Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBpXywCwYt-kkTQPxPTV_zXq-m0UAHv_5c_k41aSIqang_ujCk6fTGYbkdGSpKVKLdipZ-_0SYZfpXq7Mx_x6iYeMianVWqoQXQoD1BXLPd9ua3FV5Sx-PgBjhz4FcMVH90_wTrEM-tE/s640/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+084+DSC_0190.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">un sapin violet</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 an emphasis on color, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The crocheted tea cozy is an updated version </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of an old-fashioned favorite.</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;">The windows just dazzle!</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue de Sèvres</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;">75006, 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;"> </span></span></i></div>

Un sapin violet - Rue de Sèvres

un sapin violet With an emphasis on color,  the new shades of Pantone coffee mugs caught my eye.   The crocheted tea cozy is an updated vers...

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Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11396419883/" title="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov18 Paris _20131118 434 DSC_0540" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11396419883_bd874d54f0_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;">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 iconic art nouveau glass dome is illuminated in purple this year as it celebrates the beginning of its 101st anniversary.  The theme is thankfully child-centered at Galeries Lafayette for Christmas 2013, and there are many animated windows to delight children and adults alike.  </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;">As you walk into the rotunda area filled with counters of perfumes, the sheer size of the dome will take your breath away.  In certain department stores they frown on photos but this shot is replicated by every visitor to Galeries Lafayette apparently with the blessing of management.</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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></div>

Galeries Lafayette - le dôme en violet

Galeries Lafayette The iconic art nouveau glass dome is illuminated in purple this year as it celebrates the beginning of its 101st annivers...

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Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11361460324/" title="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov21 Paris _20131121 180 DSC_1865" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11361460324_dc0de06c10_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;">Christmas trees in Paris</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;">Giggling on the first occasion of seeing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas trees dressed like sausages, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I now find them totally charming.  </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;">The stands made of split tree trunks are quite solid </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and they are ready to be carried off, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">through the Métro or by bus to a waiting Paris apartment.  </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;">The scents of fresh evergreen are as omnipresent </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as those of the baguettes from the nearby boulangerie.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Messages du Grand Cerf</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;">4, passage du Grand Cerf (Rue Saint Denis entrance)</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;">75002, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Sapins de Noël - Passage du Grand Cerf

Christmas trees in Paris Giggling on the first occasion of seeing  Christmas trees dressed like sausages,  I now find them totally charming....

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Une forêt de sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8294975921/" title="2009 Dec IMG_0172 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec IMG_0172" height="544" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8294975921_66b1ac2ac0_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;">A small forest of Christmas trees</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;">As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this stand of trees greets you with its silver and blue bows.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Little pockets of decoration and celebration </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">such as this can be enjoyed all over Paris.</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;">Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville at Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;">75004, Paris</div><div style="text-align: left;">Métro Pont Marie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une forêt de sapins de Noël

    A small forest of Christmas trees As you cross Pont Marie from l'Île Saint Louis  this stand of trees greets you with its silver and...

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Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8293452558/" title="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 6 00668 - bw" height="512" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8293452558_71193c0ab6_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;">Les sapins de Noël </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;">Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US.</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;">If I lived there, I would want a small tree no taller than me, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps one like the little one on the right.  The log stands are beyond charming.</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 Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(a pedestrian street)</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;">Métro École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>

Rue Cler - les sapins de Noël

  Les sapins de Noël  Most of the trees in Paris are quite petite compared to what one might see in the US. If I lived there, I would want a...

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Galeries Lafayette - Noël 2009 vs Noël 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7FwebE0ivqdJb-df_E07e7hiWMXl-mdHaZdGh0mfxQuftL6WQlVTpsrkeXY8Lf7oenZudepJ15CwSfcrBXfom3L4vrcDh_zdCOYLU9qEI5q1On3PeZ5RKWyBMZGg9mlxrFwZh0qsTY/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7FwebE0ivqdJb-df_E07e7hiWMXl-mdHaZdGh0mfxQuftL6WQlVTpsrkeXY8Lf7oenZudepJ15CwSfcrBXfom3L4vrcDh_zdCOYLU9qEI5q1On3PeZ5RKWyBMZGg9mlxrFwZh0qsTY/s640/2009+dec+paris+00030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The grand dome sheltered the 66-foot tree in a traditional decor in 2009.  The boxes were re-wrapped for a different color scheme in 2010.  The giant red Christmas balls of 2008 were stunning.  The "rock'n mode" for 2011 is quite different as seen in my <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/galeries-lafayette-noel-2011.html"><strong>post last week</strong></a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Let's hope that we just "rock away" from this year's theme when the season is over.  The poster for Galleries Lafayette seen in the Métro stations just sums it up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G-pn6qWK_oxK4vfaK95zifP_zoyly187ck8JBSDeWz0KDZD5_3i8V4JwKxhGsmHhxeuVp2RVrpPvhuV9MvWkrwjCj7jT_5nq2c6HYgG3c-HtWG0LLphvZ5Ww6M0qYSRXpKo7F-iIf5M/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G-pn6qWK_oxK4vfaK95zifP_zoyly187ck8JBSDeWz0KDZD5_3i8V4JwKxhGsmHhxeuVp2RVrpPvhuV9MvWkrwjCj7jT_5nq2c6HYgG3c-HtWG0LLphvZ5Ww6M0qYSRXpKo7F-iIf5M/s320/2011+nov+4+DSC_0742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galeries Lafayette</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Boulevard Haussmann</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span>

Galeries Lafayette - Noël 2009 vs Noël 2011

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

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Galeries Lafayette - Noel 2011

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

Galeries Lafayette - Noel 2011

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

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Ballerinas at Palais Garnier

