Un chat et deux bicyclettes - Theme Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu1ip7SXiHI723i9xBHZRzNBcmNdeB0QB0eNx5JOYYKWcvRAxE60DjZzp_AkqyD1Xy1fKq78BELiXqOtWAWd-msJLd7PkZcsGD96aRBacWKGDM2Rc5KI-JIqCM6rKP9UvMAKizyS8_7k/s1600/2011+Nov+cat+and+2+bicycles+DSC_0548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu1ip7SXiHI723i9xBHZRzNBcmNdeB0QB0eNx5JOYYKWcvRAxE60DjZzp_AkqyD1Xy1fKq78BELiXqOtWAWd-msJLd7PkZcsGD96aRBacWKGDM2Rc5KI-JIqCM6rKP9UvMAKizyS8_7k/s640/2011+Nov+cat+and+2+bicycles+DSC_0548.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A cat and two bicycles</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is just waiting for his master to return home. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a bad viewpoint from which to watch the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My City Daily Photo friends are showing their take on</div><div style="text-align: center;">this month's theme "bicycles" <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2015/07/august-2015-gallery-bicycle.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</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;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Un chat et deux bicyclettes - Theme Day

A cat and two bicycles He is just waiting for his master to return home.  Not a bad viewpoint from which to watch the world. My City Daily P...

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Élégante!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfIhlmBHABWrfaeAlYoxCxEBlkYQYirNsgH2a8mZNWXFm4pbtjniC1h3K1R6WSLfYLqbCzdX-WLkBvsJGufk7FertoZs-L3V760pX0jLI23JJAb_bJzx1DWc0z347TkgkuI_nG1EHZXY/s1600/2011+April+18+DSC_0279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfIhlmBHABWrfaeAlYoxCxEBlkYQYirNsgH2a8mZNWXFm4pbtjniC1h3K1R6WSLfYLqbCzdX-WLkBvsJGufk7FertoZs-L3V760pX0jLI23JJAb_bJzx1DWc0z347TkgkuI_nG1EHZXY/s640/2011+April+18+DSC_0279.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stylish!</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;">This stylish young woman was impressive enough </div><div style="text-align: center;">that the bicyclist almost lost his balance...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is the first day of the month and I join</div><div style="text-align: center;">all the City Daily Photo Bloggers in Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">See the other interpretations of "stylish" <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2015/05/june-2015-gallery-stylish.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</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;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue de Courcelles</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: center;"><br /></div>

Élégante!

Stylish! This stylish young woman was impressive enough  that the bicyclist almost lost his balance... Today is the first day of the month a...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day: "Aging"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLjyVR1u0MjpVQVeTfwsg-yMmCiycUQR_jDgtb8Ph50zNT2NP4D67LFGWDysNHe0VafSUnetw-PlykMRYau73QYRQpPEhpQnvWq0A3FbIGyM0GJk6wCGyYb6aNHSw-HBK9A3Gr_6MqqI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+395+DSC_7909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLjyVR1u0MjpVQVeTfwsg-yMmCiycUQR_jDgtb8Ph50zNT2NP4D67LFGWDysNHe0VafSUnetw-PlykMRYau73QYRQpPEhpQnvWq0A3FbIGyM0GJk6wCGyYb6aNHSw-HBK9A3Gr_6MqqI/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+395+DSC_7909.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This mature gentleman dined alone </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the café terrace, </div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoyed un café and a smoke, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then counted out the payment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He walked with the assistance of a cane,</div><div style="text-align: center;">independent and self-assured.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is known in the neighborhood,</div><div style="text-align: center;">acknowledging the greetings that came his way.</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;">On the first day of each month the City Daily Photo community</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">posts a photo.  The theme this month is "aging."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/march-2015-gallery-aging.html" target="_blank">here </a>to see "aging" in cities all around the globe.</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;">Le Metevier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, avenue Gambetta</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day: "Aging"

This mature gentleman dined alone  on the café terrace,  enjoyed un café and a smoke,  and then counted out the payment. He walked with the ...

