Les couleurs de Paris - le rouge!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrd6rhRLxSrnUPABlClxyt_0Pu7pNKJZHxGzUelhge5KO-uNFjTj-RAkarXa9uG7AfS2giGtxgXyKuBrcMC_Yi7sRB4MyX4Tq9pIx_nuen-GTdUfGgqIdA3L9KAPa2IGSP4QitqB5RD0/s1600/2010+june+20+DSC_0926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrd6rhRLxSrnUPABlClxyt_0Pu7pNKJZHxGzUelhge5KO-uNFjTj-RAkarXa9uG7AfS2giGtxgXyKuBrcMC_Yi7sRB4MyX4Tq9pIx_nuen-GTdUfGgqIdA3L9KAPa2IGSP4QitqB5RD0/s640/2010+june+20+DSC_0926.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">la porte rouge</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Paris enjoys an abundance of red doors</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;">This is my contribution to a five-color series of photos,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and with this I blush in homage to <em>le rouge</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">la porte rouge</span></em></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></em></span></div>

Les couleurs de Paris - le rouge!

la porte rouge Paris enjoys an abundance of red doors This is my contribution to a five-color series of photos, and with this I blush in hom...

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Les couleurs de Paris - le jaune

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiKtHB1lbL7Rp3PzuchZ8IVssEh4bsd5wET2lfweOd9VydLkVe_KFisvHK6F9H4CWxZacMFnsaUTV4AVRMLk-qFTo9F__pu2fRw3IPIs4iVOZ6CqhiVrQk9-BlLUbGG8xZUUH_oytlHM/s1600/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0955+-+yellow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiKtHB1lbL7Rp3PzuchZ8IVssEh4bsd5wET2lfweOd9VydLkVe_KFisvHK6F9H4CWxZacMFnsaUTV4AVRMLk-qFTo9F__pu2fRw3IPIs4iVOZ6CqhiVrQk9-BlLUbGG8xZUUH_oytlHM/s640/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0955+-+yellow.jpg" width="478" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The garden shed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a simple description of this little fairytale of a building... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a yellow turret with red trim sitting the midst of a tidy garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is my contribution to a five-color series of photos, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and with this I curtsy to yellow as bright as a sunflower. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>le Jardin des Plantes</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Gare d'Austerlitz</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Les couleurs de Paris - le jaune

The garden shed What a simple description of this little fairytale of a building... a yellow turret with red trim sitting the midst of a tid...

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Des couleurs de Paris - le vert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QN9xhP_1ssrWnKsaENV3534bt4Kp_rlezxT4y9B3IyGcd5kHMlTP-6VRfmx_GeLAaAgWC5OlnHnSG5lvd9ufmX7v34es-fA6erZKVQWAmHlVxHh_Te_-9RGPpsA9avsARqr9zioGARs/s1600/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QN9xhP_1ssrWnKsaENV3534bt4Kp_rlezxT4y9B3IyGcd5kHMlTP-6VRfmx_GeLAaAgWC5OlnHnSG5lvd9ufmX7v34es-fA6erZKVQWAmHlVxHh_Te_-9RGPpsA9avsARqr9zioGARs/s640/2010+Paris+June+20+DSC_0024.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">le Jardin des Plantes</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;">This stegosaurus (<em>le stégosaure</em>) hides behind the lush green ferns just in front of <br />"<em>Galeries d'Anatomie comparée et de Paléontologie</em>."  The gallerie was opened in 1898, offering a vast landscape of bones.  On the 1st floor, is a fabulous collection of fossils, both vertebrate and invertebrate: dinosaurs, mastadons and giant birds, arranged in order of their appearance on Earth.</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;">I have accepted the challenge of Rob and Mandy (and Grace) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to show 5 colors featured in photos.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is my bow to green, <em>le vert</em>.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More to come</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><em>le Jardin des Plantes</em><br /><em>2, Rue Buffon</em><br /><em>75005, Paris</em><br /><em>Métro Gare d'Austerlitz</em><br />

Des couleurs de Paris - le vert

le Jardin des Plantes This stegosaurus ( le stégosaure ) hides behind the lush green ferns just in front of " Galeries d'Anatomie c...

