Un café et des cocktails

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzO9XGeUjgR5fj3mKmCdC0M_SX8gXyJYumRUiiM3RZUttqn7h_eJQHkV3VKnAw5mJZIt43M3RWJtQ-ionwy_WjWDe_fbAM0K-nXhYL6i6TaXJ8gl2xJFaZcZ-GFoNs7z6TjJ_0vUsBhk/s1600/2010+Dec+2+DSC_0275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzO9XGeUjgR5fj3mKmCdC0M_SX8gXyJYumRUiiM3RZUttqn7h_eJQHkV3VKnAw5mJZIt43M3RWJtQ-ionwy_WjWDe_fbAM0K-nXhYL6i6TaXJ8gl2xJFaZcZ-GFoNs7z6TjJ_0vUsBhk/s1600/2010+Dec+2+DSC_0275.jpg" width="500" /></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 colorful café</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 terrasse on Rue de Turbigo, captured my attention first for the colorful café chairs, but the Cafés Richards cups were my favorite.  The mixture of colors and patterns remind me of the simple design and secondary colors of Fiestaware.  After the 2010 trip an artist friend, <b><a href="http://carolschiffstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carol Schiff</a></b>, created this beautiful interpretation of the cups, a daily reminder of my Paris obsession.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567078732552832114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqhLSlXE8LylVQd_xQ4y5-J-WbIHV9XwjuDM90U5AmJzyKB2XDvLW1TZPSil3yDG-Hvn2Sbv4aFgrlvaLOQcCqtNBHxKl-2xU5ZYICxsxLfr_k_6_e-afBLtMj98_YV_d9cbwL5c0GfI/s200/parisiancafe.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 198px;" /></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;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Café Étienne</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>14, rue de Turbigo</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris </span></span></em></span></div>

Un café et des cocktails

a colorful café This terrasse on Rue de Turbigo, captured my attention first for the colorful café chairs, but the Cafés Richards cups were ...

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Le quatorze juillet - La Fête Nationale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqSaKMkcjS_YCI6v5cJG_8XR5xrF11JHQs5Pt9ym5GYQDjXpIqF2f2HRlPFtZgHc7g2UFISCragb8gMIhvZ3iWvnmDqMO4TpeEFBPxns5rrQpkNMyAW_hHQyVtmBj5-QVKyo3oAQ7zRo/s1600/2008+july+14+DSC_0230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></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;">Le quatorze juillet, </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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a day of celebration in France and not coincidentally my <u><strong>second blog anniversary</strong></u>!</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;">Two years ago I posted the above photo as I ventured into this daily Paris photoblog, never thinking that I would be able to manage a post every day.  Please look </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/07/quatorze-juillet.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for the story of how it all started and the friendship I share with Virginia (<a href="http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paris Through My Lens</a>) who helped me "birth this baby."  </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: Trebuchet MS;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</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 photo above shows two French sailors preparing for the grand military parade on Avenue des Champs-Elysées.  I stood on the baricades for hours in order to have a good position to capture the excitement and emotions of the day.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, I have a small oil painting created by <a href="http://carolschiffstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Carol Schiff</strong></a> of this moment, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a treasured work of art that I enjoy daily.</span></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/AVvXsEiRWGMBZ-Zm9t66QsfiNZkrdI3dcwvj-gdpHSwZt_gyPYBAfZzNvmoeyuOoJVDIX8sAlfxwVbx-v5neXcNbsSrFA1_QIhbXqnZZuw5jiVwBPQAdG0MySjeybF-dee8B1y5o9UQ-kckF9Zc/s1600/french+sailors+-+Carol+Schiff+Gallery+2011+0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le quatorze juillet</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Avenue des Champs-Elysées</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;"><em>(on this festive day there is no nearby Métro,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bus, taxi so be prepared to walk for miles)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Le quatorze juillet - La Fête Nationale

Le quatorze juillet, a day of celebration in France and not coincidentally my second blog anniversary ! Two years ago I posted the above pho...

