Galerie Vivienne - Librairie Jousseaume

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlVVkg8qUadOnuAW7UDtbwCH6fS5luPx9DM_STu-KYEEfs5vYb55Og28JFtKv6hjO5KzMVDGpf5d7g86pn6rrbCdauVEyWNP33KNNyMUsARhWO3jFTmhMYxmHrp9W3779sEajZASsxZQ/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+127+DSC_8802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlVVkg8qUadOnuAW7UDtbwCH6fS5luPx9DM_STu-KYEEfs5vYb55Og28JFtKv6hjO5KzMVDGpf5d7g86pn6rrbCdauVEyWNP33KNNyMUsARhWO3jFTmhMYxmHrp9W3779sEajZASsxZQ/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+127+DSC_8802.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Librairie Jousseaume</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Galerie Vivienne is home to this bookstore </div><div style="text-align: center;">which was founded in 1826 as  Librairie Petit-Siroux.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you love books old and new, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is a charming spot to look at the titles and perhaps find a treasure.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can peruse the glassed display seen here or wander inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Alexa) </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>Librairie Jousseaume</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>45-46-47, Galerie Vivienne</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>75002, Paris </em> </div>

Galerie Vivienne - Librairie Jousseaume

Librairie Jousseaume Galerie Vivienne is home to this bookstore  which was founded in 1826 as  Librairie Petit-Siroux.   If you love books o...

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Galerie Véro-Dodat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBu0plw9WkL4kCaOglB7yD25_gicUA389NCXtMHLh0dhieStHGbmkG81RJqXiUlMj8sFJ42gMCf1L1qUzHt342x3hu0BL-obWKqkBx2aDu5dvDrfRjVxcK8SBHcz9MO8xEuLm4oKYg_4/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBu0plw9WkL4kCaOglB7yD25_gicUA389NCXtMHLh0dhieStHGbmkG81RJqXiUlMj8sFJ42gMCf1L1qUzHt342x3hu0BL-obWKqkBx2aDu5dvDrfRjVxcK8SBHcz9MO8xEuLm4oKYg_4/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0698.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Galerie Véro-Dodat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Built in Neoclassical style with a decor that included details of copper and cast iron, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">along with mirrors and the black and white marble floor, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">it quickly became the darling of Paris.</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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This early winter morning photo found the passage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">in fine order, a close reflection of its 19th century beauty.</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;"><em>Galerie Véro-Dodat</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Jean-Jacques et Rue du Bouloi</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>

Galerie Véro-Dodat

Galerie Véro-Dodat In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie  between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rou...

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Passage du Bourg l'Abbé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PbYruZ2hTgPwY6XfVvzcckxh8g9ORbN_kmAkc_14uJZgjfUkREZ5XbuQ77qAZx53Z4EQnH5gn6doKcSwpL4CkzR2EHs31O7_4MY6O3B2UusnzodTat7Fn37PeiaOFcx3dr4m_lLnYFo/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+159+DSC_1844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PbYruZ2hTgPwY6XfVvzcckxh8g9ORbN_kmAkc_14uJZgjfUkREZ5XbuQ77qAZx53Z4EQnH5gn6doKcSwpL4CkzR2EHs31O7_4MY6O3B2UusnzodTat7Fn37PeiaOFcx3dr4m_lLnYFo/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+159+DSC_1844.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Passage du Bourg l'Abbé</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps not as well known as other passages in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is yet a memory of the 19th century architecture.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Even without the glitz of the more groomed arcades, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is worth a look, and is just across rue Saint Denis from Passage du Grand Cerf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a rainy day in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can skip from one passage to the next </div><div style="text-align: center;">as many are clustered in this area.</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 Bourg l'Abbé</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">120, 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>

Passage du Bourg l'Abbé

Passage du Bourg l'Abbé Perhaps not as well known as other passages in Paris,  it is yet a memory of the 19th century architecture.   Ev...