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La Fourmi Ailée - salon de thé

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjlB0a0O_Us_rmzpwVB7h3No75IbJPpYAt8vr-IABlN9mn3nABm5Z6aPlrnMtL12WaK_EWY637sMEkARGz2dgc_l6cnnvhbXuyciKLGPvgs1a1Jk2M6Ce-ddd-xxX9KbaG7_7cuV5nII/s1600/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjlB0a0O_Us_rmzpwVB7h3No75IbJPpYAt8vr-IABlN9mn3nABm5Z6aPlrnMtL12WaK_EWY637sMEkARGz2dgc_l6cnnvhbXuyciKLGPvgs1a1Jk2M6Ce-ddd-xxX9KbaG7_7cuV5nII/s640/2011+nov+day+4+DSC_0649.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;">La Fourmi Ailée </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(the winged ant)</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;">This is a quaint little salon de thé almost in the shadow of Notre Dame.  I have never been inside but have photographed the young people from the school next door leaning on the building as they took a smoking break.  The front of this charming salon de thé is pastel tiles which appear to be from Monet's palette.</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="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/11/salon-de-en-bleu.html" target="_blank"><strong>La Fourmi Ailée</strong></a></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>8, rue Fouarre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert-Mutualité</em></span><br />

La Fourmi Ailée - salon de thé

La Fourmi Ailée (the winged ant) This is a quaint little salon de thé almost in the shadow of Notre Dame.  I have never been inside but have...

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La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkst8_ysY4Jxofj0I_s2P0itdrmpNyc0JxorjQ8-e2QUMiJmfmMb86jUnkQlXGnvl25CtsixBlq2VAap2U-kezXadjC8KxhHYlRJCMdXW0TBOHd8mLY7gYruzSMfWhhpEmuIxHIxn-a0/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_231DSC_4914.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></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;">Square du Vert Galant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">as seen from Pont des Arts</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;">An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So romantic, we were alone...  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with about a hundred of our fellow romantics, picknickers, and flaneurs on the bridge.  </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;">We watched the sun set into Seine </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and tossed our key into the water below.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, the key was red.</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;"><em>(joyeaux anniversaire, D)</em></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>Pont des Arts</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>

La Seine et Square du Vert Galant

Square du Vert Galant as seen from Pont des Arts An early evening in April we strolled to Pont des Arts, hand in hand.  So romantic, we were...

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Palais Garnier - VI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K8OIRNlr563RzIhWpP44KF7mSJwVfIiN1nLduoVdiEePnNeyqHqHqP_Knk7BgB9IEjC5pRXUSxVXFJkZBVHfmddPuZT8-Kgq-9EGwBDUuEjjVffNNCQvzAI3RhROh6VyIOBl4MCzMWs/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_074DSC_5310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K8OIRNlr563RzIhWpP44KF7mSJwVfIiN1nLduoVdiEePnNeyqHqHqP_Knk7BgB9IEjC5pRXUSxVXFJkZBVHfmddPuZT8-Kgq-9EGwBDUuEjjVffNNCQvzAI3RhROh6VyIOBl4MCzMWs/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_074DSC_5310.jpg" width="436" yda="true" /></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;">Palais Garnier is a monumental display of architecture and intricate details.  Built between 1860 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, an unknown 35-year-old architect, it was part of the great Parisian reconstruction project of Baron Haussmann.  The abundance of gilt and carvings are over the top, but the wealth of photo opportunities makes my heart sing.  </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>(Have you seen </em></span><a href="http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19253309&cfilm=182745.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>L'Intouchable</em></strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> with Omar Sy and François Cluzet?  </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I saw it last week and loved the scene at Palais Garnier.) </em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Garnier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Opéra</em></span><br />

Palais Garnier - VI

Palais Garnier is a monumental display of architecture and intricate details.  Built between 1860 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, an unknown 35...

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Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcPDOQjAdGXyFVlRypPMEBNDq8sj-szCbuGFoOqOfl0mXtNFbmCDoNM3wjwObdQoWMEd0-oAiYTdQgAvEfPPHRTU_arVgsNNlznG9Q6vigwYKWVWb3w2BRcgifVX9gUCTYyE_EBQaOc0/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_167DSC_4850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcPDOQjAdGXyFVlRypPMEBNDq8sj-szCbuGFoOqOfl0mXtNFbmCDoNM3wjwObdQoWMEd0-oAiYTdQgAvEfPPHRTU_arVgsNNlznG9Q6vigwYKWVWb3w2BRcgifVX9gUCTYyE_EBQaOc0/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_167DSC_4850.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /></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;">known simply as</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Les Invalides</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 dome is recognized on the Paris landscape </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but interior is stunning</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 organ was build between 1679 and 1687 by the royl organ builder, Alexandre Thierry.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wear and tear, including war, could have left this organ in a sad state.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Repairs and rebuilding have brought this magnificent organ to its full potential. </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>bon dimanche</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>76007, Paris</em></span><br />

Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides

known simply as Les Invalides The dome is recognized on the Paris landscape but interior is stunning The organ was build between 1679 and 16...

