La Coupe d'Or

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCThsA_ImCfJlWZosxoW74l_ggJnzziWc3PUiZaiiBILqIIRIujJrYQ1PT-pes-X8K-apIajo2Gb01-0PRfI8IiBQvDsDXRIEw6twr56factC526bnYcXP1u8erbUUttCbdogz552sV50/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_114DSC_8952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCThsA_ImCfJlWZosxoW74l_ggJnzziWc3PUiZaiiBILqIIRIujJrYQ1PT-pes-X8K-apIajo2Gb01-0PRfI8IiBQvDsDXRIEw6twr56factC526bnYcXP1u8erbUUttCbdogz552sV50/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_114DSC_8952.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Coupe d'Or</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;">Sitting on Rue Saint-Honoré </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at the corner of Rue du Marché Saint-Honoré </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">would be a nice spot for people-watching.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The reviews indicate that this may not be the best place for a meal, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but a quick café and a moment to rest one's feet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">might be reason enough to stop.</span></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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;">La Coupe d'Or</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">330, rue St Honoré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Connecting to <a href="http://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2013/07/dreaming-of-france.html" target="_blank">Dreaming of France</a> and Paris in July with <a href="http://thyme-for-tea.blogspot.com/2013/06/henri-orwell-and-me-paris-in-july.html" target="_blank">Thyme for Tea</a> and  <a href="http://bookbath.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bookbath</a></span></i></div></div>

La Coupe d'Or

La Coupe d'Or Sitting on Rue Saint-Honoré  at the corner of Rue du Marché Saint-Honoré  would be a nice spot for people-watching.   The ...

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Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8259288477_61e9aeb56a_c.jpg" width="488" /></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;">The Parisian</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la vie quotidienne</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;">The moment is frozen in my memory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monsieur on the telephone, cigarette in hand,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">framed in a window, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the architecture of centuries past,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">oblivious of my delight in capturing this scene.</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;">What stories we could write   </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;">205 Rue St-Honoré</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Tuileries</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Parisien - la vie quotidienne

The Parisian la vie quotidienne The moment is frozen in my memory. A quick glimpse across the rooftops on Rue Saint-Honoré, Monsieur on the ...

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Lunettes de vue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-oX2TxCMdTEt1Mbo607eiO4atDrNQ-RSem0UchfkNuUiIiZ8d4_LI2Egr3shUT_9Ul3TML4yjYZeve_NaN5RUGqEgceFvjlpSBdC6_STFAPaIDtP-krRRYJOOnxFU_4g1dO_RqZVMkg/s1600/2012+jan+16+2nd_0734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" sca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-oX2TxCMdTEt1Mbo607eiO4atDrNQ-RSem0UchfkNuUiIiZ8d4_LI2Egr3shUT_9Ul3TML4yjYZeve_NaN5RUGqEgceFvjlpSBdC6_STFAPaIDtP-krRRYJOOnxFU_4g1dO_RqZVMkg/s640/2012+jan+16+2nd_0734.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;"><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;">All of Paris must be in need of <em>lunettes de vue</em> (eyeglasses)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">as there is an optician storefront in every block.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I think that they are second to pâtisseries in number!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(I am making that up but there are too many to count)</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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Optique</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>139, rue Saint-Honoré</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>(at Rue du Louvre)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>75001, Paris</em></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;"><br /></div>

Lunettes de vue

All of Paris must be in need of lunettes de vue (eyeglasses) as there is an optician storefront in every block. I think that they are secon...

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Michel Cluizel - une vitrine pleine de chocolat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0UK4RwM7opUTqP8r0W8Hw-vUzPr5Ba0dllrnHUgppK6iIziv_BP0kQDbO25LB5_dw7bYoa2K5raOTJEXcTihiHm7s-K8FlfvazzBPcwN0G5_ZQf861QZaa1rH8nYF474vckEBqV0_7k/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0UK4RwM7opUTqP8r0W8Hw-vUzPr5Ba0dllrnHUgppK6iIziv_BP0kQDbO25LB5_dw7bYoa2K5raOTJEXcTihiHm7s-K8FlfvazzBPcwN0G5_ZQf861QZaa1rH8nYF474vckEBqV0_7k/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0028.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Of all the delicious offerings in this Rue Saint-Honoré window the bucket of eggs, the large one on the right, would suit me just fine.  I'll share, of course!</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;"><a href="http://www.cluizel.com/chocolatier/chocolat-michel-cluizel/1.html" target="_blank"><strong>Michel Cluizel</strong></a> has an </span><a href="http://www.chocolatetradingco.com/magazine/features/michel-cluizel" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">interesting history</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, traced back to a family pastry business in Normandy.  In 1948 Michel Cluizel followed his parents as they transitioned into the chocolate business.  Today, Michel, a true <em>cacaofevier</em> and his four children are leaders in this family business which employs over 200 people.  One could compare the varieties of chocolate to those of fine wine with more descriptive adjectives than I can summon in my French vocabulary.  One of his daughters runs the boutique here on Rue Saint-Honoré.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I first posted about Michel Cluizel <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/12/un-sac-main-en-cuir.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> for the chocolate purses in the window.</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;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Michel Cluizel</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">201, rue Saint-Honoré</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75001, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Michel Cluizel - une vitrine pleine de chocolat