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Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Enfants de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return?</div><div style="text-align: center;">How can one even think in those terms?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the people of Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the children, the parks and gardens, the green chairs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the music, the churches, the architecture, the history, the Seine, the bridges,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Métro, the secret little spots discovered over 20+ trips, the food,</div><div style="text-align: center;">ex-pat friends, Parisian friends, the grand views from Paris landmarks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting on green grass when it is permitted, dancing on Rue Mouffetard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and so much more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter what the future holds, I will always have a bit of Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and all that it is, in my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(and tens of thousands of photos, if I forget)</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: 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;">What Would I miss most?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75000, all of it, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

Les Enfants de Paris What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return? How can one even think in those terms? ...the people of P...

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La vie est bonne n'est-ce pas?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYRXJ3DxA7tOeaZ0ngR3q6PD2DHiSWN04H9t3Koee8JB0xYiMXmdr5cuseFyK7Rta7IF2UHtdWX7y0ORa8bzVYnJqYgIbtt0_OolPhH07h5KQNfY4r3yz3kezWeXevZ51ocuHFCQ43vU/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+329+DSC_9440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYRXJ3DxA7tOeaZ0ngR3q6PD2DHiSWN04H9t3Koee8JB0xYiMXmdr5cuseFyK7Rta7IF2UHtdWX7y0ORa8bzVYnJqYgIbtt0_OolPhH07h5KQNfY4r3yz3kezWeXevZ51ocuHFCQ43vU/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+329+DSC_9440.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is good, isn't it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do not know if this is my best photo of the year, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it does exemplify the relaxed approach to life seen in Paris.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Draw in deep breaths </div><div style="text-align: center;">and love life as it unfolds.</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;">Paris terrace</div><div style="text-align: left;">75012, Paris</div>

La vie est bonne n'est-ce pas?

Life is good, isn't it? I do not know if this is my best photo of the year,  but it does exemplify the relaxed approach to life seen in ...

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Le Poissonnier - Theme Day: "Worker"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNK7neTUw0mPsc4q5DeumBHvtLdbZWc8t72dWHpnD-nPstUMONGyLPsdbSQ3r38lqDW6MRS0h3o0CnZVMu4VtrUNAWD6vzVG5RMXbivFiUHnuiPqJO0GtxYLbWeYVpwUgLGvOMmtHAcE/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNK7neTUw0mPsc4q5DeumBHvtLdbZWc8t72dWHpnD-nPstUMONGyLPsdbSQ3r38lqDW6MRS0h3o0CnZVMu4VtrUNAWD6vzVG5RMXbivFiUHnuiPqJO0GtxYLbWeYVpwUgLGvOMmtHAcE/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0137.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Poissonnier</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché d'Aligre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday mornings he is usually just inside the covered market </div><div style="text-align: center;">as you enter the door from rue Theophile Roussel.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">He is knowledgeable about the products, intense, and personable.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see why I come back frequently.</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;">Marché d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the first day of each month City Daily Photo Bloggers from around the world</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>produce a photo based on a theme.  This month is "WORKER"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/december-2014-gallery-people-in-their.html" target="_blank"><i>Click here to see all the others</i></a></div>

Le Poissonnier - Theme Day: "Worker"

Le Poissonnier Marché d'Aligre On Sunday mornings he is usually just inside the covered market  as you enter the door from rue Theophile...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Landmark"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the Nave of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?</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;">la Tour Eiffel, 7ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Palais, 8ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/november-2014-gallery-landmark.html" target="_blank">Click here to see city "landmarks"</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from around the world</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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"Movement" - City Daily Photo Theme Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEffiKi5pv3iiXEQlqGNjJNipHmQyHoLYPErHu4AW19_T2EZlr4fXwgfsih7LURdVqjgkeH53XpLYP05tCseanNVEafPHC8ggqbf3BjNb8lYj8xHHn75s4BkLRberG-kPROmtqQPXSno4/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEffiKi5pv3iiXEQlqGNjJNipHmQyHoLYPErHu4AW19_T2EZlr4fXwgfsih7LURdVqjgkeH53XpLYP05tCseanNVEafPHC8ggqbf3BjNb8lYj8xHHn75s4BkLRberG-kPROmtqQPXSno4/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0105.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square Trousseau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This young boy of three or four was moving at an amazing speed,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dodging the other "wheeled-children."  He was almost a blur as he passed in front of my camera.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The children of Paris learn to ride quickly in the parks and gardens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom!</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;">Le Square Trousseau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru Rolin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the first day of each month I join city daily photo bloggers for Theme Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/october-2014-gallery-movement.html" target="_blank">Click here to see "Movement" photos from around the world</a>.</div>

"Movement" - City Daily Photo Theme Day

Square Trousseau This young boy of three or four was moving at an amazing speed, dodging the other "wheeled-children."  He was alm...

