Montmartre - être un observateur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_fyW1Ey05nmdKMGTd4JVxz7oiT5stz25-3iEoEHfNCthQt5koE8WlWGxqqkMRLZh9k93KL1gtOUfxIQLBtg0xiCyqLN5kw2rbUqAkdCIVNKTaPan9YAbOxZc49iWLvchiQdKn2Dhiqo/s1600/DSC_0222-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_fyW1Ey05nmdKMGTd4JVxz7oiT5stz25-3iEoEHfNCthQt5koE8WlWGxqqkMRLZh9k93KL1gtOUfxIQLBtg0xiCyqLN5kw2rbUqAkdCIVNKTaPan9YAbOxZc49iWLvchiQdKn2Dhiqo/s640/DSC_0222-1.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two café chairs...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one for sitting, and the other for...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just outside the café on the warm terrace, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">young man</span></span></span></span> watched the pedestrians taking a Sunday stroll.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Was he waiting for a friend, for a sweetheart?  We will never know.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Relais de la Butte</span></span></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em>Rue Ravignan et Rue des 3 Frères</em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em>Montmartre</em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em>75018 Paris</em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em>This is my entry for City Daily Photo Bloggers <span style="font-size: small;">March theme day, "café c<span style="font-size: small;">hairs<span style="font-size: small;">" </span></span></span></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and what better place to find them than in Paris!  </span></span></span></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Click <a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/march-theme-day-cafe-chairs_25.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to see café chairs featured by bloggers <span style="font-size: small;">from </span>around the world.</span></span></span></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span> </em></span></span></span></div>

Montmartre - être un observateur

Two café chairs... one for sitting, and the other for... Just outside the café on the warm terrace,  this young man watched the pedestrian...

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Yesim Chambrey - élegante et sophistiquée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7FrggenqM9AwfRiiEayeQIi_xm0H4dnj3oK5gN7Hq_TBP8ENdJm8KXKUCYRcwHyBzmlzX68ivWGDQs_SGb0FZHM3j4cA8HoDLVRC0MXxiE17gqcwsJDdiDuYth2JzexboFoV2raL5iY/s1600/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7FrggenqM9AwfRiiEayeQIi_xm0H4dnj3oK5gN7Hq_TBP8ENdJm8KXKUCYRcwHyBzmlzX68ivWGDQs_SGb0FZHM3j4cA8HoDLVRC0MXxiE17gqcwsJDdiDuYth2JzexboFoV2raL5iY/s640/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010433.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesim Chambrey</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This chic boutique nestled in the narrow streets of Saint Germain des Prés has remarkable windows.  The awnings are truly three-dimensions but the curtains of black-white stripes are flat and permanent against the inside of the window.  The bright lighting always makes a striking sight on Rue de l'Abbaye.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The feminine couture of Turkish-born designer Yesim Chambrey are remarkably girly and fashionable.  It is an approachable boutique and worth a look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesim Chambrey - boutique</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de l'Abbaye</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

Yesim Chambrey - élegante et sophistiquée

Yesim Chambrey This chic boutique nestled in the narrow streets of Saint Germain des Prés has remarkable windows.  The awnings are truly thr...

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Un café crème et un chocolat chaud

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs-AwYKg1Zhn47e3Th7B1zeLkaLgcUVd-VxNgvdg3RlfA3eAW-acNCCKTn0Rwi0EJcy1rdGms6oZ8M2aHs0NeLBIFnHdmkGxjBgQ7p3FYvJUglZJnI49RxEZoMu5oYxChmruGVxXB6-Y/s1600/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs-AwYKg1Zhn47e3Th7B1zeLkaLgcUVd-VxNgvdg3RlfA3eAW-acNCCKTn0Rwi0EJcy1rdGms6oZ8M2aHs0NeLBIFnHdmkGxjBgQ7p3FYvJUglZJnI49RxEZoMu5oYxChmruGVxXB6-Y/s640/2011+Nov+day+8+P1010389.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When two blog friends from different countries </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">get together in Paris on a cold, misty day...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of course they take a break with pastries, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">warm beverages, many photos, and great conversation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulangerie-Pâtisserie de la Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">21, avenue de la Bourdonnais</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un café crème et un chocolat chaud

