr6AWFMhq0ScBdije0SSVZUtaItJylpNK9Mf05IyhUyJlAng0OkK0q7fWBAds8vlH-EasutcYlvOvK-mN2xtlcRNuzDk/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbU-xIWbwFQz4WhScvRo6mVNc6UUfRfLL_GvmJ9octql2uPXIr6AWFMhq0ScBdije0SSVZUtaItJylpNK9Mf05IyhUyJlAng0OkK0q7fWBAds8vlH-EasutcYlvOvK-mN2xtlcRNuzDk/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0412.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;">Passage Choiseul runs between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue St-Augustin and still maintains some of its original charm.  The Palladian window at the north end is beautifully designed.  It was built in 1825 by the architect Travernier and is one of the only passages which has not been altered since its construction.</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 here that the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline lived as a boy, a period and location vividly recounted in his novel <em>Death on Credit</em></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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Passage Choiseul</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">between Rue des Petits Champs</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">and Rue St-Augustin</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Passage Choiseul

Passage Choiseul runs between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue St-Augustin and still maintains some of its original charm.  The Palladian windo...

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Les lanternes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s1600/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s640/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">suspended from the greenhouse roof.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I dreamed that I had the two in front for large candles on my Paris terrace.  </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;">Un aperitif?</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>Marché aux Fleurs</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Louis Lepine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Île de la Cité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span>

Les lanternes

In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns suspended from the greenhouse roof.  I dreamed that I had the two in front for ...

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Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois - St Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hOYp5hZrL1YevDnU1b7r6_hmj-zOZGSmxgIciNdKiz1cKXEEHzd810NmurFluf2O3pCj7AbVfgengw0XUHnYBj4e3tEEnUqGrG8CW4qZCSoZfg6DRIiuWrLxo2OCWZXNSJz-56GleSw/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hOYp5hZrL1YevDnU1b7r6_hmj-zOZGSmxgIciNdKiz1cKXEEHzd810NmurFluf2O3pCj7AbVfgengw0XUHnYBj4e3tEEnUqGrG8CW4qZCSoZfg6DRIiuWrLxo2OCWZXNSJz-56GleSw/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0826.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;">The statue of Saint-Denis holding his head can be seen all over Paris, here at Saint Germain l'Auxerrois church and nearby at Notre Dame for two.</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 the third century he was Bishop of Paris and martyred in connection with the persecution of Christians shortly after 250 A.D.  After his head was chopped off in the area now known at Montmartre, he is said to have picked it up and walked six miles (10km) preaching as he walked.  The site where he stopped preaching and actually died was marked by a small shrine that developed into Basilique Saint-Denis which I featured last Sunday.</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;">There are many versions of the story and the statues depicting Saint-Denis are unique in their artistic interpretation of his halo, and whether or not he made it the whole way with his head or just some part of it.</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;">When you are in Paris, look for Saint-Denis.  He is easy to spot.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche </em></span></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>Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</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;"></div>

Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois - St Denis

The statue of Saint-Denis holding his head can be seen all over Paris, here at Saint Germain l'Auxerrois church and nearby at Notre Dame...

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Sphinx et la Fontaine du Palmier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9TtlQYQ1OM_r48Zg07rhyphenhyphen4xpgoCdb2PkwNOWm70I0hZG0WqBkDaLRmq_6I1niAyydKMxTqp-qkKimmxgfJTHo1Ge-kuMBkIZ812jJD1dXAF9H4Q7M_q2RfVrou1x5rC2DPC0brR5Mqc/s1600/2012+mar+27+from+iPad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9TtlQYQ1OM_r48Zg07rhyphenhyphen4xpgoCdb2PkwNOWm70I0hZG0WqBkDaLRmq_6I1niAyydKMxTqp-qkKimmxgfJTHo1Ge-kuMBkIZ812jJD1dXAF9H4Q7M_q2RfVrou1x5rC2DPC0brR5Mqc/s640/2012+mar+27+from+iPad.jpg" width="472" /></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;">This sphinx is one of four at the base of the monumental Fontaine du Palmier which was constructed between 1806 and 1808 to provide drinking water to the residents of Paris and to commemorate the victories of Napoleon.  The sphinxes were sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart almost 100 years later to acknowledge Napoleon's victories over Egypt. The gilt statue of Victory sits atop the almost 60-foot column of the Fontaine du Palmier and greatly overshadows this sphinx.</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 simple gray tones of the sphinx pale beneath the gold Victory, but what a wonderful view of Paris buildings, busy street life, and the Seine from his vantage point.  Most visitors look up and shoot - don't forget to notice a sphinx.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Seen in the background, the dome of Tribunal de Commerce on Île de la Cité)</em></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>Fontaine du Palmier</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place du Châtelet</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>

Sphinx et la Fontaine du Palmier

This sphinx is one of four at the base of the monumental Fontaine du Palmier which was constructed between 1806 and 1808 to provide drinking...

