Rue St. Honoré - beaucoup de gants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOYhvhum4usLxnSWXXjqLKMQPpzR5CWpZ8wLsrOKxMlJDTNuvLv622mbpGbXVQGG0mowJBrSITxLmcBjaa6J_9ezeABSUUw0R6Lv5Xp-HPeRcxOcmi_V_Mp9fDpDrpEKffEgvBV9jG-I/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_6DSC_9338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOYhvhum4usLxnSWXXjqLKMQPpzR5CWpZ8wLsrOKxMlJDTNuvLv622mbpGbXVQGG0mowJBrSITxLmcBjaa6J_9ezeABSUUw0R6Lv5Xp-HPeRcxOcmi_V_Mp9fDpDrpEKffEgvBV9jG-I/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_6DSC_9338.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;">Rue St Honoré</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oh, yes, let's have a rainbow assortment of these</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">chic gloves!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue St Honore</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div>

Rue St. Honoré - beaucoup de gants

Rue St Honoré     Oh, yes, let's have a rainbow assortment of these chic gloves!       bon weekend         Rue St Honore 75001, Paris

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Must be a French girl

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10042791316/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_8DSC_9340 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_8DSC_9340" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/10042791316_43fbb072a1_c.jpg" width="509" /></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;">Rue St Honoré</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stylish (but practical) boots </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Short pencil skirt with black tights</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Vented raincoat with a flounce</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Understated flat leather purse</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Coordinated scarf</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...and, a peppy cadence in her gait</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps not, but I think that she</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...must be a French girl</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div></div>

Must be a French girl

Rue St Honoré Stylish (but practical) boots  Short pencil skirt with black tights Vented raincoat with a flounce Understated flat leather pu...

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Vin et Marée - un chat sur ​​un rebord

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10042512353/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_11DSC_9343 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_11DSC_9343" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/10042512353_97f8f72c5a_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cat on a ledge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have passed by this address many times over the years <br />and have only recently looked up to see the wildcat <br />on the ledge above the window frame.<br /><br /><br />It is necessary to return to Paris often <br />as there are so many things yet unseen</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;"><i><span itemprop="streetAddress">Vin et Marée </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span itemprop="streetAddress">165, rue St Honoré</span><br /><span itemprop="postalCode">75001</span> <span itemprop="addressLocality">Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Vin et Marée - un chat sur ​​un rebord

  Cat on a ledge   I have passed by this address many times over the years and have only recently looked up to see the wildcat on the ledge ...

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Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" width="488" /></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;">The Parisian</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la vie quotidienne</span></i></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 moment is frozen in my memory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monsieur on the telephone, cigarette in hand,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">framed in a window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the architecture of centuries past,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">oblivious of my delight in capturing this 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;">What stories we could write   </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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">205 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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

The Parisian la vie quotidienne The moment is frozen in my memory. A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré, Monsieur on the ...

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Église Saint Roch -- un petit musée?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2Fy8dxcwymsfcguHQnsFWDbyTIUZOLXmMP2US21o_63fxzRX-F2H7JE0a0SgDBmug5A9KEHXDD_ILE-bzPJOcnssHcG1xtvFT6QGsALSP8mEGbnt89XCFAacQOjH8sC_kPtQu5d7iCI/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0365.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630042877791696594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2Fy8dxcwymsfcguHQnsFWDbyTIUZOLXmMP2US21o_63fxzRX-F2H7JE0a0SgDBmug5A9KEHXDD_ILE-bzPJOcnssHcG1xtvFT6QGsALSP8mEGbnt89XCFAacQOjH8sC_kPtQu5d7iCI/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0365.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Built in 1653, it was only between 1750 and 1770, that the interior of the Church was completed by top artists: Falconet, Vien, Doyen, Boullée. Today still, this church shelters a great number of works of art, paintings and sculptures, rescued from other churches destroyed during the tumult of the French Revolution. Each one of its inside chapels is a small museum.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Bon dimanche<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Église Saint Roch<br />Rue St. Roch et Rue St-Honoré</span>

Église Saint Roch -- un petit musée?

Built in 1653, it was only between 1750 and 1770, that the interior of the Church was completed by top artists: Falconet, Vien, Doyen, Boull...

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Night cafe scene

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaQM4QbNjEnLSDT26IyPT6w0WKuGGaYNsj_iyWPD9r8T69NvtVCk88G4TRoHEL7bjawlSGvPJbf_eygwmIW3JQYKh10T3Af-xdUCu94ev2vLIYI7w5xfe5TxfG9zY6rsAGoUfVucjsi0/s1600/DSC_0006+%25282%2529+-+crop+%25282%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603414163762165266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaQM4QbNjEnLSDT26IyPT6w0WKuGGaYNsj_iyWPD9r8T69NvtVCk88G4TRoHEL7bjawlSGvPJbf_eygwmIW3JQYKh10T3Af-xdUCu94ev2vLIYI7w5xfe5TxfG9zY6rsAGoUfVucjsi0/s640/DSC_0006+%25282%2529+-+crop+%25282%2529.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />On our last night in Paris, Janeen, Marie and I headed for dinner at Grand Colbert. As we walked along Rue St Honore from our apartment at Rue St Roch, I was taken by the quintessential Paris scenes playing out before my eyes. Already a bit nostalgic and feeling the tug of home and the lure of all that I love in Paris, each vignette played out in slow motion. The camera clicks are merely reflections of my memories, permanently etched.

Night cafe scene

On our last night in Paris, Janeen, Marie and I headed for dinner at Grand Colbert. As we walked along Rue St Honore from our apartment at R...

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Dansez-vous?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywCm2GTlC9QbDk6DojdCwakiqOqfoIlCeAkF-WuIRymS3vSDZCF79shVoGfUvHrttn8DFg5JQf7x23MqNLB7Mn_a5Fw9fDs8n8cVy_nEsRQjP6IKYuwNs1eyU8EG4lDYpB_7aNegdIG4/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0201.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601935144293840626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywCm2GTlC9QbDk6DojdCwakiqOqfoIlCeAkF-WuIRymS3vSDZCF79shVoGfUvHrttn8DFg5JQf7x23MqNLB7Mn_a5Fw9fDs8n8cVy_nEsRQjP6IKYuwNs1eyU8EG4lDYpB_7aNegdIG4/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0201.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:arial;">A few weeks ago just after dark, Marie, <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter</strong></a> and I were walking back toward the apartment along Rue St. Honoré and saw this window display at Chantal Thomass. The creativity of the "window artists" never ceases to amaze me in Paris. Here we have a salute to ballet with an authentic ballet barre, tutu, and pointe shoes (Repetto, bien sûr)... all with the promises of luxurious lingerie. Nothing naughty, just elegant French lingerie.<br /><br />Would you buy these?*<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.chantalthomass.fr/#/accueil"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Chantal Thomass<br /></span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">211, rue St. Honoré</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">*Would you get the parasol too? hehehe</span>

Dansez-vous?

A few weeks ago just after dark, Marie, Peter and I were walking back toward the apartment along Rue St. Honoré and saw this window display...

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