Poilâne - un repas simple

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqpMJS8UOJKXxIstFQ6QyMxZ3fleqRijM-CpJpsI6TSoGlxjgvQPVCcMmSp42KJ3PRFjhWnycUsl6VtqKwlcUUDy4bjLvRYQ06zqeR-FhiXVL4706datQglXmgCLYsiJd5Sr-v2XEitQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+449+DSC_1674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqpMJS8UOJKXxIstFQ6QyMxZ3fleqRijM-CpJpsI6TSoGlxjgvQPVCcMmSp42KJ3PRFjhWnycUsl6VtqKwlcUUDy4bjLvRYQ06zqeR-FhiXVL4706datQglXmgCLYsiJd5Sr-v2XEitQ/s1600/2013+Nov20+Paris+_20131120+449+DSC_1674.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Poilâne</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All that is needed for a simple meal...</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;">Ah, I can almost smell the aroma </div><div style="text-align: center;">of bread baking in the wood-fired ovens,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my mind at least.</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;">Poilâne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue du Cherche-Midi</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Poilâne - un repas simple

Poilâne All that is needed for a simple meal... Ah, I can almost smell the aroma  of bread baking in the wood-fired ovens, in my mind at lea...

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Tabac - Cherche Midi Presse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3TKtWIN4zb1DzzN2Z_Z79FEvZ_jE_4K-t0jTzZnybWf0CkCpSh9GhTei51ILWd-NWsWuyZvo_OZ4Mi9Blef1j6fmr-vZUFUkZlMZWxYfAyptZUBNRc1qc0wVYHKF3kTyj8q1x7kCXoM/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+008+DSC_8682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3TKtWIN4zb1DzzN2Z_Z79FEvZ_jE_4K-t0jTzZnybWf0CkCpSh9GhTei51ILWd-NWsWuyZvo_OZ4Mi9Blef1j6fmr-vZUFUkZlMZWxYfAyptZUBNRc1qc0wVYHKF3kTyj8q1x7kCXoM/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+008+DSC_8682.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A tabac is licensed to sell tobacco products </div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as newspapers and stamps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently it is good to have a friend along </div><div style="text-align: center;">to spend the day greeting customers.</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;">Tabac - Cherche Midi Presse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">52, rue du Cherche-Midi</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>

Tabac - Cherche Midi Presse

A tabac is licensed to sell tobacco products  as well as newspapers and stamps. Apparently it is good to have a friend along  to spend the d...

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Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX373UKKFFzu_XYcaG7fDtBwh2i_8KXmrx5NfDIdjJOU9K6tV29hr3tM-frTVV-ANXVMWg8hSoHVP75uCRbghhaKq-kwpLfcU4q4ElzOncN0hc7c7sr3o5Yh_zx6ndIcGcDB4t38aX7Cc/s1600/2011+Nov+7+DSC_0801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Enfants de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return?</div><div style="text-align: center;">How can one even think in those terms?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...the people of Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the children, the parks and gardens, the green chairs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the music, the churches, the architecture, the history, the Seine, the bridges,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Métro, the secret little spots discovered over 20+ trips, the food,</div><div style="text-align: center;">ex-pat friends, Parisian friends, the grand views from Paris landmarks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting on green grass when it is permitted, dancing on Rue Mouffetard, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and so much more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter what the future holds, I will always have a bit of Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and all that it is, in my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(and tens of thousands of photos, if I forget)</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;">What Would I miss most?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75000, all of it, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Theme Day - What Would I Miss Most...

Les Enfants de Paris What would I miss most about Paris if I were never to return? How can one even think in those terms? ...the people of P...

