Les fleurs de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRO6JoTKaHTaXMia2_x4r9WqZZ6H-UMHV3ymrx-e7mkI0QjsolvTBXHZcgNNhLsLzfcBmQtXTj8WEzi0lCKahL_FBiH7Iypi75mmdnBXa9sHlpk_lLG3yxCP75SYlH6EXhZx5MZcPwYg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_105DSC_4788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRO6JoTKaHTaXMia2_x4r9WqZZ6H-UMHV3ymrx-e7mkI0QjsolvTBXHZcgNNhLsLzfcBmQtXTj8WEzi0lCKahL_FBiH7Iypi75mmdnBXa9sHlpk_lLG3yxCP75SYlH6EXhZx5MZcPwYg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_105DSC_4788.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You may wonder about all of the shrubs and blooming plants in Paris.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The parks and public gardens are filled to the brim, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but one would think that there are not many private gardens </div><div style="text-align: center;">in central Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All you have to do is to look to the balconies </div><div style="text-align: center;">and take a peek inside the almost-closed door courtyards.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now what would you put on your Paris balcony?</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 Cler florist</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, 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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les fleurs de Paris

You may wonder about all of the shrubs and blooming plants in Paris.   The parks and public gardens are filled to the brim,  but one would t...

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La vie quotidienne - Rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX-bao2uH28t_AaxpFWR6z8JOTiqkH1JXdtdJrZ68fWpC2vG3LBi_PtQVxO8jifdTFQTHQjFaj12oq2lbOZ_X-d96SjTLhUB2sDL9OfyWz65Jvea8HYMhArQtPirwhpwwSlz0oHnPHvw/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX-bao2uH28t_AaxpFWR6z8JOTiqkH1JXdtdJrZ68fWpC2vG3LBi_PtQVxO8jifdTFQTHQjFaj12oq2lbOZ_X-d96SjTLhUB2sDL9OfyWz65Jvea8HYMhArQtPirwhpwwSlz0oHnPHvw/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148+b-w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les marchés de 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;">It is impossible to read a novel (or non-fiction) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">about life in Paris without observing the daily shopping.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think about the time I spend driving to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the seafood market, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the family-owned vegetable market, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the grocery for the other items.  </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;">How wonderful would it be to walk down this pedestrian street, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">greeting your neighbors, while selecting all the items you need. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La vie quotidienne - Rue Cler

Les marchés de Paris It is impossible to read a novel (or non-fiction)  about life in Paris without observing the daily shopping.   I think ...

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

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

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Le chien de la rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mj3-2uDXXe3U7poU8Ih6HxAlKZa6Xl9NUiDKTSmPGg4_vi284jcoVAuh8reaZlpKJmlFqxcbcxqyz-86OhsOQ5YKNXpzelOZR81JOn3O8rytv0EPcPBuNYOOKzGrjO0T-q1K8rjMPBg/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mj3-2uDXXe3U7poU8Ih6HxAlKZa6Xl9NUiDKTSmPGg4_vi284jcoVAuh8reaZlpKJmlFqxcbcxqyz-86OhsOQ5YKNXpzelOZR81JOn3O8rytv0EPcPBuNYOOKzGrjO0T-q1K8rjMPBg/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0259.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;">The marché on rue Cler was full of people this day </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and provided a great opportunity to explore the scents and sounds of the market.  </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 pup owned the street</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;"><a href="http://www.parismarkets.net/RueCler.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché Rue Cler</em></span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Cler et Avenue de la Motte-Picquet</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro École Militaire</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Le chien de la rue Cler

The marché on rue Cler was full of people this day and provided a great opportunity to explore the scents and sounds of the market.  This pu...

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