L'aube de la nouvelle année

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRX1q2kgY5GeXhs2wViy3t9-j_V5wwRCFvn3xctNzrBP9lA3vRFCXwROV1kiadqt9bWIOUlzpwDEZfx0Rf-Ma_3ogEiQGP2I92Yc8DLlwOaIrOJr1JwRDBEULMbjIrnQzsx9a8FB2r4w/s1600/DSC_0025+%25282%2529+copy+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRX1q2kgY5GeXhs2wViy3t9-j_V5wwRCFvn3xctNzrBP9lA3vRFCXwROV1kiadqt9bWIOUlzpwDEZfx0Rf-Ma_3ogEiQGP2I92Yc8DLlwOaIrOJr1JwRDBEULMbjIrnQzsx9a8FB2r4w/s640/DSC_0025+%25282%2529+copy+for+blog.jpg" width="640px" /></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;">I have been touched this year by the friends I have met </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">both virtually and face-to-face from around the world through blogs.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Through my Paris experiences and photos </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have learned many secrets and stories of the city I love so.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Paris Friends I have met in the markets, the patisseries, the bistrots, and galleries have enriched my visits.</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;"><strong>Je vous souhaite une merveilleuse année 2012! </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

L'aube de la nouvelle année

I have been touched this year by the friends I have met both virtually and face-to-face from around the world through blogs.  Through my Par...

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Solitude at Palais Royal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmh0w7vXL4q1mOzsidxwWSnSHm56JHEMC4fKEW3hD2n8aohMYRyDoEJgU9fmeaq-ERUCoWMSvgZ24J8NVAKQdBaK6AZDl3Naq0AudS4tr4peaxcKnZFSF8k5Mri5kufVFjGnpAm6S1dA/s1600/DSC_0763+%25282%2529+copy+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmh0w7vXL4q1mOzsidxwWSnSHm56JHEMC4fKEW3hD2n8aohMYRyDoEJgU9fmeaq-ERUCoWMSvgZ24J8NVAKQdBaK6AZDl3Naq0AudS4tr4peaxcKnZFSF8k5Mri5kufVFjGnpAm6S1dA/s640/DSC_0763+%25282%2529+copy+for+blog.jpg" width="640px" /></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;">Le Jardin du Palais Royal...</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;">On a cloudy day in November, you can have the garden all to yourself.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Joyeaux anniversaire, Daddy)</em></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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Jardin du Palais Royal</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span></div>

Solitude at Palais Royal

Le Jardin du Palais Royal... On a cloudy day in November, you can have the garden all to yourself. (Joyeaux anniversaire, Daddy) Le Jardin d...

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Une tarte de baies

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4wrTKVC2hOrUKAe7JdJx-gaIZBMw1ThhYv9CnU7mpyZIvHJeJ5ALa8iPdfMTIn_wwVMJrXo7tkxrfLM_9JjkUZjTnbbHrsNM0KCk-ijH97QM71M77Dd9yBFnssGWvxPI0Wz0cUItosk/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4wrTKVC2hOrUKAe7JdJx-gaIZBMw1ThhYv9CnU7mpyZIvHJeJ5ALa8iPdfMTIn_wwVMJrXo7tkxrfLM_9JjkUZjTnbbHrsNM0KCk-ijH97QM71M77Dd9yBFnssGWvxPI0Wz0cUItosk/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This tart full of berries just makes my mouth water.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Does that mean it is good for you?</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Tant pis... I had something much more sinful, abundant in chocolate)</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Petite Rose</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>11, boulevard de Courcelles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

Une tarte de baies

This tart full of berries just makes my mouth water. Does that mean it is good for you? (Tant pis... I had something much more sinful, abun...

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Le Grand Colbert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC9A3E1wUeA2ADbbLCyD086IwCMQNVPo21QCNjWAG-zfNzJrkDECadKEavTEwFfLhxCDTOgX1Wd9iBASk4vusPe3cTWt_3_F5oEwXUxo27nVhzcVmQpfL-I_zlMy4ZNMQTcGkmePZ2DY/s1600/2010+dec+3+DSC_0142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC9A3E1wUeA2ADbbLCyD086IwCMQNVPo21QCNjWAG-zfNzJrkDECadKEavTEwFfLhxCDTOgX1Wd9iBASk4vusPe3cTWt_3_F5oEwXUxo27nVhzcVmQpfL-I_zlMy4ZNMQTcGkmePZ2DY/s640/2010+dec+3+DSC_0142.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;">I took this photo last December not knowing that Marie, our concierge (J), and I would enjoy a dinner here in April.  We sat adjacent to Alan Alda, his wife, and another couple, but left them to dine in peace.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">However, I was humming the theme from Mash off and on.</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;">Don't you think that this would be a great place to ring in the new year?</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;">Allons-y!</span></div><br /><a href="http://legrandcolbert.fr/"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Grand Colbert</em></span></strong></a><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, rue Vivienne</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span>

