Fête de la Musique - Place de Furstenberg

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9103443649/" title="2010 June 20 DSC_0029 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 20 DSC_0029" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/9103443649_1be11875ba_c.jpg" width="532" /></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;">Fête de la Musique 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The guitarist</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;">Perhaps one of thousands of musicians, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the solo guitarist performed in the late afternoon in Place de Furstenberg, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">only steps from Eugène Delacroix' apartment (1857).  </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;">Virginia, Marie and I encountered this guitarist in the quiet street </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and gave him our full attention.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He willingly agreed to our photo shoot.</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;">Place de Furstenberg</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;">Métro Mabillon</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;"><br /></div>

Fête de la Musique - Place de Furstenberg

Fête de la Musique 2010 The guitarist Perhaps one of thousands of musicians,  the solo guitarist performed in the late afternoon in Place de...

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Les chanteurs américains -- Oui ou non?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcqt6FLmc1tZEqOG5H84ZCUh9QS6jopWxqkUq5PeXZ5YfkiomWrC1hg-j62RAXgCqWpTNEXmiF3XH4OJ81PbPHGqf-Td2x8hNIUIHCbVYVw50K-jruZpfzUCzBZ_XQo7r4a3DNXMq0jo/s1600/DSC_0699verticalblackwhite.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506192830852022898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcqt6FLmc1tZEqOG5H84ZCUh9QS6jopWxqkUq5PeXZ5YfkiomWrC1hg-j62RAXgCqWpTNEXmiF3XH4OJ81PbPHGqf-Td2x8hNIUIHCbVYVw50K-jruZpfzUCzBZ_XQo7r4a3DNXMq0jo/s640/DSC_0699verticalblackwhite.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;; ;" /></a><br />In June, I spied these two chanteurs who had gathered quite a crowd, or should I say young groupies, on a Friday afternoon on Rue St. Antoine. What do you think? Are they French, American, or are you willing to go out on a limb and tell me another nationality? How can you tell?<br /><br />I'll give you a hint, they were singing tunes from the 60s.<br /><br /><div> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm off on an adventure with Nanette to find some castanets -- I will still be posting daily but with fewer comments until I return.</span></em></div><div></div>

Les chanteurs américains -- Oui ou non?

In June, I spied these two chanteurs who had gathered quite a crowd, or should I say young groupies, on a Friday afternoon on Rue St. Antoin...

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NO CRÊPES FOR YOU!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJOywk_1wU1DG_s0xMLJaxOxTR8Zq6WCGaLk9uU9Mkbat-IQEeUVuELeRlpHbc5LCHCWbtHOGyfhTnraATcK8ejdCeThbkMvazm4aMK4CGPYhJj1uWdS_y1ecfyVym3Zw0b-8CTXuHCY/s1600/DSC_0279.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499894800619628706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJOywk_1wU1DG_s0xMLJaxOxTR8Zq6WCGaLk9uU9Mkbat-IQEeUVuELeRlpHbc5LCHCWbtHOGyfhTnraATcK8ejdCeThbkMvazm4aMK4CGPYhJj1uWdS_y1ecfyVym3Zw0b-8CTXuHCY/s640/DSC_0279.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>Well, I did leave out an "erie" place with delectable food in my post from yesterday: <strong>crêperie</strong>! However, this is more a street-vendor than a true crêperie.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In June he was at the corner of St. Germain and rue Bonaparte, in front of St. Germain des Prés church, with a steady line of customers day and night. We saw him several times each day as we exited the Mètro St. Germain des Prés. Certainly, it was necessary to have a banana and Nutella crêpe, but more than one?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I believe that Nutella is originally from Italy, but crêpes on the street just screams Paris to me! I carried jars home from Paris until I realized that the magic of the internet would bring this nectar right to my door. Even Delta Airlines has little individual packets in their club rooms now. Well, they did until someone (?) scarfed them all! Miam-miam.....</div>

NO CRÊPES FOR YOU!

Well, I did leave out an "erie" place with delectable food in my post from yesterday: crêperie ! However, this is more a street-ve...

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