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Rust and Ruin?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXhqUtEebk9-t7Mty64LlC8KzoNa0u0kwiZCVdeTTSR_wc5e3QxyE3mbKFkmwc4Y1u5ZOCiuA_FzUjEgafeehPug8ogSHLaiiao1Plkv8m-wF3rlbRsUatdgzciyz45KOjNosUq3wOTQ/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+183+DSC_0882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXhqUtEebk9-t7Mty64LlC8KzoNa0u0kwiZCVdeTTSR_wc5e3QxyE3mbKFkmwc4Y1u5ZOCiuA_FzUjEgafeehPug8ogSHLaiiao1Plkv8m-wF3rlbRsUatdgzciyz45KOjNosUq3wOTQ/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+183+DSC_0882.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo </div><div style="text-align: center;">September Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Rust and Ruin" should have been an easy assignment...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen in a window in the Marais</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;">"Paris"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marais window</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/08/september-2014-gallery-rust-and-ruins.html" target="_blank">Click here to see what City Daily Photo Bloggers</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">from around the world have found...</div>

Rust and Ruin?

City Daily Photo  September Theme Day "Rust and Ruin" should have been an easy assignment... Seen in a window in the Marais "...

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Theme Day - Nourriture à emporter!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL_4hVKk21n-QTydhdo63mi1hCV1KL8tO8qpbDB56fWgKvIdQT20laYHXuZlUa_gi-sTUi042nP69zj6kShZYVn35wwcQQY_bgPXFuEIQeXrxEPFJBrt935C45ZmlnL-Pi4rBhzIM6Ao/s1600/2010+Dec+6+P1010119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL_4hVKk21n-QTydhdo63mi1hCV1KL8tO8qpbDB56fWgKvIdQT20laYHXuZlUa_gi-sTUi042nP69zj6kShZYVn35wwcQQY_bgPXFuEIQeXrxEPFJBrt935C45ZmlnL-Pi4rBhzIM6Ao/s1600/2010+Dec+6+P1010119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Carry-out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In Paris my favorite "carry-out" is not a single café or bistrot, but the whole row of shops at Place Maubert.  One can start at the wine shop with the friendly King Charles Spaniel; move next door to the fromagerie, to the market on the corner for some fruit, the Charcuterie for saucisson sec, and finally Eric Kayser for<i> une baguette Monge</i> and a pastry for dessert.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You always stop <u>last</u> at Eric Kayser so you can stand in the fast-moving line for baguettes, still warm from the oven.  While you are there grab a little something to have with your café in the morning.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Eat one of the warm baguettes as you stand on the street outside.</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;">Now I am hungry!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joining the City Daily Photo bloggers </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">on Theme Day, <b>Carry-Out or Take Away Store</b>  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/07/august-2014-gallery-take-away-store.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see all the others from around the world.</span></i></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;">Place Maubert</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;">75005, Paris</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 Maubert-Mutualité</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Theme Day - Nourriture à emporter!

Carry-out! In Paris my favorite "carry-out" is not a single café or bistrot, but the whole row of shops at Place Maubert.  One can...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Celebrating Summer"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEP5c1-SSyUJcRwYeSppmjP6IUiY-qELGbDweaTSJj9Ivqqy93tTudiDXqR933ECdie-iOOz3N6QAKIE5bV6k7-17UjoCIVxCrf22P5fb9NS7-v89FWu2YyDlT27nBYRzk22yOH7-icU/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEP5c1-SSyUJcRwYeSppmjP6IUiY-qELGbDweaTSJj9Ivqqy93tTudiDXqR933ECdie-iOOz3N6QAKIE5bV6k7-17UjoCIVxCrf22P5fb9NS7-v89FWu2YyDlT27nBYRzk22yOH7-icU/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0190.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Luxembourg</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How to celebrate summer in Paris?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where do I start?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While you consider all the possibilities, </div><div style="text-align: center;">have a seat in one of the green chairs </div><div style="text-align: center;">at Jardin du Luxembourg and watch the action.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first of each month is Theme Day </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;">for the City Daily Photo people.</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;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/july-2014-gallery-celebrating-summer.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see contributions from all over the world.</span></span></i></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;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Celebrating Summer"