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Des reflets pendant la nuit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3MhQA83GCJfsXSb_7gT5M_hX1IhWNLqm-JEieeHn205krCBt_E6cZ6BgFPlejE-iQW3I-xVJBG04yG3IPUHncVL2V5wMfjvhOTKLLlHjJf5DsOusVatURQrFexSZmlK-gaVxjtRlF18/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+935+DSC_2634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3MhQA83GCJfsXSb_7gT5M_hX1IhWNLqm-JEieeHn205krCBt_E6cZ6BgFPlejE-iQW3I-xVJBG04yG3IPUHncVL2V5wMfjvhOTKLLlHjJf5DsOusVatURQrFexSZmlK-gaVxjtRlF18/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+935+DSC_2634.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Night Reflections</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking in the empty streets, <i>parapluie</i> (umbrella) in hand, </div><div style="text-align: center;">long velvet coat, warm gloves,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and holding a single red rose...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...a gift from an unknown young man</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">yes, she is definitely a French girl</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 de la Paix</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>

Des reflets pendant la nuit

Night Reflections Walking in the empty streets, parapluie (umbrella) in hand,  long velvet coat, warm gloves, and holding a single red rose...

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Le Perchoir - mes amis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi7QvT3MSlvqLQdS4zZ6SsgGPV-IKlB2niVOkK_uR6FBjEa9Tu7qnmtAfL3GlzqarnboOKA4RkwgPvWfEuK3gbrZzLdEewS8qcCRoaBHI59K1tUbzK0TfN-xWKZDwerv7wyvZbbAnIiA/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+209+DSC_9162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi7QvT3MSlvqLQdS4zZ6SsgGPV-IKlB2niVOkK_uR6FBjEa9Tu7qnmtAfL3GlzqarnboOKA4RkwgPvWfEuK3gbrZzLdEewS8qcCRoaBHI59K1tUbzK0TfN-xWKZDwerv7wyvZbbAnIiA/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+209+DSC_9162.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Perchoir</div><div style="text-align: center;">(the rooftop bar)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were only three of us that evening, </div><div style="text-align: center;">plus the family of one of the workers, two or three others.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed a sunset and drinks, </div><div style="text-align: center;">chatted with these two who were pouring the beverages, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a wonderful evening in this magical place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I returned to Le Perchoir a few months ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> there were hundreds of people in the space, </div><div style="text-align: center;">most of whom were twenty-somethings.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It had lost a bit of the mystique but still worth it for the view.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To see what it looked like last November, <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2014/01/le-perchoir-rooftop-bar.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.  </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;">Le Perchoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">14, rue Crespin du Gast</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Perchoir - mes amis

Le Perchoir (the rooftop bar) There were only three of us that evening,  plus the family of one of the workers, two or three others. We enjo...

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Un petit repas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br />After a full day in Paris </div><div align="center">this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  </div><div align="center">And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French butter.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">After a recount of the day's adventures </div><div align="center">over this simple but delicious <i>repas</i>, </div><div align="center">it is back out to capture the night scenes with our cameras.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center">When you are walking over 20,000 steps a day, </div><div align="center">the French butter and baguettes do not "stick on you" for long.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam! </span></span></i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>l'apartement </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75006, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Un petit repas

After a full day in Paris this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French b...

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Oskar m'a dit... allons-y!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLhen6M5q1yzflH0sJ38UXXJv_rXzGcebeazh5JdKkYdtsgRx7wqkHK5Csb21itqArRz-OrhJhiHf4fi-RXTrPVrLZ-9qvCfI7plKCEceB17q2wUxwRa_1w947c9IEat1s6pUKH8Zlxw/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_006DSC_3938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLhen6M5q1yzflH0sJ38UXXJv_rXzGcebeazh5JdKkYdtsgRx7wqkHK5Csb21itqArRz-OrhJhiHf4fi-RXTrPVrLZ-9qvCfI7plKCEceB17q2wUxwRa_1w947c9IEat1s6pUKH8Zlxw/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_006DSC_3938.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oskar</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oskar, the international traveling cat, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is taking me away to Paris and then beyond to Budapest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We will meet up with friend, Alexa (<a href="http://parisonceagain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paris Encore</a>) for a week in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then we three fly to Budapest to visit dear blog friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be looking for hidden Paris places </div><div style="text-align: center;">and thousands of photographs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oskar is ready...</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;">Destination:  Paris and Beyond</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;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Merci, brattcat, for mon cher Oskar)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Oskar m'a dit... allons-y!

