Friday, November 02, 2012

Around Paris this Week

Les "Catherinettes" were unmarried women over 25, many of whom worked in the rag trade. They had an annual ball, and this 1908 sculpture dedicated to "The Women Workers of Paris" suggests they had a lot of fun.

Glad to see the sex shop on Rue de Seze behind La Madeleine finally closed its doors. It's been a blight for years.

The door of the neglected "lower church" at Saint Augustin

Pierre Marcolini's amazing chocolate and caramel macarons at his shop on Rue Scribe

Men in green behind the Madeleine

Autumn color in the Parc Monceau

Bicyclers, on of them on a Vélib, along Boulevard de Courcelles

The moon among the street lights near the Etoile

Aboard the Eurostar




Thursday, October 25, 2012

Saint Germain des Pres on Thursday Night

Café de Flore on Thursday, 25 October 2012, but it could almost as easily be 1952

The Café de Flore is one of the most dog-friendly establishments, inside and out, to be found in Paris.

Moon over Saint Germain des Pres

Greeting cards, calendars, a homeless woman and the Café de Flore on Blvd Saint Germain Thursday night

Motorcycle helmet and grenadine, closing up the Cafe Rouquet on Blvd Saint Germain Thursday night

A short walk from Sebastapol to the Palais Royal in Paris, France, this afternoon