Musée Grevin - a ghost?

At Musée Grevin, this figure peeking from behind the velvet curtains

seemed just spooky enough for our Halloween

I am not sure who inspired this wax figure.  It is a wax figure, right?

Musée Grevin

Passage Jouffroy

Boulevard Montmartre

75009 Paris

Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres - astrological clock

The chancel screen of Chartres Cathedral displays an impressive astrological clock dating from the 16th century. It told not only the time but the day of the week, the month of the year, the time of sunrise and sunset, the phase of the moon and the current sign of the zodiac. Its inner works were partially destroyed in 1793.

With the thousands of stained glass windows one could almost miss this treasure

bon dimanche

Beyond this door...

Beyond this door of unknown decades

are stories untold and lives unseen

bon weekend

Le Corbeau et le Renard

The poet Jean de la Fontaine spent almost three decades

writing his version of 243 fables. 

This statue in Square du Ranelagh shows him regardant à ses pieds

le Corbeau et le Renard, one of his revered fables.

Square du Ranelagh

Métro La Muette

75016 Paris

Rue Montorgueil

The curtained window with its box of flowers,

belies the chaos of the street below

providing a refuge for the birds and those who reside within.

Look up

Les mains

Hands of friendship

There are six sculptures of bronze hands laid on granite stones in Jardins des Tuileries by Louis Bourgeois.  In April, Marie entwined her hands in the cold bronze as tens of thousands before her.

Then she quickly pulled out the hand sanitizer.

Near the Jeu de Paume Museum

Jardins des Tuileries

1, place de la Concorde

75008 Paris



Un abondance de l'asperge

An arrangement of simple vegetables

in a Paris market,

seen here as a theme in soft shades of green

Climbing

A rock wall climber in training

at Square Trousseau

Église Saint Eustache

Framed by the entrance to Les Halles

the massive Saint-Eustache fills the sky

bon dimanche

La Tour Eiffel - sunset

la Tour in the fading light of day...

Architecture reflections

The "old" reflected by the "new"

The straight lines of the modern box

provide a clean surface

for reflecting the century-old architecture.

 

-redeeming value-

bon weekend!

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 Style and speed...

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Café de la Paix - II

The early morning sun captured shadows on the terrasse of Café de la Paix,

but not even one person enjoying a café crème.

No mystery, just too early!

Café de la Paix

5, Place de l'Opéra

75009 Paris

Are you dizzy yet?

I wonder if you lean way out from the edge 

while holding on and then look up...?

Eiffel Tower Carrousel

One of two, 

Quai Branley

Courtyard stairway

Peering into a quiet courtyard,

these steps and terrace were inviting us to enter.

Église Saint Philippe du Roule - un ange

The delicate reach of an angel...

Église Saint Phillip du Roule

bon dimanche

Café blanc

The weather this April day was warmer than most of the days in June

The sun was warming the terrace

The pain au chocolate was perfection

So

Where was everyone?

Architectural reflection

 

In the well-heeled 8ième arrondissement

the windows of this grand residence 

reflect its neighbor

Bon weekend

Rue Rembrandt

Près de Parc de Monseau

75008 Paris

Marché Maubert - Paris friend

There is a story here.

In April, I returned to the thrice-weekly marché in Place Maubert to deliver a portrait that I had taken in June 2010.  As I have mentioned before, I carry back to Paris on each trip a small folio of portraits that I have taken.  When possible I deliver the photograph to the subject, reminding them when the shot was taken.  Although I am a master of stealth photography almost all of the "returns" were taken with permission.

So, back to the story... In April I was delivering the photo below and this fellow in yellow saw the exchange asking if he was not handsome enough to have his photo taken.  Bien sûr!  When I arrive in Paris in three weeks I will have the top photo tucked into my bag and will find him to renew acquaintances.  I always enjoy the triangle-folded treats from these vendors and in April they would not let me pay.  

Nothing like making friends in Paris, n'est-ce pas?

Marché Maubert

Tues, Thurs, Sat

Place Maubert

Métro Maubert-Mutualité

75005 Paris

 

Le Petit Garçon

While the other children ran through the park

or zipped around on scooters, 

this little boy played happily alone. 

Square Trousseau

Métro Ledru Rollin

75012 Paris

La Tour Eiffel

A room with a view

Pâtisserie Hunt - blé sucré

blé sucré is relatively new on the Paris bakery scene when one considers the legends of Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.  Founded by patissier Fabrice Le Bourdat, the list of temptations is long.  The quality is high and yet the prices are not.  So, what should you choose?

pan au chocolat, madeleine, and financier

Still hungry?

chocolate éclair, croissant, chaussons aux pommes

More?

