Cimetiere Montparnasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW8yLqDMIX1bVd0mb3MuJax_9qPDBJLmKFcDuwel1BnHouzOaN7a3dKB2TQ6hWgcMS1cvS7kzik7hdzNWoxLuOg9YkB8CgMehEPxJapWdy-TaZIs_SU2OkCk5RbEQ2taUuHNvytczurI/s1600/2013+May+19+214DSC_4462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW8yLqDMIX1bVd0mb3MuJax_9qPDBJLmKFcDuwel1BnHouzOaN7a3dKB2TQ6hWgcMS1cvS7kzik7hdzNWoxLuOg9YkB8CgMehEPxJapWdy-TaZIs_SU2OkCk5RbEQ2taUuHNvytczurI/s640/2013+May+19+214DSC_4462.jpg" width="680" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Montparnasse Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This cemetery is the resting place </div><div style="text-align: center;">of many of Paris' intellectuals and artistic elite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You will find quiet paths and an easy walk as you recognize</div><div style="text-align: center;">19th and 20th century writers and artists.  I was pleased to find</div><div style="text-align: center;">the graves of Brassai (photographer) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Bartholdi (sculptor of the Statue of Liberty)</div><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetiere Montparnasse</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, boulevard Edgar Quinet</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i>

Cimetiere Montparnasse

Montparnasse Cemetery This cemetery is the resting place  of many of Paris' intellectuals and artistic elite. You will find quiet paths ...

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La Chandeleur - jour de crêpes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuWkJONW68n_-ueRVuYJ9qsDCYnR_F1h_WNKb5rW7nuGcLpcYQ1w33lvBiQwSonNDO594oGiKGq4A3VbqGa6muSLaMmaBAqZ8s6xfo1fkKxd1IK2fSKgiEVF_ycwoJ8gzbCFpVcFppIU/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_133DSC_9244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuWkJONW68n_-ueRVuYJ9qsDCYnR_F1h_WNKb5rW7nuGcLpcYQ1w33lvBiQwSonNDO594oGiKGq4A3VbqGa6muSLaMmaBAqZ8s6xfo1fkKxd1IK2fSKgiEVF_ycwoJ8gzbCFpVcFppIU/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_133DSC_9244.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêpes for la Chandeleur</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fête des Chandelles </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Candlemas in English)  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes.</span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday I made crêpes with a seven-year-old </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and an eleven-year-old (supervised by a wild puppy).  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">You hold a coin in your left hand and flip the crêpe pan in your right.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you can catch the crêpe, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">it means your family will be prosperous for the rest of the year, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">such is the legend.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you drop it, the puppy will eat it and you start again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pictured above are savory wheat crèpes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Crêperie Plougastel which are delicious.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">My helpers and I made the same basic recipe </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">of milk, flour, eggs, butter, and a small amount of salt and sugar </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I have been making since I first learned to cook.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We will have garlic shrimp crêpes with a bechamel sauce. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(miam-miam)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêperie Plougastel</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">47, rue du Montparnasse</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>

La Chandeleur - jour de crêpes

Crêpes for la Chandeleur Fête des Chandelles (Candlemas in English)  Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crê...

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Patisserie reflet - Le Moulin de la Vierge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljS6Uvzkd46rjWVkQPc0OTHBwfNXedHCpnckhN0nCypy68mEY3-qwzcYzdyNiB20kRn2ScDyYNMfyOD_xTCDfdN2N2E2P3M5v_u2zm0Fq5HFOquc39IIE86NiWmB_ayiwBFQCub-6cGs/s1600/2011+Nov+05+DSC_0232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljS6Uvzkd46rjWVkQPc0OTHBwfNXedHCpnckhN0nCypy68mEY3-qwzcYzdyNiB20kRn2ScDyYNMfyOD_xTCDfdN2N2E2P3M5v_u2zm0Fq5HFOquc39IIE86NiWmB_ayiwBFQCub-6cGs/s1600/2011+Nov+05+DSC_0232.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Moulin de la Vierge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although there are several of these boulangeries in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is the original shop with its wood-fired ovens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is worth a trip to Rue <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vercingétorix</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">to gaze at the original tiles and mirrors,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">etched glass doors, all </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">unchanged over the past century. </span><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Moulin de la Vierge</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue Vercingétorix</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Pernety </span></i></div>

Patisserie reflet - Le Moulin de la Vierge

Le Moulin de la Vierge Although there are several of these boulangeries in Paris,  this is the original shop with its wood-fired ovens. It i...