Jardin du Luxembourg How to celebrate summer in Paris? Where do I start? While you consider all the possibilities,  have a seat in one of th...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Zest!"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK5w67Ppa4PnTXfoWnBsgn7SqFg24qIkENw7UeSmQQK3GtLzETjXmSfjasRQnNv_hvjT1UmUfpqsGgx8qz8OybjtRLl5cqtoU4VZSsHz1AjeMk07VK_ek8t3a8LmArXKQqAglNIgg8KM/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK5w67Ppa4PnTXfoWnBsgn7SqFg24qIkENw7UeSmQQK3GtLzETjXmSfjasRQnNv_hvjT1UmUfpqsGgx8qz8OybjtRLl5cqtoU4VZSsHz1AjeMk07VK_ek8t3a8LmArXKQqAglNIgg8KM/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0329.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Zest!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken in the window of Galeries Lafayette, this grater would be fine for a citrus zest but not shaped well for larger fruits and vegetables.  I wish that I had bought one for my kitchen wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In observance of Theme Day for the City Daily Photo blogs (a different theme on the first day of every month), there is a <i>double entendre</i> with this photo:  First is the obvious function of this grater for making zest; second, my heart beats faster when it sees the Eiffel Tower design... zest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-2014-gallery-zest.html" target="_blank">Click here to see</a> the many interpretations on this month's theme </div><div style="text-align: center;">by photographers from around the world.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</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;">Galeries Lafayette</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;">Boulevard Haussmann</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;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Zest!"

"Zest!" Taken in the window of Galeries Lafayette, this grater would be fine for a citrus zest but not shaped well for larger frui...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - Squares

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC69JNvMGw11ljkSl6376VhXqaaX2Tc-GKqD7hAqcv2kKHXuB-CXq_iZGfGGq7yCU2S9Dhkm9NvGtisNgIwMFAr98Ya6sKFZFi1TvNLhplz0qAccck5C5ZTGZ59Eauj56hlDFlI73ufE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC69JNvMGw11ljkSl6376VhXqaaX2Tc-GKqD7hAqcv2kKHXuB-CXq_iZGfGGq7yCU2S9Dhkm9NvGtisNgIwMFAr98Ya6sKFZFi1TvNLhplz0qAccck5C5ZTGZ59Eauj56hlDFlI73ufE/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hôtel du Nord</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A faceless shadow leaves its mark </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the restaurant floor tiles.</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;">On the first day of each month I join all my City Daily Photo friends in a theme.  This month's theme is SQUARES.  <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/may-2014-gallery-squares.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see all of the others from around the world. </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;">Hôtel du Nord</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></span></i></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Squares

Hôtel du Nord A faceless shadow leaves its mark  on the restaurant floor tiles. On the first day of each month I join all my City Daily Phot...

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Pyramide du Louvre - City Daily Photo Theme Day: triangles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s0hnEH4Ol7PhVGPtksncAUq1hvo6cCXKturx27kLm0RcK2BXxbKPoC7Zq9Pruz49LqQsXgEDHc352dSgY-C3bYs01y8UJelvkPNfoRJK4PHUiIC3hMZCKqRbXosJpBzDHuE_Os2hHS8/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s0hnEH4Ol7PhVGPtksncAUq1hvo6cCXKturx27kLm0RcK2BXxbKPoC7Zq9Pruz49LqQsXgEDHc352dSgY-C3bYs01y8UJelvkPNfoRJK4PHUiIC3hMZCKqRbXosJpBzDHuE_Os2hHS8/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pyramide du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first day of the month is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community, and the theme for April is "triangles."  In Paris there are two obvious and very large architectural structures which would pass the test:  La Tour Eiffel and I M Pei's Pyramide du Louvre, seen here.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken in spring at dusk with the last glow of daylight, it takes on the watercolor hues of <i>l'heure bleue</i>.  The "blue hour" is a magical time of day when the softness of the fading light of day creates the colors only seen in artists' palettes and then dances across the Pyramide.</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;">Pyramide 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;">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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>See "triangles" from <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/03/april-2014-gallery-triangles.html" target="_blank">cities around the world here</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from my friends of CDP</i></div>

Pyramide du Louvre - City Daily Photo Theme Day: triangles

Pyramide du Louvre The first day of the month is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community, and the theme for April is "triangles....

