Printemps - 2006

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFZZDL2oM-FSm1wzgOlCYMmXXJmvrCm3nWRt2ia1_o1EL5YYLAmA2aA52LuHP9v89Cgka5IWpX9OuqAnffbyt9hXMr9L-Qj03v9hN5j4KPBJluSqnLGPHF-iNPQztL_ZBYhM9QAHbgw/s1600/2006+Dec+7+DSC_0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAFZZDL2oM-FSm1wzgOlCYMmXXJmvrCm3nWRt2ia1_o1EL5YYLAmA2aA52LuHP9v89Cgka5IWpX9OuqAnffbyt9hXMr9L-Qj03v9hN5j4KPBJluSqnLGPHF-iNPQztL_ZBYhM9QAHbgw/s1600/2006+Dec+7+DSC_0054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps </div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Windows 2006</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artistry and animation of the Printemps windows</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in 2006 were remarkable, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was no corporate name associated for promotion.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">There was no Chanel, Lagerfeld, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The theme, I suppose, was dancing pots and pans, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and each window had distinctive bright colors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought you would like a vivid photo of the 2006 windows.</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;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Printemps - 2006

Printemps  Christmas Windows 2006 The artistry and animation of the Printemps windows  in 2006 were remarkable,  and there was no corporate ...

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l'émerveillement!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeNSG5paU1n5UjvNlrvv-_fA-1Oz8JcRZ8DxSA-JgaRR7yFpswr0c3yVLJ_ei21qMNObrhuTyLVaodd1C_vbfbLUXrPLS5KgckIEL81PqdfWwLyBDH6hwsueP_DKKO0qxISP4lA1wnUg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+440+DSC_1139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeNSG5paU1n5UjvNlrvv-_fA-1Oz8JcRZ8DxSA-JgaRR7yFpswr0c3yVLJ_ei21qMNObrhuTyLVaodd1C_vbfbLUXrPLS5KgckIEL81PqdfWwLyBDH6hwsueP_DKKO0qxISP4lA1wnUg/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+440+DSC_1139.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Awe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Christmas windows of Printemps are amazing</div><div style="text-align: center;">as can been seen in the face and reflection of this young girl.</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;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussman</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

l'émerveillement!

Awe! The Christmas windows of Printemps are amazing as can been seen in the face and reflection of this young girl. bon weekend Printemps Bo...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Zest!"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK5w67Ppa4PnTXfoWnBsgn7SqFg24qIkENw7UeSmQQK3GtLzETjXmSfjasRQnNv_hvjT1UmUfpqsGgx8qz8OybjtRLl5cqtoU4VZSsHz1AjeMk07VK_ek8t3a8LmArXKQqAglNIgg8KM/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAK5w67Ppa4PnTXfoWnBsgn7SqFg24qIkENw7UeSmQQK3GtLzETjXmSfjasRQnNv_hvjT1UmUfpqsGgx8qz8OybjtRLl5cqtoU4VZSsHz1AjeMk07VK_ek8t3a8LmArXKQqAglNIgg8KM/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0329.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Zest!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken in the window of Galeries Lafayette, this grater would be fine for a citrus zest but not shaped well for larger fruits and vegetables.  I wish that I had bought one for my kitchen wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In observance of Theme Day for the City Daily Photo blogs (a different theme on the first day of every month), there is a <i>double entendre</i> with this photo:  First is the obvious function of this grater for making zest; second, my heart beats faster when it sees the Eiffel Tower design... zest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2014/05/june-2014-gallery-zest.html" target="_blank">Click here to see</a> the many interpretations on this month's theme </div><div style="text-align: center;">by photographers from around the world.</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Zest!"

"Zest!" Taken in the window of Galeries Lafayette, this grater would be fine for a citrus zest but not shaped well for larger frui...

