Les danseurs de Rue Mouffetard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxL5q26X3rEytIaPQIA-X0FeJGG2kpO4TIyiODee9F7lW62CHte2k-0LEsunh056HOfcdByJegEtAnPoaFN7swprYYRJyD_uHhDa428AAzGFEASfUBnAFX9NTMHu_enwVFPIHaHlL40A/s1600/2012+Paris+Jan+15th+2nd_0294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxL5q26X3rEytIaPQIA-X0FeJGG2kpO4TIyiODee9F7lW62CHte2k-0LEsunh056HOfcdByJegEtAnPoaFN7swprYYRJyD_uHhDa428AAzGFEASfUBnAFX9NTMHu_enwVFPIHaHlL40A/s1600/2012+Paris+Jan+15th+2nd_0294.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dancing with the Parisians on Rue Mouffetard,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dans un manteau rouge</i> (in a red coat),</div><div style="text-align: center;">turning, swirling, and dipping...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">parfait!</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;">(joyeux anniversaire, chère Holly)</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: 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;">Dancing on Sunday on Rue Mouffetard</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>

Les danseurs de Rue Mouffetard

Dancing with the Parisians on Rue Mouffetard, dans un manteau rouge (in a red coat), turning, swirling, and dipping... parfait! (joyeux ann...

Read more »

Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEKO6VSsIPMdEoHn_eopQXp_YkqameJvAptOyg1KivGrbka_-hRCPYVl7EWR-9BqoABz37wMnM822cgO0wOdvlQc5Exw-snSdG4R3ueaWLrA3whbUkR0C4A4SWig0iSK7a9s6LaxJ5UE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_217DSC_8812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEKO6VSsIPMdEoHn_eopQXp_YkqameJvAptOyg1KivGrbka_-hRCPYVl7EWR-9BqoABz37wMnM822cgO0wOdvlQc5Exw-snSdG4R3ueaWLrA3whbUkR0C4A4SWig0iSK7a9s6LaxJ5UE/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_217DSC_8812.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin des Tuileries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mist, fog and rain generally appear with a vengeance in November, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but October can have a damp week or two also.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember, "a misty, foggy, rainy day in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">beats a great day at home"*  </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;">Enjoy the moment</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: 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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*according to Holly,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">French-girl wanna-be</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Brume, brouillard et pluie - Jardin des Tuileries

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

Read more »

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 ...

Read more »

Bûche de Noël - chez moi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlSHkLarpffHjNN8DX0YWO9Di8QrGJICwZ7or-I2UMKPyLIMcB6lgEg1hyphenhyphenp7cB5ZlTclWSxJxJeOrKn0PPtfZ6zo1qOEGPx7kc8E1Aked6DP43x3NF9HAXoPlaSZ8Qw693BXJywZPAdE/s1600/2013+1222++222+DSC_4116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlSHkLarpffHjNN8DX0YWO9Di8QrGJICwZ7or-I2UMKPyLIMcB6lgEg1hyphenhyphenp7cB5ZlTclWSxJxJeOrKn0PPtfZ6zo1qOEGPx7kc8E1Aked6DP43x3NF9HAXoPlaSZ8Qw693BXJywZPAdE/s640/2013+1222++222+DSC_4116.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;">Bûche de Noël</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"yule log"</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;">Adopting another French tradition, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we welcome Christmas with a bûche de Noël.</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;">Using a recipe inspired by the celebrated Paris pastry shop Ladurée, the <i>bûche</i> consists of a buttercream icing, a <i>roulade</i> of fine bittersweet chocolate, and a filling of rich semisweet chocolate.  The humidity and rainstorms steered us to marzipan rather than our preferred meringue mushrooms.  Here is a <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Buche-de-Noel" target="_blank">recipe in English</a> and another <a href="http://cuisine.journaldesfemmes.com/recette/305309-buche-de-noel" target="_blank">here in French</a>.  We used the English recipe.</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 confection was a collaboration of daughter Holly, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">visiting French girl, and moi.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...sending you Christmas wishes </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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(still have to make Jesus' birthday cake)</span></span></i></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;">Beyond </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>

Bûche de Noël - chez moi

Bûche de Noël "yule log" Adopting another French tradition,  we welcome Christmas with a bûche de Noël. Using a recipe inspired by...

