Les fleurs de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRO6JoTKaHTaXMia2_x4r9WqZZ6H-UMHV3ymrx-e7mkI0QjsolvTBXHZcgNNhLsLzfcBmQtXTj8WEzi0lCKahL_FBiH7Iypi75mmdnBXa9sHlpk_lLG3yxCP75SYlH6EXhZx5MZcPwYg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_105DSC_4788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRO6JoTKaHTaXMia2_x4r9WqZZ6H-UMHV3ymrx-e7mkI0QjsolvTBXHZcgNNhLsLzfcBmQtXTj8WEzi0lCKahL_FBiH7Iypi75mmdnBXa9sHlpk_lLG3yxCP75SYlH6EXhZx5MZcPwYg/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_105DSC_4788.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You may wonder about all of the shrubs and blooming plants in Paris.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The parks and public gardens are filled to the brim, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but one would think that there are not many private gardens </div><div style="text-align: center;">in central Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All you have to do is to look to the balconies </div><div style="text-align: center;">and take a peek inside the almost-closed door courtyards.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now what would you put on your Paris balcony?</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;">rue Cler florist</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les fleurs de Paris

You may wonder about all of the shrubs and blooming plants in Paris.   The parks and public gardens are filled to the brim,  but one would t...

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Homme de musique - Rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGKWUo9O67Gg6SGLTDmWcVsKWv4JWGC9Am9csZn_EzMeve0vNa-YMlP2Dy4Jd2u0QdcGncLeyneeT24OyrrKfLjP1WxhSUke2eq45OtjakgrICL8XHb4EqFvfv1YzW34KhqjRhLnXtQc/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGKWUo9O67Gg6SGLTDmWcVsKWv4JWGC9Am9csZn_EzMeve0vNa-YMlP2Dy4Jd2u0QdcGncLeyneeT24OyrrKfLjP1WxhSUke2eq45OtjakgrICL8XHb4EqFvfv1YzW34KhqjRhLnXtQc/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0915.jpg" width="424" /></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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This charming man was a regular for many years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I do not recall having seen him in the past year or so.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">He has a lovely voice and sings with animation and passion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you seen him lately?</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;">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;"><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 Cler</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: left;"><br /></div>

Homme de musique - Rue Cler

Rue Cler This charming man was a regular for many years,  but I do not recall having seen him in the past year or so. He has a lovely voice ...

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Les Floralies - Rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhck3zHhyphenhyphenL3Ji4K8_9nerQz0-5KpcIJ06vgO_JYMMM7NF-WSFSYES3xus8ZkRjzWyZ-4jgKTirRIGojL_3rg03BoUxHIQ7Vltimz5OWwo18q1_z3V-DdLSe7v7Jsxn_jUzX65JT1jJ5XkI/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhck3zHhyphenhyphenL3Ji4K8_9nerQz0-5KpcIJ06vgO_JYMMM7NF-WSFSYES3xus8ZkRjzWyZ-4jgKTirRIGojL_3rg03BoUxHIQ7Vltimz5OWwo18q1_z3V-DdLSe7v7Jsxn_jUzX65JT1jJ5XkI/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0151.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 Floralies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Cler</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this pedestrian street, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the local residents have a wide selection </div><div style="text-align: center;">of fresh produce, flowers, linens, chocolates, and a daily market.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The terrace cafes are a great place to watch pedestrians </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the street's activities. </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 quatre juillet</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;">Rue Cler</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>

Les Floralies - Rue Cler

Les Floralies Rue Cler On this pedestrian street,  the local residents have a wide selection  of fresh produce, flowers, linens, chocolates,...

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La vie quotidienne - Rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX-bao2uH28t_AaxpFWR6z8JOTiqkH1JXdtdJrZ68fWpC2vG3LBi_PtQVxO8jifdTFQTHQjFaj12oq2lbOZ_X-d96SjTLhUB2sDL9OfyWz65Jvea8HYMhArQtPirwhpwwSlz0oHnPHvw/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX-bao2uH28t_AaxpFWR6z8JOTiqkH1JXdtdJrZ68fWpC2vG3LBi_PtQVxO8jifdTFQTHQjFaj12oq2lbOZ_X-d96SjTLhUB2sDL9OfyWz65Jvea8HYMhArQtPirwhpwwSlz0oHnPHvw/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148+b-w.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;">Les marchés de 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;">It is impossible to read a novel (or non-fiction) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">about life in Paris without observing the daily shopping.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think about the time I spend driving to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the seafood market, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the family-owned vegetable market, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the grocery for the other items.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How wonderful would it be to walk down this pedestrian street, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">greeting your neighbors, while selecting all the items you need. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Cler</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;"><br /></div>

La vie quotidienne - Rue Cler

Les marchés de Paris It is impossible to read a novel (or non-fiction)  about life in Paris without observing the daily shopping.   I think ...

