Passage Jouffroy

Passage Jouffroy

How much would you love to have

a light fixture comme ça?

It was not for sale and

would not have fit in my carry-on.

Tant pis pour moi!

Passage Jouffroy

Boulevard Montmartre

75009, Paris

Passage Jouffroy VIII

Passage Jouffroy

Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post),

is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy.

Almost two centuries old, the iron and glass ceilings remain.  

There are a few shops that have not changed over the years, 

but you will note the candy shop sign which I have seen all over Europe.  

The lamps that line both sides of the passage are my favorite detail.

bon weekend

Passage Jouffroy

10-12, boulevard Montmartre

9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris

Café Grevin - rouge, rouge, rouge!

Café Grevin

The saturation of red at Café Grevin is enhanced 

by a sunny afternoon

This cafe is next door to the Musée Grevin waxworks museum, 

and was designed with a domed glass ceiling in one part, 

along with wood paneling.  

The decor is unusual with sorceress mirrors, 

red velvet upholstery and enchanted screens.  

I would be quite content to sit here 

and watch the pedestrians on the boulevard.

Café Grevin

10, boulevard Montmartre

75009, Paris

 

Les trois chevaux

The expressions on these carousel horses remind me that it is Monday. 

The two horses on the right may have a tough week ahead.

What about you?

Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine!

Carrousel Venitien
Place Saint-Pierre
Montmartre
75018 Paris

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

Must be a French girl -- IX

As we walked in the streets surrounding Sacré Coeur, this petite French girl strolled with her parents.

Rue Azais
Montmartre
75018 Paris

Passage Jouffroy - II

In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.

Passage Jouffroy

10-12, boulevard Montmartre

9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris

Musée Grevin

Did you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. Its baroque architecture includes a mirrored mirage room based on the principle of a catoptric cistula and a theater for magic shows.

It has an ornate main entrance on Boulevard Montmartre and another entrance in Passage Jouffroy.


Hummmm.... you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?


Musée Grevin
10, boulevard Montmartre
75009, Paris

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?

If it seems that I am suggesting it is haunted or slightly askew, I have been reading Deborah Lawrenson's wonderful book, The Lantern, just published by HarperCollins in the USA. A novelist and journalist, she and her husband live in a crumbling house in the Luberon which is the inspiration for her captivating, haunting book. You can check out her blog here.

*always remember to look up


Passage Jouffroy
10-12, boulevard Montmartre
9, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris