Port de l'Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmIWVQX_lHY7MMUsr458sy_OL3l6zYC5qQ_BYwgJ5H6e6uevyPDHxIXFwSDMhPbx-tgje9Uo7ofmmQnTn2y5EjqMaOBj76pUQCw8l1e7cdoBXaSdufO0xou7-mFPJUHqEBeoLsJhFFnA/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+011+DSC_9122.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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From certain Bastille Métro platforms </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This warm September day reveals a business meeting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on the deck of a boat.  The three look as if</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is "business as usual."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bon week-end</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Port de l'Arsenal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal From certain Bastille Métro platforms  you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal. This warm September day ...

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Le Metivier et la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dxu1gBO2XSI2t072hOHI-AkqAGm073N2xnk4GnE5gs8a0s3J9YSi6E_Z311Lh7ObLbUV0Uf_tjbZKWmb-LZtiEj2lys0qqT9MDI1mvl0GWy1n0mlDeCOB8IAWXo3QQTFvnVNekgpA70/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+387+DSC_7900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dxu1gBO2XSI2t072hOHI-AkqAGm073N2xnk4GnE5gs8a0s3J9YSi6E_Z311Lh7ObLbUV0Uf_tjbZKWmb-LZtiEj2lys0qqT9MDI1mvl0GWy1n0mlDeCOB8IAWXo3QQTFvnVNekgpA70/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+387+DSC_7900.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Across from Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;">the tree-filtered sun on the terrace</div><div style="text-align: center;">leaves a lazy afternoon ambiance</div><div style="text-align: center;">as the week draws to an end...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon week end</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Le Metivier</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>1, avenue Gambetta</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75020, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Metivier et la vie quotidienne

Across from Père Lachaise the tree-filtered sun on the terrace leaves a lazy afternoon ambiance as the week draws to an end... bon week end ...

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le Pain au Naturel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYHzNvb-s331U2osu1KBeUSD5jGa2CWv-tLlgYMErwl2KrabBPGW5vIui3OKSjiQrw9n2zJCgZoNj1DxooIzg-WQs3pxZ6hfczXtrLMeeOYeKQvMSHgt06aI8AiXT1i0kl3lKHr6B97k/s1600/2011+Nov+6+Sun+-+DSC_0485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYHzNvb-s331U2osu1KBeUSD5jGa2CWv-tLlgYMErwl2KrabBPGW5vIui3OKSjiQrw9n2zJCgZoNj1DxooIzg-WQs3pxZ6hfczXtrLMeeOYeKQvMSHgt06aI8AiXT1i0kl3lKHr6B97k/s640/2011+Nov+6+Sun+-+DSC_0485.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a Sunday morning amid the bustle of shopping at Marché d'Aligre,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this street scene in front of the boulangerie features individual characters</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the daily routine:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The queue of shoppers at the entrance,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the table of breads on the sidewalk,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a young French girl on her trottinette,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a baker delivering fresh baguettes from the oven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What you miss are the aromas of the bread and the oysters just across the narrow street</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the hawking of  produce in the sing-song of many different languages.</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;">le Pain au Naturel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue Théophile Roussel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

le Pain au Naturel

On a Sunday morning amid the bustle of shopping at Marché d'Aligre, this street scene in front of the boulangerie features individual ch...

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Le weekend - shopping

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2xAg3sNn4NJ6yvZr31zeofPokDYMHlEvAfAO4vHiR5_zSPLR_yD-rUkzgemfXHjfL8PrBotfkzJjKJ6fDVMvKpCfl00PYwBN1MPA4zMQOPv0MpRhnDHyDeFgAt9G08B5nXxRUK_SsAo/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+340+DSC_1565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2xAg3sNn4NJ6yvZr31zeofPokDYMHlEvAfAO4vHiR5_zSPLR_yD-rUkzgemfXHjfL8PrBotfkzJjKJ6fDVMvKpCfl00PYwBN1MPA4zMQOPv0MpRhnDHyDeFgAt9G08B5nXxRUK_SsAo/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+340+DSC_1565.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Weekend shopping</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On any given morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">you will find people headed to their neighborhood market </div><div style="text-align: center;">or to the street markets.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You will notice that everyone knows one another </div><div style="text-align: center;">and that there is a relaxed social atmosphere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish I was headed there this morning...</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;">29, rue de Turbigo </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div>

Le weekend - shopping

Weekend shopping On any given morning  you will find people headed to their neighborhood market  or to the street markets.   You will notice...