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Rue Cler - les cafés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiambwTeLhAwY9uTqgPMHVpkH3PEflrM5sF6LLsLnBEoDgBdiBfCMeoiAVomDm6HNPu5ezID4GUprxdWPSWQQvFhH5HP52q6kw42vprgDXlQkHf8TmH71-0jY3AxoPtzhZ6SYChZ4v_37Y/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_116DSC_4799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiambwTeLhAwY9uTqgPMHVpkH3PEflrM5sF6LLsLnBEoDgBdiBfCMeoiAVomDm6HNPu5ezID4GUprxdWPSWQQvFhH5HP52q6kw42vprgDXlQkHf8TmH71-0jY3AxoPtzhZ6SYChZ4v_37Y/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_116DSC_4799.jpg" width="422" /></a></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;">le serveur</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;">Paris is a large city. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However, when you frequent a place like Rue Cler, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seems smaller when you "run into" the same waiter on several trips. </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;">Do not miss Rue Cler, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly for people watching from the terrace of its many cafés.</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-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 Cler</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>

Rue Cler - les cafés

le serveur Paris is a large city.  However, when you frequent a place like Rue Cler,  it seems smaller when you "run into" the sam...

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Rue Cler - un café et beaucoup de chaussures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyX95VOBNnjgqt1Pt_xxJIuCW2P0edjwCS3P1WvNUTfiWiZi3JO2svCwVlLN5wVI6vLEo4LWjek8Z06UNZvLGYMgg6VdeiwG46cXsj_gruFtO2FaVwXpGHzYLGkVxfuC2dvCCoHZ7mlvo/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_117DSC_4800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyX95VOBNnjgqt1Pt_xxJIuCW2P0edjwCS3P1WvNUTfiWiZi3JO2svCwVlLN5wVI6vLEo4LWjek8Z06UNZvLGYMgg6VdeiwG46cXsj_gruFtO2FaVwXpGHzYLGkVxfuC2dvCCoHZ7mlvo/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_117DSC_4800.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A café on Rue Cler</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 delightful café on Rue Cler is a scene repeated all over Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love to people-watch and wonder about their "stories."  </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;">Perhaps the shoes will give us some clues...</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;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Cler - un café et beaucoup de chaussures

A café on Rue Cler This delightful café on Rue Cler is a scene repeated all over Paris.   I love to people-watch and wonder about their ...

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<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8319878893/" title="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0266" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8319878893_255f952bf4_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Cler</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;">A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but it is a delightful neighborhood  and the decorations are appealing in the daylight as well as at night.</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 am thinking about my friend Christiane who I first met here several years ago, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and who shared with me her treasured <i>fèves anciennes</i>.  We have kept up with each other over the years, and Holly and I saw her in Paris recently.</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;">It makes me think of an old poem, "Make new friends and keep the old.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One is silver and the other gold."  I do treasure the friends I have made in Paris. </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;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div>

Rue Cler A favorite street of mine as you can run into old friends and make new ones.  This pedestrian street is only a few blocks long, but...

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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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Des lapins roses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_TfVGs59bQvN06E9DzYOOmpnU8G6MgDcUjglNJOieypXHiAVx_hFw9BclS7Q_7nnWkMaAmRXk-bIxOJL4ehj84a3v5aJaCijeJNABIVgEtxBomejiAJnK7XqmaAIvdk7Htkv98VFRDQ/s1600/2012+jan+14++1st_0893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_TfVGs59bQvN06E9DzYOOmpnU8G6MgDcUjglNJOieypXHiAVx_hFw9BclS7Q_7nnWkMaAmRXk-bIxOJL4ehj84a3v5aJaCijeJNABIVgEtxBomejiAJnK7XqmaAIvdk7Htkv98VFRDQ/s640/2012+jan+14++1st_0893.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;">A basket of bunnies seen in the window of Jeff de Bruges</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They are not chocolate but adorable all the same.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is no shortage of chocolate here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Jeff de Bruges</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Christine Dufiefs</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>51 bis, rue Cler</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Métro École Militaire</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>75007, Paris</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Des lapins roses

A basket of bunnies seen in the window of Jeff de Bruges They are not chocolate but adorable all the same. There is no shortage of chocolate...

