Showing posts with label paris story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paris story. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2016

Cimetière de Montrouge



Cimetière de Montrouge

The porcelain funerary flowers are probably the work of
Céramiques de France in Béthune with origins in the mid-nineteenth century.
This grave tells the story of a brave aviator Maurice Arnoux (7 September 1895 – 6 June 1940) who was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He returned to flying fighter planes during the early days of World War II and died fighting for France.


The high polish of the marble reflects the
words of remembrance and honor.





Grave of Maurice Arnoux
Cimetière de Montrouge
18, avenue de la Porte de Montrouge
75014, Paris


 

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Palais Royal - blanc et noir et rouge



Palais Royal


The Colonnes de Buren in the Coeur d'Honneur
is a site for wedding photos or children's play...


or a photo reminder of wonderful
trips to Paris with a daughter.


Joyeux anniversaire, ma chère Holly!



Colonnes de Buren
Coeur d/Honneur
Palais Royal
75001, Paris
 
 

Monday, February 2, 2015

La Chandeleur - jour de crêpes



Crêpes for la Chandeleur
Fête des Chandelles
(Candlemas in English) 


Today is Candlemas, 2 February, and it is celebrated in France with crêpes.
Yesterday I made crêpes with a seven-year-old 
and an eleven-year-old (supervised by a wild puppy).  
You hold a coin in your left hand and flip the crêpe pan in your right.  
If you can catch the crêpe, 
it means your family will be prosperous for the rest of the year, 
such is the legend.  
If you drop it, the puppy will eat it and you start again
 
 
Pictured above are savory wheat crèpes 
from Crêperie Plougastel which are delicious.  
My helpers and I made the same basic recipe 
of milk, flour, eggs, butter, and a small amount of salt and sugar 
that I have been making since I first learned to cook.  
We will have garlic shrimp crêpes with a bechamel sauce. 
 
 
(miam-miam)
 
 
 
Crêperie Plougastel
47, rue du Montparnasse
75014, Paris
 

Friday, November 21, 2014

C'est sureal!




A chicken, table and chairs, a family, and a photographer...


This is more a collage than a photo, and
the little one with the hat has discovered the photographer.


bon weekend



Rue Montorgueil
75002, Paris