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  • Temporary Grand Palais with Eiffel Tower view
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    The Temporary Grand Palais

    September 27, 2020 /

    On the radio one day I heard that the Grand Palais was moving to a new location. I went to Place Joffre across from the Ecole Militaire and the Champ-de-Mars--Nothing. Shortly after, I heard on the radio work had begun. I jumped on bus 86 and headed for the Eiffel Tower, missed my stop but saw this looming wood structure jutting out above the trees. The first frames secured on delivery trucks were being pieced together. A few weeks later, I returned to the construction site to check on progress. The Grand Palais Ephémère (temporary) is a wooden dual-framed structure is well underway in its new location with a spectacular…

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    Girl selling flowers at her stand in a pavilion 1968

    Doisneau Photos Show Old Les Halles

    February 22, 2012
    Movie poster of Le Dernier Metro Lost in Frenchlation August 18

    “Le Dernier Metro” Lost in Frenchlation Outdoors

    August 17, 2017
    Les Pestacles-Festival for kids June to September

    June in Paris – Events, Festivals, Music, Sports

    May 28, 2010
  • image of rose in the Musée Rodin garden and Rodin's Thinker
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Lift the Mask and Smell the Rodin Roses

    July 26, 2020 /

    Alain Baraton recommends the garden at Musée Rodin for the perfume of roses. Colleen’s Paris recommends you hurry before all the petals fall off. It is the end of July. The alternative is to save the date for next year. You will be swept away by the variety of scents. Early Saturday morning, Mr. Baraton convinced me to make the museum’s garden my focus for the morning. He responded to a listener’s question on the radio: If one is in Paris, what garden would he recommend for a garden visit? He saw rabbits in the garden; I saw the Auguste Rodin’s Le Penseur (The Thinker) surrounded by roses in an…

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    Padlocks on a Paris quai for 8 euros

    Padlocks of Love Weigh Down Paris Bridges

    March 18, 2014
    Paris Christmas Ferris Wheel

    Paris Christmas Events

    November 19, 2010
    Images of Paris Plages 2017 posters

    Paris Plages 2017 – Villette Update

    August 20, 2017
  • Two images of Charlotte Perriand facing the valley and on the "Chaise basculante" Tilting Chair
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Charlotte Perriand, Architect/Designer/Artist at FLV

    January 30, 2020 /

    Are you interested or curious about the synthesis of architecture, art and design? Two noted artist/architects who fit that description are Charlotte Perriand and Frank Gehry.  Charlotte Perriand "imagined an 'art of living' that broke the codes of the time." The Charlotte Perriand exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton may be closing February 24, 2020 but you have time to download the audio guide! This exhibition and audio guide have a "use-by date" and will not be available once the next exhibit opens April 1. Listen to the stories of her career in interviews and exhibit descriptions. You will find them fascinating. Charlotte Perriand was a member of the Le Corbusier…

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    2 posters for Qui a Peur des femmes photographes and Splendeurs et Misères

    A Century of Working Women-3 Paris Exhibits

    December 9, 2015
    Pushing the Baguette along rue de la Roquette, Bastille, Paris, France

    Paris Has Chosen The Best Baguette 2012

    May 9, 2012
    Place des Vosges, Paris, France, fountain icicle

    December 1 – It Is Snowing In Paris

    December 1, 2010
  • Fondation Louis Vuitton shuttle facing Arc de Triomphe next to metro
    Let's Explore,  Museums,  Practical Info,  Transportation

    Shuttle Arc de Triomphe to Fondation Louis Vuitton

    January 30, 2020 /

    Do you prefer light, airy, electric transportation? Would you like a scenic ride along the fashionable Avenue Foch to and from the Arc de Triomphe? When you plan a visit to the Fondation Louis Vuitton (FLV) you have alternatives: Line 1, Buses 63 or 244 or the FLV shuttle. The requirement to use the shuttle is to have an admission ticket to the museum. Oh my! What if you decide to go to the museum on a whim and have not purchased a ticket!?

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    Metro Poster of 20 years Les Acquisitions du Musée du Quai Branly

    Musée du Quai Branly – Timely Exhibition Opens

    October 3, 2019
    Girl wearing hat with her skateboard on Trocadero walkway toward Eiffel Tower

    Teenagers Visiting Paris

    March 30, 2015
    Ultramod mercerie, 3 and 4 rue de Choiseul 75002 Paris, France

    Ultramod Mercerie (Buttons, Threads, Ribbons)

    November 2, 2011
  • Metro Poster of 20 years Les Acquisitions du Musée du Quai Branly
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Musée du Quai Branly – Timely Exhibition Opens

    October 3, 2019 /

    Musée du Quai Branly is free to visitors until October 11 in memory of Jacques Chirac. A timely exhibition of the acquisitions over the past 20 years opened September 24, two days before former President Chirac passed away. In 1990 while still mayor of Paris, Mr. Chirac wanted to highlight the African Arts. When he became president in 1995, the Louvre was his target for the collections from two other Paris museums: Musée de l’Homme and the national museum Musée national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Employees of the Musée de l’Homme went on strike in 1999 against the closure. The Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie closed in 2003.…