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

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Rue Mouffetard - les danseurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkEA_8apug1BoM65SBKOoZYmvyfupxr0hep_lPWPh7meHBPQWXanNmjNrjk3BLX9vxS4IZHjoXhLFrK3WKJbrKevlZq3A66fq39MfFY9EX8eVX1hTLfTqU4wrsGJISZqCJX7nrkB0-RU/s1600/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkEA_8apug1BoM65SBKOoZYmvyfupxr0hep_lPWPh7meHBPQWXanNmjNrjk3BLX9vxS4IZHjoXhLFrK3WKJbrKevlZq3A66fq39MfFY9EX8eVX1hTLfTqU4wrsGJISZqCJX7nrkB0-RU/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Mouffetard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Every Sunday a small crowd gathers on Rue Mouffetard </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in front of Église Saint-Médard to sing and dance </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the music of Christian Bassoul.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is easy to spot the regulars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">whose easy steps and spins are evidence of the Sunday routine. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All are welcome to participate </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so if you find yourself in Paris on a Sunday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">find your way to this charming experience and.... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">dance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Mouffetard at Rue Censier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Censier-Daubenton</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Mouffetard - les danseurs

Rue Mouffetard Every Sunday a small crowd gathers on Rue Mouffetard  in front of Église Saint-Médard to sing and dance  to the music of Chri...

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Les toits et le chat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les toits et le chat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was seen among the chimney pots of the 6ème Arrondissement.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If it is raining where you are today, may you find a hidden smile.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits et le chat

Les toits et le chat On a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - V

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8501511975/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_249DSC_9583 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_249DSC_9583" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8501511975_5d8d4b7b2a_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This long nave aisle on the Gospel side of the church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has a bright polish on the marble floors. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One walks softly as all sounds are amplified.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can hear the clicking of heels still.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Place Franz-Liszt</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75010, Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métro Poissonnière</i></span></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - V

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul This long nave aisle on the Gospel side of the church  has a bright polish on the marble floors.  One walks sof...

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Place des Victoires

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cp8vh3QJ3swrAiH0P79ez702REAPd6LMcfS_U9QowFaZ04hhzdLrDaf1AntKuX3xfbAH2-R7h5jgCrT58jUkUYiUvo9pSwT0y4_k4cYMjLlCozmYgMqu6gds0-8KWxGJT05vh4Mvbhg/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cp8vh3QJ3swrAiH0P79ez702REAPd6LMcfS_U9QowFaZ04hhzdLrDaf1AntKuX3xfbAH2-R7h5jgCrT58jUkUYiUvo9pSwT0y4_k4cYMjLlCozmYgMqu6gds0-8KWxGJT05vh4Mvbhg/s640/2012+Jan+11+1st_0156.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Place des Victoires</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Inspecting the equestrian monument of Louis XIV dressed as a Roman emperor, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I almost missed the woman high on the balcony.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and do not go out on a ledge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place des Victoires</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Place des Victoires

Place des Victoires Inspecting the equestrian monument of Louis XIV dressed as a Roman emperor,  I almost missed the woman high on the balco...

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Jardin du Palais Royal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2sKiwfTUiGwKUbSQVCAQXLsU6u8oUGhwRJqogpZbIrBBZCpwSgQy8wQk5_hMshgWoHTbQQKbAyzAB5FUYyW419HbbIqaImyQM2XiYlKOektpfjANJoG8wsALmniLNNrh9vHJeZZxEDA/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2sKiwfTUiGwKUbSQVCAQXLsU6u8oUGhwRJqogpZbIrBBZCpwSgQy8wQk5_hMshgWoHTbQQKbAyzAB5FUYyW419HbbIqaImyQM2XiYlKOektpfjANJoG8wsALmniLNNrh9vHJeZZxEDA/s640/2012+Jan+11+1st_0101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The fountain of the Palais Royal garden is surrounded by people green chairs and sitting on the edge of the fountain in warm weather.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you can see, even in the the frigid temperatures of winter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the fountain still attracts the hardy, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the young, and those in contemplation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Palais Royal

Jardin du Palais Royal The fountain of the Palais Royal garden is surrounded by people green chairs and sitting on the edge of the fountain ...

