does shabby seem chicer in Paris?
where shabby is always chic!
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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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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10 comments:
The buildings just age better in Europe. Me, not so much. I'm still not chic... but shabby.
Paris does have charm not often seen anywhere else.
Sure does! When my paint peels, I just look lazy...
It has so much more charm, history and magic!
It's true. Maybe it's just the difference between shabby old buildings (there) and a shabby new ones (here). Or maybe it's just Paris. :~}
It's all about the character. When buildings are created as an art form and then ageit is still great art. When our buildings here in the USA are built it is for the purpose of being bigger. Then when it gets old it just looks outdated and ready to be blown up for something bigger.
Sauf peut-être pour ceux qui y habitent.
Showing its age or not, it's still got character.
We don't call this shabby. It is gracefully weathered.
Alain, perhaps.
V
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