Le Grand Colbert

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La Tour Eiffel - en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tGQ8Uk6rcFXR1exCwLcfm1rZ4D7GBY7cw8Kf1BgZEpfAaC2tgcq4OEHbJAY-xGYjgj8qBSQP7o-KNXqKxGwCDSd_B82OQMr5PucLagmOT7SgIekfopCq0tMctp8uJxnIO9WwFK74iQY/s1600/2010+Dec+Holly+IMG_3322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tGQ8Uk6rcFXR1exCwLcfm1rZ4D7GBY7cw8Kf1BgZEpfAaC2tgcq4OEHbJAY-xGYjgj8qBSQP7o-KNXqKxGwCDSd_B82OQMr5PucLagmOT7SgIekfopCq0tMctp8uJxnIO9WwFK74iQY/s640/2010+Dec+Holly+IMG_3322.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;"><strong>It was a dark and snowy night but the twinkling of la Tour lights up the December sky.</strong></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;">(Taken from the </span><a href="http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/su.php"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Suresnes American Cemetery</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, in the suburbs of Paris, only five miles from city center.  The 7.5 acre cemetery contains the graves of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I and 24 Unknown American War Dead from World War II.  The cemetery is located high on the slopes of Mont Valerien)</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Suresnes American Cemetery</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>123, Boulevard Washington</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>92150 Suresnes</em></span>

La Tour Eiffel - en hiver

It was a dark and snowy night but the twinkling of la Tour lights up the December sky. (Taken from the Suresnes American Cemetery , in the s...

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Apiculteur parisien

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV23F6Ig78Z_9GhRIr7kg4OUsRX7sNUC88aRq5HH1a4zxZ_r4PAyP4lhYoKwb3fH5ZK3QlB7HWefCQ0_jP6A6q0EWtgSZhSzro4yu0r-gW6e2-N2TWttbd50urTBbkxQGXaZVp0AQuds/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV23F6Ig78Z_9GhRIr7kg4OUsRX7sNUC88aRq5HH1a4zxZ_r4PAyP4lhYoKwb3fH5ZK3QlB7HWefCQ0_jP6A6q0EWtgSZhSzro4yu0r-gW6e2-N2TWttbd50urTBbkxQGXaZVp0AQuds/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0383.jpg" width="424" /></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;">This friendly gentleman with a delightful sense of humor has a boutique, </span><a href="http://www.lesabeilles.biz/"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Les Abeilles</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">selling honey and other "bee-products" on La Butte aux Cailles.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can even buy all that you need to set up as a beekeeper.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He is an expert in <em>les abeilles, miel, cire d'abeilles</em>, a true <em>apiculture parisien</em>!</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;">A purchase of honey and beeswax candles was made after a delightful visit with him in the petite shop.  Two large vats of honey along with all the other products give the small space a sweet aroma.</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;">Monsieur Schakmundès became my newest Paris friend, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and I will carry this portrait back to him in January.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(for Holly, the Queen Bee)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Les Abeilles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>21, rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75013 Paris</em></span>

Apiculteur parisien

This friendly gentleman with a delightful sense of humor has a boutique, Les Abeilles , selling honey and other "bee-products" on ...

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Carrousel Venitien - Place Saint-Pierre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XNK4oHqgEW9jhJK2w1lHB_EaiohJBy5DdwL2QAXqco0BGeYOdn9I2GUJ5cPf6h9Wgui0ef55xf2-fa_On_ZakgzeBDTJp-COy2-Z-4pQKpRqyyvCBhk6edt9tukAvCkJZKlgbE5m-wU/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XNK4oHqgEW9jhJK2w1lHB_EaiohJBy5DdwL2QAXqco0BGeYOdn9I2GUJ5cPf6h9Wgui0ef55xf2-fa_On_ZakgzeBDTJp-COy2-Z-4pQKpRqyyvCBhk6edt9tukAvCkJZKlgbE5m-wU/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0994.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;">Wondering what to do in Paris this week?</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;">You can ride 20 carousels for free (<em>gratuit</em>) between December 17th and January 1, 2012 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">between the hours of 10am and 7pm.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here is the </span><a href="http://www.paris.fr/loisirs/les-grands-rendez-vous/noel/les-maneges-de-noel/rub_10064_stand_108210_port_25228"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">link to the list</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> with the arrondissement and location of each.</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 beautiful double-decker Carrousel Venitien is not one of them </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but it has a wonderful view of Sacré Coeur.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(another counter-clockwise rotation)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Carrousel Venitien du XVIIIème Siècle</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Saint-Pierre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Montmartre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75018 Paris</em></span>

Carrousel Venitien - Place Saint-Pierre

Wondering what to do in Paris this week? You can ride 20 carousels for free ( gratuit ) between December 17th and January 1, 2012 between th...

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A child is born...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyY-fncclYfGpaVdQkn_woEOvXb5iFZ7kUsSKI6jGzR55MNDAa5YZBCfCSc78cwRxB1I99vCXyBt_dT_1aQ7ZcjFFfNFmzerf_fYYO6bmodZc6Hk2mqNtB1JJUa4iAfvgNXCu7tiil9a8/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0346+bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyY-fncclYfGpaVdQkn_woEOvXb5iFZ7kUsSKI6jGzR55MNDAa5YZBCfCSc78cwRxB1I99vCXyBt_dT_1aQ7ZcjFFfNFmzerf_fYYO6bmodZc6Hk2mqNtB1JJUa4iAfvgNXCu7tiil9a8/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0346+bw.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;">Joyeux Noël</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; 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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint Roch</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>284, rue Saint Honoré</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div>

A child is born...