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Boulevard Haussmann - l'architecture

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQe5Sj88yGQQciHmFTZ_YgK3GyiMKfml1ufucoU-rl3FN3SZFl57Vt17nDrDtVELhvXfuOz9icuZoSiV4FD8Ayg8pjxEUnE33URHWTMJ0YwtJTUS60-SbmoXGCpJREETuYYg5UDzNRSc/s1600/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQe5Sj88yGQQciHmFTZ_YgK3GyiMKfml1ufucoU-rl3FN3SZFl57Vt17nDrDtVELhvXfuOz9icuZoSiV4FD8Ayg8pjxEUnE33URHWTMJ0YwtJTUS60-SbmoXGCpJREETuYYg5UDzNRSc/s640/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0098.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La grande porte</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This grand entrance can be seen from a block away with its imposing doors, ornate carvings, and grill-work.  The courtyard drive entrance could have been a film set and I expected to see a large black car exiting past those archway columns.  It reminded me a bit of the scene in les Intouchables in which a car was parked in the "no parking" zone, blocking the entrance.  Omar Sy should appear at any moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris architecture</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">134, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Haussmann - l'architecture

La grande porte This grand entrance can be seen from a block away with its imposing doors, ornate carvings, and grill-work.  The courtyard d...

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Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8491355632/" title="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8491355632_bd92ae6756_c.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Père Lachaise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite.  No matter the season, the weather, or the time of day, one finds interesting lines, reflections, shapes, and ghosts.    </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although one would think that a cemetery does not change from day to day,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it is different on each visit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (No, I have not seen ghosts)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Cimetière du Père-Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Boulevard de Ménilmontant</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">75020, Paris </span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Métro Père Lachaise, or<br />Métro Phillippe Auguste</span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

Père Lachaise I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite.  No matter the season, the weath...

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Café le Nemours - Place Colette

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8487069149/" title="2010 dec 03 DSC_0021 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 dec 03 DSC_0021" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8487069149_f1efc184f7_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Café le Nemours</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Place Colette and the famous Café le Nemours provide a great vantage point for people-watching and street photography.  This was a cold day and people were bundled to stay warm.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do wish that I had been able to get a better view of this person walking briskly through Place Colette.  The hat and glimpse of hair do not seem to match the shoes and leggings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café le Nemours</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Colette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Café le Nemours - Place Colette

Café le Nemours Place Colette and the famous Café le Nemours provide a great vantage point for people-watching and street photography.  This...

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Printemps - l'artiste sur le trottoir

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjva_moWXjOaZwEfUF8niwsluskMQGTyuuBhtQMGA6J6j_mTrwpmMOOhlydCTkXOfT2aApmkvZtp8AJboPYitsk3M_JJO2wRlwkxZfZcZ7asxf5Em6sK1IZcCWvQeDrX3lD4ZsYG4yai4/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_96DSC_8690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjva_moWXjOaZwEfUF8niwsluskMQGTyuuBhtQMGA6J6j_mTrwpmMOOhlydCTkXOfT2aApmkvZtp8AJboPYitsk3M_JJO2wRlwkxZfZcZ7asxf5Em6sK1IZcCWvQeDrX3lD4ZsYG4yai4/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_96DSC_8690.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Artist on the sidewalk...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He was gathering quite a crowd, some taking a quick look and moving on.  Others lingered to watch the process and progression of this transient work.  I wondered if this was an artist who would create a three-dimensional work, but did not stay to its completion.  Two days later, it was gone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, to my French speakers, is this artist "sur" le trottoir?  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps, le trottoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, bd Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Printemps - l'artiste sur le trottoir

Artist on the sidewalk... He was gathering quite a crowd, some taking a quick look and moving on.  Others lingered to watch the process and ...