Oskar Oskar, the international traveling cat,  is taking me away to Paris and then beyond to Budapest. We will meet up with friend, Alexa ( ...

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Jardin du Palais Royal - il pleut

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOeRUuwhLAmbqQp6M3J4BKcYSGOmaWmeC6OMhG4Y66eho_xovwmrMNoQ6Yu-r8Mo6jdwUedURJOrSR8VWuLfHSfazyRAF3oA67IW8uruHLtTmzOsJOAqklZ0Oy4OF1lgZEHFxS7LsM_s/s1600/2013+May+21+16th+arr_7DSC_5129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOeRUuwhLAmbqQp6M3J4BKcYSGOmaWmeC6OMhG4Y66eho_xovwmrMNoQ6Yu-r8Mo6jdwUedURJOrSR8VWuLfHSfazyRAF3oA67IW8uruHLtTmzOsJOAqklZ0Oy4OF1lgZEHFxS7LsM_s/s1600/2013+May+21+16th+arr_7DSC_5129.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, if one must be caught in the Paris rain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one must be just this chic!</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;">Must be a French Girl!</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 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 - il pleut

Jardin du Palais Royal Well, if one must be caught in the Paris rain, one must be just this chic! Must be a French Girl! Jardin du Palais Ro...

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Le Royal Monceau - Voulez-vous avoir un peu de thé?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKwGOBbFLClzAmDNDwyza0qiRE0pbtVbl4Vl2jm2r5IXN32VQLiufNG9jNsqY8uAwpW4aTGfzR0XInUGX7y78WHgnny7J715AkhsWYENSUYJloh_V6b9mQfS4kAdlS9MEeTUM6BDFrpI/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_114DSC_5533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKwGOBbFLClzAmDNDwyza0qiRE0pbtVbl4Vl2jm2r5IXN32VQLiufNG9jNsqY8uAwpW4aTGfzR0XInUGX7y78WHgnny7J715AkhsWYENSUYJloh_V6b9mQfS4kAdlS9MEeTUM6BDFrpI/s1600/2013+May+21+0521+Tues_114DSC_5533.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Royal Monceau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We met friends for tea and macarons at this elegant hotel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">lounging in the butter-soft leather furniture.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We watched people, took in the surroundings, </div><div style="text-align: center;">sipped our tea, and snapped a few photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bien sûr</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>Le Royal Monceau</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>37, avenue Hoche</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75008, Paris </i> </div>

Le Royal Monceau - Voulez-vous avoir un peu de thé?

Le Royal Monceau We met friends for tea and macarons at this elegant hotel,  lounging in the butter-soft leather furniture.   We watched peo...

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Un café avec des amies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneQmWJxeWM-NXuQTvucE4nZyHrhy6S1gMLwyCxD63EHvzv7GAPjQbeZJ9P_3tKDNYw7aXr5SQaGKaCnsqbq6DogeoIkURMIpEX_dXsj4oEMj9rPgvA3RwaBl0UQ1H8Xdw2IxbjwwsBeM/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_103DSC_5713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneQmWJxeWM-NXuQTvucE4nZyHrhy6S1gMLwyCxD63EHvzv7GAPjQbeZJ9P_3tKDNYw7aXr5SQaGKaCnsqbq6DogeoIkURMIpEX_dXsj4oEMj9rPgvA3RwaBl0UQ1H8Xdw2IxbjwwsBeM/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_103DSC_5713.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coffee with friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I think about <i>un café avec mes amies</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is my wistful vision</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">terrace, coffee, sunshine, friends, and laughter</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;">(oh, and do not forget the chic shoes, too!)</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;">Avenue Paul Doumer</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;">75016, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un café avec des amies

Coffee with friends When I think about un café avec mes amies   this is my wistful vision terrace, coffee, sunshine, friends, and laughter (...