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Moulins Burgeois - un camion de livraison

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3k64hY1tcLA-P4-2U4ZX3ZnaexfBcyS5_KBcK76iEfUcYqV6bbM-uyK4GrwTxTSGsUkT1HRWjZqGqnJNAGsxVM-rXx1QYEesqGz2eMjmda3Hvv25p1WDgjNEraOehsetOPxjFDAO_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+014+DSC_7058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3k64hY1tcLA-P4-2U4ZX3ZnaexfBcyS5_KBcK76iEfUcYqV6bbM-uyK4GrwTxTSGsUkT1HRWjZqGqnJNAGsxVM-rXx1QYEesqGz2eMjmda3Hvv25p1WDgjNEraOehsetOPxjFDAO_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+014+DSC_7058.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moulins-bourgeois.com/key-facts/" target="_blank">Moulins Bourgeois</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"A miller, and much more"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coming out of Eric Kayser one morning we found these friendly delivery men bringing in the heavy sacks of flour from Moulins Bourgeois.  We asked permission for their photos and I was fascinated by the source of the flour which is transformed into the indescribable pastries and breads of Eric Kayser and other pâtisseries/boulangeries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The company was established in 1895 in Verdelot and today continues to produce "classic bread-making flour, traditional French flour, gruel and flour from the USA, stone ground and organic flour."  With a staff of 80 people they serve a customer base of artisan bakeries, both within 200 km of the mill and Internationally to Europe and Asia.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At home, would I notice a flour delivery to a bakery I frequented?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably not, unless it was Eric Kayser, John-Paul Hévin, Julien, Pierre Hermé, Dalloyau, Ladurée, La Petite Rose, Pâtisserie des Rêves, Stohrer, Coqueliqot.... just too many to name</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;">Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Moulins Burgeois - un camion de livraison

Moulins Bourgeois "A miller, and much more" Coming out of Eric Kayser one morning we found these friendly delivery men bringing in...

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Le Square Trousseau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pFRnux3hLiJmoW2rl4fCpW8Df9Y4pAWqcrrq69FVomBUEfEd3RK-nYy4OV8tppomgzxhURonqchajsZmUDw-8You0OWOjk3kmKWyDAKequvMf6GwW-Milumy4tV5uffn0ZznisoP_6M/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+050+DSC_9161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pFRnux3hLiJmoW2rl4fCpW8Df9Y4pAWqcrrq69FVomBUEfEd3RK-nYy4OV8tppomgzxhURonqchajsZmUDw-8You0OWOjk3kmKWyDAKequvMf6GwW-Milumy4tV5uffn0ZznisoP_6M/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+050+DSC_9161.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Square Trousseau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This corner spot is a favorite year-round,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> filled with locals. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some are celebrating a special event, </div><div style="text-align: center;">others just enjoying the company of friends. </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;"> (Joyeux anniversaire, Daddy - Tu me manques)</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;">Le Square Trousseau</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue Anton Vollon</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;"><br /></div>

Le Square Trousseau

Le Square Trousseau This corner spot is a favorite year-round,  filled with locals.  Some are celebrating a special event,  others just enjo...

