Rue Crémieux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaPWu5M8XQmO8Sp9kh75vDLB8sgDoOBchqk4Tocp8dKreKp7xGxjUPllvr4NQehP28PCYPx5voqZFGAUYOQQsAaG4bUPyuGDb_IcEjtlJrYaAG0tGyIDPV1RhkWn-2AbLifkbFGPfA0o/s1600/2011+Nov+9+DSC_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaPWu5M8XQmO8Sp9kh75vDLB8sgDoOBchqk4Tocp8dKreKp7xGxjUPllvr4NQehP28PCYPx5voqZFGAUYOQQsAaG4bUPyuGDb_IcEjtlJrYaAG0tGyIDPV1RhkWn-2AbLifkbFGPfA0o/s1600/2011+Nov+9+DSC_0036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Crémieux</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lovely pedestrian street</div><div style="text-align: center;">adorned with an assorted palette of colors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">whimsical trompe l'oeil,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and at least one neighborhood cat.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(le chat roux)</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;">Rue Crémieux</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;">75012, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Crémieux

Rue Crémieux A lovely pedestrian street adorned with an assorted palette of colors, whimsical trompe l'oeil, and at least one neighborho...

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un chat orange?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6FIpbprtvmgfhEm1tw2GcA1jeaHSVfc9oSwTonJcgQLiENPjB6WNsJ8fjWtN0_fIMN0MPe2vrjccjRHUlx96fw1dwyPhmjWMUTnpbQpjKX7zF3OdxJQpzcjyZqi3U090-D3GJKsGiac/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+114+DSC_8780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6FIpbprtvmgfhEm1tw2GcA1jeaHSVfc9oSwTonJcgQLiENPjB6WNsJ8fjWtN0_fIMN0MPe2vrjccjRHUlx96fw1dwyPhmjWMUTnpbQpjKX7zF3OdxJQpzcjyZqi3U090-D3GJKsGiac/s1600/2013+Nov14+Paris+_20131114+114+DSC_8780.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chat <strike>Noir</strike> Orange!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This very large orange cat was mirrored on the other side of a doorway </div><div style="text-align: center;">by an equally large (and orange) chien (dog).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Based on the shopper in the store with the same hue of "persimmon,"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am thinking that "orange" must be the new "black."</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;">(Off to find my orange accessories!)</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;">BHV</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;">4, rue du Temple</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>

un chat orange?

Chat Noir Orange! This very large orange cat was mirrored on the other side of a doorway  by an equally large (and orange) chien (dog). Bas...

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Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9707695632/" title="2009 0929 2004 0715 072 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 0929 2004 0715 072" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/9707695632_ca515a6946_c.jpg" width="600" /></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;">A courtyard</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;">Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops.  Our spacious apartment was on the fifth and sixth floors, beautifully furnished with a delightful cross-breeze in the heat of the summer.  We did not gain an ounce or a gram with the daily climbing of steps.</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;">We even enjoyed the pleasure of a delightful resident cat who took the stairs more easily than we did and who had full run of the courtyard with another friend.</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;"><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 du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</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;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine - une cour

A courtyard Locked away from the peering eyes on the street is this charming courtyard.  We stayed for two weeks with a view of the rooftops...

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Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8931489193/" title="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8931489193_23859db999_c.jpg" width="532" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Rue des Thermopyles</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;">After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seemed appropriate to show you the charming side of this street.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with well-manered cats wearing collars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">green plants and herbs, window boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bicycles parked for cat-pedestals, and no cars allowed.  </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;">This photo was taken in the fall </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and these vines should now be full of leaves and blooms.</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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(for Danielle of <a href="http://venetiamicio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">VenetiaMicio</a>)</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;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

Rue des Thermopyles After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay,"  it seemed appropriate to show you the...

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Les toits et le chat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTqdpGvA8CgF3TqbF4n7UWVYxT_34_D_0n540U_J0SR30oVTKyHlzEVRXqsXO147RWan-xBNXiik4BffEfLcVnATDLOPxNdA0Ij_tGQo4c3yl_1Xrv_yzHCWlZtzmpyiDMlndIBYlu-E/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_188DSC_9300.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 toits et le chat</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 a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was seen among the chimney pots of the 6ème Arrondissement.</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;">If it is raining where you are today, may you find a hidden smile.</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-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;">75006, 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;"><br /></div>

Les toits et le chat

Les toits et le chat On a gray rainy day in Paris this yellow cat can be seen grinning on the roofs from Montmartre to Vanves.  This one was...

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Le chat roux - II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb5QTtYn9RNqxYM-zDetpIQDN-LMOPML761KlAxTGWCLXxlzI6UukdRdcZ2mR3iYe6vj06eRBpHoILBbEL3NloHVfyQBbXM4t2WvXkqAcV9zjVS7yjj5XDKssRZK72AhKxJt5Qqpteuk/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb5QTtYn9RNqxYM-zDetpIQDN-LMOPML761KlAxTGWCLXxlzI6UukdRdcZ2mR3iYe6vj06eRBpHoILBbEL3NloHVfyQBbXM4t2WvXkqAcV9zjVS7yjj5XDKssRZK72AhKxJt5Qqpteuk/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0018.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;">Walking alone, I caught movement out of the corner of my eye,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">or so I thought...</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Above my head was this leaping cat, about to pounce...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pourquoi?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Come back tomorrow,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for the rest of the story...</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: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Typical narrow street</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75012, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Le chat roux - II

Walking alone, I caught movement out of the corner of my eye, or so I thought...   Above my head was this leaping cat, about to pounce... Po...

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