Printemps

Printemps

Dressed in its Christmas finery...

Perhaps I am hungry but it makes be think

of a delicious pastry, 

a religieuse perhaps.

Printemps

64, boulevard Haussmann

75009, Paris

Aux Merveilleux de Fred

et voila!

Aux Merveilleux de Fred

"Fred" is Frédérick Vaucamps and his pastry shops are described as

"A visual and olfactory experience, the Merveilleux are made in

front of the customer in each of the stores."

So what is this Merveilleux? In a variety of versions

the core is a feather-light meringue coated in chocolate whipped cream with 

shavings of dark chocolate.  Miam-miam!

He has given each of the varieties fanciful names:

The Incroyable, the Impensable, the Magnifique, the Excentrique,

 and the Sans-Culotte.  Read more about these shops here

Aux Merveilleux de Fred

29, rue de l'Annonciation

75016, Paris

Un mystère

...continued from yesterday's post

She has rolled the creamy substance from the 

bowl into balls.  Wonder if she feels the pressure

creating this "marvelous" concoction in the viewing window?

75017, Paris

Une confiserie ou une pâtisserie?

Working in a shop window

as the world looks on...

What is being created here?

Cakes, macarons, elcairs, quoi?

75017, Paris

un papa et sa fille

On the way to work

and to school

hand in hand

Rue Saint Honoré

75001, Paris

Le Perchoir

Le Perchoir

Such a lovely place and quiet view...

taken about an hour before the world changed

A night to remember

Le Perchoir - 13 novembre 2015

14, rue Crespin du Gast

75011, Paris

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel

Seen in a shop window on avenue de l'Opéra...

A crystal Eiffel Tower would be a great

conversation piece but I could not 

figure out how to get it home!

miniature Tour Eiffel

avenue de l'Opéra

75002, Paris

Carrousel Palace

Carrousel Palace

The carousel is part of the grand setting of the 

Christmas Village on Avenue des Champs Elysees.

One could see Christmas lights from the

Arc de Triomphe to La Grande Roue 

at Place de la Concorde

Rond-point des Champt-Élysées-Marcel-Dassault

75008, Paris

 

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

 

 

Printemps - une petite fille et son frère

Printemps

A Little Girl and her Brother

She held his hand tightly 

as they watched the animated 

Christmas window

at Printemps

Printemps

64, boulevard Haussmann

75009, Paris

Joyeux anniversaire, Cherie!

Église Saint-Eustache

Église Saint-Eustache

Built between 1532 and 1632, Saint-Eustache is a marvel of 

French Gothic architecture with Renaissance and Classical details.

Although it seems dark in the "short days" of November and December,

 it is a photographer's delight to catch it on a sunny day with diffused light and shadows.

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Eustache

2, rue du Jour

75001, Paris

«Where the Tides Ebb and Flow»

Where the Tides Ebb and Flow

by Pedro Marzorati

In the lake at Parc Montsouris the Argentine artist Pedro Marzorati

installed his 30 blue men sculptures to bring awareness of

 the worldwide rising sea level.  His project was timed to coincide with the 

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) which is being held in Paris.  

This installation will be in place until mid December.

You can read more about the artist and his work here.  

Where the Tides Ebb and Flow

sur le lac du Parc Montsouris

75014, Paris

RER B - Cité Universitaire

Today I join James' Weekend Reflections here! 

 

La Seine - Préfecture de Police

Patrolling the Seine

There was a police presence in all areas,

including the waters of the Seine.

This police boat was in a hurry

Préfecture de Police de Paris

On the Seine

75001, Paris

Printemps - une vitrine de Noël

Printemps

Christmas Window

After several years of  edgy, often punk-styled, windows,

Printemps has returned to a more traditional, romantic theme

in the 2015 Christmas window displays

In over an hour spent photographing the windows of

Printemps and Galeries Lafayette, we saw only a handful of 

children at the viewing stands to see the windows.

Printemps

64, boulevard Haussmann

75009, Paris

CDP Theme Day - Store Windows

Printemps

The store windows in Paris are always creative. 

During the Christmas season the windows of the Grands Magasins 

are both animated and magnificent!

This smaller window displays one of the beautiful domes

of Printemps which is enjoying a year-long 

celebration of its 150th anniversary.