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Rue Montorgueil - Dépêchez-vous!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IgG7CTtBG-Tgv0FChl_dvGc80RgF-6mb3IDw8e4REH_OjI4Lo8zVEHnBaY0BtCGBP8mHfr0EGFe2i508pMS9jHyaC1-ebyxvGWsmFn1DygZ8oRjWq-789y-3vIak3l0HrMGkY4Z1tWo/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+290+DSC_1515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IgG7CTtBG-Tgv0FChl_dvGc80RgF-6mb3IDw8e4REH_OjI4Lo8zVEHnBaY0BtCGBP8mHfr0EGFe2i508pMS9jHyaC1-ebyxvGWsmFn1DygZ8oRjWq-789y-3vIak3l0HrMGkY4Z1tWo/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+290+DSC_1515.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dressed for work in one of the restaurants of this "foodie street" </div><div style="text-align: center;">he hurried along with the empty "boîtes."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So where was he going in the opposite direction </div><div style="text-align: center;">of his restaurant with the empties?</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;">Rue Montorgueil</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Montorgueil - Dépêchez-vous!

Dressed for work in one of the restaurants of this "foodie street"  he hurried along with the empty "boîtes." So where w...

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Café La Palette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlYU2NXJQ68rxHqLVktgD-S-r2Y51tosjfVKS2iNHE2NaDo9LP1GlVCTbbH5zZi3mZ9T5Vo1jmq2zpTsz7qe5X-n7EaBlFE3VT2dTW83o_SVgeu9mXNgCWXEvru00Z4p3H4BrwOzE750/s1600/2014+Sept+18Nite+++++_20140918+069+DSC_9110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Night or day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">La Palette attracts a crowd.</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;">Café La Palette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">43, rue de Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café La Palette

La Palette Night or day,  La Palette attracts a crowd. Café La Palette 43, rue de Seine 75006, Paris  

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Café Madame

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EU0ldaXpspYPZ01uZWD5GoJRhGHcwA39WKNQ_DrPr7DBlEPXKqmGAcactCZmtDaRbs4GM-nOMKZP2j1Vd8KSXel80xcBMWeswSBdpOA5vM9WsqAxGKrdvtuCSzEUn1GNeJD7Uvnld3Y/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+028+DSC_6786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EU0ldaXpspYPZ01uZWD5GoJRhGHcwA39WKNQ_DrPr7DBlEPXKqmGAcactCZmtDaRbs4GM-nOMKZP2j1Vd8KSXel80xcBMWeswSBdpOA5vM9WsqAxGKrdvtuCSzEUn1GNeJD7Uvnld3Y/s1600/2014+Sept+14+Sun+++++_20140914+028+DSC_6786.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Café Madame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a leisurely café or petit-déjeuner </div><div style="text-align: center;">among friends on a Sunday morning...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café Madame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">25, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Café Madame

Café Madame Just a leisurely café or petit-déjeuner  among friends on a Sunday morning... Café Madame 25, rue de Vaugirard 75006, Paris

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Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Only one table was vacant </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parisians have a tendency to linger over a meal, </div><div style="text-align: center;">engaging in conversation.  On a mild, sunny autumn day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no reason to hurry the afternoon.</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;">When in <strike>Rome</strike> Paris.....</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;">Bistrot Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

Bistrot Paul Bert Only one table was vacant  but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.   Parisians have a tendency to linger ove...

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Jardin des Tuileries

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1jbxkkaVmx_L666S_8eDmUJHVKZrjjKZGC8ONWNvxCXgab2iSZzAEFFgRWeYV2c2Jwpd45-Xhg2uSQdfqk4nB8R2V5wELRCCLXNibPSDR3g9qSpfN1BeBQ9dq4GsScjr8kcaDMuTKTQ/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_29DSC_8985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1jbxkkaVmx_L666S_8eDmUJHVKZrjjKZGC8ONWNvxCXgab2iSZzAEFFgRWeYV2c2Jwpd45-Xhg2uSQdfqk4nB8R2V5wELRCCLXNibPSDR3g9qSpfN1BeBQ9dq4GsScjr8kcaDMuTKTQ/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sunday_29DSC_8985.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin des Tuileries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A typical weekend scene at Tuileries:</div><div style="text-align: center;">games from Pétanque to soccer;</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting in the ubiquitous green chairs around the fountain; </div><div style="text-align: center;">meeting friends for a picnic...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see from the big puddles in the foreground </div><div style="text-align: center;">that the rash of intermittent rain showers</div><div style="text-align: center;">does not keep the Parisians away.</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;">Jardin des Tuileries</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>

Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des Tuileries A typical weekend scene at Tuileries: games from Pétanque to soccer; sitting in the ubiquitous green chairs around the ...