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    Jardin de Reuilly Sparkling Water Fountain in Paris (eau petillante)

    Paris Sparkling Water

    August 22, 2013
    French speaking talking bears in a Paris toy store

    Study French in Paris

    February 1, 2015
    Denis Josselin crossing the Seine with Cité des Art et du Design to the right

    A Stroll on a Tightrope Stretched Across the Seine

    April 8, 2014
  • Scene de Carnaval, place de la Concorde, Lami
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Romantic Paris (1815-1848) The Lull Between Upheavals

    June 2, 2019 /

    Was there a single event that led to Romanticism? Where did it begin? You could say the era Enlightenment and war brought on Romanticism. It started in Germany. The Petit Palais's latest exhibition, Paris Romantique (1815-1848) until September 15, is one of a two-part exhibition. The second part takes place at the Musée de la Vie Romantique. Initially, I went to the exhibition out of curiosity; drawn to this period of emotional art. I found Romantic stylings of the Gothic, Middle Ages and Renaissance decor, women artists, writers, composers, sculptors, elements of the medieval and the erotic, theatre and fashion. I left Googling the whole story, its influences, philosophical connections and…

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    Travel Paris with Updated RATP App

    July 15, 2019
    The safe at Societe Generale on Boulevard Haussmann

    Your Money in Paris

    November 10, 2011
    Pantheon Walk Video around the 5th Arrondissement in Paris, view from Arena Lutece near rue Monge

    Walk Around the Pantheon, Paris

    June 27, 2011
  • 2 posters for Qui a Peur des femmes photographes and Splendeurs et Misères
    Museum exhibitions,  Museums,  Photography-Art

    A Century of Working Women-3 Paris Exhibits

    December 9, 2015 /

    Constrained by social norms or cultural tradition, women working outside the home in the mid to late 1800s walked a fine line when wanting to earn a living. Three Paris exhibitions follow the working life of women for almost a century from 1839 to 1945. All three are exploring subjects assembled for the first time. "Qui a peur des femmes photographes" (until January 24, 2016) is the first gender-based exhibition in France and "Splendeurs et Misères, Images de la prostitution 1850-1910" (until January 17, 2016) "Splendeurs..." is the first time a museum is dedicating an entire exhibition to prostitution. Within this article you will find a synopsis of the three…

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    Henri IV statue on Pont Neuf in Paris

    A Paris Friday Night in May

    May 17, 2010
    Fondation Louis Vuitton shuttle facing Arc de Triomphe next to metro

    Shuttle Arc de Triomphe to Fondation Louis Vuitton

    January 30, 2020
    View from garden of lily pond Giverny bike ride between Vernon and Giverny month of September

    Giverny, Claude Monet, Impressionists

    May 23, 2011
  • "car rapide" Bonne Mère located now in the Musée de l'Homme
    Museums

    Le Car Rapide at Musée de l’Homme

    November 24, 2015 /

    We are heading to Senegal in December. A restored version of the famous “car rapide” (Sengalese express bus) the Musée de l’Homme was a natural source for our visual information on Saint-Louis and Dakar city transportation. The “Bonne Mère” was waiting for us on the second floor. We will have no problem recognizing the bus. The colorful paintings of popular art blend and illustrate the country’s Islam and Animiste cultures ....

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    Macarons from Au Levain de Marais, Boulevard Beaumarchais

    Best Macarons in Town

    November 24, 2010
    Pont Alexandre III west side

    Photography Tour Ideas in Paris

    September 15, 2015
    Poster for Aiguille en fete the needlework trade show with studios

    Needlework Fair (Aiguille en Fête) February

    January 27, 2016
  • Colleen earning an extra 50 points imitating the sculpture, although backwards
    Children and Teens,  Museums,  Seeing Paris

    Treasure Hunt at Musée d’Orsay

    April 13, 2015 /

    We sat under the lion statue at the Musée d'Orsay counting up our scores: four teams. The four teams: a mother and daughter (12); three teenagers; the aunt and uncle; and two retired flight attendants. The post-hunt questions: "Did you ever find that chair?", "Where did you find Sarah Bernhadt?", "Did you see "The Voyager" statue?, "Wasn't it a fun way to see a museum?" Daisy de Plume scores a winner again with another hour and a half treasure hunt adventure. THATd'Or (Treasure hunt at the d'Orsay) is the newest addition

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    Sam Elwiin as Jordan, Lilac Yosiphon as Hannah cast and crew for There's No Place Like, Café du Theatre, Paris France

    There’s No Place Like – Brings back Memories

    January 21, 2016
    Publicity photo for Moliere's The Miser or the Scrooge (l'Avare), Ranelagh Theatre, Paris

    French in English-Theatre in Paris

    October 26, 2018
    Annabel Simms' latest release Half an Hour From Paris

    Secret Day Trips Half Hour from Paris

    August 16, 2018
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