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Theme Day - "People on the Street"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjka7mN_EKz_p-E5k44_sh05_EltJcocm4IaDjdld3vpTiHmdAMYEV7cCv_SXxxWZrOLGVsFiPu1Cu0yHzuDzc_QKRnnIxBw8tXc9V17N2PO4Jd6vbP9jWMShvIqNuwYfkF0osFLmfC3kM/s1600/2009+Dec+3+00188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjka7mN_EKz_p-E5k44_sh05_EltJcocm4IaDjdld3vpTiHmdAMYEV7cCv_SXxxWZrOLGVsFiPu1Cu0yHzuDzc_QKRnnIxBw8tXc9V17N2PO4Jd6vbP9jWMShvIqNuwYfkF0osFLmfC3kM/s1600/2009+Dec+3+00188.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">People on the Street</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Observing the brisk stride of synchronized steps, </div><div style="text-align: center;">one would believe that the afternoon outing is a well-rehearsed routine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes you wonder how many years </div><div style="text-align: center;">they have walked together through life.</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;">Rue Brémontier</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;">75017, Paris</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;"><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;"><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;">The first day of each month is Theme Day</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;">for the City Daily Photo Bloggers - <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Check here</a> for all the others</span></span></i></div>

Theme Day - "People on the Street"

People on the Street Observing the brisk stride of synchronized steps,  one would believe that the afternoon outing is a well-rehearsed rout...

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Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole - Theme Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlusvVxsG3YicRR8sBQeZN7e34ppmbdwf_R8vLVjYh9g8B26i1MaKjiBZn8OZlnZjHGGQa41FrGOnbG7D9Qr_4yNhEzBjk3DhYlLgFi8oUk8dzc5F8e4s_lnMC3ChEaN326Feen-DpXM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+175+DSC_8841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlusvVxsG3YicRR8sBQeZN7e34ppmbdwf_R8vLVjYh9g8B26i1MaKjiBZn8OZlnZjHGGQa41FrGOnbG7D9Qr_4yNhEzBjk3DhYlLgFi8oUk8dzc5F8e4s_lnMC3ChEaN326Feen-DpXM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+175+DSC_8841.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">depuis 1594</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;">Hidden on a narrow street so very close to Notre Dame, this auberge has been open since 1594.  The structure itself was built in 1512 after completion of the Cathedral.</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 ancient wisteria twists upon itself, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">framing the door and window above.</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I join the City Daily Photo bloggers with a traditional first day of the month theme, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">this first day of February, "ENTRY."  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/01/february-gallery-entry.html" target="_blank">Click here to see other interpretations</a> from around the world.</span></i></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;"><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;">Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole</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;">Ile de la Cité</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;">22, rue Chanoisse </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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole - Theme Day

Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole depuis 1594 Hidden on a narrow street so very close to Notre Dame, this auberge has been open since 1594.  The s...

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Photo of the Year 2013 - Theme Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFYkqwXrgpUwOXDo3VU0JTshwCJzgaBwsHD5pQCXSGmXBp8Po7o6FTyV0sy7DMuIMaKi7RJ1tSggOMpTUhoAemIqFaS6Of0MwNGpF7JTL7IQyCmIRLl0M8ghu5MdIczr6VTXmBNW59sk/s1600/2013+-+favorite+of+the+year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFYkqwXrgpUwOXDo3VU0JTshwCJzgaBwsHD5pQCXSGmXBp8Po7o6FTyV0sy7DMuIMaKi7RJ1tSggOMpTUhoAemIqFaS6Of0MwNGpF7JTL7IQyCmIRLl0M8ghu5MdIczr6VTXmBNW59sk/s640/2013+-+favorite+of+the+year.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Favorite photo of the year</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;">This black and white is my favorite for the action, interest, and detail.  A breezy but sunny day on Rue Saint-Honoré was enjoyed by this woman sitting alone and enjoying her cafe.  The waiter is in watchful attendance while the lovers in the background enjoy a bottle of wine.</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;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For me, this photo exemplifies life in Paris, <em>la vie quotidienne.</em></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;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I am joining the City Daily Photo blog</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>theme day: Best Photo of the Year.  </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">See the other entries here</a></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;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">La Coupe d'Or</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">330, 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><br /><br /></div>

Photo of the Year 2013 - Theme Day

        Favorite photo of the year     This black and white is my favorite for the action, interest, and detail.  A breezy but sunny day on ...