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Marché d'Aligre - les fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia17bwNdLKqJyfcOQZE0gzpnqKkOlSG0etIYlKvRc90gWQKO2kJODZz5y1Ip3Ei2oBcsvn-OUsk28CgB0R8n-zdmKdc2WWo16VaWTYL0fCn0W87gqA8s-fNPmKSGpw28QU1nJ7W5He-cA/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_170DSC_4039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia17bwNdLKqJyfcOQZE0gzpnqKkOlSG0etIYlKvRc90gWQKO2kJODZz5y1Ip3Ei2oBcsvn-OUsk28CgB0R8n-zdmKdc2WWo16VaWTYL0fCn0W87gqA8s-fNPmKSGpw28QU1nJ7W5He-cA/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_170DSC_4039.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Strollers, small shopping carts...</div><div style="text-align: center;">families out to do the Saturday shopping:</div><div style="text-align: center;">bread, cheese, vegetables, fruits, fish, pastries...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find it all here in the the covered market of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché d'Aligre</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you wish that you were doing your Saturday shopping here?</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;">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: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Marché d'Aligre - les fleurs

Marché d'Aligre Strollers, small shopping carts... families out to do the Saturday shopping: bread, cheese, vegetables, fruits, fish, pa...

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Un cycliste dans une rue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiS0662U11kZc6nbB9IXwj3CQbAnPF4FUJBBEEOs4HogVELOOgSAaHE_tBiz4MwwoRS16KaiAMTrprGYhPURRjfzkPS2S9aoEpmGpgOFUwiLZJtidWviagc0VonJN8jNHRWu0fhEpNps/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_77DSC_4701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiS0662U11kZc6nbB9IXwj3CQbAnPF4FUJBBEEOs4HogVELOOgSAaHE_tBiz4MwwoRS16KaiAMTrprGYhPURRjfzkPS2S9aoEpmGpgOFUwiLZJtidWviagc0VonJN8jNHRWu0fhEpNps/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_77DSC_4701.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A cyclist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a narrow street of Provins (a short train ride from Gare de L'Est) we found this cyclist, moving so slowly that it was a marvel he kept his bicycle upright.  It was mid-morning and perhaps he had delivered the contents of those empty boxes to a market, mushrooms or berries?  He was chatting with a gentlemen who was walking in the same direction, someone he knew.  With a population of about 12,000, the locals all know each other.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it rained when we were there, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it did not dampen our enjoyment of this Medieval town.</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;">Beyond</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;">Provins, France</span></span></i></div>

Un cycliste dans une rue

A cyclist In a narrow street of Provins (a short train ride from Gare de L'Est) we found this cyclist, moving so slowly that it was a ma...

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Sur le quai de la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9iDFR41P_zkbgBf5AQlgMMjzKkp0EaQBQ58aSf6GN8UM7ATJOJurOBq0uPhS1MW-Kp74fgo3FRXaP3GYmCkWd_Q-5WHWbGbTELUJQte4GkTTn-g_DhYUi3GUZjna1vI0ICnNSU7Sso/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_221DSC_4904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9iDFR41P_zkbgBf5AQlgMMjzKkp0EaQBQ58aSf6GN8UM7ATJOJurOBq0uPhS1MW-Kp74fgo3FRXaP3GYmCkWd_Q-5WHWbGbTELUJQte4GkTTn-g_DhYUi3GUZjna1vI0ICnNSU7Sso/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_221DSC_4904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It would appear to be an after-work party with friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just come as you are...</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and bring <i>une baguette et du fromage </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note the Longchamp bag and man-scarf </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the fellow walking up to the group)</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;">Quai du Louvre - Seine</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;">Near Pont des Arts</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><div style="text-align: center;">Joining "July in Paris"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a look <a href="http://thyme-for-tea.blogspot.com/2014/07/paris-in-july-monday-menu-wk-4.html" target="_blank">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sur le quai de la Seine

Quai du Louvre It would appear to be an after-work party with friends. Just come as you are... ...and bring une baguette et du fromage (Note...