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Pâtisserie - Julien VI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN64DAzNT7nOZfC0ullPzjHzvTDJM1ce2Esw5Nc6OVlupBASDedMpSFMndif1EMRQsemtOb-5D5ADGw2T7HMt2EtUAcDu8J-Ci2Bj7eIdTCiRl51TJBvwJLdWnhJudKQR-FrcpmkOgt3U/s1600/2011+April+Day+7+DSC_0106+-+color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN64DAzNT7nOZfC0ullPzjHzvTDJM1ce2Esw5Nc6OVlupBASDedMpSFMndif1EMRQsemtOb-5D5ADGw2T7HMt2EtUAcDu8J-Ci2Bj7eIdTCiRl51TJBvwJLdWnhJudKQR-FrcpmkOgt3U/s640/2011+April+Day+7+DSC_0106+-+color.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /></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;">Julien</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Beaucoup de baguettes</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;">How I would love just one right now!<br />Oh, well we might as well box up a few pastries too</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>(miam-miam)</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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Julien</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>73, ave Franklin D Roosevelt</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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro St Philippe du Roule</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Pâtisserie - Julien VI

Julien Beaucoup de baguettes How I would love just one right now! Oh, well we might as well box up a few pastries too (miam-miam) Julien 73,...

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Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" width="594" yda="true" /></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;">Les Deux Plateaux</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>more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Buren Columns)</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;">Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of the Palais Royal, they have been a source of controversy.  Made of steel, concrete, marble, stone, and aluminum their presence invites <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/blanc-et-noir-et-rouge.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>playful children of all ages</strong></span></a>... and photographers.  The angles and points of view are limitless, with or without a human subject.</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;">When the lines begin to run together, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">then it is time for rest, play and a good 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: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Les Deux Plateaux</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Buren Columns, La Coeur d'Honneur</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais-Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><br />

Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

Les Deux Plateaux more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren (Buren Columns) Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of th...

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Macarons pistache

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qyA_6tCvFpR0G06ZW9yOLbMuY4umpGwI46vsxmr9Yr8aqK_s6owNAdRxVnPtBK486KIwG1Dl6ZyGYKMyHu0qwOirVRshBzVdHf1Tya76NUOSn1vAf45nPoFtZmzdGh7Q1-Cau_-3kz4/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qyA_6tCvFpR0G06ZW9yOLbMuY4umpGwI46vsxmr9Yr8aqK_s6owNAdRxVnPtBK486KIwG1Dl6ZyGYKMyHu0qwOirVRshBzVdHf1Tya76NUOSn1vAf45nPoFtZmzdGh7Q1-Cau_-3kz4/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0496.jpg" width="462" yda="true" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Macaron tower, Ladurée</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;">Just a little pre-weekend temptation...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">macarons, Ladurée, pistache?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What's your favorite?</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>(miam-miam!)</em></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>Ladurée</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>21, rue Bonaparte</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Saint Germain des Prés</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Macarons pistache

Macaron tower, Ladurée Just a little pre-weekend temptation... macarons, Ladurée, pistache? What's your favorite? (miam-miam!) Ladurée 2...

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Travail en cours

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWuggU8ZoJK5owi9llw8-n5cC4EEN-DE3WDJCeiAA8E0NM-cv-U7zz2u0SwPqyLDz61ZN4OedIlpnbRA3lddpL85jJFObewV5U3kygTC5saZw23MYLeYCs5QBLEvb1Xjsn2Q3gxiei4w/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_085DSC_4440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWuggU8ZoJK5owi9llw8-n5cC4EEN-DE3WDJCeiAA8E0NM-cv-U7zz2u0SwPqyLDz61ZN4OedIlpnbRA3lddpL85jJFObewV5U3kygTC5saZw23MYLeYCs5QBLEvb1Xjsn2Q3gxiei4w/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_085DSC_4440.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Église Sainte-Chapelle</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;">Built in the early 13th Century, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the repairs and restoration are never-ending</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;">...but such a glorious place</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 Sainte-Chapelle</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, boulevard du Palais</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></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>

Travail en cours

Église Sainte-Chapelle Built in the early 13th Century, the repairs and restoration are never-ending ...but such a glorious place Église Sai...