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Loren Munk - l'artiste américain

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1d7vJoQzj_qlmgXfgcq_mogUylVdvXA36RUpQft9eWyoLhey0Bj29VFw7h_CdYcXadMn4MBFCraxkGVVKWYI9xtzAmJkq9E3gg1hV_qW7B4Uc_wCYY8vFmVKJw2v3wMmMe19mUktxs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_158DSC_4406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1d7vJoQzj_qlmgXfgcq_mogUylVdvXA36RUpQft9eWyoLhey0Bj29VFw7h_CdYcXadMn4MBFCraxkGVVKWYI9xtzAmJkq9E3gg1hV_qW7B4Uc_wCYY8vFmVKJw2v3wMmMe19mUktxs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_158DSC_4406.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Loren Munk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artist, <a href="http://www.lorenmunk.com/" target="_blank">Loren Munk</a>, was born in 1951 in the United States and made his artistic debut in SOHO.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is known for his cubist paintings that "combine urban imagery with exhaustive historic research, complex systems of thinking and painterly finesse." (www.freightandvolume.com)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He was jury-selected to execute this wall mural by the Mayor's Office of Paris in 1993. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Loren Munk wall-mural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue de la Gaité</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Loren Munk - l'artiste américain

Loren Munk The artist, Loren Munk , was born in 1951 in the United States and made his artistic debut in SOHO. He is known for his cubist pa...

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Parnasse Lingerie - boutique de lingerie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fx0BlQJUShCbD1x-Rjuysgz2-U_npxZoyEKg9gl3hJgj-QjHSUeZo1hoOBg11PFbzq79oSTtgCv9H1grpSx9oxum3p69uFA2jSy7hzxsLWBINUY7u4wx9YL4AgUm3XZuxvveT9A4hRY/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_153DSC_4401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fx0BlQJUShCbD1x-Rjuysgz2-U_npxZoyEKg9gl3hJgj-QjHSUeZo1hoOBg11PFbzq79oSTtgCv9H1grpSx9oxum3p69uFA2jSy7hzxsLWBINUY7u4wx9YL4AgUm3XZuxvveT9A4hRY/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_153DSC_4401.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">French Lingerie</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Window shopping...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our favorite "French girl" loves to shop </div><div style="text-align: center;">at Victoria's Secret when she comes to the USA.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She has just returned to Paris </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I wonder if her suitcase was brimming with lingerie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Parnasse Lingerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, rue d'Odessa</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

Parnasse Lingerie - boutique de lingerie

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Cimetière Montparnasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4W3j7jffetfdt0etZfv7nvhJd6Y2IqO_m1t-NZb0DT4oMGLn_pkDKuF__hAXbxn6o9QVRE5jAJk-yQdN5IeubHo4I8Me6uz9uMCd5F7YRYtbehw4cZdvZQD6C5lBopcFzisZxfvOR-2s/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_170DSC_4418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4W3j7jffetfdt0etZfv7nvhJd6Y2IqO_m1t-NZb0DT4oMGLn_pkDKuF__hAXbxn6o9QVRE5jAJk-yQdN5IeubHo4I8Me6uz9uMCd5F7YRYtbehw4cZdvZQD6C5lBopcFzisZxfvOR-2s/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_170DSC_4418.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière Montparnasse</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carefully attended and beautifully adorned, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there are surely many stories about this grave.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Certainly it belongs to a person </div><div style="text-align: center;">who had a loving and dedicated family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière Montparnasse

Cimetière Montparnasse Carefully attended and beautifully adorned,  there are surely many stories about this grave.   Certainly it belongs t...

