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    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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    Maternal Tenderness (1786) Salon 1787 one of three paintings shown at the salon exulting the joys of motherhood, reflecting the new spirit of the time, fashionable to express sentimentalism.

    Vigée Le Brun Retrospective at Grand Palais

    November 3, 2015
    Rear exterior of Château Champs-sur-Marne

    Day trip to Château Champs-sur-Marne

    April 22, 2017
    Lost in Frenchlation logo

    French Cinéphiles … Lost in Frenchlation April 2018

    March 29, 2018
  • Couple with photographer wearing masks
    Billet d'Humeur/At a Glance,  Life in Paris & France

    Fashionable Paris Masks

    May 29, 2020 /

    I am no longer desperate to find just any kind of face mask. Finding a mask has transitioned into its fashionable period in Paris. Face masks are no longer hard to find. They come in various shapes, prices and patterns. One day I saw a mask that coordinated with the skirt a girl was wearing. What would you think of fashionable Italian designed masks? The Italian-designed face masks are sold at the Casino grocery store on Rue Chemin du Vert. Piled together in a cardboard box without any fanfare, they sell for 3,50 Euros. They are comfortable, lightweight, washable, perfect for summer. The Italian-designed and imported to France masks include…

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    Paris Food Markets

    November 10, 2011
    Exhibit catalog Paris vu par Hollywood Hôtel de Ville Paris 18 sep to 15 dec 2012

    Paris Vu Par Hollywood or How the Myth Began

    October 15, 2012
    Annabel Simms' latest release Half an Hour From Paris

    Secret Day Trips Half Hour from Paris

    August 16, 2018
  • Image of the Amelot entrance Repaire de Cartouche
    Billet d'Humeur/At a Glance,  Life in Paris & France

    Le Doggy Bag Concept Expands in Paris

    May 13, 2020 /

    Paris has a new dining style in 2020: Take Away or in French "emporter" in le "doggy bag". All closed for health reasons, some cafés and restaurants are creatively staying in business. At the entry door is a table, display case of food, posted menus and sometimes flowers welcome walk-up guests to place their order. Using a paper bag to carry out your lunch or dinner in France, got its start in 2010. Le loi Grenelle 2 required restaurants to reduce their biodegradable garbage whence came le doggy bag or "sac à toutou". Home delivery from chocolate to sushi to pizza is catching on with riders on motor scooters and…

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    Lunch with a view at 58 Tour Eiffel

    Lightness of being at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant

    July 27, 2010
    Sacre Coeur in the sunset near Barbes in front of Luxor Cinema

    Sacre Coeur in the Sunset

    September 25, 2014
    Poster for Aiguille en fete the needlework trade show with studios

    Needlework Fair (Aiguille en Fête) February

    January 27, 2016
  • Image of the oldest Gothic bell tower in Paris
    Let's Explore,  Life in Paris & France

    Stroll at La Place Saint-Germain des Près

    May 2, 2020 / No Comments

    Want to travel or go outside but cannot? Visit parts of Paris with Colleen's Paris. Take a bus ride and a stroll (flânerie) with Colleen’s Paris on a 2-minute visit to La Place Saint-Germain des Près, Les Deux Magots and the Gothic Saint-Germain des Près with the oldest bell tower in Paris

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    La Colomberie Christmas decorations and ornaments

    Christmas Decorations With A Paris Theme

    December 4, 2010
    Au Ver à Soie Yarn Design

    Paris Knitting, Needlework, Fabric Addresses

    May 18, 2012
    Barefoot college, Tilonia, India, man sitting next to Merry Xmas/Happy New Year banner

    Happy New Year 2015 from Paris!

    January 7, 2015
  • Image of Notre Dame after fire and child on swing
    Let's Explore,  Monuments

    One Year Ago-One Month Ago in Paris Notre-Dame’s Fire

    April 15, 2020 /

    One year ago, April 15, the steeple of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc burned and crashed through the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris: architectural flaw? One month ago, March 15, the sun was shining; everyone ignored a lockdown, went to the "beach" and socialised. An invisible agent locked down work on Notre Dame and confined us to one meter apart. One month from now, work on the new scaffolding holding the burnt scaffolding may continue and we may be less confined. In the meantime, the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and garbage trucks still pass through my Paris street on time.

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    Citroen model car in front of French Driver License permis de conduire

    Driving in France – what kind of driver license is necessary?

    May 8, 2010
    Poster for the exhibition Man Ray et la Mode Musée du Luxembourg

    Man Ray: Fashion Photographer

    October 28, 2020
    Access in Paris app for iPhone and Adroid jaccedemobile

    Find Accessibility Obstacles in Paris with Phone Apps

    November 4, 2013
  • image of resident and mounted gendarmes
    Billet d'Humeur/At a Glance,  Life in Paris & France

    Stopped by the Gendarmes

    April 10, 2020 /

    It is Covid-19 time and I am out for a beautiful, blue-sky morning walk with my camera. The delivery men on bicycles are collecting bags of chocolate for Easter from the chocolate shop on La rue du Pas-de-la-Mule. Walking past Places des Vosges, I passed a cinematographer and a director/producer filming for the gendarmery television network. Two mounted gendarmes were being filmed while questioning and chatting with locals about the document...

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    Paris Photo Walk at Pont Alexandre III

    September 10, 2015

    Notre-Dame de Paris: Oaks and Stone – the Latest News

    February 17, 2021
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    Que Choisir Tests Beauty Ingredients

    March 10, 2016

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