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Le Square Trousseau - l'enfant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtBvwrJeVhn54M6r-535nQCepU_VTFR9rpj7fhKzpmVawhwVjvcJjG4uIKrjSEGhRoP_jvv5AKy6UaPE1yKzMHYXdmM-oI7JemvJGwrVSuv9jkQWCkUkMXGLURVByxdsFVX0MJQv8cKM/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtBvwrJeVhn54M6r-535nQCepU_VTFR9rpj7fhKzpmVawhwVjvcJjG4uIKrjSEGhRoP_jvv5AKy6UaPE1yKzMHYXdmM-oI7JemvJGwrVSuv9jkQWCkUkMXGLURVByxdsFVX0MJQv8cKM/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0109.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;">Must be a French girl...</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;">rides scooter like a pro,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">stylish dress for play,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bow in hair (it is there),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">shoes 'coordinate' with dress.....</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;">Oui, 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: 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>75012, Paris</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></em></span></div>

Le Square Trousseau - l'enfant

Must be a French girl... rides scooter like a pro, stylish dress for play, bow in hair (it is there), shoes 'coordinate' with dress....

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Square Boucicaut - l'amour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7HVMtN9awv3AhVZ2gXkQiinY_iL2b6KfREiJgVGZbhDy4z6fIaYO9V45oQrjvYJmE_uBvgUNqUieUC9GWWPvlV3YFD2H4jwTMsObpg46fW3znS98ecfwoR1yP-QibbPxX_aW9NMvZco/s1600/2012+Mar+27+Paris_224DSC_4338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7HVMtN9awv3AhVZ2gXkQiinY_iL2b6KfREiJgVGZbhDy4z6fIaYO9V45oQrjvYJmE_uBvgUNqUieUC9GWWPvlV3YFD2H4jwTMsObpg46fW3znS98ecfwoR1yP-QibbPxX_aW9NMvZco/s640/2012+Mar+27+Paris_224DSC_4338.jpg" width="467" /></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;">Square Boucicaut</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Love and passion in the park</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">May your week be as thrilling!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Square Boucicaut</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres</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 Sèvres-Babylone</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Square Boucicaut - l'amour

Square Boucicaut Love and passion in the park May your week be as thrilling! Square Boucicaut entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres 75007,...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECAE6hjS3drW4td4l_JAhuIhx_DUGlQ9mbAzSqNg8okYTOKhrfEoCH5MKHy5rZcouwChQxX_8itUSoSnGf3Cc-nmScAy3rX4nzfOETGCK46TeqOLXVf1r2YAGZi3gXpvKwOT5Whyzj4/s1600/2012+Jan+16++2nd_0761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECAE6hjS3drW4td4l_JAhuIhx_DUGlQ9mbAzSqNg8okYTOKhrfEoCH5MKHy5rZcouwChQxX_8itUSoSnGf3Cc-nmScAy3rX4nzfOETGCK46TeqOLXVf1r2YAGZi3gXpvKwOT5Whyzj4/s640/2012+Jan+16++2nd_0761.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;"><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;">What talent must one possess to carve such an intricate canopy of wood, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">indeed two canopies complete with tassels, fringe and cherubs?</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</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>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

What talent must one possess to carve such an intricate canopy of wood, indeed two canopies complete with tassels, fringe and cherubs? bon d...

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Chaussures de haute couture

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QGRheifUIYlu7Ab9WMl_rUd22SvBwLUXBnEclQ2qRlHVqE7V3N8oJ2IQoAs3UgO6p5DlrWqDbsxBtdjTrTlq6w9-e47aL2CyKkuucziE50zhC6bPHo9sg_pMZ99Ucg4MQZeVAdWJ1XM/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_168DSC_4100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QGRheifUIYlu7Ab9WMl_rUd22SvBwLUXBnEclQ2qRlHVqE7V3N8oJ2IQoAs3UgO6p5DlrWqDbsxBtdjTrTlq6w9-e47aL2CyKkuucziE50zhC6bPHo9sg_pMZ99Ucg4MQZeVAdWJ1XM/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_168DSC_4100.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Giuseppe Zanotti Boutique</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 photo background of this Paris shop window </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">was almost as colorful as the featured shoe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>( To see a video of Giuseppe and his summer shoe designs look </em></span><a href="http://www.giuseppezanottidesign.com/experience/zanotti/en/giuseppe_zanotti/Inside_the_Campaign.asp?tskay=96745C45" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>here</em></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>)</em></span>   </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;">I hope that you will be stepping out in style this weekend</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but be careful if you are wearing these shoes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They look a bit precarious.</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>Giuseppe Zanotti Boutique</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>233, rue St 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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Tuileries ou Pyramides</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Chaussures de haute couture

Giuseppe Zanotti Boutique The photo background of this Paris shop window was almost as colorful as the featured shoe.  ( To see a video of G...