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Pensive? Nostalgique?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir38iwMSQIkCA4MSqQEYZTzQZkCD6b6cJkzQmWKUe8el87mm0Pk0AwhiUjIGr556cf7ymrXmODVV3Sc5kTHkm-DaAxiHCbH_oYRk6AoRqE5a89Ky6gSGIO8eQdXiyAZdOqgWw4mdpe0Mo/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_66DSC_5485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir38iwMSQIkCA4MSqQEYZTzQZkCD6b6cJkzQmWKUe8el87mm0Pk0AwhiUjIGr556cf7ymrXmODVV3Sc5kTHkm-DaAxiHCbH_oYRk6AoRqE5a89Ky6gSGIO8eQdXiyAZdOqgWw4mdpe0Mo/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_66DSC_5485.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps - premier étage</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As this statue perched outside on the second floor </div><div style="text-align: center;">peers in at the grand staircase, </div><div style="text-align: center;">do you think that she must be a bit wistful </div><div style="text-align: center;">to have spent the past 100 years </div><div style="text-align: center;">only looking in at the fashions of Printemps?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">must be a French girl</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>64, boulevard Haussmann</em></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pensive? Nostalgique?

Printemps - premier étage As this statue perched outside on the second floor  peers in at the grand staircase,  do you think that she must b...

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Printemps - une vitrine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUhpr-9w4FHQBtFoNEnuF9Ek-S00N1WWNl8Nv-1K6RgHCMlnA3mVgXwdiMTEUg3yfHrfir9SFTmBOHn64karVi1f1J8scO1wq_9yDrcp5sEltzMlucWAA2ySZveSugnX-M165sg2IfgA/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_63DSC_5482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUhpr-9w4FHQBtFoNEnuF9Ek-S00N1WWNl8Nv-1K6RgHCMlnA3mVgXwdiMTEUg3yfHrfir9SFTmBOHn64karVi1f1J8scO1wq_9yDrcp5sEltzMlucWAA2ySZveSugnX-M165sg2IfgA/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_63DSC_5482.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Printemps store window</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Contemplation </div><div style="text-align: center;">and reflection....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joining James' Weekend Reflections<br /><a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2014/03/garben-strasse-weekend-reflections-235.html" target="_blank">Look here</a> for so many more.</div>

Printemps - une vitrine

Printemps store window Contemplation  and reflection.... bon weekend Printemps Boulevard Haussmann 75009, Paris Joining James' Weekend R...

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Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s1600/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hODDnN7qbItLHdF_7f1erI6bMC32Ro-JTf1KvM9o1nyRY-c0db2gQgpnEwP5RhoXj-_iEAM-zDutHTRjcUzN11PoasZCW5r9TdSAGQlGuYfF9LGLmxWpjbcMQcawpYgNiHs7dO7SJco/s640/2013+Nov19b+Paris+_20131119+488+DSC_1187.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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas windows</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;">Two of my favorite things:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">shoes and macarons</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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em></div>

Printemps - des chaussures et des bonbons

Printemps Christmas windows Two of my favorite things: shoes and macarons Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009 Paris

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Printemps - des chaussures rouges

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10750988634/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_71DSC_8665 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_71DSC_8665" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/10750988634_16767e1468_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;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">red shoes and polka dots</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><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The use of mirrors and bold design </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with an abundance of rouge </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">turn heads on Boulevard Haussmann</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Printemps</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Boulevard Haussmann</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Printemps - des chaussures rouges

Printemps red shoes and polka dots The use of mirrors and bold design  with an abundance of rouge  turn heads on Boulevard Haussmann Printem...

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Galeries Lafayette - prêt-à-porter II

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10451366365/" title="2013 0521 Tues_36DSC_5455 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0521 Tues_36DSC_5455" height="528" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3749/10451366365_c2b6526149_c.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;">Galeries Lafayette</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 fabrics are like candy to the eyes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the designs are stunning.</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 each trip to Paris I <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/09/galeries-lafayette-pret-porter.html" target="_blank">stalk this department</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and even chat with <i>les vendeuses</i>.<i>  </i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sometimes I boldly take my photos </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but love the "askew" appearance of the stealth photos.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will be back soon for more...</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em><br /><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em><br /><em>75009, Paris</em><br /><em>Métro Chaussée d'Antin La Fayette</em></span></span></i>

Galeries Lafayette - prêt-à-porter II

Galeries Lafayette The fabrics are like candy to the eyes,  and the designs are stunning. On each trip to Paris I stalk this department   an...

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Les toits de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9923414826/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_35DSC_8629 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_35DSC_8629" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3665/9923414826_556001566c_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;">From the rooftop of Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...the view is spectacular</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 see the boxes on the roof of Palais Garnier?</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;">bee hives!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you get me a ticket to that roof?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would be ever so grateful...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the bees!</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rooftops of Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Printemps terrace</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits de Paris

From the rooftop of Printemps ...the view is spectacular Do you see the boxes on the roof of Palais Garnier? bee hives! Can you get me a tic...