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Kogan Gallery - Installer une forêt

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl48GzrpCH5eClhJ1Y7iolRcgBqObYv8wE3TiaZSdLMsVQSE107S_K6L0hw8vDCn-YrXu5Mpd5LhwTatEmXuAWh7_BJARuvrz_H3ninIEKFOFrLgUJ5rqQsoCO7AyvhD23xUozr0A8R8/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+307+DSC_1006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl48GzrpCH5eClhJ1Y7iolRcgBqObYv8wE3TiaZSdLMsVQSE107S_K6L0hw8vDCn-YrXu5Mpd5LhwTatEmXuAWh7_BJARuvrz_H3ninIEKFOFrLgUJ5rqQsoCO7AyvhD23xUozr0A8R8/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+307+DSC_1006.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Installing a forest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The photographers are outside on the sidewalk. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The "forester" is installing a mural of trees on the back wall of a gallery.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The buildings are a reflection.</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;">dreamy illusions</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;">Kogan Gallery</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;">96 bis, rue Beaubourg</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><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joining <a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a></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;"> </span></span></i></div></div>

Kogan Gallery - Installer une forêt

Installing a forest The photographers are outside on the sidewalk.  The "forester" is installing a mural of trees on the back wall...

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Passage du Grand Cerf

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO8fgDqDILm0vBOo4VVZ3peBgiNMJHWbl0S5JWqAiWxUgyb-YykraC-qzTctUbkNR9PiSEmVC3dU0siLtMgyKr3OajWC2kdtkC6vJ7499miIovqRIHCgymg2AriCqMnvB1MxdBG1Ye5w/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+226+DSC_1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO8fgDqDILm0vBOo4VVZ3peBgiNMJHWbl0S5JWqAiWxUgyb-YykraC-qzTctUbkNR9PiSEmVC3dU0siLtMgyKr3OajWC2kdtkC6vJ7499miIovqRIHCgymg2AriCqMnvB1MxdBG1Ye5w/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+226+DSC_1911.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Passage du Grand Cerf</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 passage of 1825 is filled with interesting shops and boutiques, and there seems to be a theme of art, antiques, and fine craft.  The natural wood framing, tiled floor and high ceiling bring the architecture and history to life.</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 lovely mademoiselle was enjoying </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">window shopping with her papa.</span></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;">Must be a French girl, oui?</span></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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage 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;">Rue Dussoubs et Rue St. Denis</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><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

Passage du Grand Cerf

Passage du Grand Cerf This passage of 1825 is filled with interesting shops and boutiques, and there seems to be a theme of art, antiques, a...

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Galerie Vivienne - les artistes étudiants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo5Jwer2KOvq6vVHTChLcVhQ5aJX4jmnIaZhF43YWEfYU4t29NWc1vZYmYuof0vN7XA4UvqLvnJK0CpH4AWDeIiaDqtcL52XDGlpOz-dA74TW0vruYN-Wp9KjevigAGv8j3eZPxUbMSg/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_53DSC_9385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo5Jwer2KOvq6vVHTChLcVhQ5aJX4jmnIaZhF43YWEfYU4t29NWc1vZYmYuof0vN7XA4UvqLvnJK0CpH4AWDeIiaDqtcL52XDGlpOz-dA74TW0vruYN-Wp9KjevigAGv8j3eZPxUbMSg/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_53DSC_9385.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;">Galerie Vivienne</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">student artists</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;">If you frequent the side halls in the famous covered passages of Paris, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you will likely see gatherings of students </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sketching the century-old architecture.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The arches, the moldings, the skylights, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and even the floor tiles are worthy of a sketch.</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;">You will see students in the not-so-famous covered passages as well</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Galerie Vivienne</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Rue des Petits Champs, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Rue de la Banque, et Rue Vivienne</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75002, Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Bourse, Métro Pyramides, ou Bus 29</i></span> </div>

Galerie Vivienne - les artistes étudiants

Galerie Vivienne student artists If you frequent the side halls in the famous covered passages of Paris,  you will likely see gatherings of ...

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Galerie Vivienne - Wolff et Descourtis

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10031208493/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_48DSC_9380 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_48DSC_9380" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/10031208493_0c6889e122_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wolff et Descourtis</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 charming boutique in Galerie Vivienne </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">displays an exquisite collection of scarves and shawls </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in silk, challis, wool, and cashmere.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This highly regarded, family-owned textile business dates back to 1875, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and is still managed by the Wolff family.</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 colors and designs are delicious, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and I understand that all the fabrics are limited editions.</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>Wolff et Descourtis</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>18, galerie Vivienne</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75002, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Galerie Vivienne - Wolff et Descourtis

Wolff et Descourtis This charming boutique in Galerie Vivienne  displays an exquisite collection of scarves and shawls  in silk, challis, wo...

