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  • image of Jewish rabbi cookies Thierry Heil guided walks
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    Paris: Marais and the Louvre Concerts Virtually

    November 9, 2020 /

    Feeling like a walk through the Marais, visiting famous Paris restaurants or listening to a concert at the Louvre while staying cozy at home with a glass of French wine? If so, then save these dates: Louvre Concerts November 10 and 12; The Jewish Marais November 18; Famous Parisian Restaurants December 3.

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    Official poster for the Paris Treasure Hunt 2010

    Paris Treasure Hunt or La Chasse aux trésors 2010

    June 23, 2010
    Gare de Lyon Clock Tower. Built between 1895 to 1902; expanded in 1927. It stands 67 meters high, has four faces each measuring 6,5 meters in diameter.

    Journées du Patrimoine 2013-Reserve Now for Gare de Lyon

    August 30, 2013
    Brochure drawing of the Chimère Orchestra and l'homme-oiseau parade ©ArtsForainsMuseum/demainonchangetout

    Balade de l’homme-oiseau at Musée des Arts Forains-Spectacular event!

    December 31, 2013
  • Chess players near l'Orangerie greenhouse at Luxembourg Gardens
    Guided Walks,  Let's Explore

    Le Jardin du Luxembourg: Live or Virtual Visit

    November 5, 2020 /

    Feeling like taking a walk through a garden today? I have a recommendation. ​On a sunny mid-October morning, I ​visited the Luxembourg Gardens live and virtually while testing a guided tour application. ​ Gary Kraut's Luxembourg Gardens​ ​tour ​began at the kiosk on one side of the Sénat and ended on the other side. The GPS and phone camera helped me stay on the path and Gary’s easy-to- follow instructions and his map guided me physically. Simultaneously following the tour and taking photographs, I needed that GPS, 15-second rewind and camera to get me easily back on track.

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    View from rooftop of Printemps restaurant toward Madeleine

    Paris Restaurant Terraces with Views

    February 21, 2015
    image of Alaïa poster Galliera exhibition

    Galliera Reopens with Alaïa Retrospective

    November 30, 2013
    View of Champs Elysees with cyclists-May 8 is first Sunday pedestrian opening

    Paris Begins Another Fresh Air Tradition

    May 5, 2016
  • Poster for the exhibition Man Ray et la Mode Musée du Luxembourg
    Let's Explore,  Photography-Art

    Man Ray: Fashion Photographer

    October 28, 2020 /

    Before there was Helmut Newton or Richard Avedon, there was Man Ray. From a fashion perspective and as fashion photographer, Musée du Luxembourg explores the body of Man Ray's fashion work. In the display cases, this exhibit follows his Parisian fashion trail with gowns featured in the Harper’s Bazaar magazine. I highly recommend downloading the Musée du Luxembourg audio guide to explore the exhibit virtually. Even after the exhibit closes, the audioguide remains active. Some images from my visit are below the videos. You begin with his early surrealist works and move quickly into his work with, photographer, Lee Miller...keep reading

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    Paris to the Pyrenees book on my library shelf with Paris, Paris Journey to the City of Lights in the background by David Downie

    Book Review: Paris to the Pyrenées, A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James

    December 26, 2013
    Manege Enfantin, Pavillon de Bercy, Museum of Fairground Arts, Musée des Arts Forains, Paris, Open Christmas Holidays Dec 26-Jan 6

    The Fair That Stays In Town-Musée des Arts Forains

    July 1, 2016
    Insect menagerie Jardin des Plantes - bee (elbow antennae) on purple flowers

    Animal, Insect Menageries and Blooms-Jardin des Plantes

    October 5, 2014
  • Image of brasserie Le Renard and tabac neons
    Photography-Art,  Seeing Paris

    Bright Colors: Paris Evening Lights

    October 14, 2020 /

    A week after seeing a part of Paris in black and white, it was time to focus on bright colors. Along the way, I recalled other ways to view the evening light in reflections and patterns. I was one of seven photographers who followed a spontaneous route from the Metro Temple along Rue de Turbigo, off and on Rue du Temple, toward Arts et Métiers (museum), rue du Renard (fox) down to l'Hotel de Ville and the Pont d'Arcole. On the bridge....