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Un mélange de plusieurs choses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s1600/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyrrHAzgTvylEtrdTMbA7XAoa7PH93J6-4k832XnWNra6rqVZHWdCBCl8d1Ed2aIg0nuUK0SblR1SmlhiZ8HgCVfB4LujAeclFAr-R4wC1oKjiH8GS40n0QS1GcHtLAdP9806B1KJinY/s640/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0029.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Un mélange...</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;">café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a poster for Bière Gallia Paris (</span><a href="http://galliaparis.com/en/beer-paris-gallia/gallia-history" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">click here</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;">three people who did not show their faces,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and one photographer who did.</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;">Do you think they were hiding from me?</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Monge</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Maubert- Mutualité</em></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">For more reflections click <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> for James' Weekend Reflections.</span></em></div>

Un mélange de plusieurs choses

Un mélange... café scene, an American newspaper, a zinc bar, a poster for Bière Gallia Paris ( click here ), three people who did not show t...

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Pétanque?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGtENvCN5RJxzO8ujRaORvhw6Tv0gJWcXrPOD20aWk5c-fcWaRuV4ugXCODCxca5hbj_WFhm4HxI_71fesIKnGzBpw-E19-bwUJCNDgbz6KRktykoPi0k3UAB0GRCAPzLjWnG__2czkQ/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_143DSC_4075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGtENvCN5RJxzO8ujRaORvhw6Tv0gJWcXrPOD20aWk5c-fcWaRuV4ugXCODCxca5hbj_WFhm4HxI_71fesIKnGzBpw-E19-bwUJCNDgbz6KRktykoPi0k3UAB0GRCAPzLjWnG__2czkQ/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_143DSC_4075.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;">Jardin du Luxembourg</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;">Rather than an intense game of Pétanque among the masters of the game,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">it appears that I found them taking a break.</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Luxembourg</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Pétanque?

Jardin du Luxembourg Rather than an intense game of Pétanque among the masters of the game, it appears that I found them taking a break. Jar...

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Quand tu sonneras...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCiSeILb8h1oRa2UeMxKIntcp-dghlLdUIFjjxyR-nVYX1x10M8XkFFOgJVyazkcd6FeOHLhtkyBzcadNpyg2Yb-zDUGbWSZeGKkVy81YuO12U2fuFkCI4lX7lbvJsT2fY46ruwTUADA/s1600/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCiSeILb8h1oRa2UeMxKIntcp-dghlLdUIFjjxyR-nVYX1x10M8XkFFOgJVyazkcd6FeOHLhtkyBzcadNpyg2Yb-zDUGbWSZeGKkVy81YuO12U2fuFkCI4lX7lbvJsT2fY46ruwTUADA/s640/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0330.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;">Vertical sundial</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;">Paris is full of sundials, horizontal and vertical, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and many like this on in Montmartre are incorporated into the original architecture.  </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;">There is a book on this subject, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in French and out of print, but I am still searching.</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;">Vertical sundial</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Montmartre</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">75018, Paris</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Quand tu sonneras...

Vertical sundial Paris is full of sundials, horizontal and vertical, and many like this on in Montmartre are incorporated into the original ...

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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/AVvXsEjGueubXfPMGOtZe9DUke1vXuBkICCBwFy-FGBpe5IuyThkskhxvtKRqlB4ENPZ4rJBnm3wh3RRrpRZFzu7UCGQsanHmx1h0ow6HyJIx1YxXmUL_1AvdGRyrCVBKDcn493nG565UV6JiH8/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGueubXfPMGOtZe9DUke1vXuBkICCBwFy-FGBpe5IuyThkskhxvtKRqlB4ENPZ4rJBnm3wh3RRrpRZFzu7UCGQsanHmx1h0ow6HyJIx1YxXmUL_1AvdGRyrCVBKDcn493nG565UV6JiH8/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0286.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;"><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;">Parc des Buttes Chaumont</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 first time I viewed this scene it seemed impossible that I was still in Paris, well within Boulevard Peripherique.  On this Sunday afternoon, the park was full of people enjoying a sunny afternoon of leisure.</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>(Put it on your list)</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>Parc des Buttes Chaumont</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75019, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Parc des Buttes Chaumont

Parc des Buttes Chaumont The first time I viewed this scene it seemed impossible that I was still in Paris, well within Boulevard Peripheriq...

