Le Café des Chats - un chat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoA0u8eyFw7Gzdhkemc3-e_9pbyIklDuDowYgFhx-H46uawsylYZXqMfuLrrEpPzHUu-GmDHye78kdOpbtplfE85k-WqB8Er2iXvueP83AoB1-xQgr3Etfgk58klQTNquYr4SGittExc/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+264+DSC_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoA0u8eyFw7Gzdhkemc3-e_9pbyIklDuDowYgFhx-H46uawsylYZXqMfuLrrEpPzHUu-GmDHye78kdOpbtplfE85k-WqB8Er2iXvueP83AoB1-xQgr3Etfgk58klQTNquYr4SGittExc/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+264+DSC_0963.jpg" width="422" /></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;">One of the many cat residents displays</div><div style="text-align: center;">the mood and character of this salon de the.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the cats have been adopted from shelters and</div><div style="text-align: center;">are under the care of veterinarians.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 'house rules' are simple: do not wake a sleeping cat;</div><div style="text-align: center;">wash your hands before petting the cats; no feeding the cats; </div><div style="text-align: center;">and, this is my favorite, no cat has to do anything s/he does not want to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sounds like a great life to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lecafedeschats.fr/" target="_blank">Here is the link.</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: left;"><a href="http://www.lecafedeschats.fr/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Café des Chats</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue Michel le Comte</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong> </div>

Le Café des Chats - un chat

One of the many cat residents displays the mood and character of this salon de the. All of the cats have been adopted from shelters and are ...

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Le Café des Chats

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT4EO180rD6Svc-6BTIbnnfG8t-APc8Oyw1gCRtdSUsK0kXhgKlH693ebpJ0198QLlEES1XiJpRAMmQdSGYbaMsJlESP6NUTMXYYE4Kki7ZoVSwFfzWwIS5GfSaNK5syYiryZpYEz6YI/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+284+DSC_0983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT4EO180rD6Svc-6BTIbnnfG8t-APc8Oyw1gCRtdSUsK0kXhgKlH693ebpJ0198QLlEES1XiJpRAMmQdSGYbaMsJlESP6NUTMXYYE4Kki7ZoVSwFfzWwIS5GfSaNK5syYiryZpYEz6YI/s640/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+284+DSC_0983.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you enjoy your coffee or tea</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the presence of cats?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You just might achieve the level of  'aloofness'</div><div style="text-align: center;">to find that a cat, or two, would enjoy your company</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting close by or jumping onto your empty lap.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow: a cat!</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;"><span class="st">Le <em>Café</em> des Chats</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">16, rue Michel le Comte</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="st"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></div>

Le Café des Chats

Would you enjoy your coffee or tea in the presence of cats? You just might achieve the level of  'aloofness' to find that a cat, or ...

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Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMyYfwkDOGG912zXq1V6FPyEjLaInVNDNSqeaMgy8piEgoN7jFmAmHoTfNvzm4eI_WhAbTgAsLdTTTgrr8V4KLTYW3UU76G808lYKHYI29_Kopwl28p9edL5fCdUXTgrqAQ-S8VJUECM/s1600/DSC_0692p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMyYfwkDOGG912zXq1V6FPyEjLaInVNDNSqeaMgy8piEgoN7jFmAmHoTfNvzm4eI_WhAbTgAsLdTTTgrr8V4KLTYW3UU76G808lYKHYI29_Kopwl28p9edL5fCdUXTgrqAQ-S8VJUECM/s640/DSC_0692p.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tucked in a corner of this beautiful and storied church sits this</div><div style="text-align: center;">confessional, obscured in semi-darkness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rays of light entering a church window illuminate</div><div style="text-align: center;">the corner confessional, revealing a warm patina.</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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;">Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue Saint-Antoine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis Tucked in a corner of this beautiful and storied church sits this confessional, obscured in semi-darkness. The...

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Frédéric Garrigues

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVySdPxNHij0-TYRTLyjE6R-6lWyUA4RUaE76FJ3rJuYuNhl90S6pv6xlyrCIxTidGIZ9pUHIMq_U-yFY9IGVCfDu9sRqit6iZRtOKqq0TMqIbiFL_n5TBLuoEE1Nos_ozapLKr_riswg/s1600/2013+May+22++Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVySdPxNHij0-TYRTLyjE6R-6lWyUA4RUaE76FJ3rJuYuNhl90S6pv6xlyrCIxTidGIZ9pUHIMq_U-yFY9IGVCfDu9sRqit6iZRtOKqq0TMqIbiFL_n5TBLuoEE1Nos_ozapLKr_riswg/s640/2013+May+22++Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An artist of design and master of flowers...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />the Marais boutique provides a brief glimpse </div><div style="text-align: center;">of his artistry</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue Saint-Gilles</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Chemin Vert</span></span></i></span></div>

Frédéric Garrigues

l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues An artist of design and master of flowers... the Marais boutique provides a brief glimpse  of his artistry ...

