My Home Design: Place André Malraux

Des Vélibs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOcF_zgrpNhDXzdmFNj_4s_8oNhgNIgIKneR3lXCJXLz6dajY7eq12SldKVp0HcC5IK9CzcFtP8B5-bG019S1bcPpexSXHFwdMIzZg6B4-L2ZSIaNcEEls-ja8In2oXQ3MKJ6JA3QVs8/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_23DSC_6237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOcF_zgrpNhDXzdmFNj_4s_8oNhgNIgIKneR3lXCJXLz6dajY7eq12SldKVp0HcC5IK9CzcFtP8B5-bG019S1bcPpexSXHFwdMIzZg6B4-L2ZSIaNcEEls-ja8In2oXQ3MKJ6JA3QVs8/s1600/2013+May+23+0523+Thurs_23DSC_6237.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vélib bikes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lined up and ready for riding...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is an easy way to get around Paris and much faster than walking.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, you need to have a good knowledge of the streets,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I would not recommend taking photos while riding (bien sûr!)</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;">Vélib station</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;">Place André Malraux</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: left;"><br /></div>

Des Vélibs

Vélib bikes Lined up and ready for riding... It is an easy way to get around Paris and much faster than walking. However, you need to have...

8:01 PM

Place André Malraux - la fontaine de jouvence?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIkPxlBWV5hWYRJuZMuviNb4dXMSacGZx9BhBPOWRgef9CRhPSNwziOplI4v_mPG9wRt55KCwQqCdn0h2G3C1jwDqYhSOOidKqhctoBzncnD4zU_aYqBnPd2r9Jjw7xnAiyv2-Lw-iRc/s1600/2011+April+18+day+7+DSC_0454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIkPxlBWV5hWYRJuZMuviNb4dXMSacGZx9BhBPOWRgef9CRhPSNwziOplI4v_mPG9wRt55KCwQqCdn0h2G3C1jwDqYhSOOidKqhctoBzncnD4zU_aYqBnPd2r9Jjw7xnAiyv2-Lw-iRc/s640/2011+April+18+day+7+DSC_0454.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;">The fountain of youth?</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 are at least three cherubs in this fountain of changing colors, but alas...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not believe that the water will make you young.</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;">Surely there is a reason that the French women are so beautiful and youthful.</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;"><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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place André Malraux</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">et Rue St-Honoré</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;"><br /></div>

Place André Malraux - la fontaine de jouvence?

The fountain of youth? There are at least three cherubs in this fountain of changing colors, but alas... I do not believe that the water wil...

8:01 PM

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637194805311635218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed especially vibrant and colorful... just one of the reasons I must return again and again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon weekend<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Place André Malraux<br />Rue St. Honoré et<br />Avenue de l'Opéra</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See more reflections at James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/la-mort-lente-du-ballon-rouge-weekend.html"><strong>Weekend Reflections</strong></a></span>

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed e...

10:01 PM

En hiver...

En hiver...

You do not see many full length fur coats on the streets in Paris... She looked much warmer than I felt snapping this shot

10:01 PM

Paris Illuminates Paris -- très vert

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrTK7RcBKEHhyphenhyphen1U5PySFOyYYqdb24bddI7_VO5Ry7MMkO6EP6N8GkAClQHy3LzSCGmXvwhLdBgBNXeFiWcbT_Z-C8i2WkxXukvtek9BSeihuzbQeyc6c3-qPP1_QpsTHd8xqMlOgDGis/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0174+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549988068787116562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrTK7RcBKEHhyphenhyphen1U5PySFOyYYqdb24bddI7_VO5Ry7MMkO6EP6N8GkAClQHy3LzSCGmXvwhLdBgBNXeFiWcbT_Z-C8i2WkxXukvtek9BSeihuzbQeyc6c3-qPP1_QpsTHd8xqMlOgDGis/s640/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0174+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This plastic bottle installation is part of an operation called “Paris Illuminates Paris”, which mixes the recycled green Sprite bottles and LED lights to create the Christmas lights down Rue Richelieu (near Palais Royal). This was the creation of Fabrice Peltier, a gallery designer, for 2009. I snapped this shot just last week so that answers my second question... Did they re-use the decorations? Yes, as you can see.<br /><br />There are also four or five trees in Place André Malraux at the foot of Rue Richelieu. You can see a close-up of the construction below on the left.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Holly announced that she was going to be drinking a lot of Sprite this year to make her own! (The red ones are Badoit bottles.)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thank you, <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter</strong></a> (Peter's Paris) for pointing out these trees!)<br />Also, Anne featured this scene (in the daylight) at <strong>Just Another American in Paris</strong> <a href="http://justanotheramericaninparis.blogspot.com/2010/12/green-christmas.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARMk0NfmDiNiDhNHdRoM7qk2BinPUhh_xJeLC-2blSOSzOFBZYgBp_V22bJUxvmzRxE0-P4nT7mU5Y50KMGGA0ZTfwhNncrLjOSM0iNSmq5ujbpMYcZ2pFl5KHr6grlrM2S7vdlow3IQ/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0187+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549992615373818690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARMk0NfmDiNiDhNHdRoM7qk2BinPUhh_xJeLC-2blSOSzOFBZYgBp_V22bJUxvmzRxE0-P4nT7mU5Y50KMGGA0ZTfwhNncrLjOSM0iNSmq5ujbpMYcZ2pFl5KHr6grlrM2S7vdlow3IQ/s400/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0187+blog.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaso23fdlQhfQzX4BC4z4-lVs48XB2FlPXSMhQSGJGDwO-5WY58obLYPGH4IhxJ4Ip1LKbyxb6AIuAWwsr8sKUQBUHt6VTydhn2o3ga1ide_qGjLXw0zBtDeURuHeoMYyI90Qe4pitgVY/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0178+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549993764991149634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaso23fdlQhfQzX4BC4z4-lVs48XB2FlPXSMhQSGJGDwO-5WY58obLYPGH4IhxJ4Ip1LKbyxb6AIuAWwsr8sKUQBUHt6VTydhn2o3ga1ide_qGjLXw0zBtDeURuHeoMYyI90Qe4pitgVY/s400/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0178+blog.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

Paris Illuminates Paris -- très vert

This plastic bottle installation is part of an operation called “Paris Illuminates Paris”, which mixes the recycled green Sprite bottles and...

10:01 PM

My Home Design

Des Vélibs

Place André Malraux - la fontaine de jouvence?

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

En hiver...

Paris Illuminates Paris -- très vert

Popular Posts

Blog Archive