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Canal Saint Martin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KOV2XLdwGsPdXnNzDEqccklwC9Ccmqkd4mKKcjF3VqmV8QvwszMHE5Eyk1rMpOx_vfqPUJ3EEOW7rA0NtR8aMGh4eAaesLOuGi6ygFJUsIpFC8_R4oUBfGP_ztCv8_qso0iQl8tjcHw/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KOV2XLdwGsPdXnNzDEqccklwC9Ccmqkd4mKKcjF3VqmV8QvwszMHE5Eyk1rMpOx_vfqPUJ3EEOW7rA0NtR8aMGh4eAaesLOuGi6ygFJUsIpFC8_R4oUBfGP_ztCv8_qso0iQl8tjcHw/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0160.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Canal Saint Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This young boy and man captured my attention </div><div style="text-align: center;">as each seemed to be in deep thought.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The scene left me </div><div style="text-align: center;">with more questions than answers</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;">Quai de Jemmapes </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;">Canal Saint-Martin</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;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Canal Saint Martin

Canal Saint Martin This young boy and man captured my attention  as each seemed to be in deep thought. The scene left me  with more question...

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Bassin de la Villette - la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nzcH75tph79Yvq0KatksbDwJ9QN2WxLtEjbEMTQTKLEwcekyq9mxGoZqPAShCU_hs5d3cmzCc2AsNjf1Zwibvjo_6QsY5iiGL1tOKld76BphQYz-vW9PzQP8d1O_VxLDe8MOEuisIWc/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nzcH75tph79Yvq0KatksbDwJ9QN2WxLtEjbEMTQTKLEwcekyq9mxGoZqPAShCU_hs5d3cmzCc2AsNjf1Zwibvjo_6QsY5iiGL1tOKld76BphQYz-vW9PzQP8d1O_VxLDe8MOEuisIWc/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0243.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Bassin de la Villette</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is a scene far from the tourist crowds of Paris, </div><div align="center">but is a favorite spot for the Parisians on a Sunday afternoon.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Pétanque (more games than I could count), </div><div align="center">picnics among friends, </div><div align="center">multi-generation families out for a water-side stroll,</div><div align="center">children at play riding <em>trotinettes</em>...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">There is something here for everyone.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Bassin de la Villette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Quai de la Loire</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Métro Laumière</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div>

Bassin de la Villette - la vie quotidienne

Bassin de la Villette       This is a scene far from the tourist crowds of Paris, but is a favorite spot for the Parisians on a Sunday after...

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Les trois chefs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMps8IqS6QluHFATLgmgVpyyWKzvaQLQCMO8w8hgs7nxbJ7CkLohBU_7P1kRZ1lBTVGwRVIo7_wRqbChwgIgBvUYL2AGlyL7oZe0oTFVyf0KBkGX-FrD0Jo_KK1RrsbxPRzSoLbAFtMdA/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0272b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMps8IqS6QluHFATLgmgVpyyWKzvaQLQCMO8w8hgs7nxbJ7CkLohBU_7P1kRZ1lBTVGwRVIo7_wRqbChwgIgBvUYL2AGlyL7oZe0oTFVyf0KBkGX-FrD0Jo_KK1RrsbxPRzSoLbAFtMdA/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0272b-w.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three chefs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We found these three chefs taking a midday break.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, I would guess two chefs and a cook?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The one on the left looks dressed as a chef,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and perhaps the man in the middle as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wondered if the one on the right serves the plates?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each of them has a white scarf or handkerchief </div><div style="text-align: center;">tied in a short knot around his neck.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah, la vie quotidienne!</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;"><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;">Brasserie Bofinger</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;">5-7, rue de la Bastille</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Les trois chefs

Three chefs We found these three chefs taking a midday break.   Actually, I would guess two chefs and a cook? The one on the left looks dres...