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Le Carrousel de la Gare Montparnasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA1wtcXi4sKhlkxHYKzjobiB7yfXZLdo1ds2S6vvx1qKIgffklwKhKIwFJEMz3oEpyzejT2ZJykd6-tzvPAAN0Zwnlz3dPWL8gLAYLt2vHFSqIt0IFlsHVdhSq02aG8KezquwiR-dSnU/s1600/2011+Nov+5+DSC_0144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA1wtcXi4sKhlkxHYKzjobiB7yfXZLdo1ds2S6vvx1qKIgffklwKhKIwFJEMz3oEpyzejT2ZJykd6-tzvPAAN0Zwnlz3dPWL8gLAYLt2vHFSqIt0IFlsHVdhSq02aG8KezquwiR-dSnU/s1600/2011+Nov+5+DSC_0144.jpg" width="660" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Carousel at Gare Montparnasse<br /><br /><br />This (counterclockwise) carousel has the original<br />wood horses along with some other interesting rides.<br /><br /><br />I do not know the significance of the turquoise "F" along the crown.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Carrousel de la Gare Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Montparnasse Bienvenue</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Le Carrousel de la Gare Montparnasse

Carousel at Gare Montparnasse This (counterclockwise) carousel has the original wood horses along with some other interesting rides. I do no...

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Cimetière du Montparnasse - l'avenue violet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JIKx1WORwuFWPV3GIOXXvf3ODzgROfjADKAxd8wEcH7aPc7DVorbb7rowwgFTmUM1KYJX2KVn_UH-c7AXH7eAWRpcE61kk9BeruXWPLvRVM_RUJb1d-XItU8cDtykaWBWFB7tWm5uw8/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_213DSC_4461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3cVXGjSyrPZIdyKP-yhQ-TYIf3CkbjyIwFrdHh8Nx4wjbSqcW_lp0gqx29wUWEtNihdGOQyKcgfnqXXkYVrNG2c5LfTcUWV2-DIX5FUwqlPZxJXhHzGSAdEcH1Bt1x_9mzKhhJ4XMcM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_217DSC_4465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3cVXGjSyrPZIdyKP-yhQ-TYIf3CkbjyIwFrdHh8Nx4wjbSqcW_lp0gqx29wUWEtNihdGOQyKcgfnqXXkYVrNG2c5LfTcUWV2-DIX5FUwqlPZxJXhHzGSAdEcH1Bt1x_9mzKhhJ4XMcM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_217DSC_4465.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière du Montparnasse</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A large-scale art installation by Christo would be no more exquisite than this little avenue in Cemetière du Montparnasse, strewn with the violet blooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The colors of spring are vivid and a treat for the eyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></span></i></div>

Cimetière du Montparnasse - l'avenue violet

Cimetière du Montparnasse A large-scale art installation by Christo would be no more exquisite than this little avenue in Cemetière du Montp...

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Boulevard Edgar Quinet - des chapeaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEeIkzQVYNDFXQwGvstvNJcB-68Jv0kL37j3LM-s5wBGm1LUF7q2J_-IDsKNCr12CqgR9YrNAEPWskHkpMTnDiKbQmCnh1-OoAN3nw7Cn34EbaOry2FsyQNwlsfqcXao6XS0kQwk215g/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_157DSC_4405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEeIkzQVYNDFXQwGvstvNJcB-68Jv0kL37j3LM-s5wBGm1LUF7q2J_-IDsKNCr12CqgR9YrNAEPWskHkpMTnDiKbQmCnh1-OoAN3nw7Cn34EbaOry2FsyQNwlsfqcXao6XS0kQwk215g/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_157DSC_4405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arts Fair</div><div style="text-align: center;">Boulevard Edgar Quinet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong>Along Boulevard Edgar Quinet there is an open produce market in the central alley of the boulevard every Wednesday and Saturday morning (7am-2:30pm) and an arts fair every Sunday (10am until sunset). On this spring Sunday an artist was displaying a colorful assortment of hats.  Other vendors offered watercolors, collage, handcrafted leather, pottery, and other art and fine craft. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Arts Fair</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Edgar Quinet</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Edgar Quinet or Raspail</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Edgar Quinet - des chapeaux

Arts Fair Boulevard Edgar Quinet Along Boulevard Edgar Quinet there is an open produce market in the central alley of the boulevard every W...