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Jardinières avec des fleurs rouges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_yQKgbYSwD1dAJgvN_Dgx96qeO5Dx0roBvFQ4VXaVOJAXzQ431NfdAHItoYA-LUzOUlvWzmJhuqozldbmEXXYaRlRh7KO03mL9Pd4Fc3GMNgmB-IEWImfvuKB2FNgHzu9oeUlJNaXk/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0620color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_yQKgbYSwD1dAJgvN_Dgx96qeO5Dx0roBvFQ4VXaVOJAXzQ431NfdAHItoYA-LUzOUlvWzmJhuqozldbmEXXYaRlRh7KO03mL9Pd4Fc3GMNgmB-IEWImfvuKB2FNgHzu9oeUlJNaXk/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0620color.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Window boxes </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the second floor of this building in the Marais</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bleeding heart flowers and masses of red blooms</div><div style="text-align: center;">first caught my eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The giant thermometer which could be read </div><div style="text-align: center;">from the street was a fascination.</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><br /><i><br /></i><i>46, rue de Poitou</i><br /><i>75003, Paris</i>

Jardinières avec des fleurs rouges

Window boxes  On the second floor of this building in the Marais the bleeding heart flowers and masses of red blooms first caught my eye. Th...

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Merci - la cantine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0wEX9ZuKllzJMWJo3F5gnd2FfZXd411vFdWYFVVMwSp50K-QCDvt4Mon0SfTquRYch0xx_gEnS4-trCxx6sWfrxhwMb939khWJ7xNCfu2iAixha-J3YDaijIYkv4Nnzgs3dAbpZmQS8/s1600/2013+May+18+Sat_275DSC_4144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0wEX9ZuKllzJMWJo3F5gnd2FfZXd411vFdWYFVVMwSp50K-QCDvt4Mon0SfTquRYch0xx_gEnS4-trCxx6sWfrxhwMb939khWJ7xNCfu2iAixha-J3YDaijIYkv4Nnzgs3dAbpZmQS8/s1600/2013+May+18+Sat_275DSC_4144.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;">The lower floor of Merci in the Marais</div><div style="text-align: center;">has a charming restaurant called La Cantine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is one of three at Merci</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You feel as if you are in a country courtyard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">far from the busy boulevard Beaumarchais</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;">La Cantine at Merci</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">111, boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Merci - la cantine

The lower floor of Merci in the Marais has a charming restaurant called La Cantine. It is one of three at Merci You feel as if you are in a ...

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Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Combas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This painting was created in 2000 and is titled,  <em> </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>La femme lumière de l’homme</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From a statement on <a href="http://www.combas.com/" target="_blank">his website</a>, his art is meant to... </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;"> “provoke, that is, to trigger a reaction in the spectator </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">only to ‘invite’ him, beckoning him in </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and whispering in his ear ‘come over and talk to me, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I want to tell you about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity" title="Stupidity">stupidity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence" title="Violence">violence</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty" title="Beauty">beauty</a>,  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatred" title="Hatred">hatred</a>, seriousness and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun" title="Fun">fun</a>, the logic </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and senselessness that pervade our day-to-day lives’ ”</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;">Robert Combas mural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue des Haudriettes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

Robert Combas A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City. This painting was created in 2000 and is t...

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Leurs chemins se sont croisés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2GV9HuXeR4O45pQ9Zf45TK3d6oR2JK-VfOle3YQONf1Mrv8djthVzWkPDB5kvbT4tIyS2SZEPvU4gSgUvVj9rb0a4VDcFuySNnk2OKlKqZORjsrAvRuNmG01ErbUqb53nP1ahh-g8eI/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+547+DSC_3221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2GV9HuXeR4O45pQ9Zf45TK3d6oR2JK-VfOle3YQONf1Mrv8djthVzWkPDB5kvbT4tIyS2SZEPvU4gSgUvVj9rb0a4VDcFuySNnk2OKlKqZORjsrAvRuNmG01ErbUqb53nP1ahh-g8eI/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+547+DSC_3221.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crossing Paths</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were actually three photos of this mother/daughter pair </div><div style="text-align: center;">walking down Rue Saint-Paul in the Marais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The blurred figure moving in the opposite direction </div><div style="text-align: center;">gave this shot a touch of mystery...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with a sinister mood.</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;">Le Petit Saint-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">40, rue Saint-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le Marais</span></i></div>

Leurs chemins se sont croisés

Crossing Paths There were actually three photos of this mother/daughter pair  walking down Rue Saint-Paul in the Marais.   The blurred figur...