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L'oiseau et le chapeau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPiMETG736EFOCWZ1nL2PuveEpfK_EH0HqsW7yr306qw4HtXfm4TPBgewF4CSUZi7KUJIJE7Fb1-flayeEB9JTxCaAUtlNcKHuKS0p517Ff00I2x1AbI3k9n_hXPbVdSryLbSzT_ym2E/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_95DSC_8689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPiMETG736EFOCWZ1nL2PuveEpfK_EH0HqsW7yr306qw4HtXfm4TPBgewF4CSUZi7KUJIJE7Fb1-flayeEB9JTxCaAUtlNcKHuKS0p517Ff00I2x1AbI3k9n_hXPbVdSryLbSzT_ym2E/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_95DSC_8689.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;">The bird and the hat?</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 flashy window of H&M </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is nestled between the grand windows of Le Printemps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The windows of Paris fascinate me and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I only wish I could be there to see them each time they change.  </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;">I try, believe me.</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;">H&M </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">54, blvd 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>

L'oiseau et le chapeau

The bird and the hat? This flashy window of H&M  is nestled between the grand windows of Le Printemps  and Galeries Lafayette on Bouleva...

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Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9132284412/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9132284412_a32467f2a3_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Taken from the rooftop of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one can see the two towers of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the magnificence of Palais Garnier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and many familiar outlines of Paris buildings.  </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;">Oh, you will always see many cranes obliterating the skyline.</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div>

Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

Taken from the rooftop of Printemps,  one can see the two towers of Printemps,  the magnificence of Palais Garnier,  and many familiar outli...

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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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Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8242699627_813938e9b6_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(Noël 2011)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One cold day last November, I met my blog friend Vreni (<a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo</a> and <a href="http://verenasparisblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Verena's Paris Blog</a>) to see a photo exhibit on Quai Branly.  We spent the afternoon walking in the 6ème and 7ème and then rushed to see all the windows of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette.  We worked as a team to get to the front of each window, a challenge with all the little children on risers built to give them a close up view.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Vreni and I were successful in capturing each window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and she will be there soon to brave it without me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galeries Lafayette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Galeries Lafayette - les vitrines de Noël

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

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Printemps - Noël

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8223220368_e1e99e6c97_b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Noël, Rêves d'Evasion</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last year <a href="http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vreni</a> (of Vienna Daily Photo) and I spent an evening early in the Christmas season</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snapping every window on Boulevard Haussmann.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is one of my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She will be there soon,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and I will miss being there with her to see</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and photograph the beautiful windows.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></i></div>

Printemps - Noël

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

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Combien de cheminées?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.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;">How many chimneys?</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;">...too many to count!</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;">Seen from the rooftop of Printemps</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">My blog "disappeared" for two days and my email was "gone" as well - </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't forget to back up your blog!  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Combien de cheminées?

How many chimneys? ...too many to count! Seen from the rooftop of Printemps Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009, Paris My blog "dis...

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Galeries Lafayette - prêt-à-porter

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiES4drjRraqXTCSt60MsydYmkw8ddDZ0I6Kw-e4meAfdTYidPR4QAgFKJny7E6QfCZ1vxiYKtwMWudAucsIFkfnwqU72R2z-ZsTd9BOJUpcqgTQCN2aPAJAM8WwJ32gEgPu_IzM3hKQ/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_210DSC_4893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiES4drjRraqXTCSt60MsydYmkw8ddDZ0I6Kw-e4meAfdTYidPR4QAgFKJny7E6QfCZ1vxiYKtwMWudAucsIFkfnwqU72R2z-ZsTd9BOJUpcqgTQCN2aPAJAM8WwJ32gEgPu_IzM3hKQ/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_210DSC_4893.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;">"Click!"</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>clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>furtive, hush-hush, incognito, stealth, surreptitious...</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Need I continue? </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;">For years now I have been stalking this department </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for its designs, color, textures.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have only been commanded once to cease shooting </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and that was in the very secretive shoe department.</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>Stay tuned for news...</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I'm going back in!</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><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Chaussée d'Antin La Fayette</em></span>

Galeries Lafayette - prêt-à-porter

"Click!" clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, furtive, hush-hush, incognito, stealth, surreptitious... Need I continue?  ...