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Réflexions Couturier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDafay8JcAeNqhZpj5n4DGJALy5PNdCH1slUoUP0B3VnZr9_J9IkLxi7i3cwpHZvg0CX5VvDxaaTOsvwRE7o9dDDPy4zJ0_0YqnzV0gpuHO-CqdBItT4VjvJwiuK_PuuCndmF56zOM5Qw/s1600/2012+jan+13++1st_0565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDafay8JcAeNqhZpj5n4DGJALy5PNdCH1slUoUP0B3VnZr9_J9IkLxi7i3cwpHZvg0CX5VvDxaaTOsvwRE7o9dDDPy4zJ0_0YqnzV0gpuHO-CqdBItT4VjvJwiuK_PuuCndmF56zOM5Qw/s640/2012+jan+13++1st_0565.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;">The elegant gowns reflected in this designer's mirror are breathtaking</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">made of the finest silks, dupioni, antique laces, exquisite silk flowers and hand-painted fabrics</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;">We were invited guests</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and spent an hour getting to know the amazing artist and creator of these gowns</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;">Soon, I will bring you back to meet her...</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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">bon weekend</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002, Paris</span></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">(For more reflections see <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/05/tumbleweeds-weekwnd-reflections-136.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">James' Weekend Reflections</span></strong></a>)</span></em></div><div align="center"></div>

Réflexions Couturier

The elegant gowns reflected in this designer's mirror are breathtaking made of the finest silks, dupioni, antique laces, exquisite silk ...

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Café le Nemours

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9Wg9TBAVWpEpLIva76EO4YLjkPbzH2h0pDHh_DxCeO3DkMkJWdyc8pCfqqfpvv9ANPuWOKzYO5sF3LeHxsW34GHzENkoI9XA9hyjQTyeLGukeqkIdii50Amdbbf_ea3P4h0ORzxeVKI/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9Wg9TBAVWpEpLIva76EO4YLjkPbzH2h0pDHh_DxCeO3DkMkJWdyc8pCfqqfpvv9ANPuWOKzYO5sF3LeHxsW34GHzENkoI9XA9hyjQTyeLGukeqkIdii50Amdbbf_ea3P4h0ORzxeVKI/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0479.jpg" width="440" /></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;">Almost closing time at le Nemours...</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;">Dépêchez-vous!</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(joyeaux anniversaire, Lauren!)</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, galerie de Nemours</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Colette at Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

Café le Nemours

Almost closing time at le Nemours... Dépêchez-vous! (joyeaux anniversaire, Lauren!) 2, galerie de Nemours Place Colette at Palais Royal 7500...

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A Priori Thé -- Galerie Vivienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwF1ghQR3R2EvB2maIHch6muXpHKCTQPy0287ZBtQs8own7OA79MJp4qy87MVEKpbu8JTqAXPzSWIjTgptd-THiRC_GiBHsAbxCwGTyR8IZja77zhHq0UlDAHsHShraI9ccFakFaOwPc/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwF1ghQR3R2EvB2maIHch6muXpHKCTQPy0287ZBtQs8own7OA79MJp4qy87MVEKpbu8JTqAXPzSWIjTgptd-THiRC_GiBHsAbxCwGTyR8IZja77zhHq0UlDAHsHShraI9ccFakFaOwPc/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0077.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 center of the passage of Galerie Vivienne is this proper salon de thé </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://apriorithe.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A Priori Thé</span></strong></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;">You can see one of the menus here in chalk, typical French script, on the easel blackboard  </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 love the floor tiles, the ambiance and the fare</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;">You can sit here on the "terrace" in the galerie itself or inside the restaurant.  Both settings are enchanting and you will feel transported back about a hundred years. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> A Priori Thé</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>35-37 Galerie Vivienne</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div>

A Priori Thé -- Galerie Vivienne

In the center of the passage of Galerie Vivienne is this proper salon de thé A Priori Thé You can see one of the menus here in chalk, typica...

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