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Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain - le reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5PJGxSGRGaVUtm7aSchQ9NJRH4rJW5qEDnp_m0uYifqPU7_Q0TCRqh8oLm88jdEBxtJnV9CDoIxT4HRjuL6b4kKMnQbj4xAllshjtFfgFYSmFmlfNxc7ltQ2-MYJZPdG-wFq6hsof-c/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_240DSC_4488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5PJGxSGRGaVUtm7aSchQ9NJRH4rJW5qEDnp_m0uYifqPU7_Q0TCRqh8oLm88jdEBxtJnV9CDoIxT4HRjuL6b4kKMnQbj4xAllshjtFfgFYSmFmlfNxc7ltQ2-MYJZPdG-wFq6hsof-c/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_240DSC_4488.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier</div><div style="text-align: center;">a contemporary art museum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier inhabits a striking clear glass building designed by Pritzker Prize<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize" title="Pritzker Architecture Prize"></a> architect Jean Nouvel<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Nouvel" title="Jean Nouvel"></a> surrounded by a modern woodland garden landscaped by Lothar Baumgarten.  Would you believe that the landscaper's name translates to "tree garden?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen from across Boulevard Raspail, it is difficult to discern the trees from the building with a multitude of green reflections.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fondation Cartier is one of Europe's most important institutions for contemporary arts.  It hosts a constant stream of temporary exhibitions focusing on particular contemporary artists, schools, or themes.  It is also an important patron to contemporary artists, commissioning important works and offering artist-in-residence programs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">261, boulevard Raspail</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Joining James' Weekend Reflections</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">View all the contributions here</span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain - le reflet

Fondation Cartier a contemporary art museum Fondation Cartier inhabits a striking clear glass building designed by Pritzker Prize architect...

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Cimetière du Montparnasse - printemps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftzy0Bjm_rR-4NzuqPUHJ9cIXVUEmSkfr3aaXmkTiERlbGG9Maya2xBLh-kR9LP9LMdmh_CxU0arI13lQQlvdM7cesrUU-ZKESbSmWOGDZApw0DHLIKHzrnoupSZAD0qqkqX_55ols8o/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_213DSC_4461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftzy0Bjm_rR-4NzuqPUHJ9cIXVUEmSkfr3aaXmkTiERlbGG9Maya2xBLh-kR9LP9LMdmh_CxU0arI13lQQlvdM7cesrUU-ZKESbSmWOGDZApw0DHLIKHzrnoupSZAD0qqkqX_55ols8o/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_213DSC_4461.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Montparnasse Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring blows into Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">scattering fresh blossoms</div><div style="text-align: center;">like pastel confetti</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May they last in my memories forever</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière du Montparnasse - printemps

Montparnasse Cemetery Spring blows into Paris, scattering fresh blossoms like pastel confetti May they last in my memories forever Cimetière...

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Trois statues parmi les fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb_y6bEzPfax-d5rFt0p1YHNVJgqHvujdhyphenhyphenjiadgCx5gQ18bX7xR2DtFWGbEwmRmPLsuh5kOxN61o0lpBKfg7CZHg4e-Qv_kI65IcXj29tUAWHJCJRKJ5vcm1IC-g9Eh3rhrN6TkNYyM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_264DSC_4512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb_y6bEzPfax-d5rFt0p1YHNVJgqHvujdhyphenhyphenjiadgCx5gQ18bX7xR2DtFWGbEwmRmPLsuh5kOxN61o0lpBKfg7CZHg4e-Qv_kI65IcXj29tUAWHJCJRKJ5vcm1IC-g9Eh3rhrN6TkNYyM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_264DSC_4512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three statues among the flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Without regard to the season or the weather,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one can always find fresh flowers, herbs, and plants in Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you ready for spring?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mahasiah</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">234, boulevard Raspail</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Trois statues parmi les fleurs

Three statues among the flowers Without regard to the season or the weather, one can always find fresh flowers, herbs, and plants in Paris. ...

