Paris and Beyond

Librairie Jousseaume Galerie Vivienne is home to this bookstore  which was founded in 1826 as  Librairie Petit-Siroux.   ...

Galerie Véro-Dodat In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie  between Rue du Bouloi and Rue J...

Passage du Bourg l'Abbé Perhaps not as well known as other passages in Paris,  it is yet a memory of the 19th century arc...

Installing a forest The photographers are outside on the sidewalk.  The "forester" is installing a mural of trees on ...

Passage du Grand Cerf This passage of 1825 is filled with interesting shops and boutiques, and there seems to be a theme of art...

Galerie Vivienne student artists If you frequent the side halls in the famous covered passages of Paris,  you will likely see ...

Wolff et Descourtis This charming boutique in Galerie Vivienne  displays an exquisite collection of scarves and shawls  in...

Laundry day? No!  This is 59 Rivoli , which is billed as the "cultural alternative in the heart of Paris."  There are 30 ...

Galerie Vivienne This is one of my favorite places to stay warm and  window shop on a cold dreary day in Paris.   Holl...

In my nearly two years of posting, I have featured many of the "galeries" of Paris.  Galerie Vivienne is one of the remaining se...

Image copyright © Natasha Lythgoe - All rights reserved Natasha Lythgoe "Opening" Natasha Lythgoe is a young British photogra...

In 1826, two friends, Messieurs Véro and Dodat, opened a covered galerie between Rue du Bouloi and Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Built in Ne...

In the elegant halls of Galerie Vivienne, this pair of bikes parked just around the corner of the old librarie (bookstore) founded in 1826...