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Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKaO6Q9B-Olq7K5zVMKIQrrh8CRT8gltPsQrLabe5ImnH9tqPfvndtI4wS8iPOg3Bq8oDqJZ2-IRZA6o3DUVcJ-3eUta8Q0hX_mmqn46Mt203IF6Ic6LyYDWgtXGJ5H2JQb0C0dtp8lw/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_232DSC_4915.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pont des Arts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you have a key?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The bridge was closed for a period of time </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the weight of the "love locks" was so heavy </div><div style="text-align: center;">that it tore a portion of the railing away from the bridge.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The city (or the mysterious lock-remover) </div><div style="text-align: center;">has periodically pruned locks from this bridge</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and Pont de l'Archevêché, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they re-appear almost as quickly as they are removed.  </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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pont des Arts</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Pont des Arts - As-tu un clé?

Pont des Arts Do you have a key? This pedestrian bridge is in the news this week.   The bridge was closed for a period of time  as the weigh...

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Square Santiago du Chili - les trois amis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejnPMopeVjIECedhAKWI_09waM6Rzx2uOIKRYwmw7e7AlT1VVcT-5B78JPvHH4TzA4omQQ-9N3K9P8_fsSMOv-KNS_nCitBlvLdIG3gCBYrCIGaBN8CExOyjDBwoQZwDVs5bbn6pYv2E/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_207DSC_4890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejnPMopeVjIECedhAKWI_09waM6Rzx2uOIKRYwmw7e7AlT1VVcT-5B78JPvHH4TzA4omQQ-9N3K9P8_fsSMOv-KNS_nCitBlvLdIG3gCBYrCIGaBN8CExOyjDBwoQZwDVs5bbn6pYv2E/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_207DSC_4890.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just off the northwest corner of Hôtel des Invalides </div><div style="text-align: center;">are two "pocket parks," Square Santiago du Chili </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Place Santiago du Chili.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">These three are enjoying warm weather in the shade.</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;"><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;">Square Santiago du Chili</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;">Avenue de la Motte Picquet</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;">75007, Paris</span></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>

Square Santiago du Chili - les trois amis

Three friends Just off the northwest corner of Hôtel des Invalides  are two "pocket parks," Square Santiago du Chili  and Place Sa...

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Des oranges et des fraises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSc68YbIDSb130bxkVfsFq8kEQTCDQYpuIFV6SeoEpY4IH0Eum0Bpkj99fVLinYBwvROJ8T0Xge1jxsXPjXx5yaPM_WIRgCzehhlIm_l6ObGsWYiV1igxfdhpN3EZd6vHycRUa6wJ_FHM/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSc68YbIDSb130bxkVfsFq8kEQTCDQYpuIFV6SeoEpY4IH0Eum0Bpkj99fVLinYBwvROJ8T0Xge1jxsXPjXx5yaPM_WIRgCzehhlIm_l6ObGsWYiV1igxfdhpN3EZd6vHycRUa6wJ_FHM/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0379.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oranges and strawberries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This fruit was as delicious as it looked.  The strawberries had that just-picked look and taste, but the oranges, oh my!  They were an explosion of a perfect mix of sweet and tart in your mouth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a group of friends in for an early evening at our favorite apartment on St. Roch.  We devoured all the fruit as well as the radishes, baguettes, saucisson sec....</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;">Eat well this week!</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;">rue St Roch</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Des oranges et des fraises

Oranges and strawberries This fruit was as delicious as it looked.  The strawberries had that just-picked look and taste, but the oranges, o...