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La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxJPU-M9b_GozpicD5FXtKKaDyh8w22wfUpvedTXVntpT4hdu-8ondjK4x7SSQiN3VG5e0okn245tws8XWo19s-kfZs2g_b-p2lmQPPFgGx4jLL9_WCnLIfRUA4TlG314QvXHHkYRkFw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_135DSC_9246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxJPU-M9b_GozpicD5FXtKKaDyh8w22wfUpvedTXVntpT4hdu-8ondjK4x7SSQiN3VG5e0okn245tws8XWo19s-kfZs2g_b-p2lmQPPFgGx4jLL9_WCnLIfRUA4TlG314QvXHHkYRkFw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_135DSC_9246.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Chandeleur</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fête des chandelles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Candlemas - English)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today I will be making crêpes, holding a coin in my left hand, and flipping the crêpe pan in my right.  If I can catch the crêpe, it means my family will be prosperous for the rest of the year, such is the legend.  Also, one does not eat crêpes until after 8:00pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This chef at <a href="http://www.creperie-plougastel.com/index.html" target="_blank">Crêperie Plougastel</a> on Rue du Montparnasse, allowed me to take some photos of him as he deftly prepared all the crêpes for the lunch crowd.  I have been here three or four times, introduced by French friend Isabelle.  They have both savory and sweet crêpes with quick service and good prices.  On a street full of crêperies, this one is always well attended.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêperie Plougastel</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">47, rue du Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>

La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes!

La Chandeleur Fête des chandelles (Candlemas - English) Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes. Today I ...

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Une cour privée

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10770639784/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_49DSC_8887" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/10770639784_9e679ae7e6_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a private courtyard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The beautiful wrought iron gates were open </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I only stayed a few minutes.  </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are small private courtyards all over Paris </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but this one could not be seen from the street </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was revealed to be larger than I could imagine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Avenue du Général Leclerc</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">74014, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></span></div>

Une cour privée

a private courtyard I hesitate to call this a courtyard as it should qualify as a full park.   The beautiful wrought iron gates were open  a...

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Fontaine Wallace - Place des Droits de l'Enfant

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10770036425/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_11DSC_8849 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_11DSC_8849" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/10770036425_e449b4874f_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday Paris Market</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Families and neighbors gather just off Rue d'Alésia </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in a tiny square of shade trees and a spot of grass on Sunday mornings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dogs, children, and musicians play </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">around the centerpiece of a Wallace Fountain.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although there are no closed streets, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the only traffic seems to be the vendors and the shoppers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place des Droits de l'Enfant</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">88, rue de la Tombe Issoire,</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Fontaine Wallace - Place des Droits de l'Enfant

Sunday Paris Market Families and neighbors gather just off Rue d'Alésia  in a tiny square of shade trees and a spot of grass on Sunday m...

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Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9169872889/" title="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_40DSC_8878 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 7 Sun am_40DSC_8878" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/9169872889_e1a74061b9_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This Nineteenth Century Paris church was the work of architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer between 1865 and 1870 during Haussmann's redesign of the city.  The elegant Neo-Romanesque and Byzantine influences can be seen in the architectural design.  Vaudremer was inspired by the Roman basilicas and churches, winning the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>lauréat du premier grand</i> of the Prix de Rome in 1854.  He resided at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici between 1855 and 1858.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It would appear that the church has recently undergone cleaning and perhaps renovation.  The "fresh-scrubbed" look takes out the surface contrast giving the structure a flat, two-dimensional appearance.  I did not go in, but have it on my list for a future trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Saint-Pierre de Montrouge <br />82, avenue du Général Leclerc <br />75014, Paris<br />Métro : Alésia </span></i></span></div>

Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge

Église Saint-Pierre de Montrouge This Nineteenth Century Paris church was the work of architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer between 1865 ...

