No matter how many times I visit Paris, I always need a stop atShakespeare & Company. They always have interesting displays and customers to photograph as well.
this is one of my favorite stops and not too far from where I stay, so seeing this photo bring back lovely memories. In fact, when I look up from my desk right here in my home office, I see a photo of that very place!
It sure is a historical bookstore in Paris and there are many books there. I like to go by it when I am in Paris, but I don’t buy books there because most are in English. I usually go around the corner to Gibert where I can buy French books as they are hard to find in Atlanta.
OK I’ll translate so you can exercise your French - C’est certainement une librairie historique où il y a beaucoup de livres. J’aime bien y aller quand je suis à Paris, mais je n’y achète pas de livres car la plupart sont en anglais. D’habitude je vais au coin, chez Gibert, où je peux acheter des livres en français car ils sont difficiles à trouver à Atlanta.
Don't blame you, V. I've read at least 100 books from this place without ever buying one—I just read them right there (thank you, George Whitman)! Hope they have some affluent customers these days.
Browsing books, especially old books, is one of the simple pleasures..you just never know what treasure you might discover, of course in Paris it would be sublime :)
Love the bookstore, but can't help noticing the two women in the photograph. The one to the left...straight laced, stoic expression...and the other,having a tosseled..free spirited look about her.
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.
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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My favorite Paris bookstore!
Très sympa...
Pierre
I wonder who is living there now?
I don't think she is going to part with that book in her hand for love nor money V.
Great picture, the girl looks having some problems to choose the perfect book to read! :)
Léia
this is one of my favorite stops and not too far from where I stay, so seeing this photo bring back lovely memories. In fact, when I look up from my desk right here in my home office, I see a photo of that very place!
Great picture & a fascinating spot in a fascinating city.
Books outside in the almost sunshine. We usually get some books when visiting.
It sure is a historical bookstore in Paris and there are many books there. I like to go by it when I am in Paris, but I don’t buy books there because most are in English. I usually go around the corner to Gibert where I can buy French books as they are hard to find in Atlanta.
OK I’ll translate so you can exercise your French - C’est certainement une librairie historique où il y a beaucoup de livres. J’aime bien y aller quand je suis à Paris, mais je n’y achète pas de livres car la plupart sont en anglais. D’habitude je vais au coin, chez Gibert, où je peux acheter des livres en français car ils sont difficiles à trouver à Atlanta.
I agree, but isn't it odd that a bookstore named for an English playwright would become a Parisian icon? The location sure doesn't hurt.
Don't blame you, V. I've read at least 100 books from this place without ever buying one—I just read them right there (thank you, George Whitman)! Hope they have some affluent customers these days.
Mythic, iconic place!
Browsing books, especially old books, is one of the simple pleasures..you just never know what treasure you might discover, of course in Paris it would be sublime :)
Love the bookstore, but can't help noticing the two women in the photograph. The one to the left...straight laced, stoic expression...and the other,having a tosseled..free spirited look about her.
Oooh, how I wish I could have a good old rummage there!!
Jane
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