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Votre lessive?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF-riHqIWiKuNjcbd4xySlVpkuL1yKoI7LzO-EORpiCtFsPJL4DjrVvVrf2y5aTyYkKr07u4eV4jgDtYL2rmjXd6KEht80Y7S0PF9Mq_BPM22vRBf38thGxrv4MDwt0xeFpnyUDpuw2c/s1600/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF-riHqIWiKuNjcbd4xySlVpkuL1yKoI7LzO-EORpiCtFsPJL4DjrVvVrf2y5aTyYkKr07u4eV4jgDtYL2rmjXd6KEht80Y7S0PF9Mq_BPM22vRBf38thGxrv4MDwt0xeFpnyUDpuw2c/s640/2010+Dec+6+IMG_3512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laundry day?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No!  This is <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://59rivoli.org/main.html" target="_blank">59 Rivoli</a></span>, which is billed as the "cultural alternative in the heart of Paris."  There are 30 artists in studios throughout all 6 floors of 59 Rivoli plus the Galerie 59 on the rez-de-chaussée (ground floor).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  Originally, it was a squat started by artists looking for a place to work, live and show.  Now it is legalized and open to the public every day except Mondays.  Not only can you see the artists' work but visit the ateliers where the creations are made.  Galerie 59 has exhibitions running for approximately two weeks at a time with a vernissage open to everyone, usually on the first day of the show. </span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">59 Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">59, rue de Rivoli</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001 Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div></div>

Votre lessive?

Laundry day? No!  This is 59 Rivoli , which is billed as the "cultural alternative in the heart of Paris."  There are 30 artists i...

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Galerie Vivienne - IX

<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8317067118/" title="2012 Jan 11 1st_0068 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 11 1st_0068" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8317067118_f12d30f8f5_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galerie Vivienne</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 is one of my favorite places to stay warm and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">window shop on a cold dreary day in Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Holly and I enjoyed the toy store with their wonderful selection of books.</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;">After shopping you can always stop at A Priori Thé for a bit of tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, most of my excursions in Paris involve a beverage and a pastry!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits Champs, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de la Banque, et Rue Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bourse, Métro Pyramides, ou Bus 29</em></span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />

Galerie Vivienne - IX

Galerie Vivienne This is one of my favorite places to stay warm and  window shop on a cold dreary day in Paris.   Holly and I enjoyed the to...

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Galerie Vivienne - magasin d'antiquités

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib__DOcXbG_HgzucQ7SZ2dCxLuVf1YhvWuuIMwGZV3U4w5w4nAc3Qbxr312wipV6DbMz8DwN2Dtwd_676Y3rev9A_prIcf8o4X9cInIxssBlKsGGEOeznrNn9D6BfGO5L4Zri4j3XiV1w/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In my nearly two years of posting, I have featured many of the "galeries" of Paris.  Galerie Vivienne is one of the remaining seventeen or so 19th century covered passages in Paris.  It was built in 1823 of two mansions and covered as we might find in a modern-day shopping mall.  Today, this elegant reflection of times past boasts "fashion, culture, pampering, food."</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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This shop was closed (Lundi) but the view from the window features both the shop items as well as the magnificent mosaic tiles of G. Facchina.  You can see a direct view of Facchina's artistry in the passage <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/05/priori-galerie-vivienne.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. </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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits Champs, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de la Banque, et Rue Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bourse, Métro Pyramides, ou Bus 29</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>