  Joyeux Noël Église Saint Roch 284, rue Saint Honoré 75001 Paris

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Gâteau d'anniversaire

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE5CiDWkBqbaymHAxYFMebsypkbCv1X4ZrAvmWDe8L8jX-Un-Cl4ZTxuvgMPeXiUiyX0roF_lXpSWJJ03Gn-ulleGG6FOSt_UTQEg7h6uD7_z-taVDwPBRG7KAiz1JBH3NAIZAF5SWgY/s1600/2009+Christmas+DSC_0154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE5CiDWkBqbaymHAxYFMebsypkbCv1X4ZrAvmWDe8L8jX-Un-Cl4ZTxuvgMPeXiUiyX0roF_lXpSWJJ03Gn-ulleGG6FOSt_UTQEg7h6uD7_z-taVDwPBRG7KAiz1JBH3NAIZAF5SWgY/s640/2009+Christmas+DSC_0154.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;">The imperfect gâteau, ready for the day...</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;">I will be taking care of the treasured fêves which adorn the top layer, bien sûr</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>(Note the <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/01/lagnaippe-story.html"><strong>story from last year</strong></a>)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Gâteau d'anniversaire

The imperfect gâteau, ready for the day... I will be taking care of the treasured fêves which adorn the top layer, bien sûr (Note the story ...

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Les poupées

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvoPWBkU1iogclaGRWDmag2QmNJDIZ4fToU1oB22046LpoBgZoXe1SCORy-aPUa0VsowmnAJc2ma9JT0uaXXI-MhplRR3c6wTpjx_cBII1EV0HruI6cv2cdp0IhLZL1R63fIejYBSokc/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvoPWBkU1iogclaGRWDmag2QmNJDIZ4fToU1oB22046LpoBgZoXe1SCORy-aPUa0VsowmnAJc2ma9JT0uaXXI-MhplRR3c6wTpjx_cBII1EV0HruI6cv2cdp0IhLZL1R63fIejYBSokc/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0064.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;">Hoping that all the little French girls get the dolls of their dreams for Christmas.  These are sweet, but ma chère amie <a href="http://www.winterludes.blogspot.com/2011/11/stand-by-me.html"><strong>Winterlude</strong></a><strong>s</strong> has the most charming and detailed dolls and she even weaves stories around them.</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;">We met on our mutual birthday in November at a salon de thé in Passage Jouffroy and each exchanged a handmade <em>cadeau</em>.  I cherish my little Winterlude doll with her exquisite hair and little dress, a delightful gift from a dear blog friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>l'ourson en bois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>83, rue Charenton</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les poupées

Hoping that all the little French girls get the dolls of their dreams for Christmas.  These are sweet, but ma chère amie Winterlude s has t...

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La circulation de nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQF-yRCgeJaTP68P2lwFvoLXzKYjQA9WZFWg2plEECmdlsD3VhCcDw4_nWfjusdAQPN9cCkx3QbL_5Fn9ipf4R2Aq34505Ed3GymQ1usQaLuwVhSyjjutcW8f0sq4dheS4I4iKl60WUQ/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQF-yRCgeJaTP68P2lwFvoLXzKYjQA9WZFWg2plEECmdlsD3VhCcDw4_nWfjusdAQPN9cCkx3QbL_5Fn9ipf4R2Aq34505Ed3GymQ1usQaLuwVhSyjjutcW8f0sq4dheS4I4iKl60WUQ/s640/2011+nov+7+DSC_0569.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;">Regular night traffic or last minute gift shoppers?</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;">Rue de Rivoli at </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Place de la Concorde</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de la Concorde</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La circulation de nuit

Regular night traffic or last minute gift shoppers? Rue de Rivoli at Place de la Concorde Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris

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Chanel at Printemps

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Chanel at Printemps

If the "weather outside is frightful" you can dream of warmer climes with this Printemps window. Printemps Boulevard Haussmann 750...

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Parc de Monceau - artistes chinois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_qGEleiPbzAme17MSA3IMFleJHRX0v-9O1k4qN95PZsSxWu1D14v50TUsFL-0yiw1AV105nulcNW8sn0quBTV4SvQJhCxK8Vf-1B8zbFO-hI50tnK07l7hLn_aSCaJVWfv7Gw2cTItA/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_qGEleiPbzAme17MSA3IMFleJHRX0v-9O1k4qN95PZsSxWu1D14v50TUsFL-0yiw1AV105nulcNW8sn0quBTV4SvQJhCxK8Vf-1B8zbFO-hI50tnK07l7hLn_aSCaJVWfv7Gw2cTItA/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0848.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is one of six contemporary Chinese creations, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">part of the exhibition <i><b><a href="http://www.magda-gallery.com/en/chinese-artists-paris">Artistes Chinois à Paris</a></b></i>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">found in Parc de Monceau until the end of December.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">As with artists from around the world and over the centuries, the Parisian training and experience has had a major impact on generations of Chinese artists.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Chinese artists featured in the park are currently living and working in Paris.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></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;">Parc de Monceau</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Boulevard Courcelles</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div>

Parc de Monceau - artistes chinois

This is one of six contemporary Chinese creations,  part of the exhibition Artistes Chinois à Paris ,  found in Parc de Monceau until the en...