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    Walk and Roll Event-100 Trains for Ataxia

    March 23, 2016
    Temporary Grand Palais with Eiffel Tower view

    The Temporary Grand Palais

    September 27, 2020
    Lady walking in front of the poster for Viollet le Duc exhibit at Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

    Exhibit: Viollet-le-Duc, Visions of an Architect

    January 20, 2015
  • Cat in construction area at night
    Let's Explore,  Photography-Art

    Paris Evening, Walking in Black and White

    October 3, 2020 /

    Paris has an aura when the lights dim on a moist evening. With a group of photographers on an evening shoot, the black and white theme had four criteria: reflection, near and far, silhouette and/or en marche (walking, movement). An image could have any or all of these criteria. We began at Place Igor-Stravinsky and walked through the first, second and third districts/arrondissements... click on the title to read more and see the images

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    General view of first level platform, Eiffel Tower

    A Light Beauty Facelift for the Eiffel Tower

    October 12, 2011
    Two-for-one supplement for Tele7Jours TV guide Foire de Paris

    Always Something New at Foire de Paris

    May 4, 2016
    Image shows the Eiffel Tower Green project "OnEI"

    Eiffel Tower-One Big Green Space and Garden

    May 24, 2019
  • 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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    Tree-lined boulevard leading the Palace of Versailles

    Visiting Versailles – Forget Tuesday!

    May 22, 2019
    BHV/Marais in a map of the Marais designated a tourist shopping zone. With the Loi Macron, it is the only department store with permission to remain open on all Sundays throughout the year

    BHV and Other July Changes in Paris

    July 3, 2016
    The safe at Societe Generale on Boulevard Haussmann

    Your Money in Paris

    November 10, 2011
  • The sign that impressioned Louboutin to work with heels
    Let's Explore,  Museum exhibitions

    Christian Louboutin Exhibition(iste)

    September 13, 2020 /

    For Christian Louboutin, "a shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk". The fashion designer known for his over-the-topThe sign that impressioned Louboutin between 10 and 12 to work with heels footwear with the red soles, Louboutin was inspired to create a line of high heels after a visit to the Museum of African and Oceanian Arts. Here he observed a sign forbidding patrons to wear high heels because of the delicate mosaic tile floor. Inspired by the museum in the 12th arrondissement where he lived, Louboutin used motifs, architecture, color, Indian and Egyptian movies even the iridescent fish in the museum’s aquarium to interpret this multi-cultural neighborhood in his…

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    Official graffiti Pont des Arts, Institut de France in background

    Love Locks Gone from the Bridge

    June 12, 2015
    Image from Foire de Paris 2018 website with dates

    Jounaliste, Influenceur or Pigiste for Foire de Paris

    March 30, 2018
    Photo from Paris Lost & Found Objets Trouvés page-history-historique

    History of Lost and Found-Objets Trouvés in France

    December 17, 2012
  • Image of Nathalie from Bring France Home in her shop rue de Birague
    Practical Info,  Specialty shops

    Bring France Home and Support Small Businesses

    August 21, 2020 /

    “We’re still here,” said Nathalie as she dusted the Paris dust off the shelves and products. Bring France Home is your Made in France shop on rue de Birague and online. Click on the categories at the bottom of their webpage to fill your shopping basket! The Eiffel Tower jewelry (category “jewels”) is unique to Bring France Home from their neighbor jeweler: Galerie UBU. Nathalie is optimistic for this year, but her shop and others need the international tourists back to survive. Chamber of Commerce (CCI) research in October 2019 showed that 80% of a shop’s revenue came from international tourists...... Click on the title to read more and watch…

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    The Gold Scab 1879, James McNeill Whistler

    Beauty, Morals and Voluptuousness

    January 11, 2012
    poster for the Cimetière des chiens celebrating 120 year anniversary

    Journées européennes du patrimoine 2019 & cemeteries

    September 4, 2019
    gif Poster for Musée des Arts Forains English speaking tours Monday and Thursday Pavillons de Bercy, Paris

    Musée Arts Forains Tours in English

    July 14, 2016
  • Sunbather looking into Seine Paris Plages 2020
    Life in Paris & France,  Specific Info

    Paris Plages 2020 Includes Covid Testing

    August 13, 2020 /

    Paris Plages is carrying on its tradition in 2020 with sun and fun in this "Eté particulier". Circumstances make this a special summer with daily activities under sanitary conditions. Even Covid testing is included in the activities until August 30. Weekends at the Paris Plages (beach) are very busy. However, visit on a Wednesday and the atmosphere is much calmer. You can even find open deckchairs and parasols! The only line is at for Covid testing between 2 and 6 pm. the average wait time is 30 minutes to 2 hours for two different tests: do you have the antibodies and have you had Covid. Paris Plages is open daily…

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    A Snow day in Paris Snowman at the Louvre Carrousel

    A Day in Paris When It Snowed

    January 19, 2021
    Wine Tasting in Paris evening on the Batostar with Thierry Givone, Jennifer and Katy from Pennsylvania, Belile and Monique from New York and Colleen

    Wine Tasting in Paris On the Seine

    December 19, 2013
    Image shows the Eiffel Tower Green project "OnEI"

    Eiffel Tower-One Big Green Space and Garden

    May 24, 2019
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