Rue Saint Roch - ma rue à Paris

Rue Saint Roch

my street in Paris

This is undoubtedly one of the smallest of café terraces with seating for six.

Rue Saint Roch runs between Rue de Rivoli 

and Avenue de l'Opéra, a single-lane, one-way street.

From my residence of choice in Paris, I can look (hang) out of the large windows 

and watch the school children marching their way to Jardin des Tuileries, 

gaze on the large stained glass windows of Église Saint-Roch, 

or, in warm weather, observe the wonderful food selections on the terrace below.  

Often we can hear the music from one or more of the church's three organs.

Just thinking about my street in Paris lightens my mood 

and brings a smile to my face.

Restaurant de la Cordonnerie

20, rue Saint Roch

75001, Paris

City Daily Photo Theme Day: My Street

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Passage Saint-Roch - Reflection

A rainy day in Paris beats a sunny day at home

To see more reflections look here at James' Newtown Daily Photo

Janeen Koconis -- portrait of an artist and friend

Janeen is the propriétaire of the lovely apartment you saw on my recent post. She is a delightful former New Yorker who sold everything and moved to Paris three years ago with a few black t-shirts and jeans (and 200 books!) She created a thriving business called koco new york in 1989 the idea of which was "to bring meaning to the common greeting card and art into everyday life." She is both artist and author and her story sounds like a dream.

The apartment is exquisite and filled with her original art, much of which can be seen in the gallery exhibits on her website. She lives in the adjoining apartment and maintains two rooms of working studios. Holly and I enjoyed getting to know this talented artist who has adopted Paris as her own. There were many baguettes and glasses of wine (bottles?) during our time with Janeen... lots of screaming laughter, giggling until our sides hurt. Needless to say, we will be back.

Mary and Virginia should be there right now for the week!

Paris apartment, wine, friends....

As you can see from the photo, all of the baguettes and cheese had been consumed and most of the wine. In December Holly and I invited Peter (of Peter's Paris) for un goûter before the paparazzi team hit the streets of Paris.

It just does not get any better than this! (unless we could have stayed until spring!)