Friday, October 7, 2011
La Fenêtre Ouverte
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If you can squeeze yourself through the throngs at Shakespeare & Company, and wind your way upstairs, you will discover some wonderful finds! I will admit it took me three trips here to finally discover the back stairs.
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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.
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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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23 comments:
My first thought was: "Virginia got totally ripped off when she rented that apartment!-- lots of books but vue merdique!" --- ;-) i am relieved. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
Hey, the Sylvia Beach shop!!I lOVE this place so much! the kind of shop that sounds like paradise to me. Drive me there and forget me..:o)
Looks very atmospheric, V! {Also looks like the designated plant-waterer has forgotten where the back stairs are!}
My favorite way to enter anything..through the back door where you can SEE the extraordinary!!!!!
BONNE JOURNÉE MON AMIE! Anita
Heaven!! Love this shot for so many reasons Virginia. Bonne semaine!
Ah, one of my favorite bookstores in Paris. You've done a great job of capturing the organized cacophony that is Shakespeare & Co!
Hi Virginia,
Love this photograph & the bookstore.... one of my favs in Paris too!
Thanks for stopping by my blog & leaving such nice comments. I have enjoyed checking out you'r lovely website. Beautiful photos! I love the ones of Birmingham! ...& I always enjoy seeing what you will share here from Paris!
Thanks!
Sally
We had a Shakespeare & Co on the UWS a mere block away from where I live when it closed it was very very sad .. I always wondered if it was owned by the same people...
Great shot of this elusive room... and, it even has an escape.
I've never seen a throng at Shakespeare & Company, and I've been there many times.
Throngs or no, when I get to Paris I'm definitely going to Shakespeare & Company. My faves are stores where the books are piled on the floor or any which way, and you just get in there and dig in!
I got there and there was a line-up out the door - again - so never been inside. Damned tourists!
I really love this pic.
Boy, does this ever bring back memories of time spent here in the Sixties! And it looks like it hasn't been touched since then. :~}
OOO ... I have never dared to go upstairs ... I feel rude going in there, as I know I will not buy but only look ...
Misterious place. What a picture!
It does look a bit like a still life. I like it too.
I on the other hand am worried that it could start to rain...and they would forget the window is open :O
Must, must, must go there and climb the stairs! Love all the details in this photo --- it's like a scavanger hunt! Bon weekend cherie.
I love your photo! There are strong graphic elements that make this photo successful. And books, of course :)
I come from French Girl in Seattle blog :)
I've had friends who've worked and stayed at the bookshop (like a hostel). It really is just a cool place with all these odd, old twists and turns.
Ah the scent of old books and amazing history. You captured it beautifully.
I love this.
so quaint:)
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