Les ballerines de Palais Garnier

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

Les ballerines de Palais Garnier

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

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Champs Elysées et La Grande Roue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVx1WQmmkaSoDUT7MI0cBtTaDF7d-BKBof3ULEoZ8VmL8ho_krjNhvpaSg5JWka9OjoJqaC7EPjhSmXNHHKskH2SgB-RMtU4tiekY2fWYpGjrE6TEwZi0qOUWAKkTXS7C3PFZ1X8pOj-E/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+891+DSC_3573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVx1WQmmkaSoDUT7MI0cBtTaDF7d-BKBof3ULEoZ8VmL8ho_krjNhvpaSg5JWka9OjoJqaC7EPjhSmXNHHKskH2SgB-RMtU4tiekY2fWYpGjrE6TEwZi0qOUWAKkTXS7C3PFZ1X8pOj-E/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+891+DSC_3573.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Champs Elysées and the Big Ferris Wheel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Grande Roue becomes an iconic landmark </div><div style="text-align: center;">between November and February each year.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It sits in Place de la Concorde at the foot of Avenue des Champs Elysées.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">An adult can ride for 10€ and see all of Paris.</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;">Avenue des Champs Elysées</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Champs Elysées et La Grande Roue

Champs Elysées and the Big Ferris Wheel La Grande Roue becomes an iconic landmark  between November and February each year.   It sits in Pla...

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Ma Bourgogne - la terrasse en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu34bfVDa5wiymIKFwNkXSOYkfxUv3zjZSRYORnESeF7goRqoFjh67THPWzvakBLkNdyzIyzf0KdpefGAvq9t0GavW_N-qQHGauBzQAzhtDPcQSUOteqR1XyG4gpjQBkLbvcsKu8lzyQ4/s1600/2010+Dec+6+orangeP1010061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu34bfVDa5wiymIKFwNkXSOYkfxUv3zjZSRYORnESeF7goRqoFjh67THPWzvakBLkNdyzIyzf0KdpefGAvq9t0GavW_N-qQHGauBzQAzhtDPcQSUOteqR1XyG4gpjQBkLbvcsKu8lzyQ4/s1600/2010+Dec+6+orangeP1010061.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ma Bourgogne</div><div style="text-align: center;">the terrace in winter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the frigid temperatures of December,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is how you enjoy the terrace at Ma Bourgogne</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The heaters are quite toasty </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the regular waiters greet you with a smile.</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;">Ma Bourgogne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place des Vosges (northwest corner)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">19, place 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>

Ma Bourgogne - la terrasse en hiver

Ma Bourgogne the terrace in winter In the frigid temperatures of December, this is how you enjoy the terrace at Ma Bourgogne The heaters are...

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Des sapins de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gWym4RR6YQoX2AbPQ_WrCFzcQdw9g5mo6k931ekyLp1Kab9wwboZDP1tX1WkwrD3LVjCOuTiEuzHbDLbDBWYV6vpKdsJudDVM3qyXmRGF5Ahwv45ZU8GcsjA8HbHs1EOYxLEtEszD4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+145+DSC_1830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gWym4RR6YQoX2AbPQ_WrCFzcQdw9g5mo6k931ekyLp1Kab9wwboZDP1tX1WkwrD3LVjCOuTiEuzHbDLbDBWYV6vpKdsJudDVM3qyXmRGF5Ahwv45ZU8GcsjA8HbHs1EOYxLEtEszD4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+145+DSC_1830.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas trees</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first time I saw trees bundled like this on the streets of Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I first thought of mummies.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">These are quite tall and grand </div><div style="text-align: center;">when you consider the size of many Paris apartments.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you imagine toting one of these </div><div style="text-align: center;">over your shoulder through the Paris Métro?</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;">Passage du Grand Cerf</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Saint Denis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Des sapins de Noël

Christmas trees The first time I saw trees bundled like this on the streets of Paris,  I first thought of mummies.   These are quite tall an...

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l'émerveillement!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeNSG5paU1n5UjvNlrvv-_fA-1Oz8JcRZ8DxSA-JgaRR7yFpswr0c3yVLJ_ei21qMNObrhuTyLVaodd1C_vbfbLUXrPLS5KgckIEL81PqdfWwLyBDH6hwsueP_DKKO0qxISP4lA1wnUg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+440+DSC_1139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeNSG5paU1n5UjvNlrvv-_fA-1Oz8JcRZ8DxSA-JgaRR7yFpswr0c3yVLJ_ei21qMNObrhuTyLVaodd1C_vbfbLUXrPLS5KgckIEL81PqdfWwLyBDH6hwsueP_DKKO0qxISP4lA1wnUg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+440+DSC_1139.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Awe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Christmas windows of Printemps are amazing</div><div style="text-align: center;">as can been seen in the face and reflection of this young girl.</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: 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;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussman</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

l'émerveillement!

