tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70923527084104470972024-02-19T12:49:41.829+01:00Cath à ParisMy three-month adventure at the Storrier Onslow NAS Studio at the Cite International des Arts, Paris.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-51354074927753940802010-10-26T22:23:00.027+02:002010-10-26T23:14:00.029+02:00I Love Paris In The Winter, When It Drizzles...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiXnh4_BJYYlHxXkIX0FbA8WuKJ4luiaJzoG69oRkNajcC3LCjz3_FDQCnvOGxthlXGzyMzDqznLEQUUnKUjed2JrjM4dv6cuoqQmPmbN8weQi0BsdijqF_h0f7j1S7nxPGwqNUM1fCA/s1600/Paris+Morning+Oct.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiXnh4_BJYYlHxXkIX0FbA8WuKJ4luiaJzoG69oRkNajcC3LCjz3_FDQCnvOGxthlXGzyMzDqznLEQUUnKUjed2JrjM4dv6cuoqQmPmbN8weQi0BsdijqF_h0f7j1S7nxPGwqNUM1fCA/s200/Paris+Morning+Oct.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532457206990614034" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tPTsk_hlxNur2DrBBSLCmYA2dzSRlUYANXrUQur1TDpyLu-2W80pzvOglvoZejJcZFVl1oZjEBXqATh8XCejYgX_tETgz58BLjGHe-6Jymlbc2t6KHVkmzQ3UHE5XHUYP3ApOnrWjEw/s1600/Shirt+Factory+Marais.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tPTsk_hlxNur2DrBBSLCmYA2dzSRlUYANXrUQur1TDpyLu-2W80pzvOglvoZejJcZFVl1oZjEBXqATh8XCejYgX_tETgz58BLjGHe-6Jymlbc2t6KHVkmzQ3UHE5XHUYP3ApOnrWjEw/s200/Shirt+Factory+Marais.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532456276705782082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">T</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">here are so many things I’m going miss about Paris. </span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here are some that immediately come to mind and some more of my favourite images of the city </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(neither in any particular order) :</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8ph_8j3t2r-LnTNOKUNBHpK3he3rfD68pHH1ax2o2Vyw4uf7ZHvKJLRxCD7U9eelbpmQ6DH7z0m7SaJq83sJIq8B7fxKPIdauxza8TRGTy8Pwg8-Kf8GWnQQMLsYjkDq19SOmR62YXg/s1600/Fiat+30.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8ph_8j3t2r-LnTNOKUNBHpK3he3rfD68pHH1ax2o2Vyw4uf7ZHvKJLRxCD7U9eelbpmQ6DH7z0m7SaJq83sJIq8B7fxKPIdauxza8TRGTy8Pwg8-Kf8GWnQQMLsYjkDq19SOmR62YXg/s200/Fiat+30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532455059240450994" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The No 72 Bus – surely one of the world’s most picturesque transport routes. I will certainly miss my Tuesday night bus-ride along the Seine, with the Eiffel Tower illuminated and occasionally an orange moon in the sky alongside.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tonight I was early enough to be treated to the sparkling light-show that lights up the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">tour</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> every hour, from Pont Alexandre III. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">An unplanned but fitting closing night performance.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphmQjGux0bgxkopg9i6cuJ2I6BQLaDlsmOvxvcEhDy1a3c2vcxWXUDcjYbR1GeBAIKG4c9kDbjBNPFWnNEQ6yFcwN2kBagND2RiTx1FByVoNF0x2hIeqDpa13WO8MxFwOhpEqt502y78/s1600/Snowboots.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 159px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphmQjGux0bgxkopg9i6cuJ2I6BQLaDlsmOvxvcEhDy1a3c2vcxWXUDcjYbR1GeBAIKG4c9kDbjBNPFWnNEQ6yFcwN2kBagND2RiTx1FByVoNF0x2hIeqDpa13WO8MxFwOhpEqt502y78/s200/Snowboots.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532454933169724514" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Bread (Come to think about it, a lot of the things I’ll miss involve food!) These people have forgotten more about how to make bread than most other cultures have ever known.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Late European summer nights – love the happy sounds rebounding around the courtyard. And even though the coming winter and all its paraphernalia feels so familiar to me as well, this is one happy camper who is delighted not to be hanging around for another European winter (ever again, if she can possibly avoid it)! </span></span></span></p></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKi5QaN1UcdCCMNIB3ofNZkL2WlDVHXYiQW37fT2DZ2MDXsD6cY-fUYVCsXJZGcwOzbWYo47bi5wyWZ6PMoW8K95Z6Td91XBS0YbdA1uXlDxoOrdOys1MLulh9DOsOmzb97vOZCXf8Hw/s1600/Grass.