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Le chien de la rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mj3-2uDXXe3U7poU8Ih6HxAlKZa6Xl9NUiDKTSmPGg4_vi284jcoVAuh8reaZlpKJmlFqxcbcxqyz-86OhsOQ5YKNXpzelOZR81JOn3O8rytv0EPcPBuNYOOKzGrjO0T-q1K8rjMPBg/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mj3-2uDXXe3U7poU8Ih6HxAlKZa6Xl9NUiDKTSmPGg4_vi284jcoVAuh8reaZlpKJmlFqxcbcxqyz-86OhsOQ5YKNXpzelOZR81JOn3O8rytv0EPcPBuNYOOKzGrjO0T-q1K8rjMPBg/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0259.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 marché on rue Cler was full of people this day </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and provided a great opportunity to explore the scents and sounds of the market.  </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;">This pup owned the street</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: left;"><a href="http://www.parismarkets.net/RueCler.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché Rue Cler</em></span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Cler et Avenue de la Motte-Picquet</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro École Militaire</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Le chien de la rue Cler

The marché on rue Cler was full of people this day and provided a great opportunity to explore the scents and sounds of the market.  This pu...

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Dimanche Matin - Rue Cler

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxWfcTscDkFbO6wFq2J8dAwzQAJrIsjCnV3RkGLyH6EiU54SlxJjLyX3MahnYpfsQ1nhnfPIMnS2MSwmJCUweNtnMRS6R0xUZk2a0j1lxx7QMzSl-KZzq__rTCf0COeVyHk4L2LYUw38/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594114346630730162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxWfcTscDkFbO6wFq2J8dAwzQAJrIsjCnV3RkGLyH6EiU54SlxJjLyX3MahnYpfsQ1nhnfPIMnS2MSwmJCUweNtnMRS6R0xUZk2a0j1lxx7QMzSl-KZzq__rTCf0COeVyHk4L2LYUw38/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0148.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;; ;" /></a><br /><br />As crowded as it is in this photo, it is likely noon or later. Rue Cler is a wonderful walking street for shopping, for un café, for brunch on a terrace, for people watching...

Dimanche Matin - Rue Cler

As crowded as it is in this photo, it is likely noon or later. Rue Cler is a wonderful walking street for shopping, for un café, for brunch...

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A little chocolate, my dear?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxtRCRTRXd5ppGCsMvt36Ihqf7O_VDrwi1rZvwM9ckh2eb_D8eGNPdR-gYDg0SLWVcID8qvraQ_p5uqRHrpGWAJFwaKsRB1tBVh7OfaCyLXz5tFUXrXUawldfN2PsdZM-fMqX-OoJRAI/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00677.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551129202139014850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxtRCRTRXd5ppGCsMvt36Ihqf7O_VDrwi1rZvwM9ckh2eb_D8eGNPdR-gYDg0SLWVcID8qvraQ_p5uqRHrpGWAJFwaKsRB1tBVh7OfaCyLXz5tFUXrXUawldfN2PsdZM-fMqX-OoJRAI/s640/2009+dec+paris+00677.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At A la Mère de Famille on Rue Cler, this large chocolate deer drew quite a crowd. Miam-miam!<br /><br /><br />A la Mère de Famille, est 1761<br />47, rue Cler (and other locations)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>

A little chocolate, my dear?

At A la Mère de Famille on Rue Cler, this large chocolate deer drew quite a crowd. Miam-miam! A la Mère de Famille, est 1761 47, rue Cler (a...