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Église Saint-Séverin

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8472821706/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_193DSC_4548 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_193DSC_4548" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8472821706_da3a90e986_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the oldest churches in Paris, the early Romanesque building was replaced with Gothic architecture at the beginning of the thirteenth century.  It is well-known in the 5ème arrondissement for the exterior gargoyles and the original bells cast in 1412.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fires and wars required rebuilding and renovation over the centuries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The scenes such as this in the oldest parts of the church are my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue des Prêtres Saint-Séverin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Église Saint-Séverin

Église Saint-Séverin One of the oldest churches in Paris, the early Romanesque building was replaced with Gothic architecture at the beginni...

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Un café - Les B. Arome Cafés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJpHCL7uAuAkA8idOViYWOzetwAxyHVoLqT0KtA1qQcScDYWWqzvbi_tb0tG-6HBMaiy92uG6Gj5dylkii41oAHwkXKuNR1tiMnIWT5Jyy0CEzycZgEbC_G5iM6j2oWthFFmN_BxBrk4/s1600/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJpHCL7uAuAkA8idOViYWOzetwAxyHVoLqT0KtA1qQcScDYWWqzvbi_tb0tG-6HBMaiy92uG6Gj5dylkii41oAHwkXKuNR1tiMnIWT5Jyy0CEzycZgEbC_G5iM6j2oWthFFmN_BxBrk4/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0177.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les B. Arome Cafés </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A cup of coffee is never just a cup.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This little sip was found at La Ruche à Miel </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in a cup with the green logo of Les B. Arome Cafés.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hummm, I guess not all coffee in Paris comes from Cafés Richard after all. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Ruche à Miel</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>19, Rue d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Un café - Les B. Arome Cafés

Les B. Arome Cafés A cup of coffee is never just a cup. This little sip was found at La Ruche à Miel  in a cup with the green logo of Les B....

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L'heure bleue - musée du Louvre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlmhJo_X-In7Lwke0uzveFnj3Y62P0tVzCndp7fMdttkYMLfsycrKDVa-KrdMXKEHP5UyFrBNSf_s0zOYgr6UJh-r2x6saIO96tJdBbB-vqJkl-CP-_mzTYLAh_EFs8wN7TZa-eC-AuE/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlmhJo_X-In7Lwke0uzveFnj3Y62P0tVzCndp7fMdttkYMLfsycrKDVa-KrdMXKEHP5UyFrBNSf_s0zOYgr6UJh-r2x6saIO96tJdBbB-vqJkl-CP-_mzTYLAh_EFs8wN7TZa-eC-AuE/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_254DSC_4937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">L'heure bleue</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(The blue hour)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is a magical time in Paris when the sun goes down </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the sky becomes a palette of soft watercolors</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> in shades of blue and violet and pink.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre, I M Pei's Pyramid</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'heure bleue - musée du Louvre

L'heure bleue (The blue hour) It is a magical time in Paris when the sun goes down  and the sky becomes a palette of soft watercolors  i...

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Pont des Arts - love locks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitki4CPetVA7THpOtElZCSQYrwldwtnC5NCeghXSQUuJOgtsKHlAFl2Oisv679xGJfdf-1646Z5Fhr0RxFPVT0qM4is3LHO3idN1snPFHSDPaK781yqMbveOqW6An27sEvU6jyvW0tVzA/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_242DSC_4925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love locks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont des Arts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart came with me to Paris that we would put one here on the Pont des Arts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He did come with me last March and after attaching our lock threw away a red key (which was superfluous for a combination lock).  It was at the moment of sunset, and we were in good company with others on that March evening.  In October I went back to check on our lock and it was most assuredly missing.  The fact is that all of these lovers' locks weigh down the bridge and it appears that the locks are periodically "pruned."  In May of 2010, they all disappeared overnight but the city of Paris claimed innocence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We will return and affix another lock, a tiny discrete one, which should not cause any attention (or pruning).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Happy Valentine's Day, D)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont des Arts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">   </span></i></div>

Pont des Arts - love locks

Love locks Pont des Arts I have photographed the "love locks" for years on the Pont des Arts and always said that if my sweetheart...