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuqo35FSyZiK8wmUlxdgLqChYmO1ggBAEvu8yElonAfNI7Z7TOTaTC6KK_tUaGJChxqRmzKW1g8kQPL_PmbsWdminmZWTJfgpc5HkrX4F5_i5z7YOEU7qurbyM65EaaIx3r5qdL3Anew/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_301DSC_4549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuqo35FSyZiK8wmUlxdgLqChYmO1ggBAEvu8yElonAfNI7Z7TOTaTC6KK_tUaGJChxqRmzKW1g8kQPL_PmbsWdminmZWTJfgpc5HkrX4F5_i5z7YOEU7qurbyM65EaaIx3r5qdL3Anew/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_301DSC_4549.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a slightly cool, but clear Sunday afternoon in May </div><div style="text-align: center;">I happened upon this young man on a quiet slope in the park.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">He was enjoying his beverage, the gentle weather, and his book.</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 book:</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;">Ecce Homo, by Nietzsche</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;">bon weekend</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;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</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;">75019, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Parc des Buttes Chaumont

Parc des Buttes Chaumont On a slightly cool, but clear Sunday afternoon in May  I happened upon this young man on a quiet slope in the park....

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le blanc et le noir

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvn2Yzfobbelzf8ULDaT2689H_-VfYjw61kBtfXwXjwLcUR3fVHlaUDba8ZU3xntqJVTs-hrr3wFe1Qt9Vyn5Ls_d7htZPWgxKlnVuoVLSWHFkw2RPg76yLm5n0zML_8Ha13t7amf78A/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_15DSC_6229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvn2Yzfobbelzf8ULDaT2689H_-VfYjw61kBtfXwXjwLcUR3fVHlaUDba8ZU3xntqJVTs-hrr3wFe1Qt9Vyn5Ls_d7htZPWgxKlnVuoVLSWHFkw2RPg76yLm5n0zML_8Ha13t7amf78A/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_15DSC_6229.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These two <i>chiens</i> were an interesting pair </div><div style="text-align: center;">as they strolled on the "Paris dirt" at Jardin du Palais Royal.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">One, sleek, petite and dark...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the other, fluffy, medium-sized, and white.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They did keep in close step, </div><div style="text-align: center;">each with the other, </div><div style="text-align: center;">evidence of much practice on early morning walks. </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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

le blanc et le noir

Jardin du Palais Royal These two chiens were an interesting pair  as they strolled on the "Paris dirt" at Jardin du Palais Royal....

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Canal Saint Martin - le weekend

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUYMLagXjF0mODxURyJh0mDddbHVW0VdL_QTELTaABGcfIqpoo6LU9Y_sKebgOtdQ0wEsZWLC8rZKa0f_GmZGnZmqJbKQ2GGn5hAwQR_aI2-SEfptLyhVtEsBB-WRLGBpvtg1V5FomuA/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUYMLagXjF0mODxURyJh0mDddbHVW0VdL_QTELTaABGcfIqpoo6LU9Y_sKebgOtdQ0wEsZWLC8rZKa0f_GmZGnZmqJbKQ2GGn5hAwQR_aI2-SEfptLyhVtEsBB-WRLGBpvtg1V5FomuA/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0218.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai de Jemmapes</div><div style="text-align: center;">Canal Saint Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you dangle your legs over the edge<br />and enjoy wonderful weather in the company of your best friend<br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai de Jemmapes</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;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Canal Saint Martin - le weekend

Quai de Jemmapes Canal Saint Martin May you dangle your legs over the edge and enjoy wonderful weather in the company of your best friend bo...

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