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Marais - la porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OwGS3lDwvFIEgcEs8xzt_2HFgHyUKGmOWzUXNklmjAX6cCg0UCiYEATu2qxf5c6WHtdqGNwJ10SAeq6Brdhd9E0YrR9OkgSJIxVYSkcR6zURpowL1nPcgAdCSCY_7PVh4EAAxBoOD44/s1600/2010+June+16+DSC_0630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OwGS3lDwvFIEgcEs8xzt_2HFgHyUKGmOWzUXNklmjAX6cCg0UCiYEATu2qxf5c6WHtdqGNwJ10SAeq6Brdhd9E0YrR9OkgSJIxVYSkcR6zURpowL1nPcgAdCSCY_7PVh4EAAxBoOD44/s1600/2010+June+16+DSC_0630.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">le Marais</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">A door, </div><div align="center">old and weathered, </div><div align="center">patched and painted and patched again, </div><div align="center">massive and imposing.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">It has seen the turning of centuries,</div><div align="center">the passing of time,</div><div align="center">revolution and rebirth.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Its name is history...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Une porte</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>le Marais</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div>

Marais - la porte

    le Marais       A door, old and weathered, patched and painted and patched again, massive and imposing.     It has seen the turning of c...

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Vingt-Cinq

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWJidloSRzR5H0PqLCGFdtD2LSdJ08wFSlb9eMrr-ZB-t-ptnV40ef1XQPv1E_m0-rkskRDSftEbJCqDMPSZ3sT3dIjJncSOSqVdZoguOWAlhFhlRs7HgOOqJ3xCdR0HW8IAgpQ5gOdE/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+041+DSC_2715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWJidloSRzR5H0PqLCGFdtD2LSdJ08wFSlb9eMrr-ZB-t-ptnV40ef1XQPv1E_m0-rkskRDSftEbJCqDMPSZ3sT3dIjJncSOSqVdZoguOWAlhFhlRs7HgOOqJ3xCdR0HW8IAgpQ5gOdE/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+041+DSC_2715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Number Twenty-Five</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors </div><div style="text-align: center;">but would say instead, "<i>Sous la bouche ouverte du lion!</i>"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Under the open mouth of the lion!"</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;">25, rue Charlemagne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Vingt-Cinq

Number Twenty-Five I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors  but would say instead, " Sous la bouche ouver...

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Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPbMvl8WRy2LQe7-W2-IBMWIsL12vs09_NQES9a8R5MjLsdSDt4mb-dFhYo7jTp6BAVgK6ExvQc8I2y_yToS30dOgHMN5aQDz50yYMX9jb6M5G0S2mrgQwLiUuLDYVWh4kZTcKBqCxg/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+336+DSC_9542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPbMvl8WRy2LQe7-W2-IBMWIsL12vs09_NQES9a8R5MjLsdSDt4mb-dFhYo7jTp6BAVgK6ExvQc8I2y_yToS30dOgHMN5aQDz50yYMX9jb6M5G0S2mrgQwLiUuLDYVWh4kZTcKBqCxg/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+336+DSC_9542.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merci</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For concept shopping in the Marais, this is the place.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clothing, designs for the home, a used book café, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and more features all artfully displayed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the courtyard of Merci, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this little girl with the yellow coat</div><div style="text-align: center;">has been shopping...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Must be a French girl</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;">Merci</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">111, boulevard Beaumarchais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Merci! - une petite fille avec un manteau jaune

Merci For concept shopping in the Marais, this is the place. Clothing, designs for the home, a used book café,  and more features all artful...

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Une boîte de bruyère

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XdpJX_LQzT4fXBCRbGLY5s8p3XrE4-Q5WH5d9ofjOgXGdlsWDAm_3ilEhgYBzGBqaZR76Jg7sBvY-Ll29TAV4sugwkVZc1uLjDJEJCS138dItxjYwdR-bJenBOhNW_FaCy2I29mFBY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+314+DSC_1013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XdpJX_LQzT4fXBCRbGLY5s8p3XrE4-Q5WH5d9ofjOgXGdlsWDAm_3ilEhgYBzGBqaZR76Jg7sBvY-Ll29TAV4sugwkVZc1uLjDJEJCS138dItxjYwdR-bJenBOhNW_FaCy2I29mFBY/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+314+DSC_1013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A box of heather</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This rustic display of heather in full bloom </div><div style="text-align: center;">was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is never a shortage of flowers </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the shops of Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Sylvine fleurs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">98, rue Beaubourg</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une boîte de bruyère

A box of heather This rustic display of heather in full bloom  was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais. There is never a s...

