Église Saint Roch - nativité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanhkpY6NW0NajBvVtIjbX2i4bFPcahBc5jAppch0EsaVqEMF7WWWO5Bei_iuYsnG9Mi1dWLMJBkD9tjTh0e8JYAszhvZy3bF9iM5k9UDKl5TsPfLBUFFLUrmx_53O5Mz8bE0Taor5Pig/s1600/2011+April+6+0346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanhkpY6NW0NajBvVtIjbX2i4bFPcahBc5jAppch0EsaVqEMF7WWWO5Bei_iuYsnG9Mi1dWLMJBkD9tjTh0e8JYAszhvZy3bF9iM5k9UDKl5TsPfLBUFFLUrmx_53O5Mz8bE0Taor5Pig/s1600/2011+April+6+0346.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Roch </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The most beautiful sculpture of the nativity...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas blessings and a hope for peace on earth.</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;">Église Saint-Roch</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Saint-Roch </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Roch - nativité

Saint Roch  The most beautiful sculpture of the nativity... Christmas blessings and a hope for peace on earth. Église Saint-Roch Rue Saint-R...

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Les ballerines de Palais Garnier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdogM1P7lAmMgDzgqT2nhTcfazEluelPdIVOyG5IbulJbXYHb4wW2lVFw8Tmp0cROYtHq-7DooMcA9u0k4LFmnjpzcgm3lkz3cixH5nU7N0KkEo7AUxWIiO1v8FcsCP8vG3XI2ae2glQ/s1600/2010+Dec+6+DSC_0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdogM1P7lAmMgDzgqT2nhTcfazEluelPdIVOyG5IbulJbXYHb4wW2lVFw8Tmp0cROYtHq-7DooMcA9u0k4LFmnjpzcgm3lkz3cixH5nU7N0KkEo7AUxWIiO1v8FcsCP8vG3XI2ae2glQ/s1600/2010+Dec+6+DSC_0028.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The ballerinas of Palais Garnier</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a rainy December morning these ballerinas </div><div style="text-align: center;">danced in the windows of the gift shop of Palais Garnier.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Never miss a chance to dance...</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les ballerines de Palais Garnier

The ballerinas of Palais Garnier On a rainy December morning these ballerinas  danced in the windows of the gift shop of Palais Garnier. Nev...

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Printemps - un grande table de fête!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw5mvt-p8TMF8Urzx3jT2Uv4p5ijGkjO5tZdAXnW32a_XfqB6pfkzCb03UzOAbpsxFA6BDwgOIORCwEmyACTSIswTzL3G81xZ3nZlCXeOkBPuv-xsxeSQcRzPuUgGDYh0L-17YEvhEI8/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+485+DSC_1184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw5mvt-p8TMF8Urzx3jT2Uv4p5ijGkjO5tZdAXnW32a_XfqB6pfkzCb03UzOAbpsxFA6BDwgOIORCwEmyACTSIswTzL3G81xZ3nZlCXeOkBPuv-xsxeSQcRzPuUgGDYh0L-17YEvhEI8/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+485+DSC_1184.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What a grand party that was!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Macarons, cristal, Champagne, et des chaussures! </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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Printemps</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>64, boulevard Haussmann</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Printemps - un grande table de fête!

Printemps What a grand party that was! Macarons, cristal, Champagne, et des chaussures! Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009, Paris

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Les choristes de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhj64WP9QT-Rzjng0oqQRpq9u9OigD8FjNhXuQb2G3euEXhxWiqmg7A44k-Ah9GLwnqZR_Q148TvnrNqqj-y_e3RzWG7m5l6g_hzc04PojE_Cop4J4cKLzBZRL41wzgpKwUddaIcwbH4/s1600/2007+Dec+8+DSC_0325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhj64WP9QT-Rzjng0oqQRpq9u9OigD8FjNhXuQb2G3euEXhxWiqmg7A44k-Ah9GLwnqZR_Q148TvnrNqqj-y_e3RzWG7m5l6g_hzc04PojE_Cop4J4cKLzBZRL41wzgpKwUddaIcwbH4/s1600/2007+Dec+8+DSC_0325.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Carolers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each December 8th the churches of the Left Bank </div><div style="text-align: center;">gather in the 5ième to sing the French Christmas carols </div><div style="text-align: center;">carrying candles through the streets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have joined them on several occasions </div><div style="text-align: center;">after evening services at Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet.</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 dimanche</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Celebration of the Immaculate Conception</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div>

Les choristes de Noël

The Carolers Each December 8th the churches of the Left Bank  gather in the 5ième to sing the French Christmas carols  carrying candles thro...

