Un café crème et un chocolat chaud

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs-AwYKg1Zhn47e3Th7B1zeLkaLgcUVd-VxNgvdg3RlfA3eAW-acNCCKTn0Rwi0EJcy1rdGms6oZ8M2aHs0NeLBIFnHdmkGxjBgQ7p3FYvJUglZJnI49RxEZoMu5oYxChmruGVxXB6-Y/s1600/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs-AwYKg1Zhn47e3Th7B1zeLkaLgcUVd-VxNgvdg3RlfA3eAW-acNCCKTn0Rwi0EJcy1rdGms6oZ8M2aHs0NeLBIFnHdmkGxjBgQ7p3FYvJUglZJnI49RxEZoMu5oYxChmruGVxXB6-Y/s640/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010389.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;">When two blog friends from different countries </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">get together in Paris on a cold, misty day...</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;">of course they take a break with pastries, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">warm beverages, many photos, and great conversation.</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;"><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;">Boulangerie-Pâtisserie de la Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">21, avenue de la Bourdonnais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un café crème et un chocolat chaud

When two blog friends from different countries  get together in Paris on a cold, misty day... of course they take a break with pastries,  wa...

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Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.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;">Galeries Lafayette</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Noël 2011)</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;">One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni (<a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo</a> and <a href="http://verenasparisblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Verena's Paris Blog</a>) to see a photo exhibit on Quai Branly.  We spent the afternoon walking in the 6ème and 7ème and then rushed to see all the windows of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette.  We worked as a team to get to the front of each window, a challenge with all the little children on risers built to give them a close up view.  </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;">Vreni and I were successful in capturing each window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and she will be there soon to brave it without me.</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;"><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;">Galeries Lafayette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

Galeries Lafayette (Noël 2011) One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni ( Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo and Verena's Par...

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Printemps - Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Noël, Rêves d'Evasion</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;">Last year <a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni</a> (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snapping every window on Boulevard Haussmann.</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 favorites.</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;">She will be there soon,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and I will miss being there with her to see</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and photograph the beautiful windows.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div>

Printemps - Noël

Printemps  Noël, Rêves d'Evasion Last year Vreni (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season snapping ...

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Le Douze et monsieur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6smxdOfSxRsl319f6l85XOFqhTzmC0MXdPGQTY4zysW9HR4fJniiAP71Q8E79BGue12LG-2espmWHnKl0GCaIBpqAPpJzGP-2ptJO2oOK_T3FSa7H_hTGLrp5Cy-RAnPfPhUbE5qJU8/s1600/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6smxdOfSxRsl319f6l85XOFqhTzmC0MXdPGQTY4zysW9HR4fJniiAP71Q8E79BGue12LG-2espmWHnKl0GCaIBpqAPpJzGP-2ptJO2oOK_T3FSa7H_hTGLrp5Cy-RAnPfPhUbE5qJU8/s640/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010430.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Douze</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;">Vreni and I stopped by this illuminated window at the end of a whirlwind day in Paris.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The shop was just closed but we had our next event!</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Douze</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Jacob</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span>

Le Douze et monsieur

Le Douze Vreni and I stopped by this illuminated window at the end of a whirlwind day in Paris.  The shop was just closed but we had our nex...

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Sergei Loier - Photoquai 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZDaGkhgYtmxGxM5EAt-11MBOfMktOisOqEx0LvP6HnruxwZ9Rbx4C-cx2CXkZ3KIUqwOL5ppQ9phN9LdKESbAdfXezBRRmjmsFrxsvRXLIwI2k8_Y4k5zjlgE5sHV2D-MoXncU47_ec/s1600/2011+nov+8+-+P1010376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZDaGkhgYtmxGxM5EAt-11MBOfMktOisOqEx0LvP6HnruxwZ9Rbx4C-cx2CXkZ3KIUqwOL5ppQ9phN9LdKESbAdfXezBRRmjmsFrxsvRXLIwI2k8_Y4k5zjlgE5sHV2D-MoXncU47_ec/s640/2011+nov+8+-+P1010376.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;">On the last day of <strong><a href="http://www.artnet.fr/magazine/expositions/caujolle/photoquai.asp">Photoquai 2011</a></strong>, an open-air exhibit along the Seine at Quai Branly, the dreary day was brightened by the nearly 400 photo images by 46 photographers from around the world.  I met Vreni (<strong><a href="http://verenasparisblog.blogspot.com/">Verenas Paris Blog</a></strong> and <a href="http://viennadailyphotobyvreni.blogspot.com/"><strong>Vienna Daily Photo</strong></a>) and we enjoyed the afternoon strolling through this free exhibit.</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;">The above by Sergei Loier, a 30-something Russian, was my favorite.  As I remember, his models are all children from an orphanage, and by the time he concluded his photo project, all had been adopted.</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;">What a treat to see this eclectic photo exhibit... on the very last day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Photoquai 2011</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>musée du quai Branly</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>37, quai Branly</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007 Paris</em></span>

Sergei Loier - Photoquai 2011

On the last day of Photoquai 2011 , an open-air exhibit along the Seine at Quai Branly, the dreary day was brightened by the nearly 400 phot...

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