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Magasin d'antiquités

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPbhHHhPEX2dOfeCVrPxKXbMbTWLhoV1pQoqcWU-hHGtoQXjBE9THtHJLkfAIjRn-TxezdXwASkHzpL9R6MH065QkMFxNCgyqa-EB_29fO1s-iZyOXMUlgYcfuci1e4jX3DMcuvB4tbU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPbhHHhPEX2dOfeCVrPxKXbMbTWLhoV1pQoqcWU-hHGtoQXjBE9THtHJLkfAIjRn-TxezdXwASkHzpL9R6MH065QkMFxNCgyqa-EB_29fO1s-iZyOXMUlgYcfuci1e4jX3DMcuvB4tbU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0310.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Antiques in the Marais</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are a visitor in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you might find the perfect memory to carry home </div><div style="text-align: center;">in a shop like this one in the Marais...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">something small that will tuck in your valise for the trip,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a little reminder of your time in this magical city</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;">Rue Saint Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Magasin d'antiquités

Antiques in the Marais If you are a visitor in Paris,  you might find the perfect memory to carry home  in a shop like this one in the Marai...

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Une cour privée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOQGGTzxTELnBpOJwxYKt9x3ChKyMPKb7MzJUZTY6nGmCYdE9hNSQhPBq9iHv4Z8AQe3HHVBBrm51S7monvH9n2Y7D2itLNMg0vI_N74sumhNifELjCYX-ViLKdzCP0089NpWjANGQd4/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+116+DSC_0815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOQGGTzxTELnBpOJwxYKt9x3ChKyMPKb7MzJUZTY6nGmCYdE9hNSQhPBq9iHv4Z8AQe3HHVBBrm51S7monvH9n2Y7D2itLNMg0vI_N74sumhNifELjCYX-ViLKdzCP0089NpWjANGQd4/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+116+DSC_0815.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A private courtyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One never knows when a door will be left open...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Virginia (Paris Through My Lens), Peter (Peter's Paris), </div><div style="text-align: center;">Alexa (Paris Encore), and I snapped away </div><div style="text-align: center;">and soaked up this gorgeous courtyard off Place des Vosges.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, we were discovered and left quickly...</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: 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;">Hidden courtyard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Places des Vosges</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une cour privée

A private courtyard One never knows when a door will be left open... Virginia (Paris Through My Lens), Peter (Peter's Paris),  Alexa (Pa...

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Une bicyclette rose

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIiMEDIpEOTgM-EDPzq6Ks2yG5JODGYFvYSo86q7WqGa6lM72-dEfuVvgtNuNn_PduvJ8ED3lnn8czJzZApdiJPkjq87kYTwBo0wiMj0kr9za2RtTis0oJ9pKgjwjpIjNcdEOYbAtodo/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_71DSC_6285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIiMEDIpEOTgM-EDPzq6Ks2yG5JODGYFvYSo86q7WqGa6lM72-dEfuVvgtNuNn_PduvJ8ED3lnn8czJzZApdiJPkjq87kYTwBo0wiMj0kr9za2RtTis0oJ9pKgjwjpIjNcdEOYbAtodo/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_71DSC_6285.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pink bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No, this is not one of the bikes from Le Tour de France, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but a bright statement of maman and her little one.</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;">Coton Deux</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;">37, rue de Turenne</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;">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une bicyclette rose

A pink bicycle No, this is not one of the bikes from Le Tour de France,  but a bright statement of maman and her little one. Coton Deux 37, ...

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Des chaussures roses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFQj2hFkYFkcgW6oNX_qrm3zFr1fhmwzdx3NFWkq-JU7_gQpGF-QUf68JzrimpeKC-OCs8aW2i3w1FlmooNGOkLkRxw_GLEhyphenhyphenOT9aFvY4KHLLOUaJ58DGZX7pUyqHmVDyJq3SKiTEeQg/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFQj2hFkYFkcgW6oNX_qrm3zFr1fhmwzdx3NFWkq-JU7_gQpGF-QUf68JzrimpeKC-OCs8aW2i3w1FlmooNGOkLkRxw_GLEhyphenhyphenOT9aFvY4KHLLOUaJ58DGZX7pUyqHmVDyJq3SKiTEeQg/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0588.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pink shoes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen walking down Boulevard Beaumarchais</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a "sweater day" in late spring, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but this person was bundled for the cold.</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;">Boulevard Beaumarchais</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;">75003, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Des chaussures roses

Pink shoes... Seen walking down Boulevard Beaumarchais It was a "sweater day" in late spring,  but this person was bundled for the...