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Rue Mouffetard - le dimanche

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8469013403/" title="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0407 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 15 2nd_0407" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8469013403_f0b31fc77d_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Mouffetard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bright winter Sunday afternoon on Rue Mouffetard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it seems that all of Paris is out enjoying the sun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rue Mouffetard,</div><div style="text-align: left;">75005, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Mouffetard - le dimanche

Rue Mouffetard A bright winter Sunday afternoon on Rue Mouffetard,  and it seems that all of Paris is out enjoying the sun. Rue Mouffetard, ...

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Des bonbons et du vin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJf0HWq3A-Ro-I6mPrjdE_ue41lVn4ZDT90PplzzxUmuE376y5d8MPy123ehioOUcG_pQJZG4Vfcgs6WWmfFJIbhbgd5PGHelX0axpLxosUQgw_XmZQG6Vii0ZqmF1C60_sfBqJb5EOc/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJf0HWq3A-Ro-I6mPrjdE_ue41lVn4ZDT90PplzzxUmuE376y5d8MPy123ehioOUcG_pQJZG4Vfcgs6WWmfFJIbhbgd5PGHelX0axpLxosUQgw_XmZQG6Vii0ZqmF1C60_sfBqJb5EOc/s640/2012+Jan+12+1st_0063.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Candy and wine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even simple candy looks better in Paris.  There are so many delicious edibles in Paris that I am almost never tempted by candy of this sort.  However, at home I would never be able to keep my hands out of jars that looked like this.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you have a sweet tooth?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Joyeux Mardi Gras!!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Epicerie-confiserie P. Legrand Filles et Fils</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de la Banque</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Des bonbons et du vin

Candy and wine Even simple candy looks better in Paris.  There are so many delicious edibles in Paris that I am almost never tempted by cand...

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Rue de Vaugirard - la porte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIupQzzta_EsgAt7nGcjSQR00b05OGnaVxQrPyS8EyVzMnhQZ16KPFPw7iL6W_BNusbyjRRo75VZGV6GQn4Qtbw2MbIszxTFyiLBcicRdpd_H542FYdk0L4Him7K_IFUKz7wjsbJwmUkw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_182DSC_9294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIupQzzta_EsgAt7nGcjSQR00b05OGnaVxQrPyS8EyVzMnhQZ16KPFPw7iL6W_BNusbyjRRo75VZGV6GQn4Qtbw2MbIszxTFyiLBcicRdpd_H542FYdk0L4Him7K_IFUKz7wjsbJwmUkw/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_182DSC_9294.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Vaugirard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is not your typical blue door in Paris, but a deep azure taken from the Mediterranean palette.  The architectural design is crisp with fine detail but I do not know the architect.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The red scooter was a bonus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">zoom-zoom!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">77, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue de Vaugirard - la porte

Rue de Vaugirard This is not your typical blue door in Paris, but a deep azure taken from the Mediterranean palette.  The architectural desi...

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Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8460681340/" title="2012 Oct 8 Monday_118DSC_9229 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 8 Monday_118DSC_9229" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8460681340_28e6e29943_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This door opens to the circular steps up to the illustrious Cavaillé-Coll organ (1877) of Notre-Dame-des-Champs.  <a href="http://als-orgue.pagesperso-orange.fr/Yannick%20Merlin/YannickMerlin.htm" target="_blank">Yannick Merlin</a> is co-titular organist here and is a substitute organist at Église Val-de-Grâce.  Holly and I had the pleasure of listening to a rehearsal but could only see the top of the organist's head high above us in the organ loft.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As we prepared to exit the empty church this door opened and out walked M. Merlin himself.  I did not lift my camera for a photo, but instead thanked him for the music. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You never know who you will run into in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92 bis, Boulevard du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs This door opens to the circular steps up to the illustrious Cavaillé-Coll organ (1877) of Notre-Dame-des-Champs...

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Il fait froid?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWSml2LuJa9oH5UwO4JsyfhfLnvMK6Fcwl-SmXMWdtslhpUHJeO4dNS44iULr8O8EKam6-Nuxb_GcjBefVFe9PfE11S33-Dls-WXM-p7KKnqE5uY4SRqgkwxvpPAKL-oQOzEqsBIq8Y0/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0166.jpg" width="422" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Leggings, pants, boots?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a cold day...</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a very cold and frigid day in Paris.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Beccaria</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">près de Marché d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div></div>

Il fait froid?