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rvO2cuowusiolY2Yc6J4XOO7WToeRWwYbkwbUJfkJVHyPhTelwJ3JtEfODm8Q_Ib1KtBp67BwJkv0o3YuonqSH7-gZTxiQe2UFyONh0o4CgRvodzLGnIVNGgkBKNaXGKUi72He2ghRs/s1600/2010+paris+7+DSC_0031+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753021162170626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rvO2cuowusiolY2Yc6J4XOO7WToeRWwYbkwbUJfkJVHyPhTelwJ3JtEfODm8Q_Ib1KtBp67BwJkv0o3YuonqSH7-gZTxiQe2UFyONh0o4CgRvodzLGnIVNGgkBKNaXGKUi72He2ghRs/s640/2010+paris+7+DSC_0031+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />On a snowy day we found this trio of ballerinas at Palais Garnier...

Ballerinas at Palais Garnier

On a snowy day we found this trio of ballerinas at Palais Garnier...

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Paris Illuminates Paris -- très vert

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrTK7RcBKEHhyphenhyphen1U5PySFOyYYqdb24bddI7_VO5Ry7MMkO6EP6N8GkAClQHy3LzSCGmXvwhLdBgBNXeFiWcbT_Z-C8i2WkxXukvtek9BSeihuzbQeyc6c3-qPP1_QpsTHd8xqMlOgDGis/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0174+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549988068787116562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrTK7RcBKEHhyphenhyphen1U5PySFOyYYqdb24bddI7_VO5Ry7MMkO6EP6N8GkAClQHy3LzSCGmXvwhLdBgBNXeFiWcbT_Z-C8i2WkxXukvtek9BSeihuzbQeyc6c3-qPP1_QpsTHd8xqMlOgDGis/s640/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0174+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This plastic bottle installation is part of an operation called “Paris Illuminates Paris”, which mixes the recycled green Sprite bottles and LED lights to create the Christmas lights down Rue Richelieu (near Palais Royal). This was the creation of Fabrice Peltier, a gallery designer, for 2009. I snapped this shot just last week so that answers my second question... Did they re-use the decorations? Yes, as you can see.<br /><br />There are also four or five trees in Place André Malraux at the foot of Rue Richelieu. You can see a close-up of the construction below on the left.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Holly announced that she was going to be drinking a lot of Sprite this year to make her own! (The red ones are Badoit bottles.)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thank you, <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter</strong></a> (Peter's Paris) for pointing out these trees!)<br />Also, Anne featured this scene (in the daylight) at <strong>Just Another American in Paris</strong> <a href="http://justanotheramericaninparis.blogspot.com/2010/12/green-christmas.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARMk0NfmDiNiDhNHdRoM7qk2BinPUhh_xJeLC-2blSOSzOFBZYgBp_V22bJUxvmzRxE0-P4nT7mU5Y50KMGGA0ZTfwhNncrLjOSM0iNSmq5ujbpMYcZ2pFl5KHr6grlrM2S7vdlow3IQ/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0187+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549992615373818690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARMk0NfmDiNiDhNHdRoM7qk2BinPUhh_xJeLC-2blSOSzOFBZYgBp_V22bJUxvmzRxE0-P4nT7mU5Y50KMGGA0ZTfwhNncrLjOSM0iNSmq5ujbpMYcZ2pFl5KHr6grlrM2S7vdlow3IQ/s400/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0187+blog.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaso23fdlQhfQzX4BC4z4-lVs48XB2FlPXSMhQSGJGDwO-5WY58obLYPGH4IhxJ4Ip1LKbyxb6AIuAWwsr8sKUQBUHt6VTydhn2o3ga1ide_qGjLXw0zBtDeURuHeoMYyI90Qe4pitgVY/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0178+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549993764991149634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaso23fdlQhfQzX4BC4z4-lVs48XB2FlPXSMhQSGJGDwO-5WY58obLYPGH4IhxJ4Ip1LKbyxb6AIuAWwsr8sKUQBUHt6VTydhn2o3ga1ide_qGjLXw0zBtDeURuHeoMYyI90Qe4pitgVY/s400/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0178+blog.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

Paris Illuminates Paris -- très vert

This plastic bottle installation is part of an operation called “Paris Illuminates Paris”, which mixes the recycled green Sprite bottles and...

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Petits sapins

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG_UYEmjrhwWZNUQVIhU_P10C2rurs_ISR7Ucpj1q5HABiNHVJezAFna2H6FWlsGk9JJNNDZW1UpXzFLMMBn6suqPXienxdX2ANgc9Sag3vfvulEkM06WJ7ykejGpOJGcJhuSSNV3rUs/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00671+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542890663242873074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzG_UYEmjrhwWZNUQVIhU_P10C2rurs_ISR7Ucpj1q5HABiNHVJezAFna2H6FWlsGk9JJNNDZW1UpXzFLMMBn6suqPXienxdX2ANgc9Sag3vfvulEkM06WJ7ykejGpOJGcJhuSSNV3rUs/s640/2009+dec+paris+00671+blog.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">For those with only the very smallest amount of space, here is a Paris option for your petit sapin de noel.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Paris is cold but only delightfully so with sun and no wind today. I feel very fortunate to have met both Laurent of <a href="http://dailyphotoparis.blogspot.com/"><strong>Daily Photo Paris</strong> </a>and to see again Peter of <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter's Paris</strong></a>. How wonderful to meet friends face to face!<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bon weekend to all!<br /></span></div></span>

Petits sapins

For those with only the very smallest amount of space, here is a Paris option for your petit sapin de noel. Paris is cold but only delightfu...

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