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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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Square Boucicaut - en l'été

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqVmPJS9JgebnJIJmMXJx-6_yFHTGt4n1Q6USwyKM4pGuTLVaI1JVENpjrNYIZGWQw9Gr2D5t7lkz42ygBscFkUyHVOEJXoejvpkReUyB_7jKNUpIL7blBpmfM1Wlqdkm_vKGXphvoYQ/s1600/2010+june+17-18+DSC_0562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqVmPJS9JgebnJIJmMXJx-6_yFHTGt4n1Q6USwyKM4pGuTLVaI1JVENpjrNYIZGWQw9Gr2D5t7lkz42ygBscFkUyHVOEJXoejvpkReUyB_7jKNUpIL7blBpmfM1Wlqdkm_vKGXphvoYQ/s640/2010+june+17-18+DSC_0562.jpg" width="640" /></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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Square Boucicaut</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;">Early in the morning, this little pocket of a park was empty </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">except for the gardener.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Paris is often late to rise,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and you can have her almost to yourself </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">if you are an early bird.</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;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Square Boucicaut</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Sèvres-Babylone</em></span>

Square Boucicaut - en l'été

Square Boucicaut Early in the morning, this little pocket of a park was empty except for the gardener. Paris is often late to rise, and y...

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Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnrM13I_kiPIc6xuIPkO-h3fGR2BgDIt_-uM5e-jiGThFzI1_i8XBbDE4q3NxXSCPwcoMqyd-Ruz6NnJ93ziqBa_tZS5nb66M69WcoSjbsYud4zNUyvh2N5khTKRix-Cn0YIMYh7R3Q/s1600/2010+paris+june+17-18+0564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnrM13I_kiPIc6xuIPkO-h3fGR2BgDIt_-uM5e-jiGThFzI1_i8XBbDE4q3NxXSCPwcoMqyd-Ruz6NnJ93ziqBa_tZS5nb66M69WcoSjbsYud4zNUyvh2N5khTKRix-Cn0YIMYh7R3Q/s640/2010+paris+june+17-18+0564.jpg" width="640" /></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;">If you have been reading my blog for a period of time, you know that I am almost as passionate about hats as I am shoes...</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;">This chapeaux is not quite my style but I was captivated by the design.</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;">What do you mean, <em>pas de photos</em>?  Whoops</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Bon Marché</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Sèvres-Babylone</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

If you have been reading my blog for a period of time, you know that I am almost as passionate about hats as I am shoes... This chapeaux is ...

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La Maison du Chocolat -- eclairs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPu1J7xshBUFSVqSUaR39iuw0rCiF8MlZxtMVVjvHVuMu8YLPNFEf4NsgLWoQzBwqfoBUJIoDTvsxs7HMvBDcfSFmJn9k-idUvTxADW80rsPPTGNZVh4QETSa6QkJUehwLiW5VP-03QA/s1600/2010+dec+day+7+0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPu1J7xshBUFSVqSUaR39iuw0rCiF8MlZxtMVVjvHVuMu8YLPNFEf4NsgLWoQzBwqfoBUJIoDTvsxs7HMvBDcfSFmJn9k-idUvTxADW80rsPPTGNZVh4QETSa6QkJUehwLiW5VP-03QA/s640/2010+dec+day+7+0005.jpg" width="640" /></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;">In the search for the perfect, very best eclair in Paris we discovered (for the moment) our favorite(s) at <a href="http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr/index.php#/home" target="_blank">La Maison du Chocolat</a>.  We had to have a caramel au beurre salé also, bien sûr!</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 chocolate was rich, and the pastry was still firm, not soggy from the cream filling.  Fortunately for our waitlines, we had to walk to get there and back.  It is a chocolate eclair like this that makes me want to hide in the corner and devour it all!</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;">Do not try this at home.</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; font-size: xx-small;">miam-miam</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Maison du Chocolat</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>19, rue de Sèvres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>There are many boutiques in Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>and around the world - check the link</em></span>

La Maison du Chocolat -- eclairs

In the search for the perfect, very best eclair in Paris we discovered (for the moment) our favorite(s) at La Maison du Chocolat . We had t...