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKi5QaN1UcdCCMNIB3ofNZkL2WlDVHXYiQW37fT2DZ2MDXsD6cY-fUYVCsXJZGcwOzbWYo47bi5wyWZ6PMoW8K95Z6Td91XBS0YbdA1uXlDxoOrdOys1MLulh9DOsOmzb97vOZCXf8Hw/s200/Grass.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532454812827934834" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Authentic </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pains au chocolat</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and decadent </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">croissant beurre</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (as if a croissant needs more butter)! The real deal.</span></span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4p25zFLHtaUCDKKMMapsfy5fs2axb0lLMilou_JXJHsONGTZlvK9Js8D7aTrv8u8fJ1GXSXauG6xaePU_Lpk_bJL0uGTO-Mceaipq6lpmE6Qb5u33DR-pUmCrJtM5ViAGcSqCYUqOOb4/s1600/Cat+Basket.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4p25zFLHtaUCDKKMMapsfy5fs2axb0lLMilou_JXJHsONGTZlvK9Js8D7aTrv8u8fJ1GXSXauG6xaePU_Lpk_bJL0uGTO-Mceaipq6lpmE6Qb5u33DR-pUmCrJtM5ViAGcSqCYUqOOb4/s200/Cat+Basket.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532454663545268674" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scarves and collars – honestly, finally the pressure will be off and I can go back to being a slob. Parisians are just born knowing how to tilt a beret at a jaunty angle, casually knot a flowing winter scarf and sport a turned up collar to make James Dean envious. There’s no point even trying to emulate their style DNA – they can spot an imposter from a hundred metres.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZcjqSJNjUSzu40T5yDcoFXdY4PNM63rLJmWScAH1So1SBoyAv8oXL56wlcspX7tH2F4qVPMCm1WOEQD3RktT83b3BMfHxjrOyClyHWZOknYk7908JrYup01pzpBPXPWSIOCclccVFTw/s1600/School+Boy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZcjqSJNjUSzu40T5yDcoFXdY4PNM63rLJmWScAH1So1SBoyAv8oXL56wlcspX7tH2F4qVPMCm1WOEQD3RktT83b3BMfHxjrOyClyHWZOknYk7908JrYup01pzpBPXPWSIOCclccVFTw/s200/School+Boy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532454508538313586" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cheese – if you can milk it, you can make cheese from it and sell it in specialist </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">fromageries</span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and may it ever be thus!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pedal Power – I’ll certainly miss the bikes and it may well be some long time before I stop automatically photographing every one I see. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On my way home this evening, I actually saw a guy pedaling home in a leisurely fashion, with a kitchen sink strapped on to the back of his bike.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And, who needs bike-paths or even roads for that matter? Every kind of vehicle can be ridden on every kind of surface, who cares if it’s a footpath? There’s a funny kind of transport anarchy that is amusing, once you know what to look out for when you’re ambling along the street<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"> </span>window shopping.</span></p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3hMTu3yBiy2tez6welKPR0Wxb-2DJ9sJWSTPJSVp35wVrTndGcaORAU-ROpq8W04jHwyuWICcVQd84pWm4TUknKMAZDWunoNJ-moECN8EGHMi07eBLa40J35ng183KjEHkplHyuDNYY/s1600/Tiger.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 103px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3hMTu3yBiy2tez6welKPR0Wxb-2DJ9sJWSTPJSVp35wVrTndGcaORAU-ROpq8W04jHwyuWICcVQd84pWm4TUknKMAZDWunoNJ-moECN8EGHMi07eBLa40J35ng183KjEHkplHyuDNYY/s200/Tiger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532454344426298882" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This is hardly a very long-thought-out or exhaustive list and I’m sure I’ll have time to reflect upon and add to this list once I’ve made it onto the plane tomorrow and drawn a deep breath.