Galerie Vivienne - magasin d'antiquités

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Vernissage - Natasha Lythgoe "Opening"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoYDSJAKwS0_sPT0OFw9VVpjjIlsgkxeHXceTRDij55b0NOj8A1vkduRhZYuo6z2f6UYjfVVeLW4l8Lt21LzPBKFynx5GIwayIRmjPOoYlxScGAl_WBv6YIE2BQsDtROwcDjz5l8nMSU/s1600/birdcage-49-fd67f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoYDSJAKwS0_sPT0OFw9VVpjjIlsgkxeHXceTRDij55b0NOj8A1vkduRhZYuo6z2f6UYjfVVeLW4l8Lt21LzPBKFynx5GIwayIRmjPOoYlxScGAl_WBv6YIE2BQsDtROwcDjz5l8nMSU/s640/birdcage-49-fd67f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Image copyright © Natasha Lythgoe - All rights reserved</em></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Natasha Lythgoe "Opening"</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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.natashalythgoe.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>Natasha Lythgoe</strong></span></a> is a young British photographer who has worked as a professional for the past 15 years and will have her first solo exhibition in Paris at <a href="http://www.centre-iris.fr/spip.php?article231" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>Centre Iris</strong></span></a> beginning June 13 through September 15, 2012.   Over the past 8 years she has had nearly 1000 students in her photography courses from those who are new to photography to more advanced students.  She has a degree in fine art and is currently completing her MA in Photography.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, if you are in Paris this week, you have an opportunity to meet this artist at the vernissage as she welcomes you at Centre Iris on rue Saint-Martin.  Natasha and I have not met face-to-face but I am looking forward to the opportunity on my next visit to Paris.  How I wish that I was in Paris to join Natasha and many of you for this opening event.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Tant pis pour moi.</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdlGKiNDkOu111QaUcRHFdo2bKHPF96qGFbejP63rKQjEWBklU41I8LaPXDUs6bIXl4LNooNO7-BesP5RWGOm2W2ziP_d-rxJVgKzAFDWjSZjcjMlRorbFIiPkQO0ovlVRR-2nzbtqS0/s1600/centre+iris+-+Natasha+Lythgoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdlGKiNDkOu111QaUcRHFdo2bKHPF96qGFbejP63rKQjEWBklU41I8LaPXDUs6bIXl4LNooNO7-BesP5RWGOm2W2ziP_d-rxJVgKzAFDWjSZjcjMlRorbFIiPkQO0ovlVRR-2nzbtqS0/s640/centre+iris+-+Natasha+Lythgoe.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KfQqqEuFjfXquwxfNx5jeBHafZ2av27-a33goRq9rS2BGSSGtBYZ-9jS8H3zP4a4kLV0NAUKN2VUEUGOW3CBA6VrnFfNyVDaOwZ93UHPeFXOarfMUnNHkLAq1_hLVjZTxdpkEkjdghk/s1600/natasha-+aaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KfQqqEuFjfXquwxfNx5jeBHafZ2av27-a33goRq9rS2BGSSGtBYZ-9jS8H3zP4a4kLV0NAUKN2VUEUGOW3CBA6VrnFfNyVDaOwZ93UHPeFXOarfMUnNHkLAq1_hLVjZTxdpkEkjdghk/s400/natasha-+aaa.jpg" width="400" /></a></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: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5KT_V-ZMOwvYWSPvBYuetmgnMQwbNdZsK4BJPJ_4v0vSPgxZDxjTcGlmVYCFpcR-KC43gQVPG0D3aDnhB12-AZaeSUSO1lQtKlIhgHalh_94ZyshwrGpeMyixk_qwXvKkcGKNeNCh0k/s1600/natasha+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5KT_V-ZMOwvYWSPvBYuetmgnMQwbNdZsK4BJPJ_4v0vSPgxZDxjTcGlmVYCFpcR-KC43gQVPG0D3aDnhB12-AZaeSUSO1lQtKlIhgHalh_94ZyshwrGpeMyixk_qwXvKkcGKNeNCh0k/s400/natasha+-+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></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: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IMKzXCzs5OTU1WfXK0Da3wakBzcmTI6LKw8JmKuXZS3N-2LrAf88SnfKzTyP04uaeeckSiboqQxM4tQnuycpLYeIgueRYzzbp0d6WDpwTHFEFHpoxfoRlQXexjhbpMenAQSOfADAaXE/s1600/natasha+-+111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IMKzXCzs5OTU1WfXK0Da3wakBzcmTI6LKw8JmKuXZS3N-2LrAf88SnfKzTyP04uaeeckSiboqQxM4tQnuycpLYeIgueRYzzbp0d6WDpwTHFEFHpoxfoRlQXexjhbpMenAQSOfADAaXE/s400/natasha+-+111.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is it possible for a photograph to have an existence that generates a response, emotion or reflection of its own accord, rather than simply being a representation of elsewhere?</div><br /><br />Imbued with Buddhist philosophies and practices, Natasha Lythgoe’s path has led her through spheres of dance and meditation. Through these practices, she explores re-embodiment, re-connection and the present moment. <br /><br />Sensitive and sensual, viscerally grounded and at the same time transcendent, Natasha Lythgoe invites us to look beyond the trail of photography, so that we not only contemplate that which we are shown, but also experience physiological and psychological responses, and therefore our own personal, intimate relationship to the world at this point in time. The photographs thereby provoke a return to self and to self-awareness. They speak to our eyes of course, but we can also appreciate the images with our ears, feel them in our stomach and through our skin. This visceral yet transcendent quality impels us to reject the notion of photography as merely a process of depiction, and search for meaning behind and between the photographs themselves.<br /><br />Traditional ways of exhibiting images with ideas of completion and sequential order simply don’t fit in this context. To understand the work fully one needs to view each image as part of a whole: the constellation of images within which it is being presented. Each series of images is neither definitive nor frozen in a permanent sequence, and this freedom of movement, this fluidity, creates a sense of free association, of interchangeable patterns.<br /><br />As a result, this body of images which at first glance appears disparate, in fact forms together images which present the possibility of a subject, above and beyond that which is represented, and even beyond that which is being photographed. Bearing in mind this move away from photography’s indexical relationship to the world, a particular object within each image is not the main focus of attention.<br /><br />This distance from what appears to be the ‘subject of’ a particular image, forms part of a theory of non-representation. <br /><br />Natasha Lythgoe’s photography also employs an intellectual approach which is related to Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concept of ‘deterritorialization’. This concept when applied to art, at the very least, becomes an exploration of not reducing work to the categories which make it make sense.<br /><br />In Natasha Lythgoe’s proposal, nothing is defined - unless it is our perception of life, of nature, of the infinitesimal vibrations that run through our world.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Centre Iris... pour la photographie</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>238, rue Saint-Martin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75003, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Vernissage - Natasha Lythgoe "Opening"

