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  • 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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    Navigo and Metro Map Plan 2 in Paris

    Use Navigo for Weekend and Holiday Advantages

    April 19, 2013
    Bataclan Café

    Bataclan Revisted

    November 24, 2015
    Girl wearing hat with her skateboard on Trocadero walkway toward Eiffel Tower

    Teenagers Visiting Paris

    March 30, 2015
  • Willy Ronis exhibition Photo album in English and French for sale at exhibition
    Let's Explore,  Photography-Art

    Willy Ronis-Views of Belleville Menilmontant in Paris

    October 31, 2018 /

    Sometimes a photo can make us curious, inspire us or wish we could find something.... By the time my sister saw the photos of my vintage chinaware, it was too late. I had already donated the set to Emmaus. I needed it back for her! The trek to one of the Emmaus stores (Goodwill-style shops founded in 1954 by Abbé Pierre) took me to the north of Paris and the Porte de Menilmontant in the 20th arrondissement. "If I am going to the 20th", I pondered, "why not check out local art exhibits in the area?" That thought and a quick look at l'Official des spectacles, took me to the…

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    La Belle chocolatiere

    Gourmet Chocolate Museum in Paris is Choco-Story

    May 19, 2010
    Christmas decorations at Tissus Reine

    Cute Christmas Decorations In Montmartre

    December 2, 2010
    France 2012 Second Round of Elections Posters of N. Sarkozy and F. Hollande, May 6

    Impressions Of A First-Time French Voter

    May 7, 2012
  • Musée de la Marine, Arts et Metiers, Paris, diving suit, scaphandre, Carmagnolle
    Museum exhibitions,  Practical Info

    Art of Graphic Novels at Arts et Métiers

    February 13, 2017 /

    Are you interested in futuristic graphic novels? machines? retro drawings? You may be interested in the graphic novel, “Paris Revoir”. A recent exhibition in Paris uses instruments, models, machines from the Musée des Arts et Métiers that illustrates Paris Revoir. If you are interested in architecture, you may have seen more of these drawings from the novel at the Paris Revoir exhibition in 2014 Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine. Videos Arts et Métiers video trailer: Drawing Machines Machines à dessiner Arts et Métiers long version video: Birth of a poster (Naissance d’un affiche) The Illustrator, François Schuiten and the writer, Benoît Peeters are the creators of “Obscure cities”, an…

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    Poster for Aiguille en fete the needlework trade show with studios

    Needlework Fair (Aiguille en Fête) February

    January 27, 2016
    "car rapide" Bonne Mère located now in the Musée de l'Homme

    Le Car Rapide at Musée de l’Homme

    November 24, 2015
    Children Christmas window Printemps

    Activities With Kids In Paris At Christmas

    December 14, 2010
  • Salon du Chocolat Junior new addition to the 2016 Paris edition
    Children and Teens,  Events and Trade Shows,  Food, Drink & Health,  Life in Paris & France,  Museum exhibitions

    Salon du Chocolat Junior is New Addition

    October 31, 2016 /

    On Sunday evening, the opportunity arose to visit the last opening hours of the Salon du Chocolat. The show continues through November 1 in Pavilion 5, Porte de Versailles and is a five-day event that began the 27th of November. My goal this year: See what is happening at the Salon du Chocolat Junior on the main level. For the first time in 2016, the Salon du Chocolat Junior, gives young chocophiles the chance to sign up for pastry classes, Choco-Tours of the salon wearing cooking toques, workshops, visit the beauty boutique with delicious chocolate treatments, enjoy cultural heritage and entertainment activities with African cocoa-producing countries and watch the production…

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    French speaking talking bears in a Paris toy store

    Study French in Paris

    February 1, 2015
    Children wearing helmets on ponies at Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris

    Pony Rides in Paris Parks

    March 27, 2014
    Map of RER, Metro and Tramway from the

    Day Trip Basics and Ideas

    May 30, 2012
  • Poster for Carambolages, Carambolages RMN Grand Palais, Paris
    Museum exhibitions

    Last Days of Carambolages-Grand Palais

    June 29, 2016 /

    Colleen’s Take Away: This style of museum visit could be the future: Necessity to look at each object because each is related to the previous and to the next; Listening to sounds or music on your smartphone to set the tone. The exhibit poster gives no indication of what to expect. In the end, the exhibit is the unexpected. I recommend the exhibit “Carambolages” if you have time before it ends July 4. Colleen’s Tip: Best visited using the app. Download the app (Apple and Android) and its three parts either in advance or at the Grand Palais: Parcours sonore (sound), which I used throughout, Oeuvres galerie basse (art works…

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    Eiffel Tower, Batobus and Metamorphosis

    October 8, 2011
    Petit Josselin interior

    February 2 – Time For La Chandeleur (Crêpes)

    February 1, 2011
    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
  • Two-for-one supplement for Tele7Jours TV guide Foire de Paris
    Events and Trade Shows

    Always Something New at Foire de Paris

    May 4, 2016 /

    For me the Paris Home Show (Foire de Paris until May 8) is like no other. There is always something new to discover. ... This year I discovered something new: My desired desk style fell out of style, the water filter people did not show up, I experience old-fashioned French blasé customer service looking for the chair cream (ahhh! the good ole days!) and the food truck did not have places to sit. Instead, the new discoveries were going with someone instead of alone, learning about the powers of stones, spending more time in the Tropics and World, Madagascar and Asia......

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    Image of Nathalie from Bring France Home in her shop rue de Birague

    Bring France Home and Support Small Businesses

    August 21, 2020
    Interior Courtyard of Petit Palais, Paris, France, dining on the terrace

    Free Things in Paris – A Partial List

    June 24, 2017
    l'Oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers L'INFINI, 1882, BNF

    Odilon Redon at the Grand Palais

    May 12, 2011
  • 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.
    Events and Trade Shows,  Museum exhibitions

    Vigée Le Brun Retrospective at Grand Palais

    November 3, 2015 /

    “Only in painting have I found happiness” ... Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. This is the first French retrospective for this portraitist. One hundred fifty-nine works are on view until January 11, 2016 at the Grand Palais. You will be mesmerized by the moist, glinting eyes that look at you. One of the best times to visit avoiding lines and crowds is Friday around 5:30 pm. In her portraits, I see an artist who painted impressionism, fashion, motherly tenderness and narrative art. Although not the first to paint teeth showing or expressive eyes, Madame Le Brun did have an expressive talent for naturalness. For her education....

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    photo_famille_Stein_1906, © New Haven, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale

    The Steins – Their Adventure in Being Avant-Garde

    November 8, 2011
    Colleen in a Paris cafe with Erik holding the street by arrondissement book Paris Pratique

    Welcome to Colleen’s Paris!

    May 3, 2011
    Hotel Soubise, Chambre du Prince

    The World Of Young, Talented Musicians At Hôtel de Soubise

    January 12, 2011
  • image of Alaïa poster Galliera exhibition
    Museum exhibitions

    Galliera Reopens with Alaïa Retrospective

    November 30, 2013 /

    The Paris fashion design museum Palais Galliera reopened in 2013. After four years of renovations, why not invite Azzedine Alaïa to present the kick-off exhibition. This artist and body sculptor has the honor until January 26, 2014 and not just in the Palais Galliera. The exhibition continues across the avenue du Président Wilson at the Paris Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris) Salle Matisse.

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    View from Eiffel Tower overlooking Quai Branly museum

    Paris Seen From Above

    July 30, 2010
    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
    Chantilly Chateau

    Day Trip To Domaine de Chantilly

    July 29, 2010

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