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Les Oiseaux

Les Oiseaux

I did not see any birds but there were many people "perched" on the terrasse... When the weather is nice, the empty café chairs ar...

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Still shopping?

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You had better hurry! Bon Marché Métro Sèvres-Babylone

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La Maison du Chocolat

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXA7tORoSOViPdja1lLhluci5yHkjBCbXCKFFZKyzzYVvfdW6xLrOB9ljnUlTph8p7VNgvHFVylGKq3yy6DxdsLY-1sbNpelxz8lQkY2gOuDeWWoL8haVSUKjfIXjgSeVhd8KIzoQpJ4/s1600/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0307.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552587228444641682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXA7tORoSOViPdja1lLhluci5yHkjBCbXCKFFZKyzzYVvfdW6xLrOB9ljnUlTph8p7VNgvHFVylGKq3yy6DxdsLY-1sbNpelxz8lQkY2gOuDeWWoL8haVSUKjfIXjgSeVhd8KIzoQpJ4/s640/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0307.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In a search for the perfect chocolate eclair, we hurried to La Maison du Chocolat at the instruction of Carol (<a href="http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com/"><strong>Paris Breakfasts</strong></a>) for the best in Paris.  (More on that story later with photos)...  After making friends in this chocolate heaven, we stopped to take a photo of the chocolate tree in the window.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It is too small for your eyes to read perhaps, but I will whisper the price if you promise not to gasp... </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(590€) ..............     I think I heard a gasp...</span>  </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">La Maison du Chocolat</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">19, rue Sèvres (and other locations)</span>

La Maison du Chocolat

In a search for the perfect chocolate eclair, we hurried to La Maison du Chocolat at the instruction of Carol ( Paris Breakfasts ) for the b...

10:01 PM

The Escalator Happy Dance

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5_7EfkDch6hjwkhPA2SrKlUXXkiQXrk7WDlA7N2D3IScvgBwIRn_aoxM9-HivfbF5ZDY8zXQL564L_vwPcurZbDntav3WLRlQCcefCXW8eCXPuaN9eEuesVg7kSQNCWR0BF5cJ4v4tE/s1600/DSC_0558.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503232567464780018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5_7EfkDch6hjwkhPA2SrKlUXXkiQXrk7WDlA7N2D3IScvgBwIRn_aoxM9-HivfbF5ZDY8zXQL564L_vwPcurZbDntav3WLRlQCcefCXW8eCXPuaN9eEuesVg7kSQNCWR0BF5cJ4v4tE/s640/DSC_0558.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>This adorable child is laughing <em>with</em> me! Of course, there is a story....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>The background:</em> </div><br /><div>As you may know, there are many steps in the Paris Métro -- up, down, around... Some Métro stops are huge and have many iterations of "up and down and around" before it is possible to either transfer or to exit to the street level. Since my first visit to Paris, I have done a little happy dance when I find an escalator. Specifically, I fling my arms into the air (as if my team has just scored) just as I step onto the escalator. Most of the time there is a little joyous shout (woooh-hoooo) and waving of arms. It is just my little "<span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.shellsherree.com/">meep</a></span>" of happiness to have found the <em>electric steps</em> that save my tired body. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>The story:</em></div><br /><div>As I stepped on the escalator to exit Métro Sèvres-Babylone, I turned to share my "escalator happy dance" with a mom and two children who laughed with me all the way to the top. Sometimes, the crazy American CAN get a petite Parisienne to smile. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>The commentary:</em></div><br /><div>This behavior does warrant some stern stares and I do tone it down a bit in the more chi-chi areas of Paris, but lighten up, people.  It will keep you young! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Merci, Shell, for adding "meep" to my vocabulary!</span></div>

The Escalator Happy Dance

This adorable child is laughing with me! Of course, there is a story.... The background: As you may know, there are many steps in the Pari...

10:01 PM

My Home Design

des coeurs sous une cloche

Square Boucicaut - en l'été

Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

La Maison du Chocolat -- eclairs

Les Oiseaux

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