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Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky - 'looking out'

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11126754956/" title="2011 1107 day 4 DSC_0896 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 1107 day 4 DSC_0896" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2875/11126754956_79c4385f89_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;">Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky</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;">Photos are not allowed in this beautiful gilt cathedral </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so this view looking out at autumn leaves and nineteenth century buildings </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">will have to suffice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche </span></span></i></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;">Theme Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"looking out"</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;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/december-gallery-looking-out.html" target="_blank">Please click here</a> to see how other </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;">City Daily Photos interpret the theme</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12, rue Daru</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">75008 Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Métro Ternes ou Métro Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky - 'looking out'

Cathédral Saint Alexandre Nevsky Photos are not allowed in this beautiful gilt cathedral  so this view looking out at autumn leaves and nine...

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la Grande Arche de la Defense - "Height"

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10602398935/" title="2013 0521 Tues_167DSC_5586 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0521 Tues_167DSC_5586" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/10602398935_1a29824fdd_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;">"Height"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Theme for November 2013</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">City Daily Photo Blogs</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;">Seen from the top of Arc de Triomphe the height </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of la Grande Arche de la Defense dwarfs the surrounding rooftops.  </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;">The height restrictions for buildings </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have limited the number of towering structures and their locations.</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: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>See the other contributions to theme day <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/10/november-gallery-heights.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Avenue de la Grande-Armée</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>75008, Paris</i></span></span></div>

la Grande Arche de la Defense - "Height"

"Height" Theme for November 2013 City Daily Photo Blogs Seen from the top of Arc de Triomphe the height  of la Grande Arche de la ...

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Palais Garnier - colonne rostrale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWifD-aqa_DQZufgOA1dKv2MPcle32BeysSXs612dcMEWmUAXoes52K83UAO6F-nKzGhrwBHP0MGLC5qD6ODbLJc6p6Ghr_6f_V38UrMArT_0tZsKBRXjfocshgcPj5Or_F3WNFgt1p-I/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_11DSC_8605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWifD-aqa_DQZufgOA1dKv2MPcle32BeysSXs612dcMEWmUAXoes52K83UAO6F-nKzGhrwBHP0MGLC5qD6ODbLJc6p6Ghr_6f_V38UrMArT_0tZsKBRXjfocshgcPj5Or_F3WNFgt1p-I/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_11DSC_8605.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The rostral columns of Palais Garnier<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The entrance to <i>Pavillon du Chef de l'Etat<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1430000702"></a></i> (House of the Head of State),<br />which was turned into the Musée de Opéra on the western facade<br />of Opéra National de Paris Garnier,<br />is framed by two granite columns by Henri Alfred Jacquemart,<br />adorned with lamps and the masts of ships. <br />The bows of the four ships appear to have eyes.<br /><br /><br />Although other portions of this exquisite heritage site<br />have been restored since it was built in 1875,<br />the <i>ceinture de lumière</i> (belt of light) encircling the building has not. <br />Earlier this year an appeal was made to the public<br />to adopt one of the 22 lampadaires, 2 candélabres, 22 cariatides, and 14 columns. <br />The details of the rostral columns and the <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2013/08/street-lamps-palais-garnier.html" target="_blank">musical instrument-themed street lamps</a><br />on the opposite side of the opera house are stunning.<br /><br /><br />This is my entry for City Daily Photo Blogs Theme Day<br />-DETAILS-<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see the entries of other<br />City Daily Photo Blogs around the world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div></div>

Palais Garnier - colonne rostrale

The rostral columns of Palais Garnier The entrance to Pavillon du Chef de l'Etat (House of the Head of State), which was turned into th...

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