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Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3b2XVg2h9YTsjhaN6s89h_Y61HjfgpsMKq2TeV8gYEp4OudYY0ZgJ0mn3RlelCSKWXcQNGMEyGqMn1P-fmidlvfb5UhBQtG3xDGLg9p07VEIEKsg5UfusgSMpG2ItnF0gIrjYtZA6Ks/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_459DSC_6070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3b2XVg2h9YTsjhaN6s89h_Y61HjfgpsMKq2TeV8gYEp4OudYY0ZgJ0mn3RlelCSKWXcQNGMEyGqMn1P-fmidlvfb5UhBQtG3xDGLg9p07VEIEKsg5UfusgSMpG2ItnF0gIrjYtZA6Ks/s1600/2013+May+22+0522+Wed_459DSC_6070.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Lutétia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The usually busy tables were noticeably vacant on this rainy May afternoon.  However, from inside the large windows give a great view of the quai, the Seine, and Pont Louis Philippe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the course of an hour or two we watched several stories unfold in the rain:</div><div style="text-align: center;">a drowning in the Seine, a family drama on the terrace, and wedding pictures on the quai below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You do not always have to rush around Paris to see the city.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">On some days the city comes to you.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant</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;">33, quai de Bourbon</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Lutétia Île Saint Louis Restaurant

Le Lutétia The usually busy tables were noticeably vacant on this rainy May afternoon.  However, from inside the large windows give a great ...

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Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie88Pt99GBdZEuA15A9UI1KPxfBmoH0hyphenhyphen8mckcnyIV5re6X1BKjphCptz2_iPdPdgG58SdqoOQSoBmilXvNvUrDjhRWSR_CmyIl_slJXJaliYpBVdJcLLLEsYx5JqtPbAwAtQ88sj-RYk/s1600/2011+April+17+DSC_0203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hôtel du Nord</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St. Martin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Often, when I look through my Paris photos </div><div style="text-align: center;">I run across this one and wonder just who this man might be.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is he a movie star, <i>un chanteur</i>, a friend of the restaurant, who?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I almost posted this in black and white, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but could <u>you</u> do that to those aquamarine eyes?</div><div style="text-align: center;">really!</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;">Qui est ce beau gosse?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Hôtel du Nord</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>102 Quai de Jemmapes</em></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></i></span></div>

Hôtel du Nord - Qui est cet homme?

Hôtel du Nord I took this photo three years ago, a photo of a photo. It was perched on a ledge behind my table at Hôtel du Nord on Canal St....

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Le Grand Vefour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AZkTZ_sQmtgnCpNVdLsyBcc3qQoFeXfBrcAt_ShdXNQd2-y8R8JB4B5HKXOXoqj7EZWaxGSgv6pJfdOSFHt05jwmkw23Ou99HzDC8SioKaMC3ys4QQliTvQ9g52wzGb-ZBW6IQQtDMs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_3DSC_4251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AZkTZ_sQmtgnCpNVdLsyBcc3qQoFeXfBrcAt_ShdXNQd2-y8R8JB4B5HKXOXoqj7EZWaxGSgv6pJfdOSFHt05jwmkw23Ou99HzDC8SioKaMC3ys4QQliTvQ9g52wzGb-ZBW6IQQtDMs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_3DSC_4251.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Grand Vefour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Unfazed by the drizzling rain and without concern for traffic, <br />this chic woman walked like she owned the street <br />...and the famous Grand Vefour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Must be a French girl</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Beaujolais</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;">Palais Royal</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;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Le Grand Vefour

Le Grand Vefour Unfazed by the drizzling rain and without concern for traffic, this chic woman walked like she owned the street ...and the f...

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Les photographes en reflet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HS3wQqvzNZHh4SWdVgbZAeRYjil4R-fiBIcSglB_hzxO3yHx5m1Rd0rwO5aLriFLz9ptw4W2OD7mQFm0zOGDiG9I2unHQnjqvFklxl0XzjtPhIW6gvUqAXb5Rsu9o2370ZQNrOt_whs/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+104+DSC_1789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HS3wQqvzNZHh4SWdVgbZAeRYjil4R-fiBIcSglB_hzxO3yHx5m1Rd0rwO5aLriFLz9ptw4W2OD7mQFm0zOGDiG9I2unHQnjqvFklxl0XzjtPhIW6gvUqAXb5Rsu9o2370ZQNrOt_whs/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+104+DSC_1789.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three American Photographers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With an eye for reflections, usually those without the photographer, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the three of us could not resist capturing the moment, a "selfie" of another type.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Surely one camera would have been sufficient, but the overkill was pure delight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were specifically talking of <a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a> meme </div><div style="text-align: center;">that day in Paris, and so I join him today.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the other reflections here.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">James, this one was taken for you.</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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Dussoubs</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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les photographes en reflet

Three American Photographers With an eye for reflections, usually those without the photographer,  the three of us could not resist capturin...