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Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8931489193/" title="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8931489193_23859db999_c.jpg" width="532" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seemed appropriate to show you the charming side of this street.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with well-manered cats wearing collars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">green plants and herbs, window boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bicycles parked for cat-pedestals, and no cars allowed.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This photo was taken in the fall </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and these vines should now be full of leaves and blooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(for Danielle of <a href="http://venetiamicio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">VenetiaMicio</a>)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

Rue des Thermopyles After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay,"  it seemed appropriate to show you the...

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Rue des Thermopyles - un rue qui se délabre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUb5A3FgYF-0AvUCNmMQ9X16mkZ8LlNAYmm_nE2NOCztCEeYCzzcg5tmPLlf1F7xM3P_S1A19z6LZc05jlRciGrkecT0vFIy2Tw19LxRnQEzFQ_ijZNpiXCZK1e6GG8iazX1y8glzC7c/s1600/2011+Nov+Day+3+DSC_0542+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUb5A3FgYF-0AvUCNmMQ9X16mkZ8LlNAYmm_nE2NOCztCEeYCzzcg5tmPLlf1F7xM3P_S1A19z6LZc05jlRciGrkecT0vFIy2Tw19LxRnQEzFQ_ijZNpiXCZK1e6GG8iazX1y8glzC7c/s640/2011+Nov+Day+3+DSC_0542+b-w.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a decaying street</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This small street outside the normal haunts of tourists </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has fallen into ruin but the quiet beauty captured me still</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The City Daily Photo members are featuring "the beauty of decay" </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">for theme day this month.  See the other entries<a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-theme-day-beauty-of-decay_30.html" target="_blank"> here.</a></span></i></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - un rue qui se délabre

a decaying street This small street outside the normal haunts of tourists  has fallen into ruin but the quiet beauty captured me still Rue d...

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La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TDHaVCI1alKacpIQOae0GM9r-C7956OVQwCs8hFlUbxdWJlgmJ6Sit_QQrkSUjMiMK93bbYxLY83G0i8_9gtvIzwukS6JZWm-ZITnr9uwL-IaPdDihfIZZyYA6J0d5I4s_T8qvQyNEM/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_139DSC_9250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TDHaVCI1alKacpIQOae0GM9r-C7956OVQwCs8hFlUbxdWJlgmJ6Sit_QQrkSUjMiMK93bbYxLY83G0i8_9gtvIzwukS6JZWm-ZITnr9uwL-IaPdDihfIZZyYA6J0d5I4s_T8qvQyNEM/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_139DSC_9250.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Chandeleur</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fête des chandelles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Candlemas - English)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today I will be making crêpes, holding a coin in my left hand, and flipping the crêpe pan in my right.  If I can catch the crêpe, it means my family will be prosperous for the rest of the year, such is the legend.  Also, one does not eat crêpes until after 8:00pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This chef at <a href="http://www.creperie-plougastel.com/index.html" target="_blank">Crêperie Plougastel</a> on Rue du Montparnasse, cheerfully allowed me to take some photos of him as he deftly prepared all the crêpes for the lunch crowd.  I have been here three or four times, introduced by French friend Isabelle.  They have both savory and sweet crêpes with quick service and good prices.  On a street full of crêperies, this one is always well attended.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêperie Plougastel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">47, rue du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes

La Chandeleur Fête des chandelles (Candlemas - English) Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes. Today I ...

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Georges Brassens

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Georges Brassens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">singer-songwriter, poet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>b. 22 October 1921</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>d. 29 October 1981</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) along a small alley, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Impasse Florimont, where Brassens  originally sought to hide </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">while on leave from a German labor camp.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He did not return to the camp and lived here from 1944 to 1966 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the owners Jeanne and Marcel Planche.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As we approached the door of 9, Impasse Florimont, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I took a photo of the fading rose and poignant note.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You see, it was just a few days after the 30th anniversary of Brassen's death.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It speaks of the sadness of the years since his passing to "a paradise of musicians."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vous me manquez</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, Impasse Florimont</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Rue des Suisses and Rue d'Alésia </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Plaisance </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens singer-songwriter, poet b. 22 October 1921 d. 29 October 1981 Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) ...

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