Of all the delicious offerings in this Rue Saint-Honoré window the bucket of eggs, the large one on the right, would suit me just fine.  I...

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Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637194805311635218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthyphenhyphenXqqDhbHv_x_1fiwnOhUg2RvLBDmHdYUnghXigc9JGqxOhyphenhyphenwqTlDkXwQ_Um6nzS6pztdwud5y8E0DDV4BkJy8rbyj-C9dyW7gUBHQSxR-JynGaIDZTZWsi7HiQpErI9rdkvP66oKoY/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0457.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed especially vibrant and colorful... just one of the reasons I must return again and again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon weekend<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Place André Malraux<br />Rue St. Honoré et<br />Avenue de l'Opéra</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See more reflections at James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2011/08/la-mort-lente-du-ballon-rouge-weekend.html"><strong>Weekend Reflections</strong></a></span>

Place André Malraux en rouge et bleu

I have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed e...

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Galerie d'Art

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10axA1ZKj_hbw0V4FYx1PMByRVdcLr6hOC8BF4ahOI_C1WwkbYheuhyphenhyphenAmKR9gfzIsQr8u-jf2_2TYZRpEahfdniHuiuMG4fhPY1EtJjtPWi3qW_OCzSVbVqITGoDlHThHaYseeodqsaA/s1600/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0172.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565566316350199906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10axA1ZKj_hbw0V4FYx1PMByRVdcLr6hOC8BF4ahOI_C1WwkbYheuhyphenhyphenAmKR9gfzIsQr8u-jf2_2TYZRpEahfdniHuiuMG4fhPY1EtJjtPWi3qW_OCzSVbVqITGoDlHThHaYseeodqsaA/s640/2010+dec+paris+4+DSC_0172.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As Holly and I were walking wearily back to our apartment in December, we found this chic art gallery on Rue Saint-Honoré...<br /><br />Although I am not a window stylist, do you not think that this nude would have "presented" better had it been placed in front of the wall on the <strong>right</strong> rather than the wall on the <strong>left</strong>? I'm just saying....<br /><br />Ah, c'est Paris!</span><br /><br /><br /><em>Rue Saint-Honoré<br />Métro Louvre-Rivoli</em>

Galerie d'Art

As Holly and I were walking wearily back to our apartment in December, we found this chic art gallery on Rue Saint-Honoré... Although I am n...

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Salon de Thé -- Le Musset

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN0mZlqikuyX9lOWSOFm7hKw1BgGzwFdA5TQGsep9moWp666izH8zj10bcMLe2hQFGfQKNRccjLEthJvdKouMP-OKqTDUXI1P3fsomwyJ-Eq4m4x3kNuDTjA6AeAVkdrmZAulgAoNIXs/s1600/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0008.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549265231431576034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN0mZlqikuyX9lOWSOFm7hKw1BgGzwFdA5TQGsep9moWp666izH8zj10bcMLe2hQFGfQKNRccjLEthJvdKouMP-OKqTDUXI1P3fsomwyJ-Eq4m4x3kNuDTjA6AeAVkdrmZAulgAoNIXs/s640/2010+Paris+3+DSC_0008.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The bright, oversized decorations of Le Musset can be seen from a block away. No reason to be chased inside with inclimate weather... just duck into the heated area protected from the wind and order the Berthillon ice cream for dessert... brrrrrr!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Le Musset<br />5, rue de l'Echelle<br />M. Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre</span>

Salon de Thé -- Le Musset

The bright, oversized decorations of Le Musset can be seen from a block away. No reason to be chased inside with inclimate weather... jus...

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