City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark" City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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Paris Boutique - Les Mégères Paris Boutique - Les Mégères

Les Mégères A girly boutique on Rue de Cotte with accessories, wearables,and gifts... Hummm, think I will go shopping this weekend. bon week...

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Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux

The window at Thevenin will surely tempt you. For me,  I will have the pistache et framboise miam-miam Pâtisserie Thevenin 5, rue Notre-Dame...

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Promenade Plantée Promenade Plantée

Promenade Plantée ou Coulée Verte This elevated green walkway was created from an obsolete railway structure  and runs for almost three mile...

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l'architecture de Paris l'architecture de Paris

The architecture of Paris How can you be in a particular spot more than 20 times  and miss this spectacular frieze? Don't miss the detai...

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Palais Royal - la trottinette Palais Royal - la trottinette

Les Colonnes de Buren Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns  of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren  one often sees children o...

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Église Sainte Étienne du Mont Église Sainte Étienne du Mont

Église Sainte Étienne du Mont This church with its storied history is exquisitely detailed and filled with stained glass windows, the only r...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - la fountaine Jardin du Palais Royal - la fountaine

Jardin du Palais Royal the fountain This cloistered garden with its mesmerizing fountain provides a place of solitude and quiet ...one of my...

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Palais Royal - ça me manque Palais Royal - ça me manque

The Fountains of Pol Bury This captivating sculpture with motion, water, and reflection  has been missing since at least 2011. The area has ...

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La Tour Eiffel en automne La Tour Eiffel en automne

      La Tour Eiffel       In the winter, in the spring, in the summer,   Can it be that the best season is autumn?     Poor M. Eiffel.  He ...

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Marais - la porte Marais - la porte

    le Marais       A door, old and weathered, patched and painted and patched again, massive and imposing.     It has seen the turning of c...

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Le Nemours Le Nemours

Le Nemours Briskly walking hand in hand to meet friends  at Nemours for a morning café... Wish we were there right now (joyeux anniversaire,...

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Shakespeare and Company Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company This charming, storied bookstore serves as a regular bookstore,  as second-hand bookstore, and as a reading library....

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Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts the primary organ This great organ comes from the instrument built  by the renown Aristide Cavaille-C...

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Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier

Mona Bismarck American Center This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s ...

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Le soleil!  Ceci mérite des applaudissements! Le soleil! Ceci mérite des applaudissements!

The Sun! This merits a round of applause! It was a bright sunny day and the staging of this window  made it appear that the gloves were appl...

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Vingt-Cinq Vingt-Cinq

Number Twenty-Five I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors  but would say instead, " Sous la bouche ouver...

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Dans ma chambre! Dans ma chambre!

No, these racoons were not in my bedroom,  but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac. I have certainly never seen  un raton...

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Un petit repas Un petit repas

After a full day in Paris this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French b...

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Belleville - Rue Dénoyez  Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops  has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists,  ...

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Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations et la Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations et la Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre

This view from Le Perchoir in the 11ième,  looking northwest, shows at least two churches on the horizon:   Église Saint-Joseph-des-Nations ...

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Rue du Cherche-Midi Rue du Cherche-Midi

Between the windows on the premier étage (first floor above the street)  is this charming piece of architectural detail.   The plaque says s...

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Paris Métro - Ligne 4, Station Cité Paris Métro - Ligne 4, Station Cité

Station Cité Line 4 This Métro station is an impressive 62 feet under ground,  and the stairs, lift, rails, and platform are all contained i...

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Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des Tuileries The mist, fog and rain generally appear with a vengeance in November,  but October can have a damp week or two also. Re...

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Square René-Viviani Square René-Viviani

Square René-Viviani In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture  known as the Saint Julien fountain.   It was constructed by Frenchman...

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Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune

Merci For concept shopping in the Marais, this is the place. Clothing, designs for the home, a used book café,  and more features all artful...

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Place des Vosges - les ombres Place des Vosges - les ombres

Place des Vosges Designed and built in a perfect square over 400 years ago,  the arcades frame the inner courtyard/park.   The inauguration ...

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Église Saint-Étienne du Mont Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

Églies Saint-Étienne du Mont This side entrance of Saint-Étienne  are closed but the ornate doorway is stunning.   Many will recognize it fr...

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Une boîte de bruyère Une boîte de bruyère

A box of heather This rustic display of heather in full bloom  was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais. There is never a s...

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Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

A woman and her bicycle It was more than just a light rain,  but she was dressed for the ride. Her basket contained a briefcase and a black ...

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Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

Bistrot Paul Bert Only one table was vacant  but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.   Parisians have a tendency to linger ove...

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