Table and Chair Series - Autumn Reflet

Outside Cru in the Village St. Paul, the golden leaves of autumn peaked around for a look!

Paris Rouge - Table et chaises

Shabby and ROUGE, I had to stop!

Les Jambes!

A very colorful chorus line!

Paris Jaune III - The Naked Lunch

Imagine my delight when I spotted this very table and chairs in Woody Allen's  Midnight in Paris!  I had just selected this photo, taken in front of Shakespeare and Company,  for a blog post.  On closer inspection I thought the book choice in the window rather amusing as well.

Table/Chair Series - Rouge et Bleu

I'll bet you thought I'd forgotten all about my Table/Chairs Series...you'd be right!  That said, this last trip I got some nice ones. You know why these caught my eye! ( and for some reason the leaves did it for me aussi)

Les Chaises - Paris Rouge XXII

Can you believe it? This is Paris Rouge No. XXII. I have lost count on the Table/Chairs Series by now. Well, just enjoy this delightful setting I found in January in the Marais, of course!

Sunny Day in Paris!

I know the photography rule about not taking photos in the harsh midday sun, but after I looked at this one a while, I rather liked the nice shadows that resulted. This sunny little table and chairs I found in le Marais. It was Bastille Day, and I had a wonderful time wandering from the Centre Pompidou, to le Marais and back. One of Paris' oldest areas, it is still one of my very favorite places to stroll, shop and take an incredible amount of photographs. I'm oh, so ready for another visit. Quelle surprise!

The Musée Rodin

We were thrilled that Eva remembered this lovely piece from her first visit to Paris in 2007!

The Musée Rodin is probably one of my favorite museums in Paris. Today was my third visit, and I enjoyed it just as much as I have previously. The weather was perfect, and we had a little excitement to start our visit. We were able to observe our first "Parisian protest"!! ( It's amazing that it took 3 visits to find one!) We have no idea what they were all hot and bothered about, but they were orderly, LOUD, and tied up a number of tour buses for a while. The police showed up in force and it appeared ( to us anyway) that was it was very well organized and managed. They moved down the street in a while so the traffic could move again and did their thing right outside of the museum entrance. We waded through it all and were relieved to get inside! When we left several hours later, everyone had magically vanished. Maybe some of my Parisian experts can tell us what happened.

I 've posted a lot of photos previously here and here about this small but elegant museum. This time we were able to have a nice lunch at the cafe adjoining the museum. We also learned that there are sandboxes etc for children!

UPDATE: I hear from a well connected viewer that President Obama is in town! Maybe we'll get together while he's here!

UPDATE II: Peter, our resident Paris expert, tells me the protest had something to do with the farmers and milk prices. Case closed.

Another Table/Chair and Shadow Series all rolled into one.



Number 9-10 - 100 French Strangers Challenge
(How cute are they!!!)


Yakety Yak, Don't Talk Back!

The Paris PD had it all under control!!!!