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La lessive

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhnYrl6xGG0An9Zw_SI20o1j74R3WST0njjGey70fhI1EzQGmHvAkOWigmwoP9RoUjs4qWe7c9kK2a0-hoO7HavdP1nmV4wwy8rPUdjfdqu0XRYuoxnR7uBWIRIEkRRKIHDgsNd3JRPk/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhnYrl6xGG0An9Zw_SI20o1j74R3WST0njjGey70fhI1EzQGmHvAkOWigmwoP9RoUjs4qWe7c9kK2a0-hoO7HavdP1nmV4wwy8rPUdjfdqu0XRYuoxnR7uBWIRIEkRRKIHDgsNd3JRPk/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0159.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;">Is Monday "laundry day"?</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;">Seen aux deuxième étage in a narrow street near Canal St. Martin, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this haphazard display of laundry was probably not arranged by the woman of the house.</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 do love the rooftop chimneys of Paris.</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>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Jacques Bonsergent</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La lessive

Is Monday "laundry day"? Seen aux deuxième étage in a narrow street near Canal St. Martin, this haphazard display of laundry was p...

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Église Saint Étienne du Mont - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk1fM5uPYTqh-aujNqagybeHJuKj_GeP_hxofZ-L4P1XAGbvSCSsq6-h2xaotfNYUUk5pIIFszAHbghv8P8otYVxGMF_53GauiMtPrjBkD3JH33h9Jpy9v3w9Ya0cosnQEKtPYvRe-Fk/s1600/2012+Jan+13+1st_0634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk1fM5uPYTqh-aujNqagybeHJuKj_GeP_hxofZ-L4P1XAGbvSCSsq6-h2xaotfNYUUk5pIIFszAHbghv8P8otYVxGMF_53GauiMtPrjBkD3JH33h9Jpy9v3w9Ya0cosnQEKtPYvRe-Fk/s640/2012+Jan+13+1st_0634.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This masterpiece of carving is the work of Jean Buron of 1633, encasing the organ of Saint Etienne du Mont.  The organ itself was built by the master organ builder Pierre le Pescheur and completed in 1636.  Over the centuries, some of the most reknown organ builders in the world made revisions to this organ, from Clicquot to Cavaillé-Coll, Beuchet-Debierre, and several more.</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;">Cherubs and angels surely would make a joyful noise here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(pour mon amie, Marie)</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>Église Saint Étienne du Mont</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>1 place Ste-Geneviève</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">75005, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint Étienne du Mont - l'orgue

This masterpiece of carving is the work of Jean Buron of 1633, encasing the organ of Saint Etienne du Mont.  The organ itself was built by t...

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Aqua et vert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT95pd095uPB5iFieKFUV5RbPs_wIQoAa4Z0hi_pPuKIC_o-xO2p2NSm7tMlqmU2i7Zf3wcdxeCgeVTbzLoco14aQbXB8QOZ5vFbVvNQYrPgX8pAQaODvCA0lMEr8WvYQdP1OriiAtCDM/s1600/2011+April+day+4+DSC_0189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT95pd095uPB5iFieKFUV5RbPs_wIQoAa4Z0hi_pPuKIC_o-xO2p2NSm7tMlqmU2i7Zf3wcdxeCgeVTbzLoco14aQbXB8QOZ5vFbVvNQYrPgX8pAQaODvCA0lMEr8WvYQdP1OriiAtCDM/s640/2011+April+day+4+DSC_0189.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aqua et vert</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;">Turquoise shuttered windows with a fringe of green</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;">Hope that sunshine and a good breeze </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">will have these windows open for the 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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Aqua et vert

Aqua et vert Turquoise shuttered windows with a fringe of green Hope that sunshine and a good breeze will have these windows open for the we...