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Monsieur?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsaiQq5YQuxHpzkWsJDxyAdLv6L4c5VPoZgP4bDz79r7OLaFKQaJlj2_u77o8tNUh9j0izy66LWq1jrSXGdL9DLhaCIVRPbCMPjsfYWDiuPFVfynEn3BI2AR7dWyEkr2scoqqahnxkvM/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+165+DSC_8831.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pont d'Arcole</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;"><strike>Man</strike> on the bridge with an umbrella, uh...</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;">Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella...</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;">...nothing more to say</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;">Pont d'Arcole</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Monsieur?

Pont d'Arcole Man on the bridge with an umbrella, uh... Charming man on the bridge in the rain with an umbrella... ...nothing more to s...

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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/AVvXsEgrxJPU-M9b_GozpicD5FXtKKaDyh8w22wfUpvedTXVntpT4hdu-8ondjK4x7SSQiN3VG5e0okn245tws8XWo19s-kfZs2g_b-p2lmQPPFgGx4jLL9_WCnLIfRUA4TlG314QvXHHkYRkFw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_135DSC_9246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxJPU-M9b_GozpicD5FXtKKaDyh8w22wfUpvedTXVntpT4hdu-8ondjK4x7SSQiN3VG5e0okn245tws8XWo19s-kfZs2g_b-p2lmQPPFgGx4jLL9_WCnLIfRUA4TlG314QvXHHkYRkFw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_135DSC_9246.jpg" width="612" /></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, 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;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></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;"> </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;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crêperie Plougastel</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">47, rue du Montparnasse</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></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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Crêperie Oroyona

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4wH94Y4p6e_91rAtz2z7suKVV-PfM23VxLcxd2Aq7hsWtEPAfJebroEQ4PCrd4JaWQoj3BvnbSqorR8fRIQDOl69BNG-GYpjVrzGbGesnhprDClppQK09IT-QyLFWJWQ_YksBL_e110/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+160+DSC_9806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4wH94Y4p6e_91rAtz2z7suKVV-PfM23VxLcxd2Aq7hsWtEPAfJebroEQ4PCrd4JaWQoj3BvnbSqorR8fRIQDOl69BNG-GYpjVrzGbGesnhprDClppQK09IT-QyLFWJWQ_YksBL_e110/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+160+DSC_9806.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crêperie Oroyona</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 Rue Mouffetard there are many choices for a crêpe <i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>sur le pouce</i> (on the run), but this is my favorite.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can have a savory crêpe, a sweet crêpe, and a drink for 5,5€</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 first photographed the pretty crêpe-maker several years ago </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and returned with a photo for her.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She has been there on Sunday afternoons on each return trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7X82L5Q_0COYdq2JLl6jpBYM5_bJlg3Q-m1EfWmzNw9Dqfj2uslV1wYwe-o-1i2-nOnsKgak5kPSceduV5VhKbrZrAwR5eY9qLms4-CzOQmW9KJ9U9VA2nKcnMy4ynfP8-FdJ1a3bSY/s1600/2012+jan+15+2nd_0420+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7X82L5Q_0COYdq2JLl6jpBYM5_bJlg3Q-m1EfWmzNw9Dqfj2uslV1wYwe-o-1i2-nOnsKgak5kPSceduV5VhKbrZrAwR5eY9qLms4-CzOQmW9KJ9U9VA2nKcnMy4ynfP8-FdJ1a3bSY/s1600/2012+jan+15+2nd_0420+b-w.jpg" width="320" /></a></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;">Crêperie Oroyona</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;">36, rue Mouffetard</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Crêperie Oroyona

Crêperie Oroyona On Rue Mouffetard there are many choices for a crêpe   sur le pouce (on the run), but this is my favorite.   You can have ...

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