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Galeries Lafayette - Noël 2009 vs Noël 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7FwebE0ivqdJb-df_E07e7hiWMXl-mdHaZdGh0mfxQuftL6WQlVTpsrkeXY8Lf7oenZudepJ15CwSfcrBXfom3L4vrcDh_zdCOYLU9qEI5q1On3PeZ5RKWyBMZGg9mlxrFwZh0qsTY/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7FwebE0ivqdJb-df_E07e7hiWMXl-mdHaZdGh0mfxQuftL6WQlVTpsrkeXY8Lf7oenZudepJ15CwSfcrBXfom3L4vrcDh_zdCOYLU9qEI5q1On3PeZ5RKWyBMZGg9mlxrFwZh0qsTY/s640/2009+dec+paris+00030.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;">The grand dome sheltered the 66-foot tree in a traditional decor in 2009.  The boxes were re-wrapped for a different color scheme in 2010.  The giant red Christmas balls of 2008 were stunning.  The "rock'n mode" for 2011 is quite different as seen in my <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/galeries-lafayette-noel-2011.html"><strong>post last week</strong></a>.</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;">Let's hope that we just "rock away" from this year's theme when the season is over.  The poster for Galleries Lafayette seen in the Métro stations just sums it up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G-pn6qWK_oxK4vfaK95zifP_zoyly187ck8JBSDeWz0KDZD5_3i8V4JwKxhGsmHhxeuVp2RVrpPvhuV9MvWkrwjCj7jT_5nq2c6HYgG3c-HtWG0LLphvZ5Ww6M0qYSRXpKo7F-iIf5M/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G-pn6qWK_oxK4vfaK95zifP_zoyly187ck8JBSDeWz0KDZD5_3i8V4JwKxhGsmHhxeuVp2RVrpPvhuV9MvWkrwjCj7jT_5nq2c6HYgG3c-HtWG0LLphvZ5Ww6M0qYSRXpKo7F-iIf5M/s320/2011+nov+4+DSC_0742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span>

Galeries Lafayette - Noël 2009 vs Noël 2011

The grand dome sheltered the 66-foot tree in a traditional decor in 2009.  The boxes were re-wrapped for a different color scheme in 2010.  ...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.jpg" width="424" /></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;">There has been much said about the gaudy interior of Notre Dame de Lorette, but I found it elegant, adorned with 19th Century art and a Cavaille-Col grand organ.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The painter Eugene Delacroix lived nearby and was christened here in 1840.</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 other stories of this large church refer to the "kept women" of the surrounding neighborhood.  Many wealthy men of this period had mistresses as well as wives and it is said that all attended Sunday services.  </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;">Interesting, n'est-ce pas?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That little fact was not included in the church literature I picked up in November.</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; font-size: x-small;">bon dimanche</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Par</em></span>is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

There has been much said about the gaudy interior of Notre Dame de Lorette, but I found it elegant, adorned with 19th Century art and a Cava...

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Se souvenant de George Whitman

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxoa9QoDVrhgVhjaMlFE_m1G7cLDYb79Qkhu8GlmX0cvPXqbuh4H5erSsUHrDnkjI_CxORHPLPoP1Ss_f4aucLsijk3v5mhL38RuCKPC4OxjLTW6MjGTmM-wzxHFiyTl4FM1bAGDkbjs/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxoa9QoDVrhgVhjaMlFE_m1G7cLDYb79Qkhu8GlmX0cvPXqbuh4H5erSsUHrDnkjI_CxORHPLPoP1Ss_f4aucLsijk3v5mhL38RuCKPC4OxjLTW6MjGTmM-wzxHFiyTl4FM1bAGDkbjs/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0064.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;">From the website of <a href="http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/"><strong>Shakespeare and Company</strong></a>...</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;">"On Wednesday 14th December, 2011, George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartment above his bookshop in Paris.  George suffered a stroke two months ago, but showed incredible strength and determination up to the end, continuing to read every day in the company of his daughter, Sylvia, his friends and his cat and dog.  He died two days after his 98th birthday.</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;">Nicknamed the Don Quixote of the Latin Quarter, George will be remembered for his free spirit, his eccentricity and his generosity.  He will be buried at Père Lachaise cemetery in the good company of other men and women of letters..."</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;"><em>Rest peacefully, gentle angel</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Shakespeare and Company</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>37, rue Bûcherie</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005 Paris</em></span></div>

Se souvenant de George Whitman

From the website of Shakespeare and Company ... "On Wednesday 14th December, 2011, George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartm...