How about an assortment of macarons

Miam-miam!

blé sucré

7, rue Antoine Vollon

Métro Ledru Rollin

75012 Paris

Église Saint Étienne du Mont - Angels on High

Angels on high

I do not believe that anyone has counted the angels and cherubs in Église Saint Étienne du Mont, but there are many, perhaps hundreds.

I have brought you here before and will bring you again.  This bright, airy church is filled with details, history, angels, and light.  I will have to return for a concert.

Église Saint Étienne du Mont

1, Place Ste Geneviève

75005 Paris

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

 

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, financier, revolutionary, 1732-1799

He was perhaps most known for his theatrical works, including three Figaro plays: Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro, and La Mère coupable.   

Determined to publish Voltaire's complete works, many of which were banned, he bought the rights to the manuscripts and set up a print shop in Germany.  He was instrumental in saving many of Voltaire's works which might otherwise have been lost.

This statue by Louis Clausade (1895) sits in a triangle in the Marais.

Beaumarchais statue

Rue Saint Antoine et Rue des Tournelles

Métro Bastille

75004 Paris

Le Tire Bouchon - Montmartre Piano Bar

How do you get a shot without a tourist in Montmartre?  

You walk around the corner... not very scenic but for me it was all about the color rouge and the name of this piano bar in Montmartre.  I remember the first time I heard about a "tire bouchon" and have loved the name for a "wine opener" ever since.

Remember if you buy one in Paris for your picnics in the parks, you will probably have to check it in your luggage if you are flying to the United States.  I have discovered that I can fly "to" Paris with one in my carry-on bag, but not back home.  Odd?

May there be "un tire bouchon" in your weekend! 

Le Tire Bouchon

9, rue Norvins

75018 Paris

Brasserie Bofinger

Brasserie Bofinger was opened in 1864 and has a reasonable claim to being the first of the Parisian brasseries.  It was quite tiny in those days, not much larger than a bar serving draught beers and charcuterie.  Today it takes up the whole street of rue de la Bastille with bright red awnings embellished with a large gold "B."  The rich dark woods, shining brass and banquettes are remarkable, but the focal point is the intricate glass dome above the main dining room.  Bofinger seats 300 and each day a staff of around 100 serve over 800 dinners.  Although tourists have found this brasserie, it has a reputation as a place where French writers, academics and politicians frequent. 

I was taken with the fine wood doors and lace-curtained windows,

allowing only a slight glimpse inside.

Brasserie Bofinger,

5-7, rue de la Bastille

75004, Paris

John Baillie - un grand tailleur depuis 1883

 

Facing Palais Garnier in a boutique first started in 1883, one can imagine the clientele of those early years.  The shop still thrives through the skills passed down many generations.

The window with its richly woven fabrics and simple tools of the trade caught my eye.  

John Baillie

Magasin de Vêtements

5, place de l'Opéra

75009 Paris

Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau

 

In Lisbon the Metrolitano Picoas station has a very French Guimard entrance, a gift from RATP.  In exchange, the Portuguese ceramist and painter Manuel Cargaleiro created these tiles, giving the Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau station a unique atmosphere.   

(Merci à Paris-bise-art) 

Métro Champs-Elysées Clemenceau

Avenue Winston Churchill et

Avenue des Champs Elysées

75008 Paris

Pâtisserie Hunt - Julien II

Just a stone's throw from yesterday's church,

Église Saint Philippe du Roule, is this pâtisserie filled with temptations to start your week.

After placing an order for pastries and deux cafés I snapped a few shots of these gorgeous tarts.  After hearing, "non, Madame," I turned off my camera. 

It is a good thing that I have a fast trigger finger!

Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine.

Julien

73, ave Franklin D Roosevelt

75008, Paris

Église Saint Philippe du Roule

This photo is yet another view of Église Saint Philippe du Roule showing more of the detail that graces this church built between 1774 and 1784 on the site of a former hospital and chapel.  You can see the photos and links from my previous posts here, here, and here.

It sits across the street from a Métro stop of the same name and a fabulous pâtisserie. 

I will even tempt you on a Sunday.

bon dimanche

Église Saint Philippe du Roule

154, rue du Faubourg St Honoré

75008, Paris 

Comme ça - le fleuriste

There may be as many florists in Paris as pâtisseries and boulangeries!

bon weekend

Comme ça

19, rue Saint Antoine

75004 Paris