Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK5uhS1_VnIb8hNXaiCJaP80kpHsHatqmgvJ8rKzA41dQ2MP5BQyJ1N-K0rMT5gpHYWurbGI3tW8ZA1pAfR8IR9LSu5AFV7sXUudHsbAT8kNjcDmCISjlNNNFpT9Lg09TmqcEyuIh5FQ/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+006+DSC_8672.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A woman and her bicycle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was more than just a light rain, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was dressed for the ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her basket contained a briefcase and a black pinwheel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was another wicker basket to the side of the back wheel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">This was no pleasure ride,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but a well-orchestrated, </div><div style="text-align: center;">any-kind-of-weather daily commute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chic, stylish, adventurous...</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;">Boulevard Raspail et Rue de Sèvres</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Raspail - une femme et son vélo

A woman and her bicycle It was more than just a light rain,  but she was dressed for the ride. Her basket contained a briefcase and a black ...

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Une femme et le métro

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7O86itNQySGizYodfrRyxftBmIrHC-LNOQYZvZ7C9s11Bl-2ZRwTccV7XA1O-zPGAC8wxsIsi47y-ZLXFuxlJY1gtGYyYzi7hV1F5XBeppk3cK5oYYfF5rMlPFQL0-hHFV9BSL22VAw/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+076+DSC_9029.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Une femme et le métro</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe that you are not supposed </div><div style="text-align: center;">to take photos in the Métro, but...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you think she could be any more stylish and chic?</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;">Métro Charles de Gaulle Étoile</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;"><br /></div>

Une femme et le métro

Une femme et le métro I believe that you are not supposed  to take photos in the Métro, but... Do you think she could be any more stylish an...

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Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11413201086/" title="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov16 Paris _20131116 091 DSC_9297" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/11413201086_0c37ebc330_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;">Window shopping</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on Rue du Bac</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;">On a Saturday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We saw many greetings across all generations </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as people paused in the street to chat.  </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 young child was warmly dressed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and had the requisite trottinette to make the Saturday rounds.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for the mother, you know I will say that...</span></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;"><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;">...she must be a French girl</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">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>

Lèche-vitrines - Paris à Noël

Window shopping on Rue du Bac On a Saturday morning,  Rue du Bac turns into a promenade of the families who live nearby.   We saw many greet...

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Ce doit être une fille française - XXXIV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6WFPRBy57ty5xcZS8VT_97BZ0cCxxGnwTwpY4cqv-77G0aiiQkOxW8Olz4pivP1jrqXQnLoNCkwDrRZs8rB7Fex1jqgGMcPyJJGE2plUKHiT0Jhz4KyAzRlF1yHFwbF2fRw70dub-M/s1600/2013+0521am_12DSC_5134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6WFPRBy57ty5xcZS8VT_97BZ0cCxxGnwTwpY4cqv-77G0aiiQkOxW8Olz4pivP1jrqXQnLoNCkwDrRZs8rB7Fex1jqgGMcPyJJGE2plUKHiT0Jhz4KyAzRlF1yHFwbF2fRw70dub-M/s640/2013+0521am_12DSC_5134.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">must be a French girl...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a Métro platform, checking her smart phone with boots, scarf, hat...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">all of this in late May!</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-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;">(but spring was truly late!)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><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;"><br /></div>

Ce doit être une fille française - XXXIV

must be a French girl... On a Métro platform, checking her smart phone with boots, scarf, hat... all of this in late May! (but spring was tr...

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Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

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

Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

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

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Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s1600/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s640/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" width="640px" /></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;">While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  </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;">Oh la la!</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 align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>40, boulevard Haussmann</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Metro Chaussee d'Antin Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  Oh la la! Ga...

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