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Paris chic

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PXa8Yr2bepM1wZnwZESoxrPfpDSJWnfufPjxQKx5wC09KzPxeWrKJ71gCXL5P1xC9L7Q8Sjyzkm0q4cfEu__zOchIsWpdMPEA_hFBUsi4FZ7ZfNMPS85jDICQL_pQ0wwE4Pq1qhJGO4/s1600/2011+nov+8+P1010349-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PXa8Yr2bepM1wZnwZESoxrPfpDSJWnfufPjxQKx5wC09KzPxeWrKJ71gCXL5P1xC9L7Q8Sjyzkm0q4cfEu__zOchIsWpdMPEA_hFBUsi4FZ7ZfNMPS85jDICQL_pQ0wwE4Pq1qhJGO4/s640/2011+nov+8+P1010349-1.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Do you need an elegant ballgown for your holiday parties?</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;">Reflect on these... bon weekend!</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: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><a href="http://www.pronovias.fr/"><strong>Pronovias</strong></a> (of Barcelona)</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>7, rue Saint Roch</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Paris chic

Do you need an elegant ballgown for your holiday parties? Reflect on these... bon weekend! Pronovias (of Barcelona) 7, rue Saint Roch 75001...

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Galeries Lafayette - Noel 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Uvf59UMe7gqEEPUeK7ygd92iPH4iI9rmY9FpXJex4rrQ-hBy8LcEyB4MLhn8yCJcnWZ4xGrwRXBOdlK_WhXjSKKRG4CrFa9lDRombHU0XKiwX4TQRjX0Z9x-i_YejsQ2z3kOHLv0_ew/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Uvf59UMe7gqEEPUeK7ygd92iPH4iI9rmY9FpXJex4rrQ-hBy8LcEyB4MLhn8yCJcnWZ4xGrwRXBOdlK_WhXjSKKRG4CrFa9lDRombHU0XKiwX4TQRjX0Z9x-i_YejsQ2z3kOHLv0_ew/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0734.jpg" width="424" /></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;">Under the exquisite dome of Galeries Lafayette, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the large tree towers many levels above the <em>rez de chaussée</em>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was a bit disappointed to see the "Rock'n Mode" theme </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and would have preferred something a bit more elegant </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">such as the hot pink packages and bows or the giant red balls of previous years.</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;">I am a romantic at heart, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and <em>rock'n the tree</em> was not what I was wishing for.</span></div><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em>

Galeries Lafayette - Noel 2011

Under the exquisite dome of Galeries Lafayette, the large tree towers many levels above the rez de chaussée . I was a bit disappointed to se...

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French girl XII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kwgntFgTqzwAp2GGmYwvdYk-Q7KIhVPSNC43AqamfjN-giYdahuPI92Nn2HrKU-03RgcH6h6LXAQD4flz7d9ksynOiORewu1XAMS_uwZX1Rerw65SiusmtsnuliPuwy9uS7T19bJgfE/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kwgntFgTqzwAp2GGmYwvdYk-Q7KIhVPSNC43AqamfjN-giYdahuPI92Nn2HrKU-03RgcH6h6LXAQD4flz7d9ksynOiORewu1XAMS_uwZX1Rerw65SiusmtsnuliPuwy9uS7T19bJgfE/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0193.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;">With her blond hair flying, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">she sped through the park dodging the other children.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She is practicing for her next, larger vehicle....</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;">zoom-zoom!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Parc de Monceau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span></div>

French girl XII

With her blond hair flying, she sped through the park dodging the other children.  She is practicing for her next, larger vehicle.... zoom-z...

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Le camion vert?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM85SKfrWx9BgqHZ_fBObOeEZqU5rsKX_ir_LxXr1bxSsnZZvjSi9gdgqH1HJAxTPmeHHmoB2Xhje3j4El6fu77x-TC7N-21g0gjo9FptWU9XeRh6d5uxNlP_1hY-lmgrZy8GJ6dFJzg/s1600/2011+nov+8+P1010428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM85SKfrWx9BgqHZ_fBObOeEZqU5rsKX_ir_LxXr1bxSsnZZvjSi9gdgqH1HJAxTPmeHHmoB2Xhje3j4El6fu77x-TC7N-21g0gjo9FptWU9XeRh6d5uxNlP_1hY-lmgrZy8GJ6dFJzg/s640/2011+nov+8+P1010428.jpg" width="576" /></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;">Although this little zoom-zoom was seen in a shop window,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wonder its intended use.  </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;">Maybe we should take it out for a spin?</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue St Benoit</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006 Paris</em></span></div>

Le camion vert?

Although this little zoom-zoom was seen in a shop window, I wonder its intended use.  Maybe we should take it out for a spin? Rue St Benoit ...