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">* * * * * * * * *</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Finally, a fond, final </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">au revoir</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> today to our dear Andre. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You would have loved it here and savoured every minute, I’m sure. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We will always miss you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtqUZtuRTGmUYR3zmLB5T2n0myU8E2cpyh_6VUi2On572JA2dSl_eTkk3FsnfTU0HCyx8sA5tXZ4V2C0kKlKhZgnKbJVGAafEA7dKfCxOQLgOW9iRmG-WqhV8nB2IkeXX_-TB_5iDdyw/s1600/Atelier+Branscusi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtqUZtuRTGmUYR3zmLB5T2n0myU8E2cpyh_6VUi2On572JA2dSl_eTkk3FsnfTU0HCyx8sA5tXZ4V2C0kKlKhZgnKbJVGAafEA7dKfCxOQLgOW9iRmG-WqhV8nB2IkeXX_-TB_5iDdyw/s200/Atelier+Branscusi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532453246151380194" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-55747482761108908652010-10-25T22:51:00.011+02:002010-10-25T23:05:20.793+02:00Love to Louvre<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4XMECdJ0IgZ87Hl8TyFyjGJvYHOOKF6TwmHF9tAJN0WbZRrAY0mhnV5PDIOGHtA7NTMi-kmEurKBjUfoPTrrPQnVUx1Fmt3hBMtA6NNAO7ZTBiehAMjVxi7EYHjzkmPO3Ax5_GJqRyE/s1600/Mobi+Boom.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4XMECdJ0IgZ87Hl8TyFyjGJvYHOOKF6TwmHF9tAJN0WbZRrAY0mhnV5PDIOGHtA7NTMi-kmEurKBjUfoPTrrPQnVUx1Fmt3hBMtA6NNAO7ZTBiehAMjVxi7EYHjzkmPO3Ax5_GJqRyE/s200/Mobi+Boom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532089725358681778" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The days are flying by now as my time in Paris comes to an end. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There’s been little time to blog in between finishing off pieces of work in the studio, catching those last few museums I haven’t managed to visit or seeing some of the exhibitions which are coming around now as the year gets properly into gear, shopping for souvenirs, making sure I visit all my favourite restaurants, cafés patisseries one last time – and I haven’t even begun to think about packing!</span></p><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVAIbTRVGZJVaKfRQT73GW8mysM0nW2njqSxCVBVkucjiWSfpYzPWj059KTaPs7XPX5Flz2b24CHqtrviMUwPAQJHOAS54OfY89EBB77b1TT6xXDsGPpJUKz10OlkpQk8HnaP3ruwXUQ/s1600/Pyramid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVAIbTRVGZJVaKfRQT73GW8mysM0nW2njqSxCVBVkucjiWSfpYzPWj059KTaPs7XPX5Flz2b24CHqtrviMUwPAQJHOAS54OfY89EBB77b1TT6xXDsGPpJUKz10OlkpQk8HnaP3ruwXUQ/s200/Pyramid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532089611291263746" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Visited the Louvre today for the last time this visit to spend some more time in my favourite gallery The Gallerie Sept Metres, where some of the Louvre’s impressive collection of the 13th</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – 15th c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">entury Italian painters are displayed and where I have promised myself I would come back and do some more research, after my last visit.</span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURu6ZMIhyphenhyphene-tZVtHQMOTOghQpI73LgBQ2FJfea2nZxhxOMv-oFduCObWDAmZoeTuz9xEs0Fva4cRg6ELLm2ON7yLUPJGeX3SM6M-yzxmPiZZ-Ur5ote46-Eh37mmqS6-iD5_-g71wCO8/s1600/Statue+Louvre.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURu6ZMIhyphenhyphene-tZVtHQMOTOghQpI73LgBQ2FJfea2nZxhxOMv-oFduCObWDAmZoeTuz9xEs0Fva4cRg6ELLm2ON7yLUPJGeX3SM6M-yzxmPiZZ-Ur5ote46-Eh37mmqS6-iD5_-g71wCO8/s200/Statue+Louvre.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532089479661182770" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Just love the stampede for La Jaconde the minute the museums doors are open – it amuses me every time. Looks like there are some impressive renovations for the Islamic Art collections in train - will look forward to seeing them on another visit.