Sunday Church Series - Voilà

Completed in 1641, the Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis church was in serious need of some restoration work.  When we visited in January 2012, the front facade was covered.  What a nice surprise to see the work completed when we passed last month.  The stonework has been cleaned and now you can really see the marvelous details.  Of course the new choice of rouge for the doors pleased me very much indeed!

rue Saint Antoine

75004 Paris

Métro: Saint Paul

La technique

Watching the street crepe vendors is fascinating. They've perfected the technique. I think that little paddle helps!  Pass the Nutella svp!

CDP Theme Day - Cafe Chairs

Montmartre

Today, the first of the month and City Daily Photobloggers all over the globe are posting photos of this month's theme....Cafe Tables.  Right up my alley in Paris.  Click HERE to go to the City Daily Photo portal and see them all!

Orange et ocre

On a gray drizzly day in Marly le Roi, the ochre walls and orange shutters brightened this quaint little town.

Opéra for Euros

This young woman with a remarkably good voice, had an attentive audience.

Le modèle

I will admit I stalked this lovely young woman and her photographer from the park to this passageway at Place des Vosges.  I was enchanted with not only her natural beauty but her hair.  I just had to get one last snap before I walked away.

Art Appreciation

There are many art galleries lined up on this end of the Place des Vosges. I often wonder how they all stay open, as most people seem to be just window shopping like this gentleman.

Sunday Church Series - Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

This is one of the most beautiful churches in Paris in my opinion.  While we were there we were able to hear the bells which I regret I was unable to capture with my phone.  I took this photograph from across the street as we left the Louvre.  The sculpture in the foreground is Hautes Herbes, by Beatrice Guichard.

Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

2 Place du Louvre

75001 Paris

Metro: Louvre-Rivoli

Signes du Samedi - Bleu

Place du Tetre

I think ice cream and cocktails sounds like my kind of place!

Takes One to Know One

Place des Vosges

We were both "stalking" some kids playing in the sand box!

Trop Mignon!

Gare Saint-Lazare

His human seemed to love him very much. She even was pulling a suitcase with French Bulldogs on it!

Familiar Places

I stop by Ma Bourgogne overlooking the park at Place des Vosges every trip. This past January, Mary and I came screeching in for something warm to drink (for a change) in the afternoon of our last day.  It was nice enough to sit right here. La vie est belle.

Le beurre français

J'adore!

The Last Sunset

I was lucky enough to be walking down rue de la Paix towards Place Vendôme my last afternoon in Paris.  Très belle!

Chopin

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Frederic Chopin's grave at Père Lachaise is lovely in its own right but this red rose left as a tribute made it even more beautiful. I hope my pianist friend Michael Dulin will be happy now that I've paid my respects!

Signes du Samedi - Vert Absinthe

Those of you that know me well, or just know my chat noir Meeps, will know why I stopped here and took a lot of shots. As a matter of fact, I have this very poster!

Vert Absinthe

11 rue Ormesson

75004 Paris

Le memento

As I've visited more and more Paris cemeteries, I've been drawn to the flowers that are often left tucked in the grillwork of mausoleum doors. At Père Lachaise recently, I photographed a number of them but this one was my favorite.  The colors and the dried fronds were pleasing to me.

Paris je t'aime

Bonne Saint-Valentin

( Roses, merci Francis at Roses Costes Dani Roses.  Champagne, merci Peter)

Charmant

These pretty little café windows might have been painted for Christmas.  Even though the paint was fading, I thought it added a cheerful touch.

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Les Petits Patineurs

Granted this photograph is not well composed, but I think it gives a true flavor of the skating rink at the Hôtel de Ville.  The smallest were scooting all over as best the could,  holding onto the wooden walls or pushing the cute and colorful little scooters!  The city had kindly provided an area just for the little ones so they could get around without being run over by the more accomplished skaters.

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Le Coureur

Pont des Arts

We didn't see any runners in shorts this trip.

Attente

This sweet dog was patiently waiting for his human outside this shop.  I grabbed my handy iPhone and did the best I could.

Signes du Samedi - Ode to Meeps

Paris is a very chat noir loving city, which I adore!   This exhibit was at the Musée de Montmartre.

Paris Rouge - le scooter

Jauntily parked against this bright green shop in Montmartre...parfait!

Nicky and Florence

Last week while in Paris, Mary and I took the train from Gare Lazare to  Vaucresson, in the Paris burbs.  There we were met by blogger Nicky Berry and her jeune fille Florence.  I've followed Nicky's delightful blog Growing Berries, almost since she started it as a way to chronicle her family's new adventures living in France.  After lunch in their beautiful home, she drove us to Marly le Roi for a walkabout and photo bonanza.  It is always so much fun to meet other bloggers here and in France.  Merci Nicky and Florence for a lovely day with you both.

Rainy Night on Rue Saint Honoré

One of my favorite photographs from this trip.

Je suis désolée

Café Nemours, one of my favorite haunts for wine or lunch at Place Colette, did not make the cut for the Paris Marathon this trip, but I did get this shot as we breezed past it last week!

2 Place Colette

75001 Paris

Metro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre

Paris Rouge - La boîte aux lettres

Marly le Roi, France

What could be better than getting your snail mail via a ROUGE mailbox?

Sunday Church Series - Église St. Roch

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The view of the church from our living room window in our apartment. I never, ever tire of the view or the chiming of the bells.

Église Saint Roch

284 St. Honoré

75001 Paris

I'm Home!

Marly le Roi, France

I am home from a wonderful nine days in Paris. Thank you all who faithfully stopped by and those that left comments while I was away.  I have many, many new photographs to share with you.

Today's photo is my Paris travel amie, Mary Gilbert.  About a year ago she started carrying a little Nikon point and shoot and has captured some very nice shots.  She has a great eye.  I think I created a monster.  Now as you can see, SHE'S the one lagging behind taking photos instead of me!!  

Gerard Mulot

Need I say more?