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Église Saint-Roch -- The long walk

<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5eEjAoBfOPPxmClRIwGr9L0OCGYfSqWpslzk_pb-G0N9SrWgbf0KCs5BaOFSsh5fS8xcYDu9IiFlemGYJpigJJUW-VWegY4b8NrrUZdpOT9RLyw1TCIYhS5rmJ6imqysjBBsEKMbIpw/s1600/2010+dec+paris+8+DSC_0003.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575616833515450818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5eEjAoBfOPPxmClRIwGr9L0OCGYfSqWpslzk_pb-G0N9SrWgbf0KCs5BaOFSsh5fS8xcYDu9IiFlemGYJpigJJUW-VWegY4b8NrrUZdpOT9RLyw1TCIYhS5rmJ6imqysjBBsEKMbIpw/s640/2010+dec+paris+8+DSC_0003.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The first sight each morning from our apartment windows was this grand church, Église Saint-Roch. I have featured Saint-Roch before with photos and interesting facts </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/10/eglise-saint-roch.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/01/eglise-saint-roch-les-cierges.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />bon dimanche<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Église Saint-Roch<br />Rue St. Roch et Rue St-Honoré<br /><br /></span><br /></span></div><p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>A talented and dear artist, <a href="http://carolschiffstudio.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-inspection-6x8-oil.html"><strong>Carol Schiff</strong></a>, has again honored one of my photos with her beautiful oil interpretation. These are the French sailors I featured on my very first post (July 14, 2010) and you can see the original <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/inspection-for-bastille-day.html"><strong>here</strong></a>. But look at what Carol has created!</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFYB-LYev1eiCN3EQmVqvyYyzUWfsspLNfD0pu-qEhyphenhyphenUCV4lm5GsERx5fjsVSHdTzFCoqNYUvFrz2QY6b7waDdqmHzXxhySKZxEBTJBETtbzpOZ9s0ELNz8PbKCKzJZ4-kE8TTcOaXy8/s1600/french+sailors+-+Carol+Schiff+Gallery+2011+0219.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575626246669475042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFYB-LYev1eiCN3EQmVqvyYyzUWfsspLNfD0pu-qEhyphenhyphenUCV4lm5GsERx5fjsVSHdTzFCoqNYUvFrz2QY6b7waDdqmHzXxhySKZxEBTJBETtbzpOZ9s0ELNz8PbKCKzJZ4-kE8TTcOaXy8/s200/french+sailors+-+Carol+Schiff+Gallery+2011+0219.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 152px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

Église Saint-Roch -- The long walk

The first sight each morning from our apartment windows was this grand church, Église Saint-Roch. I have featured Saint-Roch before with pho...

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Zoom-zoom - rouge

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZsHiEOO7nQM7N7mAvZgAacqyni1Idcdg28ujdpv7f4oqwe8RN_rnY8AFfI4JnxSVYlOo9kOxfm_BaVojYDD6e2hszv3n9VwRDkk9RxaURQKi7akO1UpaJIQuqxUEVWthL2HeKBlwJic/s1600/DSC_0246+%25282%2529cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567074087863979762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZsHiEOO7nQM7N7mAvZgAacqyni1Idcdg28ujdpv7f4oqwe8RN_rnY8AFfI4JnxSVYlOo9kOxfm_BaVojYDD6e2hszv3n9VwRDkk9RxaURQKi7akO1UpaJIQuqxUEVWthL2HeKBlwJic/s640/DSC_0246+%25282%2529cropped.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This little number may be all over Europe, but this was the first time for me... BMW, rouge, sleek... It had it all</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Want to go for a spin?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><em>You may remember the brightly-colored cafe cups I posted on January 15th... Well a talented painter asked to use the photo as inspiration for one of her original pieces... When I saw it all I could say is "Wow!" </em><a href="http://carolschiffstudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/parisian-cafe-8x8-oil.html"><em><strong>Carol Schiff Studio</strong> </em></a><em>has amazing paintings, many with the impressionists style that I adore. Mille mercis, Carol!</em><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqhLSlXE8LylVQd_xQ4y5-J-WbIHV9XwjuDM90U5AmJzyKB2XDvLW1TZPSil3yDG-Hvn2Sbv4aFgrlvaLOQcCqtNBHxKl-2xU5ZYICxsxLfr_k_6_e-afBLtMj98_YV_d9cbwL5c0GfI/s1600/parisiancafe.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567078732552832114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqhLSlXE8LylVQd_xQ4y5-J-WbIHV9XwjuDM90U5AmJzyKB2XDvLW1TZPSil3yDG-Hvn2Sbv4aFgrlvaLOQcCqtNBHxKl-2xU5ZYICxsxLfr_k_6_e-afBLtMj98_YV_d9cbwL5c0GfI/s200/parisiancafe.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>

Zoom-zoom - rouge

This little number may be all over Europe, but this was the first time for me... BMW, rouge, sleek... It had it all Want to go for a spin? Y...

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