Le Petit Fer à Cheval II

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9463739072/" title="2012 Mar 31 Paris_201DSC_5437 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 31 Paris_201DSC_5437" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2867/9463739072_83b1620b37_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Petit Fer à Cheval</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The Horseshoe"</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;">Effortless Paris chic:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the horseshoe bar,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the glasses, the shelves, the clock, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the chandelier, the oscillating fan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the oh-so-French waiter.</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;">Wish we were all there right now</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Le Petit Fer à Cheval</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>30, rue Vieille du Temple</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75004, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

Le Petit Fer à Cheval II

  Le Petit Fer à Cheval "The Horseshoe" Effortless Paris chic: the horseshoe bar, the glasses, the shelves, the clock,  the chande...

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Le Petit Fer à Cheval

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8Yzb3ZLtDOMkLK2k8yyqms3wr9IXO9E7OTh1QmBFNm_RGtOTZiQ3pCbOzw_ajbP60dDCn94izFu6jhPZeWKkGvlOr2YGDgrJHNoqEgoA1xDgt5sPzIKscDWRCnW7Ek1nGoX4P4icaWU/s1600/2012+Mar+31_5398DSC_5435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" qda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8Yzb3ZLtDOMkLK2k8yyqms3wr9IXO9E7OTh1QmBFNm_RGtOTZiQ3pCbOzw_ajbP60dDCn94izFu6jhPZeWKkGvlOr2YGDgrJHNoqEgoA1xDgt5sPzIKscDWRCnW7Ek1nGoX4P4icaWU/s640/2012+Mar+31_5398DSC_5435.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;">Two weeks ago, my husband and I arranged to meet Peter (Peter's Paris) and friend Isabelle for déjeuner at this café/bar in the heart of the Marais, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le Petit Fer à Cheval (the horseshoe).  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was the one coolish day of our visit and we enjoyed sitting in a warm corner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do you know the special anniversary that is today?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is the birthdate of an artist, one who left his mark on the world through his photography.  His amazing insight into children's street culture created visual stories of life in France.  His photography has had a revival since his death in 1994 and many of his portraits and street photos of Paris in the late 1940s and 1950s have become icons of French life.</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; font-size: large;">Robert Doisneau</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">born 14 April 1912</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joyeaux anniversaire, Monsieur Doisneau</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Petit Fer à Cheval</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>30, rue Vieille du Temple</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Petit Fer à Cheval

Two weeks ago, my husband and I arranged to meet Peter (Peter's Paris) and friend Isabelle for déjeuner at this café/bar in the heart of...

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