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Boulangerie St. Antoine - la Parisse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC1w8GZPW21ckrNWEt-xb48teWOB9fOXUUEIq4prNHo5TCyaagCxpTGOhqX9yWR3NcdDkxKB27rumCE41SkuHpi8LLws6-LxlPupH3Ea25QFT1Ugh2P2-H8Sed0gVVy8DYip8ZLncZwU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC1w8GZPW21ckrNWEt-xb48teWOB9fOXUUEIq4prNHo5TCyaagCxpTGOhqX9yWR3NcdDkxKB27rumCE41SkuHpi8LLws6-LxlPupH3Ea25QFT1Ugh2P2-H8Sed0gVVy8DYip8ZLncZwU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0290.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boulangerie St. Antoine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The window was filled with tempting pastries, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but we opted for baguettes for our spring soirée.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I seem to remember pinching the end off of one before we left the street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reflections set the scene here in the heart of the Marais.</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulangerie St. Antoine</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;">29, Rue Saint Antoine</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Boulangerie St. Antoine - la Parisse

Boulangerie St. Antoine The window was filled with tempting pastries,  but we opted for baguettes for our spring soirée.   I seem to remembe...

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Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frédéric Garrigues</div><div style="text-align: center;">artisan florist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The objects in this Marais window caught my eye, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but when I looked on the <a href="http://www.fredericgarrigues.com/" target="_blank">website</a> at his </div><div style="text-align: center;">creative use of flowers and "objets éphémères" </div><div style="text-align: center;">I wished that I had walked inside.</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;">l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues</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;">2, rue Saint-Gilles</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;">75003, 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 Chemin Vert</span></span></i></div>

Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

Frédéric Garrigues artisan florist The objects in this Marais window caught my eye,  but when I looked on the website at his  creative use ...

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Le Marais - une vitrine étrange

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3I3M2Wq80hr28Lht5x7Rom0DuYyqQ0Eku8uju-Yg9ICZOEcLFRC7qiJyR8AANAtky2xjYg4EAG-th-_8PbhuxPLumaQ9ts2zUlFFFlxHizu3ZlHgP-3X9PToeimIP1CbCEg1fUG1m-E/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_294DSC_8386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3I3M2Wq80hr28Lht5x7Rom0DuYyqQ0Eku8uju-Yg9ICZOEcLFRC7qiJyR8AANAtky2xjYg4EAG-th-_8PbhuxPLumaQ9ts2zUlFFFlxHizu3ZlHgP-3X9PToeimIP1CbCEg1fUG1m-E/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_294DSC_8386.jpg" width="650" /></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;">An odd window in the Marais</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 plastic lobster and starfish,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a small world globe, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a jar of coral,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">two cast metal crawfish,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a basket of shells,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">an antique chest,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a dead stuffed bird.</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;">One never knows what one will find 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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Birague</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Marais - une vitrine étrange

An odd window in the Marais A plastic lobster and starfish, a small world globe, a jar of coral, two cast metal crawfish, a basket of shells...

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Place des Vosges - Ma Bourgogne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLn-Qpv_nEOTLPQp0pfcXEO_DlUZnIXtOzXTNnYXJle3VLslbmZkZ1LV8oFhbQSl2dAptaP0iHJRAcv6flk3VT1XX8wU54wvzc1sa5ur2_rb76oYiz9PzkZMjlJaOxIgUTJYh3vSxINk/s1600/2010+dec+orange+2+P1010069+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLn-Qpv_nEOTLPQp0pfcXEO_DlUZnIXtOzXTNnYXJle3VLslbmZkZ1LV8oFhbQSl2dAptaP0iHJRAcv6flk3VT1XX8wU54wvzc1sa5ur2_rb76oYiz9PzkZMjlJaOxIgUTJYh3vSxINk/s640/2010+dec+orange+2+P1010069+blog.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ma Bourgogne</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">No matter the season or the weather, this bistrot in the heart of Place des Vosges attracts both the locals and the tourists.  I remember years ago having to choose whether to eat or to drink as we were short of cash and they did not take credit cards.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We chose the "house red."</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Ma Bourgogne</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>19, place des Vosges</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Place des Vosges - Ma Bourgogne

Ma Bourgogne       No matter the season or the weather, this bistrot in the heart of Place des Vosges attracts both the locals and the touri...

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