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Bonhomme de neige - Dalloyau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqbPd5bVLNQG509jLxAh1FBu1hVogu3CB4K6eHnDbnv8aK5dUnCLV0fm316roLMEHPCSH2hCv-7ja6WtEmoXrW3h9E3RifvYFtLqqiH0hQhv-zZjhINzr9jrEjmIE5QdJ0nj9jNzRWRc/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqbPd5bVLNQG509jLxAh1FBu1hVogu3CB4K6eHnDbnv8aK5dUnCLV0fm316roLMEHPCSH2hCv-7ja6WtEmoXrW3h9E3RifvYFtLqqiH0hQhv-zZjhINzr9jrEjmIE5QdJ0nj9jNzRWRc/s640/2009+dec+paris+00711.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;">This snowman is not for the fainthearted, those on a diet... or on a budget.</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;">He would be pretty cute to serve for a little dinner party!</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Dalloyau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>63, rue de Grenelle</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Rue du Bac, Sèvres-Babylone</em></span></div>

Bonhomme de neige - Dalloyau

This snowman is not for the fainthearted, those on a diet... or on a budget. He would be pretty cute to serve for a little dinner party! Dal...

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Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-W3_EErymVlVWhFG00DjLpH_FiqBv2B7OI5LhSWmo3EQVSE_FrFLJrrxge_efsBe3Uw5kX52nmh0dkMhanWh1n0htS1ioLZsJdQRfHDysHR0_FyrJXXEJM4m477u7GvteGHjMYb0PKA/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-W3_EErymVlVWhFG00DjLpH_FiqBv2B7OI5LhSWmo3EQVSE_FrFLJrrxge_efsBe3Uw5kX52nmh0dkMhanWh1n0htS1ioLZsJdQRfHDysHR0_FyrJXXEJM4m477u7GvteGHjMYb0PKA/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0087.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;">How could I have missed this church for so many years?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is just around the corner from Place Maubert nestled between two ordinary buildings. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> It was closed but showed signs of an active congregation.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will be back...</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQuUe9hXY2OVg6lsF3NdOKZaBQ6MjEEwC18OK8P2mrMHH6lFxgY43s3Ecvg3cvB9pNGuaxa6DdLbTxXM7tqfcVMDG2ysYqcpRJGvLlbaAvy-hFvC7L0FPYf-xHb9uAwfT34FitS5sdUY/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0084+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQuUe9hXY2OVg6lsF3NdOKZaBQ6MjEEwC18OK8P2mrMHH6lFxgY43s3Ecvg3cvB9pNGuaxa6DdLbTxXM7tqfcVMDG2ysYqcpRJGvLlbaAvy-hFvC7L0FPYf-xHb9uAwfT34FitS5sdUY/s320/2011+nov+6+DSC_0084+b-w.jpg" width="197" /></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;">bon dimanche</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>9 bis, rue Jean de Beauvais</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005 Paris</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

How could I have missed this church for so many years?  It is just around the corner from Place Maubert nestled between two ordinary buildin...

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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois - Ginko leaves

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaA3m-mVn7ByqArRbmZ9gZdH2hIXU3a3VCEEehHURi8mp2l2p_P0rQk-SOIzS3c5uIMKV-WsFFzwEU1bmBLs1gLj9kpy56gZuchLrBrvMQiutwi1p4tD6rZCvYu74bk2-1M91nfd1QdU/s1600/2011+nov+7+cemetery+DSC_0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaA3m-mVn7ByqArRbmZ9gZdH2hIXU3a3VCEEehHURi8mp2l2p_P0rQk-SOIzS3c5uIMKV-WsFFzwEU1bmBLs1gLj9kpy56gZuchLrBrvMQiutwi1p4tD6rZCvYu74bk2-1M91nfd1QdU/s640/2011+nov+7+cemetery+DSC_0274.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;">A carpeted path of gold...</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Russian Orthodox Cemetery</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois - Ginko leaves

A carpeted path of gold... Russian Orthodox Cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

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Printemps 2011 - Noël en Rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwqbybqe5M1jYOgcxIG0Wu-4mOU3IMAYz3aVSW78drkxtFIcisoI1XZbxa7W6Tq8p5CPLYwRS8pKf7WqyNKy87eyOIYJgoj27Gfixep2clIjAcWfvyzJiuWKO4ZFMhfvtJAk_rKtwg0M/s1600/2011+nov+8+P1010490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwqbybqe5M1jYOgcxIG0Wu-4mOU3IMAYz3aVSW78drkxtFIcisoI1XZbxa7W6Tq8p5CPLYwRS8pKf7WqyNKy87eyOIYJgoj27Gfixep2clIjAcWfvyzJiuWKO4ZFMhfvtJAk_rKtwg0M/s640/2011+nov+8+P1010490.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;">The red laquer chest and <em>le dragon rouge</em> captivate <em>les flaneurs </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in front of this window at Printemps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The animated windows are spectacular but the genius of this still-life holds its own!</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;">To the right of this shot is an exotic crested bird </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">which I will post once I can "name" it.</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;">bon weekend!</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>Printemps</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span>

Printemps 2011 - Noël en Rouge

The red laquer chest and le dragon rouge captivate  les flaneurs in front of this window at Printemps. The animated windows are spectacular...

