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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Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8234229876_b940f2fed2_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;">Rue Saint Roch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">my street in Paris</span></i></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 is undoubtedly one of<i> </i>the smallest of café terraces with seating for six.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue Saint Roch runs between Rue de Rivoli </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and Avenue de l'Opéra, a single-lane, one-way street.</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;">From my residence of choice in Paris, I can look (hang) out of the large windows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and watch the school children marching their way to Jardin des Tuileries, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">gaze on the large stained glass windows of Église Saint-Roch, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or, in warm weather, observe the wonderful food selections on the terrace below.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Often we can hear the music from one or more of the church's three organs.</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;">Just thinking about my street in Paris lightens my mood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and brings a smile to my face.</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;">Restaurant de la Cordonnerie </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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">20, rue Saint Roch</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><div style="text-align: center;"><i>City Daily Photo Theme Day: My Street</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-my-street.html" target="_blank"><i>See all the contributions here</i></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div>

Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

Rue Saint Roch my street in Paris This is undoubtedly one of the smallest of café terraces with seating for six. Rue Saint Roch runs betwee...

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La tribu des oiseaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreau9pPuGQuxF0fau1K4DIQyfAVd_84gYWMIaMLN0Y_jBTRqJKmpK2YluDzH5gPXX1n3L3gJRwD3y2mboXfbEEbEiOzi8Jn4K4N3OtNWz2nXe-NmqpFxUpeDSBDLck0srwPE_Zcjh8QM/s1600/2012+march+from+iPad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreau9pPuGQuxF0fau1K4DIQyfAVd_84gYWMIaMLN0Y_jBTRqJKmpK2YluDzH5gPXX1n3L3gJRwD3y2mboXfbEEbEiOzi8Jn4K4N3OtNWz2nXe-NmqpFxUpeDSBDLck0srwPE_Zcjh8QM/s640/2012+march+from+iPad.jpg" vca="true" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The boutique on Rue Saint Roch offers stylish hats,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but tonight, this fluff of a dress steals the spotlight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint Roch</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span>

La tribu des oiseaux

The boutique on Rue Saint Roch offers stylish hats, but tonight, this fluff of a dress steals the spotlight. Rue Saint Roch 75001, Paris

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Bonjour, monsieur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gSyqkd1qrFwfi9GNR7xBNydOZMIh9w3nYjzU-JyUsraaO3Pn-XO2krjIuyPjdD-zSsAa7xtPeSrnHLTEG0z0EA85soFHY7-56dM8C-upO4njdgMK_nwZJlDl9lIVw7zjSwAtJa9g73I/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0126-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gSyqkd1qrFwfi9GNR7xBNydOZMIh9w3nYjzU-JyUsraaO3Pn-XO2krjIuyPjdD-zSsAa7xtPeSrnHLTEG0z0EA85soFHY7-56dM8C-upO4njdgMK_nwZJlDl9lIVw7zjSwAtJa9g73I/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0126-1.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is only a portion of the entryway to Propriété de la Société des Cuisiniers de Paris found on Rue Saint-Roch, just around the corner from Avenue de l'Opéra.  The architect's name is etched into the façade, along with the date:  Bruno Pellissier, arch't. 1917.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Remember to "look up"</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Propriété de la Société des Cuisiniers de Paris</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">45, rue Saint Roch</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75001 Paris</span>

Bonjour, monsieur

This is only a portion of the entryway to Propriété de la Société des Cuisiniers de Paris found on Rue Saint-Roch, just around the corner f...

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Un Chapeau Rose

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnsrozzDp0WhrtLzWsGsBqXbBIPxhRNCVy7q-ikIvN6br6bWQdkL6_a8kEaZOI1K7jAEYOa03gGYnW3ZWP470iAOVlb4eUMk-GyurmBzNqy-IY9tLckTFtUyfNkpBzpqCbc6-rgYefeo/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0403.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632006072125682498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnsrozzDp0WhrtLzWsGsBqXbBIPxhRNCVy7q-ikIvN6br6bWQdkL6_a8kEaZOI1K7jAEYOa03gGYnW3ZWP470iAOVlb4eUMk-GyurmBzNqy-IY9tLckTFtUyfNkpBzpqCbc6-rgYefeo/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0403.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Walking from our apartment to Jardin des Tuileries is a small boutique of hats. This bright pink with a feather seemed perfectly French to me.</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Bon weekend</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span>

Un Chapeau Rose

Walking from our apartment to Jardin des Tuileries is a small boutique of hats. This bright pink with a feather seemed perfectly French to m...

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Église Saint Roch -- un petit musée?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2Fy8dxcwymsfcguHQnsFWDbyTIUZOLXmMP2US21o_63fxzRX-F2H7JE0a0SgDBmug5A9KEHXDD_ILE-bzPJOcnssHcG1xtvFT6QGsALSP8mEGbnt89XCFAacQOjH8sC_kPtQu5d7iCI/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0365.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630042877791696594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2Fy8dxcwymsfcguHQnsFWDbyTIUZOLXmMP2US21o_63fxzRX-F2H7JE0a0SgDBmug5A9KEHXDD_ILE-bzPJOcnssHcG1xtvFT6QGsALSP8mEGbnt89XCFAacQOjH8sC_kPtQu5d7iCI/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0365.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Built in 1653, it was only between 1750 and 1770, that the interior of the Church was completed by top artists: Falconet, Vien, Doyen, Boullée. Today still, this church shelters a great number of works of art, paintings and sculptures, rescued from other churches destroyed during the tumult of the French Revolution. Each one of its inside chapels is a small museum.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Bon dimanche<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Église Saint Roch<br />Rue St. Roch et Rue St-Honoré</span>

Église Saint Roch -- un petit musée?

Built in 1653, it was only between 1750 and 1770, that the interior of the Church was completed by top artists: Falconet, Vien, Doyen, Boull...

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