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Le lémur et les bijoux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHXcgRmi-veo8zBBmXE3xnthOgcHREdxIEFcwfk4n78lCVvcn_I4wmoeN5pA17FVEg1roGCPfOphyNujeycaVLnQNGmZl_RyrumkuRb4ATeol8clD5RKEsdYjipntM_bFiIYVrxt4G50/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_172DSC_4104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHXcgRmi-veo8zBBmXE3xnthOgcHREdxIEFcwfk4n78lCVvcn_I4wmoeN5pA17FVEg1roGCPfOphyNujeycaVLnQNGmZl_RyrumkuRb4ATeol8clD5RKEsdYjipntM_bFiIYVrxt4G50/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_172DSC_4104.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;">The lemur and the jewels...</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;">Windows like this in Paris leave me speechless, almost...</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;">When I reviewed the photos, I thought it was an image of a monkey or a baboon, but the reflection plays tricks on the eyes.  I was originally captivated by the cloisonné, but now wonder why these jewels are being touted by an animal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint Honoré</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Tuileries ou Pyramides</em></span><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times;">To see more reflections, go to <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/08/arizona-neon-lights-weekend-reflections.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">James' Weekend Reflections</span></strong></a></span></em>

Le lémur et les bijoux

The lemur and the jewels... Windows like this in Paris leave me speechless, almost... When I reviewed the photos, I thought it was an image ...

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Le Zinc d'Honoré

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxZTPvw6FpvCniJHdK6JkVvn20Ap7tOOCVQvoE1IVF4yCSfWrly6EzctZcEstLnqnszEIvO6JC3E59Fl4eE2Y4IbcEAy2JfIg1JPvNPC-8BaVY092Ui2dAujraEkEJTvS3rUnt-CbBU/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_181DSC_4113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGxZTPvw6FpvCniJHdK6JkVvn20Ap7tOOCVQvoE1IVF4yCSfWrly6EzctZcEstLnqnszEIvO6JC3E59Fl4eE2Y4IbcEAy2JfIg1JPvNPC-8BaVY092Ui2dAujraEkEJTvS3rUnt-CbBU/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_181DSC_4113.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Zinc d'Honorée</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;">Bistro, Brasserie, Terrasse, Café...</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;">Food was reasonably priced... good, but not outstanding...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">chipper service, some local patrons, one was with us.</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;">Am I mistaken or is that a Coca Cola sign?</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>Le Zinc d'Honorée</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>36, place du Marchée St Honoré</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métros Opéra, Tuileries, ou Pyramides</em></span>

Le Zinc d'Honoré

Le Zinc d'Honorée Bistro, Brasserie, Terrasse, Café... Food was reasonably priced... good, but not outstanding... chipper service, some ...

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Lunettes!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgRBBH-2zSEIf0deJkib_hbkSPt5Z6m6REurJ7iNnvUlAB81T9V3v_LScHiJHtf-53kbs8w6FFZLjS5g7K3iKQRo3Wo04SwCx54myo0t_a22JfiprFhWYwoX7ybrLRgJ6RN5BI0JRLzE/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_128DSC_4060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgRBBH-2zSEIf0deJkib_hbkSPt5Z6m6REurJ7iNnvUlAB81T9V3v_LScHiJHtf-53kbs8w6FFZLjS5g7K3iKQRo3Wo04SwCx54myo0t_a22JfiprFhWYwoX7ybrLRgJ6RN5BI0JRLzE/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_128DSC_4060.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A jar of colorful eyeglasses...</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;">How would you <em>ever</em> choose?</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Lunettes!

A jar of colorful eyeglasses... How would you ever choose? Galerie Vivienne 75002, Paris 

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Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHkIKefR9IvF0u8tLI_ViFvHP_AwrH_TwAUH1EyabDb37CWu5I7tVEMf2wiEX1qdClLKMIfAXv-uZYhJ45M5sZbEyiV0Fvk00gevkoD5sTsvmgtKBVoEHikD7J6g0KDIt9qU5CmGTus/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_110DSC_4042.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you think that she knows </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would love to be dipping <u>my</u> toes in the fountain </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">of this royal setting?</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;">...and the water becomes a Monet painting.</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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>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>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal - XV

Jardin du Palais Royal Do you think that she knows I would love to be dipping my toes in the fountain of this royal setting? ...and the wat...