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Un carrousel?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLYjyz0imsp7BumVy-wvt6PUufeIcxCKkuAW49FS1Bam5KnHaIG69ez40m5OPGbk0vin_ATUmU_n1qtEVNvo2a4e125QTaH4tWKbXeLBduzuRgSuItfVfBsDQg_p5gBQSWzO4NMT6tHQ/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLYjyz0imsp7BumVy-wvt6PUufeIcxCKkuAW49FS1Bam5KnHaIG69ez40m5OPGbk0vin_ATUmU_n1qtEVNvo2a4e125QTaH4tWKbXeLBduzuRgSuItfVfBsDQg_p5gBQSWzO4NMT6tHQ/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0149.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;">At first glance this could be a rather sporty red Peugeot moto (with pink accents) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">alongside a poster advertising soap from Reims.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With a longer view one sees a carrousel </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(with counterclockwise rotation)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">zoom-zoom!</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUCox0S4ngN997B9gyNrtziNsXYbV5JXhlVuZxvwGGWWkGeRjezuFrSnKT_uskM4khZuJBm3bWeCNZY3bBObhWDXcomTwVpvpPajRc6w4OSlHbVDUXuKuQy1098YFoZ3ZfKW5xyvB6N0/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUCox0S4ngN997B9gyNrtziNsXYbV5JXhlVuZxvwGGWWkGeRjezuFrSnKT_uskM4khZuJBm3bWeCNZY3bBObhWDXcomTwVpvpPajRc6w4OSlHbVDUXuKuQy1098YFoZ3ZfKW5xyvB6N0/s400/2011+nov+2+DSC_0145.jpg" width="300" /></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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">(Joyeux anniversaire, ma chère Holly!) </span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Carrousel de la Gare Montparnasse</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Montparnasse Bienvenue</em></span>

Un carrousel?

At first glance this could be a rather sporty red Peugeot moto (with pink accents)  alongside a poster advertising soap from Reims.  With a ...

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Le Square Trousseau IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPshzxfrEWVjzTF1l5YMAvpt7UQJNyWD8KxS8VUSxNjJSQg7O9UZd_4RIaXCvdnjvwUCHudBokiDYA7YAymXqNzecZRrdy4plp7UeDAoU1fmF-ine15cT_Jz-W2LLL9YQPSgRHM91Qz0/s1600/2011+nov+3+DSC_0457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPshzxfrEWVjzTF1l5YMAvpt7UQJNyWD8KxS8VUSxNjJSQg7O9UZd_4RIaXCvdnjvwUCHudBokiDYA7YAymXqNzecZRrdy4plp7UeDAoU1fmF-ine15cT_Jz-W2LLL9YQPSgRHM91Qz0/s640/2011+nov+3+DSC_0457.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;">I went looking for <strong><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/09/les-trois-flaneurs.html">les trois flaneurs</a></strong> with a photo for each.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was the same time, same park </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">on a Sunday morning, temperate weather, people about... </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;">The three gentlemen were not there, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but there were many children running, playing, riding scooters and bikes.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The park was as lively as a circus!</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; font-size: x-small;">(Happy Birthday, Cherie!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Square Trousseau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Ledru Rollin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Le Square Trousseau IV

I went looking for les trois flaneurs with a photo for each.  It was the same time, same park  on a Sunday morning, temperate weather, peop...

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L'heure bleue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4c2MY4OsCi69zzFOyF2bFHVPWlnA8nl0QlVRXwyVF76wDsLY3guBKK2Mae_oCpyln9uocKKXdCYgVxC0__Kkmi3r99dKojgVeTFqXPplTyDDMzJBciSGOI3g8MHxLG2-4qy46ixu0K8/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4c2MY4OsCi69zzFOyF2bFHVPWlnA8nl0QlVRXwyVF76wDsLY3guBKK2Mae_oCpyln9uocKKXdCYgVxC0__Kkmi3r99dKojgVeTFqXPplTyDDMzJBciSGOI3g8MHxLG2-4qy46ixu0K8/s640/2011+nov+7+DSC_0511.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;">As I was waiting (somewhat) patiently for the full moon, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I looked over my shoulder to find these shades of pinks, purples and blues.</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;">My Paris is always full of surprises and treasures.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know... she is not <em>just</em> mine, but alone this evening it felt like she was <em>all</em> mine.</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: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Pont d'Arcole</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(looking to Pont Notre Dame </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>and Pont au Change)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div>

L'heure bleue

As I was waiting (somewhat) patiently for the full moon, I looked over my shoulder to find these shades of pinks, purples and blues. My Pari...

