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  • Image of Man taking selfie at Louvre Pyramid
    Let's Explore,  Neighborhoods

    Springtime Silence in Paris for 55 Days

    December 31, 2020 /

    It is time to turn the page on Chapter 2020. Who would have guessed that one would feel a bit nostalgic for the Paris Springtime in 2020!? All of the ups and downs and changes during the Springtime in Paris lockdown from total confinement to mostly open for summer and back to partially open; having to differentiate between what is essential (food) and non-essential (books) and back to semi-partial of partial and curfews. Aiiieee!! A Nostalgic Period? One Parisian confinement period stands out among all the rest of 2020. Between March 15 and May 11, 2020 Paris went silent.

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    Saint-Sulpice, A Tower With A View

    January 25, 2011
    Logo for Foire d'Automne (Autumn Home Show) in Paris

    Autumn Foire de Paris (Home Show)

    September 13, 2013
    Padlocks on a Paris quai for 8 euros

    Padlocks of Love Weigh Down Paris Bridges

    March 18, 2014
  • 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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    Image of Eiffel Tower, Invalides in background, 130 years

    Madame Eiffel Tower Celebrates 130 Years

    October 11, 2019
    Michelle, Raina and Colleen, the "Winning Witches" finally finding the small, elusive Goya on our THATLou treasure hunt

    THATLou Hunts Treasure at the Louvre

    November 5, 2013
    Image in Musée Arts décoratifs entry for Christian Dior Couturier du rêve until January 7, 2018

    Dior-Designer of Dreams at Arts Décoratifs

    August 25, 2017
  • facade view of Hôtel de Mayenne Rue de Rivoli and a Philippe Starck history marker
    History,  Let's Explore

    Paris History One Translate App Away

    September 3, 2019 /

    The upside down paddles on the sidewalks around Paris are history markers of the city. The Philippe Starck-designed paddles are in French. When walking and not speaking French you can read them. Shocking? No. Simply install the Google Translate application on your smartphone. How to do it follows this short story. Background story The paddles first appeared in 1992, the year I moved to Paris. The city of Paris contracted with JCDecaux to install the “pelles Starck” to inform the strolling passer-by about a monument, an event, an historical moment, a theater, a passage, etc. Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, initiated the project. For me the shape of the…

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    Poster for the exhibition Man Ray et la Mode Musée du Luxembourg

    Man Ray: Fashion Photographer

    October 28, 2020
    Workers in the Canal Saint Martin pumping out the water

    Paris Canal Saint Martin is “unemployed”

    January 17, 2016
    Poster for Carambolages, Carambolages RMN Grand Palais, Paris

    Last Days of Carambolages-Grand Palais

    June 29, 2016
  • Le Meurice Restaurant scene looking at fireplace, Paris, Yannick Alléno, Chef des Cuisines
    Food, Drink & Health

    Le Meurice Is A Paris Dining Pleasure

    May 23, 2010 /

    Lunch is a pleasurable experience at Le Meurice. It is not a stuffy place. The dining room atmosphere and the cordial staff prepare you for the moment when the first amuse-bouche arrives. One of the first things you are asked about dining with them is your allergy situation. Right away it is a hint of where you are going today. You are going to dine your way through a Japanese garden under French influence with those interested in your pleasure.

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    Hats at Longchamp horse race Qatar Prix Arc de Triomphe Paris

    Go to the Horse Races in Paris

    May 14, 2016
    La Parisienne, over the entryway to the exposition universelle 1900

    Paris 1900 Exhibit at Petit Palais

    June 2, 2014
    Image from Foire de Paris 2018 website with dates

    Jounaliste, Influenceur or Pigiste for Foire de Paris

    March 30, 2018

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