Leggings, pants, boots? It was a cold day... a very cold and frigid day in Paris. bon weekend Rue Beccaria près de Marché d'Aligre 75012...

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Une girafe de ruban

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8455253844/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0136 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0136" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8455253844_8b0c8b67d9_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How much is that giraffe in the window?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Made of ribbons, he stands proudly in the showroom window (<a href="http://www.shindo.com/en/showrooms.php#PARIS" target="_blank">SHINDO</a>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No photos allowed, but I am standing on the street.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>SHINDO</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Paris Showroom</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, rue d'Aboukir</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place des Victoires</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002 Paris</em></span><br />

Une girafe de ruban

How much is that giraffe in the window? Made of ribbons, he stands proudly in the showroom window ( SHINDO ). No photos allowed, but I am st...

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Papa, sa fille, et l'éclair au chocolat

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8451455871/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0793 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0793" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8451455871_96c738b449_c.jpg" width="599" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Papa, his daughter and the chocolate éclair</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The two of them opened the bag from the pâtisserie.  He helped remove her red mittens, seen here peeking out of her coat pocket.  She patiently waited while he "prepared" the éclair for eating.  He patiently waited as she ate the éclair, and then shared with him.  They devoured it all, and he even had some wipes to remove the chocolate from hands and face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This was late afternoon, and he had probably picked her up from school.  I wonder if they will tell Maman why this little French girl does not have much appetite for dinner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eric Kayser (pâtisserie/boulangerie)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Maubert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Papa, sa fille, et l'éclair au chocolat

Papa, his daughter and the chocolate éclair The two of them opened the bag from the pâtisserie.  He helped remove her red mittens, seen here...

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Jardin du Luxembourg - Marrons chauds?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXur-Xm4pHSc5nyvulRH8qNYQfZ7ZDorU1nOYqPevysg8SeuHD_YjPsaFUjxAahxyvVIUBEc7jSvq-SVPXJpiLpvtoujuRhPb7q7qrnWTEaE0LwG2WYpicdy__gJ7sd0q2gO_b8U2P90/s1600/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXur-Xm4pHSc5nyvulRH8qNYQfZ7ZDorU1nOYqPevysg8SeuHD_YjPsaFUjxAahxyvVIUBEc7jSvq-SVPXJpiLpvtoujuRhPb7q7qrnWTEaE0LwG2WYpicdy__gJ7sd0q2gO_b8U2P90/s640/2012+Jan+15+2nd_0467.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Marrons chauds, Chupa-Chups, an embrace, a sideways glance...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Despite this being a city of rules and red tape, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not think that these two gendarmes were going to check her license and work papers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">souriant...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Luxembourg</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - Marrons chauds?

Jardin du Luxembourg Marrons chauds, Chupa-Chups, an embrace, a sideways glance... Despite this being a city of rules and red tape,  I do no...

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Jour de Nutella

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhDMwP4PKV1wBPJaE6UM6_4E1KCTs464GfUL3g5O8NZC-eZqo9s2OdOlrd_CMp5mByh6jxSnW-i1_b2zhfkdgHtAGY2sSli2IzE8UZplyb3sZAgLDwhAFnRbjacYy9XOSBhHCg9oTjA/s1600/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494+-bw+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhDMwP4PKV1wBPJaE6UM6_4E1KCTs464GfUL3g5O8NZC-eZqo9s2OdOlrd_CMp5mByh6jxSnW-i1_b2zhfkdgHtAGY2sSli2IzE8UZplyb3sZAgLDwhAFnRbjacYy9XOSBhHCg9oTjA/s640/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494+-bw+light.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">World Nutella Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today you can celebrate "World Nutella Day 2013" - a day to eat Nutella, to spread it on a croissant or a baguette.  If you are in a hurry, you can just eat it off a big spoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are probably hundred of ways to use Nutella and if you have something special in mind like Nutella Baklava, a Nutella Gooey Butter Cake, or Nutella Mascarpone Chocolate Tarts, just let me know and I will send you a link to recipes.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Whether the "day" of Nutella is celebrated in Paris or not, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you cannot miss seeing the big brown jar wherever crêpes are made. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">World Nutella Day</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5 fevrier, 2013</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

Jour de Nutella

World Nutella Day Today you can celebrate "World Nutella Day 2013" - a day to eat Nutella, to spread it on a croissant or a baguet...