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Printemps - 2006

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFZZDL2oM-FSm1wzgOlCYMmXXJmvrCm3nWRt2ia1_o1EL5YYLAmA2aA52LuHP9v89Cgka5IWpX9OuqAnffbyt9hXMr9L-Qj03v9hN5j4KPBJluSqnLGPHF-iNPQztL_ZBYhM9QAHbgw/s1600/2006+Dec+7+DSC_0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFZZDL2oM-FSm1wzgOlCYMmXXJmvrCm3nWRt2ia1_o1EL5YYLAmA2aA52LuHP9v89Cgka5IWpX9OuqAnffbyt9hXMr9L-Qj03v9hN5j4KPBJluSqnLGPHF-iNPQztL_ZBYhM9QAHbgw/s1600/2006+Dec+7+DSC_0054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps </div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Windows 2006</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artistry and animation of the Printemps windows</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in 2006 were remarkable, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was no corporate name associated for promotion.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">There was no Chanel, Lagerfeld, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The theme, I suppose, was dancing pots and pans, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and each window had distinctive bright colors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought you would like a vivid photo of the 2006 windows.</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;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Printemps - 2006

Printemps  Christmas Windows 2006 The artistry and animation of the Printemps windows  in 2006 were remarkable,  and there was no corporate ...

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Avenue des Champs Elysées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWAOIEbNK9w1TbTwOvlQxDpWriUF0pJJggK6ygCmZY7tWS7w6POGjWDtIs5TlQMCtlBCuOCG572P_CqZRmM8TvMsewB4IssF6RZA6GlyHlAu0o_469dSwWfhAm8LkhyoNjVDIEQoWoIQ/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+896+DSC_3578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWAOIEbNK9w1TbTwOvlQxDpWriUF0pJJggK6ygCmZY7tWS7w6POGjWDtIs5TlQMCtlBCuOCG572P_CqZRmM8TvMsewB4IssF6RZA6GlyHlAu0o_469dSwWfhAm8LkhyoNjVDIEQoWoIQ/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+896+DSC_3578.jpg" width="645" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Avenue des Champs Elysées</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dressed for the Christmas season</div><div style="text-align: center;">the "avenue" is awash in alternating shades </div><div style="text-align: center;">of blue and purple</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;">Ave des Champs Elysées</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Avenue des Champs Elysées

Avenue des Champs Elysées Dressed for the Christmas season the "avenue" is awash in alternating shades  of blue and purple Ave des...

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A child is born...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzinHnaNrJcyjubkAVl1wMt9hLOZgvz1lWGWJ9AbM-waYxTWvi7EHbDgJ2NHt5cKWA53LPhAY9Fu4I74NQQrRRrPJ1Eqvv6NPKA2C5najC_DGUtitRNYkTaq9hWAIOXOL3H9t0G7YwNXA/s1600/2011+April+6+0346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzinHnaNrJcyjubkAVl1wMt9hLOZgvz1lWGWJ9AbM-waYxTWvi7EHbDgJ2NHt5cKWA53LPhAY9Fu4I74NQQrRRrPJ1Eqvv6NPKA2C5najC_DGUtitRNYkTaq9hWAIOXOL3H9t0G7YwNXA/s640/2011+April+6+0346.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joyeux Noël</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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint Roch</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>284, rue Saint Honoré</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>

A child is born...