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Le Reminet - un Paris bistrot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg-nbq_yk7SLJUFDRt6ifKzBaG1SDEGzJ0zReOgJjuAVqXZ70SOUVjR_imdGGGj27ldBeKpt9VCGyKSB27h2irRE0fCR_6lYBcFZShmemOcVsP2KTSJG5MfXIk36LAuQs1h_ePAXnunQ/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0454-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg-nbq_yk7SLJUFDRt6ifKzBaG1SDEGzJ0zReOgJjuAVqXZ70SOUVjR_imdGGGj27ldBeKpt9VCGyKSB27h2irRE0fCR_6lYBcFZShmemOcVsP2KTSJG5MfXIk36LAuQs1h_ePAXnunQ/s640/2011+nov+7+DSC_0454-1.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;">With so many options to dine in Paris, how do you find a great, reasonable meal?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Certainly, you should check internet reviews, but I would offer that reading blogger favorites may be a good place to start.  In June of 2010, Virginia (</span><a href="http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Paris Through My Lens</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">) introduced me to </span><a href="http://www.lereminet.com/"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Reminet</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.  She had met <a href="http://meredithmullins.artspan.com/"><strong>Meredith Mullins</strong></a> for déjeuner at Le Reminet at Meredith's suggestion.  The prices are quite reasonable at lunch if you guard your wine consumption and select from <em>la formule</em>.  The meals have been excellent and the friends I have sent there agree.  Often I enjoy a bit of a splurge at lunch and have just a light salad or <em>baguette et fromage</em> for dinner.  </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;">Le Reminet has a lovely aubergine-colored entrance, a charming ambiance, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and it is situated on a narrow street in the 5ième near Notre Dame.</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Reminet</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>3, rue Grands Degrés</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro Maubert Mutualité</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Le Reminet - un Paris bistrot

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Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMhTm5Azt2G7_PAzpbL3dUIf8BU-N9CKYB9IoxWvyXPQz6d76OORf8Vk2msR3lkcx_FwS52Z69tmz9eRusLir6rjVfFFHjS08qHaQQJ3whv3fg2VGhKXb2UJ0mqKIk2CrkKGMr1QlNwg/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMhTm5Azt2G7_PAzpbL3dUIf8BU-N9CKYB9IoxWvyXPQz6d76OORf8Vk2msR3lkcx_FwS52Z69tmz9eRusLir6rjVfFFHjS08qHaQQJ3whv3fg2VGhKXb2UJ0mqKIk2CrkKGMr1QlNwg/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0154.jpg" width="424" /></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 Rue Daru in the 8ième arrondissement, this Russian Orthodox church is nestled in a predominantly Russian neighborhood.  Although there are no photos allowed inside, the exterior is elegant, in the shape of a Greek cross.  Each branch of the cross is terminated by an apse, topped with onion dome turrets. </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;">Picasso was married to the dancer Olga Khokhlova in this church in 1918.  The cathedral celebrated its 150th anniversary in September this year, and just a week ago a charitable auction featuring works of 29 Russian painters living in Paris was held to benefit restoration of the cathedral. </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;">bon dimanche</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">12, rue Daru</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75008 Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Métro Ternes ou Métro Courcelles</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">   </div>

Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral

On Rue Daru in the 8ième arrondissement, this Russian Orthodox church is nestled in a predominantly Russian neighborhood.  Although there ar...

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Caryatid III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkdl5ryEpSsAKcVvTI8Z_rJezivPq6KwC9UKnTk7YNz8L_fZ9_U8MewpKP54lEN4oNSqECprnl3YEfGaXlch8F0pp9_Skp6Zv3XOZ0bDp8WJ1P-5ePAfTIPVkMaNRqUh9UoNobeI1oc4/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkdl5ryEpSsAKcVvTI8Z_rJezivPq6KwC9UKnTk7YNz8L_fZ9_U8MewpKP54lEN4oNSqECprnl3YEfGaXlch8F0pp9_Skp6Zv3XOZ0bDp8WJ1P-5ePAfTIPVkMaNRqUh9UoNobeI1oc4/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0176.jpg" width="464" /></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;">Walking to Parc de Monceau on Avenue Hoche </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I noticed two caryatids high on a building supporting the balcony of the deuxième étage.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As is typical with the caryatids seen in Paris, the two male figures were unique.</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;">Look carefully on the left side of the figure at the bottom.  Do you see a tail?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, look at his chest.  Do you see a large paw with claws?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, look on top of his head.  What do you see?</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;">I did not notice the details until reviewing the photos later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do not forget to look up.</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;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Caryatids, E Ricard et Le Foll,</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Architectes, 1892</span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>4, avenue Hoche</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008 Paris</em></span>

Caryatid III

Walking to Parc de Monceau on Avenue Hoche I noticed two caryatids high on a building supporting the balcony of the deuxième étage.  As is t...

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Repetto VIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjhZJGumEl793lfl7KH3uHQv6ZVsVgYfyzZDqXoXj9dVYcftD-V7oj4mEhU5gQwmSPr10S6glYeyWzcEujPaWhcydYN2t9xFVFpGRa397tayRWtZPCgGUbzjPNxZgcFJeyzF5kDivW9U/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjhZJGumEl793lfl7KH3uHQv6ZVsVgYfyzZDqXoXj9dVYcftD-V7oj4mEhU5gQwmSPr10S6glYeyWzcEujPaWhcydYN2t9xFVFpGRa397tayRWtZPCgGUbzjPNxZgcFJeyzF5kDivW9U/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0692.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;">Dansez!</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;">Repetto's window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and the <em>petite souris</em> did not disappoint.</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;">Dance, with all the <em>joie de vivre</em> in your heart</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;">"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals." -- Charles Baudelaire</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Repetto</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">22, rue de la Paix</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002 Paris</span></em>

Repetto VIII

Dansez! Repetto's window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list, and the petite souris did not disappoint. Dance, with all the joie de ...

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