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Galerie Véro-Dodat -- un passage couvert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC6s-gZ0JVZkboocKBgtB_crmv7DdvQ9piE_4OArbreVK1CyiHwYmcaaHIZ1sL0EiAvI2k8bW6SKNF1e7h3fbnHGZ2cWsLVHj7NnZ9TZp5T_L1eYM5lvS0vZGFT4G7yVEoYhYcYZmZHY/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC6s-gZ0JVZkboocKBgtB_crmv7DdvQ9piE_4OArbreVK1CyiHwYmcaaHIZ1sL0EiAvI2k8bW6SKNF1e7h3fbnHGZ2cWsLVHj7NnZ9TZp5T_L1eYM5lvS0vZGFT4G7yVEoYhYcYZmZHY/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0699.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /></a></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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Built in Neoclassical style with a decor that included details of copper and cast iron, along with mirrors and the black and white marble floor, it quickly became the darling of Paris.  At the very end of this covered passage, is the Louboutin boutique I featured a few days ago.</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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A recent renovation and sprucing holds promise for its future.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The mirrors, the rich woods, the marble... all were sparkling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Véro-Dodat</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Jean-Jacques et Rue du Bouloi</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Palais Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span>

Galerie Véro-Dodat -- un passage couvert

In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Built in Neoc...

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Deux vélos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJRGcA8dj3kLOKtFEJxAakqtHzKRQvJvOp27OS1TCjoZ-UHjmK5PTe2Uw7ywzB0uo4AMfRND35nzcX3KudPBdjTk2wmOGExomil3zBipxUCXOGhbuGj3HRms7I7MCWxuhllNqiPaLeak/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0081-1.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;">In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old <em>librarie</em> (bookstore) founded in 1826.  The large flat baskets on the front of each of these bikes appear to be the perfect transport for stacks of books.</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;">I would love to think that I could sport around Paris on one of these, but the challenge of taking photos and riding would likely be a bad combination.  </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;">Would you ride a bike in Paris?</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;">bon weekend!</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>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits-Champs</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div>

Deux vélos

In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old librarie (bookstore) founded in 1826....

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