Read more »

Jardin des Tuileries - must be a French girl!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTnM5XtfoliRdAWtJUc6CA5p572d4ZmQM9NqL8c7wBvRlk6fVvtg8krKURLJVkGowlcFdXcNjYIl-10BE5yU2GvuHYh77nD-k13_AnaLuXLEXbX7bsGzr7ugKA2pvwx7Ak_uGRddq__k/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_23DSC_8979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTnM5XtfoliRdAWtJUc6CA5p572d4ZmQM9NqL8c7wBvRlk6fVvtg8krKURLJVkGowlcFdXcNjYIl-10BE5yU2GvuHYh77nD-k13_AnaLuXLEXbX7bsGzr7ugKA2pvwx7Ak_uGRddq__k/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_23DSC_8979.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">So perfectly stylish as she left the Tuileries with her parents</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...must be a French girl! </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;">No, I do not know this child, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but my <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/blanc-et-noir-et-rouge.html" target="_blank">French-girl-wannabe</a> and her husband </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have just given us a petite bébé </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">who will have all the bows and ruffles she wants.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We will buy Boules for her athletic side.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is personal, but I am giddy.</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Jardin des Tuileries - must be a French girl!

Jardin des Tuileries So perfectly stylish as she left the Tuileries with her parents ...must be a French girl! No, I do not know this child,...

Read more »

Les Vélibs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RY_5CDVwbofAhMllCiE4lTNgBXmk5XBZafZFsXyBDK5fIeSD94n0dMFRllsJzxU0Jx2oXMfuDDsn-c63jl79par0GWBY5K70GlvhlMBgnVk0B3r7X6zU2fddRJml6-CO_bBB0FjpObI/s640/2012+Oct+5+Friday_68DSC_8550.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Try it!</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;">Well, Holly has a big smile because we were having so much fun riding around Paris on the Vélibs.  The cost can be a little as $2.20 to ride for the day.  If you return your bike to one of the 1,800 stations within 30 minutes, there is no additional charge.  We rode for two days all over Paris, mixing it up with the traffic.  On my recent trip, I spent one day riding alone, crossing the Seine bridges and riding as far as Jardin des Plantes from the 2ème. </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 are 20,000 bikes ready to ride, waiting on you.  Check out <a href="http://en.velib.paris.fr/" target="_blank">the site here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are hesitant, start away from congested traffic areas (Place Charles de Gaule for sure!) </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;">On our first 30-minute ride we bumped across the cobblestones of Champs Elysées, passed between Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and then crossed Pont Alexandre III.  What a rush!  </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Learn the words - It will make you feel so cool - </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>do not forget to ring the little bell as you sing, too)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Je m' baladais sur l' avenue<br />Le coeur ouvert à l' inconnu<br />J' avais envie de dire bonjour<br />A n' importe qui<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">N' importe qui et ce fut toi<br />Je t' ai dit n' importe quoi<br />Il suffisait de te parler<br />Pour t' apprivoiser<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Aux Champs-Elysées<br />Au soleil, sous la pluie<br />A midi ou à minuit<br />Il y a tout c' que vous voulez<br />Aux Champs-Elysées!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Les rues du 15ième</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75015, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Les Vélibs

Try it! Well, Holly has a big smile because we were having so much fun riding around Paris on the Vélibs.  The cost can be a little as $2.20...

Read more »

Le manteau rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8253140609_9af57f5634_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8253140609_9af57f5634_c.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le manteau rouge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(The red coat)</span></i></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 I stood in the rain, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there was something familiar about this young French girl </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with her long dark locks and bright red coat...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She looked like a miniature of one I know well... </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 anniversaire, Holly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Littré</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;">Métro Saint-Placide</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le manteau rouge

Le manteau rouge (The red coat) As I stood in the rain,  there was something familiar about this young French girl  with her long dark locks...

Read more »

Must be a French girl...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsFDCyQyTuxHdDfaxSAhyHrsi-uXUI6iBu98NspXO6DWl-wt_pJi34tzSnCasRb8Xmima6ONEshfjpdsQR0G4otOHGzArpOjfYyT06G7AdR5a5x_jSAfVNxF_T1YXfGCZJE_0N0iffOk/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsFDCyQyTuxHdDfaxSAhyHrsi-uXUI6iBu98NspXO6DWl-wt_pJi34tzSnCasRb8Xmima6ONEshfjpdsQR0G4otOHGzArpOjfYyT06G7AdR5a5x_jSAfVNxF_T1YXfGCZJE_0N0iffOk/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0241.jpg" width="442" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She has the style, the self-assured attitude, the certain <em>je ne sais quoi</em>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wait... Is that a LLBean backpack?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is not a French girl, but close!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rue d'Arcole</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ile de la Cité</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004 Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Must be a French girl...

She has the style, the self-assured attitude, the certain je ne sais quoi ... Wait... Is that a LLBean backpack? It is not a French girl, bu...

Read more »

La photographe -- Holly à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s1600/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s640/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth" shots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Opéra Garnier</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span></div>

La photographe -- Holly à Paris

When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot... I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth...

Read more »