Check here to see the windows of our other City Daily Photobloggers

Printemps

64, boulevard Haussmann

75009, Paris

Pont de Bir-Hakeim

Pont de Bir-Hakeim

Built between 1903 and 1905 this steel bridge has two levels,

 the lower one for vehicles and pedestrians, 

and the upper level (the viaduct) supports Métro Line 6.

The iron sculpture framed by the yellow poplar leaves

is one of four on the main arches of the bridge.  

This one was designed by Jules-Felix Coutan and represents Labor.

This was my first visit to Pont de Bir-Hakeim,

and I will share more photos with you soon.

(Joyeux Anniversaire, Renée!)

Pont de Bir-Hakeim

entre 75016 et 75015, Paris

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

Built between 1854 and 1859 in the Belleville area,

it was the first Gothic Revival Churches in Paris.

These historical grounds are built on a foundation of

an early Bellevillois chapel of 1548 which was

replaced by the "first" Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville church

in 1635.

During the construction of this current structure, the foundation

stones of the earlier churches were uncovered.

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

139, rue de Belleville

75019, Paris

Jardin des Plantes - des flâneurs

Jardin des Plantes

In a misty rain 

you will always see people in Paris parks.

This young maman was walking her baby

briskly between the showers of the afternoon.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Parc Montsouris

Parc Montsouris

Montsouris is located in the 14ème arrondissement 

at the southern edge of Paris.  

Opened in 1869 the park is one of the four large parks, 

along with the Bois de Boulogne, the Bois de Vincennes

 and the Parc  des Buttes Chaumont, created by Napoleon 

and Baron Haussmann at each of the cardinal points 

of the compass around the city.

It was filled with Parisians enjoying

a sunny clear November day.

Parc Montsouris

75014, Paris

Palais Royal - vide

Palais Royal - empty

The Palais Royal was empty 

with no tourists posing on the Buren Columns.

After the period of mourning,

the garden and the gates were open again.

Palais Royal

75001, Paris

 

Jardin des Tuileries - Fermé

Jardin des Tuileries

The gates were closed for a few days

and the emptiness beyond was absolutely eerie.

Jardin des Tuileries

75001, Paris

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

The four levels of the galery hall and the glass ceiling 

were "painted" in the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of the French flag.

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Je suis... Paris

Je suis... Paris

It was a different trip to Paris

My thoughts and prayers

are with the people of Paris (and Beyond)

Quai Saint Bernard

75005, Paris

Jardin du Palais Royal

The fountain is at the heart of 

Jardin du Palais Royal.

I have seen it in every season and in every month,

and it is always a changing panorama.

Once, it was even frozen over with children throwing

chunks of ice!

Look for me there on Friday as I feel

the limestone crunch beneath my feet

and gaze down the alleys of trees.

Jardin du Palais Royal

75001, Paris

Exposition - Hôtel de Ville

Hôtel de Ville

The exhibitions at Hôtel de Ville are without charge.

This was a wonderful exhibit of Jean-Jacques Sempé in 2012, 

France's most celebrated cartoonist.

The lines are not usually long unless you are there 

during the first few days of an opening.

(Photographs were allowed)

Hôtel de Ville

salle Saint-Jean

5, rue de Lobau

75004, Paris

Place de la Concorde

Place de la Concorde

Statues and fountains, an Egyptian obelisk, a view of the Eiffel Tower,

 the Grand Palais and the constant circulation of traffic...

Oh, and lest one forget, this largest square in Paris 

was the scene of many executions.

Place de la Concorde

75008, Paris

Des feuilles rouges et orangées

Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

An explosion of red and orange covers the

ground beneath the empty branches 

of maple trees.

Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

91700, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

I was determined to visit the grave site of the reknown

dancer, Rudolph Nureyev, at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.

How lucky we were to arrive just as all the Ginko leaves

were making a carpet of gold to welcome us.

Cimetière Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

91700, France (only 14.8 miles from the center of Paris)

Carrousel de l'Hôtel de Ville

The double-decked carrousel

at Hôtel de Ville 

is best enjoyed after dark.

This petite fille holds on tightly

as the horses run fast as the wind at night.

Carrousel de l'Hôtel de Ville

75004, Paris

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Ephemeral

Jardin du Luxembourg

The autumn bloom of chrysanthemums are ephemeral 

but our memories are imprinted with the many shades of gold and orange.

On the first day of each month, the City Daily Photobloggers

from around the world interpret the "theme" and November's

theme is "EPHEMERAL."  Take a look here.

Jardin du Luxembourg

75006, Paris