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L'homme et le Vélib

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8443697186/" title="2012 Oct 8 Monday_181DSC_9293-b by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 8 Monday_181DSC_9293-b" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8443697186_ae8aa492c0_c.jpg" width="530" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">zoom-zoom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The streets of Paris are full of bicycle commuters, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and one sees many of the rental bikes (Vélibs) utilized.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They come equipped with a lock, an ample basket, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">easily adjustable seat, three gears, hand brakes, and... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a bell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With a Navigo pass, a simple swipe of the card and you are good to go.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For a tourist, there are a few more steps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but still easy and inexpensive when you understand how it is charged.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How do I know?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">brrrring, brrrrring!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vélib on Rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

L'homme et le Vélib

zoom-zoom The streets of Paris are full of bicycle commuters,  and one sees many of the rental bikes (Vélibs) utilized.   They come equippe...

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Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr-c62KeOcN2_JMBRnF3VvtHqE3qR5wFuQHE1qkNtjbaf99pN3kBlNkXD1vJD-8tHwiBYzEJ7JMsKxDSRwQaWlitCbfeZqhFyv2lsvQHB7O15Wh-ftTt8tU5ozCzI_0hvCxZIySov8nc/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_11DSC_9122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr-c62KeOcN2_JMBRnF3VvtHqE3qR5wFuQHE1qkNtjbaf99pN3kBlNkXD1vJD-8tHwiBYzEJ7JMsKxDSRwQaWlitCbfeZqhFyv2lsvQHB7O15Wh-ftTt8tU5ozCzI_0hvCxZIySov8nc/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_11DSC_9122.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This inconspicuous church sits only a block from Bon Marché and is hardly worth a glance from the street as its façade blends in with the other buildings on Rue de Sèvres.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  However, the interior is filled with treasures and a bit of mystery.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a shrine to St Vincent de Paul, ornately adorned, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a magnificent organ, and a link to Louis Braille.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">More photos and a continued story on another Sunday post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">95, rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Sèvres-Babylone</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul  This inconspicuous church sits only a block from Bon Marché and is hardly worth a glance from the street as ...

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La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TDHaVCI1alKacpIQOae0GM9r-C7956OVQwCs8hFlUbxdWJlgmJ6Sit_QQrkSUjMiMK93bbYxLY83G0i8_9gtvIzwukS6JZWm-ZITnr9uwL-IaPdDihfIZZyYA6J0d5I4s_T8qvQyNEM/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_139DSC_9250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TDHaVCI1alKacpIQOae0GM9r-C7956OVQwCs8hFlUbxdWJlgmJ6Sit_QQrkSUjMiMK93bbYxLY83G0i8_9gtvIzwukS6JZWm-ZITnr9uwL-IaPdDihfIZZyYA6J0d5I4s_T8qvQyNEM/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_139DSC_9250.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Chandeleur</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fête des chandelles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Candlemas - English)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today I will be making crêpes, holding a coin in my left hand, and flipping the crêpe pan in my right.  If I can catch the crêpe, it means my family will be prosperous for the rest of the year, such is the legend.  Also, one does not eat crêpes until after 8:00pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This chef at <a href="http://www.creperie-plougastel.com/index.html" target="_blank">Crêperie Plougastel</a> on Rue du Montparnasse, cheerfully allowed me to take some photos of him as he deftly prepared all the crêpes for the lunch crowd.  I have been here three or four times, introduced by French friend Isabelle.  They have both savory and sweet crêpes with quick service and good prices.  On a street full of crêperies, this one is always well attended.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêperie Plougastel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">47, rue du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

La Chandeleur - jour des crêpes

La Chandeleur Fête des chandelles (Candlemas - English) Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes. Today I ...

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