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Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s1600/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjEjXZ4yXo8srm5u4ELlIaC0vi7rYntQ72v28a-XltwH2I_jcu4IOzKi8CTvXxLDLjtW41dkc6pZdA3JFwnk_KJjyVMbqwMZNkdnKPbOFYRcR_PVub7O1k_Hg_V2V8bdPrhHcWnkYRYQ/s640/DSC_0723+%25282%2529+-+blog+photo.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  </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;">Oh la la!</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 align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>40, boulevard Haussmann</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Metro Chaussee d'Antin Lafayette</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Paris chic - les vêtements de Galeries Lafayette

While photographing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree, I took a little shot in my favorite, almost-affordable, department.  Oh la la! Ga...

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Printemps 2011 - Noël en Rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwqbybqe5M1jYOgcxIG0Wu-4mOU3IMAYz3aVSW78drkxtFIcisoI1XZbxa7W6Tq8p5CPLYwRS8pKf7WqyNKy87eyOIYJgoj27Gfixep2clIjAcWfvyzJiuWKO4ZFMhfvtJAk_rKtwg0M/s1600/2011+nov+8+P1010490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwqbybqe5M1jYOgcxIG0Wu-4mOU3IMAYz3aVSW78drkxtFIcisoI1XZbxa7W6Tq8p5CPLYwRS8pKf7WqyNKy87eyOIYJgoj27Gfixep2clIjAcWfvyzJiuWKO4ZFMhfvtJAk_rKtwg0M/s640/2011+nov+8+P1010490.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The red laquer chest and <em>le dragon rouge</em> captivate <em>les flaneurs </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in front of this window at Printemps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The animated windows are spectacular but the genius of this still-life holds its own!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To the right of this shot is an exotic crested bird </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">which I will post once I can "name" it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon weekend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Printemps</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span>

Printemps 2011 - Noël en Rouge

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

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Printemps - Christmas Windows 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoBKLMfuWyiro89iRni300xFnLAM5JDkBnPxGCF6tN36UolxBjJyAoFWgacHiyThcNWF90SijNzZ0LiNo6E2mNgP8KZ-X-zJa0eVBCFMf_OUtKaxeO-xgvgPVntZIhxWofJQGWuBvyO8/s1600/2011+nov+8+windows+P1010495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoBKLMfuWyiro89iRni300xFnLAM5JDkBnPxGCF6tN36UolxBjJyAoFWgacHiyThcNWF90SijNzZ0LiNo6E2mNgP8KZ-X-zJa0eVBCFMf_OUtKaxeO-xgvgPVntZIhxWofJQGWuBvyO8/s640/2011+nov+8+windows+P1010495.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The windows of the grand magasins on Boulevard Haussman have something for everyone.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The theme of the Printemps windows:</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;">Noël, Rêves d'Evasion</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;">(Happy Birthday, Renée!)</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Printemps</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Paris</span></em>

Printemps - Christmas Windows 2011

The windows of the grand magasins on Boulevard Haussman have something for everyone.  The theme of the Printemps windows: Noël, Rêves d'...

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Printemps - le reflet

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoJ5a1ahV-Axtz6oLqoQGLa2w4GGBzLqjfoa7MXdcN6RunUqLtedCAbl8HPrpPYZ2W3ooGdnV9UiCNPkpV79RBOgg1YLR_en6PEpvOOIr8OAga6tlRFWYy2JWbVAktN_Z62XGSI4GOFg/s1600/2011+april+2+DSC_0349.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644992754183442642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoJ5a1ahV-Axtz6oLqoQGLa2w4GGBzLqjfoa7MXdcN6RunUqLtedCAbl8HPrpPYZ2W3ooGdnV9UiCNPkpV79RBOgg1YLR_en6PEpvOOIr8OAga6tlRFWYy2JWbVAktN_Z62XGSI4GOFg/s640/2011+april+2+DSC_0349.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">A dress of pale blue feathers and fringed silk tweed, </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">a backdrop of trees, </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">and a wistful glance down the boulevard.</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br />Printemps<br /><br />64, boulevard Haussmann<br /><br />75009, Paris<br /><br /><br /><br />To see more reflections visit James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/sun-and-moon-2-weekend-reflections-101.html">Weekend Reflectio</a>ns<br /><br />

Printemps - le reflet

A dress of pale blue feathers and fringed silk tweed, a backdrop of trees, and a wistful glance down the boulevard. Printemps 64, boulevard...

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