Awe! The Christmas windows of Printemps are amazing as can been seen in the face and reflection of this young girl. bon weekend Printemps Bo...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois - la crèche

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

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois - la crèche

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

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Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s1600/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s640/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas windows</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two of my favorite things:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">shoes and macarons</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em></div>

Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

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

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Réflexion - Avenue des Champs-Élysées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiOveO9ouTe0luuHAkeVbu0MbNQCq_2Iwxhj9z2MgDLvWdnavEDTuu5Kvp6HphYPG3Vpk1TLUV6pwO37Zymq46udS5xZWx1irZ5VKlYbH1ZKV_KBDHdrn-KV4piNu4mLxbUvHVLgecSg/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+882+DSC_3563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiOveO9ouTe0luuHAkeVbu0MbNQCq_2Iwxhj9z2MgDLvWdnavEDTuu5Kvp6HphYPG3Vpk1TLUV6pwO37Zymq46udS5xZWx1irZ5VKlYbH1ZKV_KBDHdrn-KV4piNu4mLxbUvHVLgecSg/s640/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+882+DSC_3563.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Avenue des Champs-Élysées</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...a delicious panoply of lights</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas in shades of blue, white, and silver</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ave des Champs-Élysées</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Franklin D. Roosevelt</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Réflexion - Avenue des Champs-Élysées

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

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Cartier - la panthère

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

Cartier - la panthère

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

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Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11396419883/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11396419883_bd874d54f0_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galeries Lafayette </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The iconic art nouveau glass dome is illuminated in purple this year as it celebrates the beginning of its 101st anniversary.  The theme is thankfully child-centered at Galeries Lafayette for Christmas 2013, and there are many animated windows to delight children and adults alike.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you walk into the rotunda area filled with counters of perfumes, the sheer size of the dome will take your breath away.  In certain department stores they frown on photos but this shot is replicated by every visitor to Galeries Lafayette apparently with the blessing of management.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Chaussée d'Antin La Fayette</em></span></div>

Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

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

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Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11361460324/" title="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11361460324_dc0de06c10_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas trees in Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Giggling on the first occasion of seeing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas trees dressed like sausages, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I now find them totally charming.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The stands made of split tree trunks are quite solid </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and they are ready to be carried off, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the Métro or by bus to a waiting Paris apartment.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The scents of fresh evergreen are as omnipresent </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as those of the baguettes from the nearby boulangerie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Messages du Grand Cerf</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, passage du Grand Cerf (Rue Saint Denis entrance)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

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

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des coeurs sous une cloche

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11333011355/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 123 DSC_9329" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/11333011355_02160fe2e0_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hearts under a cloche</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just as this bell-shaped glass was designed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to protect English garden plants from frost, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this cloche may be protecting fragile hearts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There was an immediate appeal to this window scene </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which was likely just a whim of the designer.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do wonder though....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blanc d'Ivoire</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue du Bac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Sèvres-Babylone</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, DKB</span></span></i></div>

des coeurs sous une cloche

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

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Printemps - Christmas windows 2013

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11318263705/" title="2013 Nov19 Paris _20131119 471 DSC_1170 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov19 Paris _20131119 471 DSC_1170" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3798/11318263705_cd476ba0f9_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The windows are dazzling </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the mirror reflections in this fashion window add to the look.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I chose to cut off the name of the sponsor </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as the displays were much better before the grand magasins </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sold their window designs.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now the sponsor's name is splashed liberally </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">throughout the windows and the store.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Printemps</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>64, boulevard Haussmann</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div>

Printemps - Christmas windows 2013

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

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

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

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Joyeux Noël - la crèche

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8306103790/" title="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 16 2nd_0785" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8306103790_1baa255414_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of all the nativity scenes I have seen in Paris over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this is one that I come back to time and again...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the trees, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the lights, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the cherubs in the distance, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the tapestry rug, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the players in this familiar scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joyeux Noël</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></div>

Joyeux Noël - la crèche

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

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Les oiseaux - Printemps

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

Les oiseaux - Printemps

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

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Une forêt de sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8294975921/" title="2009 Dec IMG_0172 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec IMG_0172" height="544" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8294975921_66b1ac2ac0_c.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;">A small forest of Christmas trees</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this stand of trees greets you with its silver and blue bows.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Little pockets of decoration and celebration </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">such as this can be enjoyed all over 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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville at Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une forêt de sapins de Noël

    A small forest of Christmas trees As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis  this stand of trees greets you with its silver and...

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Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8293452558/" title="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw" height="512" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8293452558_71193c0ab6_c.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;">Les sapins 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;">Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US.</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;">If I lived there, I would want a small tree no taller than me, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps one like the little one on the right.  The log stands are beyond charming.</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;">(a pedestrian street)</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;">Métro École Militaire</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;"> </div>

Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

  Les sapins de Noël  Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US. If I lived there, I would want a...

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Les lumières de Noël - Hôtel de Ville

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8290365516/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0469 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0469" height="493" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8290365516_82cd907f15_c.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The blue Christmas lights of Hôtel de Ville</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">are balanced by the green BHV sign </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and its bright red banners announcing "les soldes."</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;">Les Soldes are the twice a year sales in Paris, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which will begin on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 8:00am.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hôtel de Ville et BHV</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de l'Hôtel de Ville</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Hôtel de Ville</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les lumières de Noël - Hôtel de Ville

The blue Christmas lights of Hôtel de Ville are balanced by the green BHV sign  and its bright red banners announcing "les soldes....

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Tapisseries de la Bûcherie - la crèche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8286830700_42b57305e5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8286830700_42b57305e5_c.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;">Tapisseries de la Bûcherie</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 needlepoint shop on Rue du Haut-Pavé has more than 1,700 French designs and more than 400 exclusive colors of wool.  It was founded in 1990 by Dominique Siegler-Lathrop who has written a book on the technique of needlepoint.  The French art of stitching on canvas is many centuries old and Mrs. Siegler-Lathrop is an advocate of passing this tradition to future generations.</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;">Holly carries her needlepoint work, always with a project in process.  We popped in to look at the yarns and kits featuring hand-dyed wool from Aubusson, France.  I snapped this nativity scene in the window.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tapisseries de la Bûcherie</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue du Haut-Pavé</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just around the corner from Le Réminet) </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Tapisseries de la Bûcherie - la crèche

Tapisseries de la Bûcherie This needlepoint shop on Rue du Haut-Pavé has more than 1,700 French designs and more than 400 exclusive colors o...

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