Rue d'Aligre - un café

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10527705355/" title="2011 1106 Nov day 3 DSC_0477 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 1106 Nov day 3 DSC_0477" height="575" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/10527705355_89ce2d0684_c.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><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 d'Aligre</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;">Taken on a busy market day (Marché d;Aligre), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">there is scant room for café table and chairs.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Still, the pastries and a coffee (or thé) can be enjoyed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as the market vendors shout out the quality of their wares.</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;">One thinks that the price of the coffee and pastry is small </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for this front row theatre seat.</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 d'Aligre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru Rollin</span></i></div>

Rue d'Aligre - un café

Rue d'Aligre Taken on a busy market day (Marché d;Aligre),  there is scant room for café table and chairs.   Still, the pastries and a c...

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La Ruche à Miel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP-V0k_1lMf2Iu6Gtya6MqPNwov-YtDMmaKweiZ3ZFwhyphenhyphenmcX0pk5yDn4srISxNOeS6pcwmVzpQRzAdc1-MMLW-yRiyOQk4VXxoks_Kxvb1_sAE64X_s6bXnBZ5dJnsqDYAIKdQc60Uac/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP-V0k_1lMf2Iu6Gtya6MqPNwov-YtDMmaKweiZ3ZFwhyphenhyphenmcX0pk5yDn4srISxNOeS6pcwmVzpQRzAdc1-MMLW-yRiyOQk4VXxoks_Kxvb1_sAE64X_s6bXnBZ5dJnsqDYAIKdQc60Uac/s640/2012+jan+15++2nd_0184.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;">La Ruche à Miel is a restaurant and salon de thé with a window view of the busy Marché d'Aligre.  It is a regular Sunday morning stop, a quiet moment with un café before stepping back into the cacophony of the marketplace, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">vendors shouting out the virtues of their produce, each trying to outdo the next.</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would invite you to stop a moment with me to enjoy the honey-laced pastries but it appears that someone has eaten them both... Perhaps it was Oskar!</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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did get a photo first...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vCE7RzD0Jxcb9wb0O5jwmyOyPHKkCunMUsHuugln5kQq8ujGkvhrCE1xqkVXcqni05ER66fZJdLDlpNRzdrSNEu01xp9tyFRkPYmmJaqTTts24yNLaDiFMZX9DkvddEBg9MX3MrYtL8/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vCE7RzD0Jxcb9wb0O5jwmyOyPHKkCunMUsHuugln5kQq8ujGkvhrCE1xqkVXcqni05ER66fZJdLDlpNRzdrSNEu01xp9tyFRkPYmmJaqTTts24yNLaDiFMZX9DkvddEBg9MX3MrYtL8/s320/2012+jan+15++2nd_0179.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Ruche à Miel</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>19, Rue d'Aligre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span>

La Ruche à Miel

La Ruche à Miel is a restaurant and salon de thé with a window view of the busy Marché d'Aligre.  It is a regular Sunday morning stop, a...

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Two chicks and a dozen eggs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxWMrb3UUHzheY-RbnfTcDjVmIzG9O0OtjkmoXFzavsRJXv2eRD0tRZnkiQJ58MSPd5QEEdVTwiPobiv34WqVuMLeAmAPV3NmNgnKRgrPSfaymFP9uxwCkazGbZL1Isz-rtUlB3i70R4/s1600/2012+april+1+Paris+-+eggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxWMrb3UUHzheY-RbnfTcDjVmIzG9O0OtjkmoXFzavsRJXv2eRD0tRZnkiQJ58MSPd5QEEdVTwiPobiv34WqVuMLeAmAPV3NmNgnKRgrPSfaymFP9uxwCkazGbZL1Isz-rtUlB3i70R4/s640/2012+april+1+Paris+-+eggs.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;">Among the fine chocolates and cellophane-wrapped treats, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this window also displayed some decorated eggs with a handmade touch.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The windows were full of feathered chicks as well.</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 wondered if the eggs were hollow shells and if not, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">would they survive in the week until Easter.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue d'Aligre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris   </em></span></div>

Two chicks and a dozen eggs

Among the fine chocolates and cellophane-wrapped treats, this window also displayed some decorated eggs with a handmade touch.  The windows ...

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Une question...

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqWMLo-OG-OkzZe4Boi89pH4cGHFN2oLObjvNQc3-yyUhX-gpMZUb-f15npR897haFIyYbM_HZOnXtKJsAB82jDEcDrZWPdaPJZjjYx35HmM4CSSLXr1Jh-kMN_LahafqfOsxzQ71_M/s1600/2011+april+6+DSC_0086.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643486580151824770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqWMLo-OG-OkzZe4Boi89pH4cGHFN2oLObjvNQc3-yyUhX-gpMZUb-f15npR897haFIyYbM_HZOnXtKJsAB82jDEcDrZWPdaPJZjjYx35HmM4CSSLXr1Jh-kMN_LahafqfOsxzQ71_M/s640/2011+april+6+DSC_0086.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Puis-je l'obtenir en rouge?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">(Can I get it in red?)</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Zoom-zoom!</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>

Une question...

Puis-je l'obtenir en rouge? (Can I get it in red?) Zoom-zoom!

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Couleurs de Paris

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE57f3L7mAfFj8GxQKEsNMItJ-JRiPTFdIsu024D4J-h9mU1o4KWaNyQvr_kQgZMk900ZSmmlnzrvTLLrQLs6iiwsHeMZxFu_LVKrkwOLCZDNbvFyEsBQkrZpbB7Sb4CwzwWILQO22nk/s1600/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0166.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575976392157706514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE57f3L7mAfFj8GxQKEsNMItJ-JRiPTFdIsu024D4J-h9mU1o4KWaNyQvr_kQgZMk900ZSmmlnzrvTLLrQLs6iiwsHeMZxFu_LVKrkwOLCZDNbvFyEsBQkrZpbB7Sb4CwzwWILQO22nk/s640/2010+dec+paris+5+DSC_0166.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Intricate designed tile in a pâtisserie on Rue d'Aligre</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Morning shopper, dressed to match...</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center">.</div><div align="center"> </div>

Couleurs de Paris

Intricate designed tile in a pâtisserie on Rue d'Aligre Morning shopper, dressed to match... .

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