Joyeux Noël Église Saint Roch 284, rue Saint Honoré 75001 Paris

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Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s640/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">un sapin violet</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;">With an emphasis on color, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The crocheted tea cozy is an updated version </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of an old-fashioned favorite.</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;">The windows just dazzle!</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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue de Sèvres</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;">75006, 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>

Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

un sapin violet With an emphasis on color,  the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.   The crocheted tea cozy is an updated vers...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois - la crèche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky7FwnGqcAupIxUv5oepuhNH0huIJIYIY-Lo93yrhZA6a6Q-auH2P3TJK6FeR1g0iN8NnLzIVh38aswilC6phhzuOpy2qcqQVS7N116OZIDBlWtL9l35iIeFXlb1DrpbqpZA-g3ub7_k/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky7FwnGqcAupIxUv5oepuhNH0huIJIYIY-Lo93yrhZA6a6Q-auH2P3TJK6FeR1g0iN8NnLzIVh38aswilC6phhzuOpy2qcqQVS7N116OZIDBlWtL9l35iIeFXlb1DrpbqpZA-g3ub7_k/s640/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0785.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</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;">In the large space of the "crossing" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">where the nave, choir, and transept intersect </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is placed this manger scene. </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;">The rug, candles and 15-foot trees</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> give an Old World appearance. </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;">bon dimanche</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>2, place du Louvre</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75001, Paris </i></span></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois - la crèche

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois In the large space of the "crossing"  where the nave, choir, and transept intersect  is place...

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Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s1600/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s640/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas windows</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;">Two of my favorite things:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">shoes and macarons</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: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em></div>

Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

Printemps Christmas windows Two of my favorite things: shoes and macarons Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009 Paris

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Réflexion - Avenue des Champs-Élysées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiOveO9ouTe0luuHAkeVbu0MbNQCq_2Iwxhj9z2MgDLvWdnavEDTuu5Kvp6HphYPG3Vpk1TLUV6pwO37Zymq46udS5xZWx1irZ5VKlYbH1ZKV_KBDHdrn-KV4piNu4mLxbUvHVLgecSg/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+882+DSC_3563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiOveO9ouTe0luuHAkeVbu0MbNQCq_2Iwxhj9z2MgDLvWdnavEDTuu5Kvp6HphYPG3Vpk1TLUV6pwO37Zymq46udS5xZWx1irZ5VKlYbH1ZKV_KBDHdrn-KV4piNu4mLxbUvHVLgecSg/s640/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+882+DSC_3563.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;">Avenue des Champs-Élysées</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;">...a delicious panoply of lights</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;">Christmas in shades of blue, white, and silver</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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ave des Champs-Élysées</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;">75008, 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;">Métro Franklin D. Roosevelt</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Réflexion - Avenue des Champs-Élysées

Avenue des Champs-Élysées ...a delicious panoply of lights Christmas in shades of blue, white, and silver Ave des Champs-Élysées 75008, Pari...

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Cartier - la panthère

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1cDjQd0iq54Ejfr_HTDoh6ddRmSbxuTpZ1IxCQzS1Lgjz2y4KY7VI25ysqss2HS5PUw6mpdmCYY2jzm-3yNH_UKn8tlF_MQT26ahVj3DYr01J6yHT9JFwHYgXlemgRuUgt7KOG2IoDI/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+822+DSC_3502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1cDjQd0iq54Ejfr_HTDoh6ddRmSbxuTpZ1IxCQzS1Lgjz2y4KY7VI25ysqss2HS5PUw6mpdmCYY2jzm-3yNH_UKn8tlF_MQT26ahVj3DYr01J6yHT9JFwHYgXlemgRuUgt7KOG2IoDI/s640/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+822+DSC_3502.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cartier</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 jeweler has an over-the-top display for the holidays.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The building is washed in red light </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and one expects that the panthers will leap at any moment.</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 well-known street was unusually quiet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which suits me just fine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It could be that the intermittent rain </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and frigid wind kept the shoppers at home.  </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;">No, I did not do any shopping here.</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;"><br /></div><br /><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;">Cartier</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">154, avenue des Champs-Élysées</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></span></i><br /><br />

Cartier - la panthère

Cartier This jeweler has an over-the-top display for the holidays.   The building is washed in red light  and one expects that the panthers ...

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Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11413201086/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/11413201086_0c37ebc330_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;">Window shopping</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on Rue du Bac</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;">On a Saturday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We saw many greetings across all generations </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as people paused in the street to chat.  </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 young child was warmly dressed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and had the requisite trottinette to make the Saturday rounds.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for the mother, you know I will say that...</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></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">...she must be a French girl</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;">Rue du Bac</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;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

Window shopping on Rue du Bac On a Saturday morning,  Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.   We saw many greet...

