Trés chic! As Genie would say, "Must be a French girl!"
(Looks like she might be headed straight to de Beers to do a little shopping!)
Saturday, April 30, 2011
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
Paris je t'aime
I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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20 comments:
I was a PV virgin until this recent trip. I found it a little sterile, but that may have been that particular day. I note that Chopin died in one of the maisons on the eastern side. Paris is full of plaques with such interesting detail.
Black and withe photo's like this are just wonderful !
I wish I could say the same for myself with my camera on the streets of Paris !
Each time I see your posts I have to stay few minutes in your blog. Paris, my third favourite CIty, where I would like to live, the city that I would like to live, to taste, to paint. Thank you Virginia.
Exactly what came to my mind: very elegant and "must be a French girl"...
God bless you!
Cezar
Bien sur! She must be a French girl! Or a very stylish touriste :-)
Gee, that could be me! Hair's the same, but unfortunately my hips are a little wider.
I was thinking the same as M—perhaps she's staying at the Ritz and has managed to pull off the trick I've been striving for almost half a century!
M and Alexa, so you're saying tourists travel with shoes like that ? OMG!!! :)
OH that's me!!
She is the Parisienne stereotype.
Parisienne, mais non! She is trying too hard!
The first time I visited Place Vendôme, I was intimidated by its buildings and high-end shops, in the meanwhile I got used to it, but it´s still none of my favourite places.
Ha! The touristes do not travel with shoes like that --- they buy them in Paris!!! I was severely tempted by the shoe monster, but I was able to resist!
Yeah, on my last visit, all those various and sundry chargers in my sole (carry-on) bag meant that I went with precisely one pair of shoes—black and . . . flat! :~}
Alexa, moi aussi. I often wish I could have a pair of my "chic shoes" for Paris but even for dinner you have to walk too much. Quelle dommage!
V
She is definitely a French girl, mon amie! She has that jaunty stride and my legs will never be long enough to carry that off.
Great b/w shot!
G
Before I went to Paris the first time, I read somewhere that a French woman would never wear sneakers in Paris, which was a problem because I intended to explore as much as I possibly could in that three weeks. I solved the problem with a stylish (well as stylish as comfortable shoes can be) pair of Airflex wedge heels, not flat not high just right.
Love your photos, big fan of the black and white.
Ya know...when you're young, you can walk for miles in these babies...at least that's what we all thought!!!
While I draw the line at sneakers, I struggle mightily with something I can walk miles and miles in while looking somewhat "acceptable" in Paris. I've thrown in the towel about heels and chic. I have to march all over Paris in comfort. My bottom line.
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