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Rue Cler -- an array of trees

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7bz1enSWSeL8TCLSGlQnTnDPmHFI7lukjpx36zfxLrWtsT0lFIRkIHGb19oYnRXw1u4Du4ndxFuji1a4lMRQCBNeLMjN5CNMqsDvsa6vt_dMKtziIuJuQuAGDmkiWbK-1KxWYYdogmU/s1600/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0216+crop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545523767449951810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7bz1enSWSeL8TCLSGlQnTnDPmHFI7lukjpx36zfxLrWtsT0lFIRkIHGb19oYnRXw1u4Du4ndxFuji1a4lMRQCBNeLMjN5CNMqsDvsa6vt_dMKtziIuJuQuAGDmkiWbK-1KxWYYdogmU/s640/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0216+crop.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />Paris streets are full of les sapins de noël... in the street markets such as this one on Rue Cler, à la marché alimentaire, and in front of the many florist shops. <br /><br /> <div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jx7AxjRiw8JFDFFRgLNSY4PSJhPK_naBd8vK2AV3s7_yuHkSYhk4Cktf75rx6_zVn5PdYLNBhszo-SefF4mBAotRMaKfSUvqyKxaW4uqvgWSRQxAnvyrRmn_2AGrrWtMxcfv151UHoY/s1600/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0223+blog+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545523283874575906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jx7AxjRiw8JFDFFRgLNSY4PSJhPK_naBd8vK2AV3s7_yuHkSYhk4Cktf75rx6_zVn5PdYLNBhszo-SefF4mBAotRMaKfSUvqyKxaW4uqvgWSRQxAnvyrRmn_2AGrrWtMxcfv151UHoY/s320/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0223+blog+cropped.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />As we took a moment to look at these petite trees, some actually resembling a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree," we marveled at the "stands" made of half-logs drilled with a hole to fit the trunk of the tree.<br />This smaller version of a tree seems to work quite nicely for the Parisians selecting le sapin de noël for the family.<br /><div></div></div>

Rue Cler -- an array of trees

Paris streets are full of les sapins de noël... in the street markets such as this one on Rue Cler, à la marché alimentaire, and in front of...

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Marché rue Cler -- des legumes

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7zZ3Z49kAJQvowRk82OQrqfnx3JfBjN5XUQMTJogVPRR2aKH16PlfK-HzbubSCP-xs-39a9pitZVQF-gO08GzZwXoFwHQS2c40fmyeGmQZMIvNdSbXIaZSDf34ps4DF3GBcy-9Ucyd4/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00465cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535174939334053234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7zZ3Z49kAJQvowRk82OQrqfnx3JfBjN5XUQMTJogVPRR2aKH16PlfK-HzbubSCP-xs-39a9pitZVQF-gO08GzZwXoFwHQS2c40fmyeGmQZMIvNdSbXIaZSDf34ps4DF3GBcy-9Ucyd4/s640/2009+dec+paris+00465cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Fresh fall vegetables on Rue Cler....</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">After a week (eating) in San Diego followed up with a week (eating) in New Orleans, I thought it would be better to go for the vegetables rather than the macarons. Okay, so I am stoic!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">(but I'll be back on the pâtisseries et les macarons soon -- miam-miam!)</span></div>

Marché rue Cler -- des legumes

Fresh fall vegetables on Rue Cler.... After a week (eating) in San Diego followed up with a week (eating) in New Orleans, I thought it would...

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Rose foncé et orange

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqXT7br4U97acgb74-mLZUe4WpcyhfpNdNFJ66uG9So9WLimCp5IDGJHZnMysbNwyGijsO2ZpHd6GN0eArn2VpaHxd_TQftXO70eg3rO4ZViINOr8dqijFS7aoCiAs-2axI4_xiT7yZk/s1600/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0919blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530261266803815762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqXT7br4U97acgb74-mLZUe4WpcyhfpNdNFJ66uG9So9WLimCp5IDGJHZnMysbNwyGijsO2ZpHd6GN0eArn2VpaHxd_TQftXO70eg3rO4ZViINOr8dqijFS7aoCiAs-2axI4_xiT7yZk/s640/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0919blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">How do you feel about these two colors together?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Before you say too much I do have a coat in that color (well, two of them, but who's counting?)</span>

Rose foncé et orange

How do you feel about these two colors together? Before you say too much I do have a coat in that color (well, two of them, but who's co...

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