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Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11396419883/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11396419883_bd874d54f0_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;">Galeries Lafayette </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;">The iconic art nouveau glass dome is illuminated in purple this year as it celebrates the beginning of its 101st anniversary.  The theme is thankfully child-centered at Galeries Lafayette for Christmas 2013, and there are many animated windows to delight children and adults alike.  </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 you walk into the rotunda area filled with counters of perfumes, the sheer size of the dome will take your breath away.  In certain department stores they frown on photos but this shot is replicated by every visitor to Galeries Lafayette apparently with the blessing of management.</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-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Chaussée d'Antin La Fayette</em></span></div>

Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

Galeries Lafayette The iconic art nouveau glass dome is illuminated in purple this year as it celebrates the beginning of its 101st annivers...

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Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11361460324/" title="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11361460324_dc0de06c10_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;">Christmas trees in Paris</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;">Giggling on the first occasion of seeing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas trees dressed like sausages, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I now find them totally charming.  </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;">The stands made of split tree trunks are quite solid </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and they are ready to be carried off, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the Métro or by bus to a waiting Paris apartment.  </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;">The scents of fresh evergreen are as omnipresent </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as those of the baguettes from the nearby boulangerie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Messages du Grand Cerf</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;">4, passage du Grand Cerf (Rue Saint Denis entrance)</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;">75002, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

Christmas trees in Paris Giggling on the first occasion of seeing  Christmas trees dressed like sausages,  I now find them totally charming....

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des coeurs sous une cloche

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11333011355/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/11333011355_02160fe2e0_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;">Hearts under a cloche</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;">Just as this bell-shaped glass was designed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to protect English garden plants from frost, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this cloche may be protecting fragile hearts.</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;">There was an immediate appeal to this window scene </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which was likely just a whim of the designer.  </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;">I do wonder though....</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blanc d'Ivoire</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;">104, rue du Bac</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;">75007, 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;">Métro Sèvres-Babylone</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;">Joyeux anniversaire, DKB</span></span></i></div>

des coeurs sous une cloche

Hearts under a cloche Just as this bell-shaped glass was designed  to protect English garden plants from frost,  this cloche may be protecti...

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Printemps - Christmas windows 2013

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11318263705/" title="2013 Nov19 Paris _20131119 471 DSC_1170 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov19 Paris _20131119 471 DSC_1170" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3798/11318263705_cd476ba0f9_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;">Printemps</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;">The windows are dazzling </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the mirror reflections in this fashion window add to the look.  </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;">I chose to cut off the name of the sponsor </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as the displays were much better before the grand magasins </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sold their window designs.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now the sponsor's name is splashed liberally </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">throughout the windows and the store.</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;"></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;"><i>Printemps</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>64, boulevard Haussmann</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div>

Printemps - Christmas windows 2013

Printemps The windows are dazzling  and the mirror reflections in this fashion window add to the look.   I chose to cut off the name of the ...

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<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8319878893/" title="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8319878893_255f952bf4_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Cler</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;">A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but it is a delightful neighborhood  and the decorations are appealing in the daylight as well as at night.</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 am thinking about my friend Christiane who I first met here several years ago, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and who shared with me her treasured <i>fèves anciennes</i>.  We have kept up with each other over the years, and Holly and I saw her in Paris recently.</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 makes me think of an old poem, "Make new friends and keep the old.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One is silver and the other gold."  I do treasure the friends I have made in Paris. </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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div>

Rue Cler A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but...

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Joyeux Noël - la crèche

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8306103790/" title="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8306103790_1baa255414_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</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;">Of all the nativity scenes I have seen in Paris over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this is one that I come back to time and again...</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;">for the trees, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the lights, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the cherubs in the distance, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the tapestry rug, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the players in this familiar scene.</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;">Joyeux Noël</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></div>

Joyeux Noël - la crèche

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Of all the nativity scenes I have seen in Paris over the years,  this is one that I come back to time a...

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Les oiseaux - Printemps

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8301758607/" title="Dec -- Paris-049 (2) by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="Dec -- Paris-049 (2)" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8301758607_dcb0b2b49e_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</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;">Just one day more...</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 Christmas window was filled with exotic birds and elaborate fashion.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although this was not an animated window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the array of colors and textures gives a feeling of movement.</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Printemps</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>64, boulevard Haussmann</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les oiseaux - Printemps

Printemps Just one day more... This Christmas window was filled with exotic birds and elaborate fashion.   Although this was not an animated...

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