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Place Louis Lépine - la cycliste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnLlkZFBStMXSUZzUu_wuzMT_Dn8mblEZhjqqtHKDJYZuMwJwW2MxFIIamCGzWbnRu9xwGh2PiKYBvCemIqwP1Pp2h32ZIjDrHWd-Mt3tl4vhnb2NH5ZucNcwMKZlojrKt5mc8LBqpQA/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_110DSC_4465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnLlkZFBStMXSUZzUu_wuzMT_Dn8mblEZhjqqtHKDJYZuMwJwW2MxFIIamCGzWbnRu9xwGh2PiKYBvCemIqwP1Pp2h32ZIjDrHWd-Mt3tl4vhnb2NH5ZucNcwMKZlojrKt5mc8LBqpQA/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_110DSC_4465.jpg" width="400" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When one rides a Velib, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">one is not concerned about the maintenance or security of a bike.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Certainly the owner of the bike (or what is left of it)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> in the background has a problem.</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>Place Louis Lépine</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Place Louis Lépine - la cycliste

When one rides a Velib, one is not concerned about the maintenance or security of a bike.  Certainly the owner of the bike (or what is left ...

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Église Protestante Lutherienne Saint-Jean

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGrBMuRLoK2EQ4B1A2mbENeOP_g4iGpPLXCQhguLc6BJCbNkl0k-c1KDayqjSPXkBBbt-v2mu4Ih74yuBJKueqj4BH9AExtu1O2yFMLYBw5CK9Og135fbCs5gzqewqNO4c5-LXq3MS5M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_124DSC_4807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGrBMuRLoK2EQ4B1A2mbENeOP_g4iGpPLXCQhguLc6BJCbNkl0k-c1KDayqjSPXkBBbt-v2mu4Ih74yuBJKueqj4BH9AExtu1O2yFMLYBw5CK9Og135fbCs5gzqewqNO4c5-LXq3MS5M/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_124DSC_4807.jpg" width="456" /></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;">Église Protestante Lutherienne Saint-Jean,</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;">a small church in gothic style, almost missed as I walked along Rue de Grenelle.</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;">It was built in 1912 on property left to the Lutheran Church in Paris </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">by French landscape architects Buhler brothers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</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>Église Protestante Lutherienne Saint-Jean</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>147, 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 La Tour-Maubourg </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Protestante Lutherienne Saint-Jean

Église Protestante Lutherienne Saint-Jean, a small church in gothic style, almost missed as I walked along Rue de Grenelle. It was built in ...

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Panneau danger

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nAf3QqJoaS1L2SyzP8eqpf8-pbtYUubCCA5MVk5O53xRZ5oTwTmA6ZKTdHsEnlct7x1pMP8XfqbFNNfaet1oUeM2TsXPisZtrGuZ8HXx70ErLlj00PZxJDuuAnESLkIrFHIQexZEN0k/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_111DSC_4466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nAf3QqJoaS1L2SyzP8eqpf8-pbtYUubCCA5MVk5O53xRZ5oTwTmA6ZKTdHsEnlct7x1pMP8XfqbFNNfaet1oUeM2TsXPisZtrGuZ8HXx70ErLlj00PZxJDuuAnESLkIrFHIQexZEN0k/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_111DSC_4466.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like many cities, Paris is constantly under construction and renovation.</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 hand lettering on the bottom caused a giggle...</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;">"Chaussée Déformée"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(uneven surface)</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;">"comme toi"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(like YOU)</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>Rue de la Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Cité</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Panneau danger

Like many cities, Paris is constantly under construction and renovation. The hand lettering on the bottom caused a giggle... "Chaussée ...

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Le Douze et monsieur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6smxdOfSxRsl319f6l85XOFqhTzmC0MXdPGQTY4zysW9HR4fJniiAP71Q8E79BGue12LG-2espmWHnKl0GCaIBpqAPpJzGP-2ptJO2oOK_T3FSa7H_hTGLrp5Cy-RAnPfPhUbE5qJU8/s1600/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eda="true" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6smxdOfSxRsl319f6l85XOFqhTzmC0MXdPGQTY4zysW9HR4fJniiAP71Q8E79BGue12LG-2espmWHnKl0GCaIBpqAPpJzGP-2ptJO2oOK_T3FSa7H_hTGLrp5Cy-RAnPfPhUbE5qJU8/s640/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010430.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Douze</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Vreni and I stopped by this illuminated window at the end of a whirlwind day in Paris.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The shop was just closed but we had our next event!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Douze</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Jacob</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span>

Le Douze et monsieur

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

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont

Parc des Buttes Chaumont What a great spot for water play on a sunny day in Paris... I just hope that it is warm enough Parc des Buttes Chau...

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