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvBPCE3HSP41wfJoxZ0efE8FUg5hgoyNLNQaSxQkaY-sLhuZSF-MRsicE1GK20j5E62My7Y7m6sDCG2APfRZmlufX-aAsPIXY0Z8XfOzFbD7kXk_q9BFIjqgLMo0iJFx8JiyjTbQRRgU/s1600/Basquiat.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvBPCE3HSP41wfJoxZ0efE8FUg5hgoyNLNQaSxQkaY-sLhuZSF-MRsicE1GK20j5E62My7Y7m6sDCG2APfRZmlufX-aAsPIXY0Z8XfOzFbD7kXk_q9BFIjqgLMo0iJFx8JiyjTbQRRgU/s200/Basquiat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532089387278163122" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">At the end of last week, I finally succeeded in getting to see the Basquiat retrospective at the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, which was definitely worth getting up early to avoid the queues for. It was a busy show - with crowds and with the amount of work on view. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I like Basquiat’s work – hype notwithstanding - particularly some of the earlier paintings. He had a great instinct for colour and a knack for a catchy motif, probably honed during his street/ subway art days. Predictably, I liked the works on paper best, as I thought they somehow felt the least self-conscious and that they had the least to prove.</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-54217539635769683932010-10-22T21:18:00.014+02:002010-10-22T21:55:58.431+02:00Turning the World Upside Down<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhn0jW98hmks442qYzrkHH2qTiGTnYJpHGDC8YCYdsfWL8lFwKyinPpLt2b7xdS-dkpDoVv2tKfvD6oBGY45dPs3AWnq5YhnEdLF32-IyE-6LyxDPJ5L85uiRMK-J3xJbWHPDmko_QFk/s1600/C+Curve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhn0jW98hmks442qYzrkHH2qTiGTnYJpHGDC8YCYdsfWL8lFwKyinPpLt2b7xdS-dkpDoVv2tKfvD6oBGY45dPs3AWnq5YhnEdLF32-IyE-6LyxDPJ5L85uiRMK-J3xJbWHPDmko_QFk/s200/C+Curve.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956937517516738" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i>It’s hard to imagine a more perfect day to visit Anish Kapoor’s 'Turning the World Upside Down' installation in Kensington Gardens on Wednesday – a freezing cold day for London, but crisp and blue-skied.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>The images – like the sculptures – say it all really!</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TgWZnKIaIbMZNZCVe4ly1QvN9BRa4IuJr_nKidNI7XlYVZfQdddot9X1L6fvgy-ghpyAw1hDzxkLGNJQmNdJJq0LG9D5jKwww7EzZrpRupTvB6MN5v0J3AkciiX5sTqr5iSzQn7T6hk/s1600/C+Curve+(Close+Up).jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJGhMkMws8aZWP34Gu8IsK-AD7xmAqgAlve7NWPOpoJNSX9OaayWFIt49Nr857KK5DExQaaO0GMtXiEEnJ0gOrgMa_W6tiQn5ih0XR6U2vZ4K-rAKpSNbtSfgrc9tg-a-f-cabPo1aG0/s200/Non-Object+(Spire).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956389482466338" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL3qjuMQqAryAtqf7t478Z9R1WmHI57U905rW9WtA79WqI_gXOpKFLcgLpSl6zNOTWubq4XgpburK-VGovFeRIFcFsMuf3TFX8XHc0mcc8ccpCUADjVn8oic0CW9BkO65AGUn5ffID04/s1600/Sky+Mirror.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL3qjuMQqAryAtqf7t478Z9R1WmHI57U905rW9WtA79WqI_gXOpKFLcgLpSl6zNOTWubq4XgpburK-VGovFeRIFcFsMuf3TFX8XHc0mcc8ccpCUADjVn8oic0CW9BkO65AGUn5ffID04/s200/Sky+Mirror.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530955751280863538" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8JyBhjekWGPyB6-yHauzNg390UkkXk12_VbcNH3Vc7IR0KBtXEQrRPXMeFdlhulZ48ujEzT5PD6IyVCrayRaTgXE4ZxgtowuxhVMJIOc2ULrz6EMovMqqUzCDU49EHKYMsrP2r5wik4/s1600/Sky+Mirror+(Back).jpg"><img style="float:right; 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I thought I would try to see the Basquiat Exhibition at the Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – had a rather disappointing visit to lots of empty and closed galleries last week while they were installing the show, which is such a shame as I had such great memories of previous visits to their not inconsiderable collection (including the always haunting Boltanski installation, amongst many other works worth seeing). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However, I dawdled getting there and the queue was round the block by the time I arrived and it wasn’t much of a day for standing in the cold and rain. So I found myself walking back along the Rue de Rivoli, which I usually avoid if I can possibly can, as it is full of tourists on their way to and from and all around the Louvre.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oy_fu02r9gs8jf8ikabFW5acoCkTDuLXqe4PCFKOy4v6RGpf6lNdVE5v6Rn_IH_K1ulxVGWsOgxJtOfgSu3UUi50KiVbemSgHF-Yf2y0OcjdbjrbE01QHp9h_fo-JCb5AUOuiGtZ8K4/s1600/Sarkozy+La+Fin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oy_fu02r9gs8jf8ikabFW5acoCkTDuLXqe4PCFKOy4v6RGpf6lNdVE5v6Rn_IH_K1ulxVGWsOgxJtOfgSu3UUi50KiVbemSgHF-Yf2y0OcjdbjrbE01QHp9h_fo-JCb5AUOuiGtZ8K4/s200/Sarkozy+La+Fin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529873830026890178" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Later I found myself on the very same street, on the very same bus route stuck in an almighty Paris-style traffic jam – the sort that I’ve heard about but haven’t experienced until today. When we eventually crawled through the Place de la Concorde, I alighted to find that the Pont Alexandre III closed and a seriously impressive display of police vans lining the quayside in front of the prefecture, blue lights ablaze, sirens wailing through the night. None of the Parisians at my class was the slightest bit bothered. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Needless to say, there has been another day of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">manifs</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> against the pension reforms in Paris today – notably, many of the high schools were closed and there were police guarding the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">lyc</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">é</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">e</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> opposite the Cité. Although I a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">m delighted to see people out on the streets expressing themselves so vociferously and I am fascinated to see how this will play out for Sarkozy, selfishly, I have my f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">ingers crossed that the cross-channel trains will be working tomorrow for my final trip to London and I’ll be keeping a close eye on the the international flight situation for my home-bound departure next week….</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-16713090587726950182010-10-17T22:18:00.022+02:002010-10-17T22:51:57.891+02:00Un Froid de Canard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WYh7lf7iixTsdg06i9QeYNpSxvpKvbHnF-XUBd1IPFgdPBzigYVnEXrbflg_QJ-qi6_DgJ8gTovva-a47w_sGNpcEBb8jJ6isppT-ViGXrQ9KY7Wh7xiznTTslDG1BlDBPWXMd1dX9Q/s1600/Giraffes.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WYh7lf7iixTsdg06i9QeYNpSxvpKvbHnF-XUBd1IPFgdPBzigYVnEXrbflg_QJ-qi6_DgJ8gTovva-a47w_sGNpcEBb8jJ6isppT-ViGXrQ9KY7Wh7xiznTTslDG1BlDBPWXMd1dX9Q/s200/Giraffes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529114119921117890" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WYh7lf7iixTsdg06i9QeYNpSxvpKvbHnF-XUBd1IPFgdPBzigYVnEXrbflg_QJ-qi6_DgJ8gTovva-a47w_sGNpcEBb8jJ6isppT-ViGXrQ9KY7Wh7xiznTTslDG1BlDBPWXMd1dX9Q/s1600/Giraffes.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPioFuID0_S0TSP_omS9nM_tUujfVT6_GKYJZJoR1PTLmiq3NexLe1M10wyOECAgLRe2bBn7O-F-vzdT_Oq2oIWBQnasamhDPED7ix_reNUhyphenhyphen5F7cN7cRHoAz8HyHTrZPgUgdkd_5-Ct4/s1600/Little+Dakar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPioFuID0_S0TSP_omS9nM_tUujfVT6_GKYJZJoR1PTLmiq3NexLe1M10wyOECAgLRe2bBn7O-F-vzdT_Oq2oIWBQnasamhDPED7ix_reNUhyphenhyphen5F7cN7cRHoAz8HyHTrZPgUgdkd_5-Ct4/s200/Little+Dakar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529113884964234498" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Seems like after only a couple of days autumn, winter has already arrived in Paris today – it was really woolly hat and glove weather in the city today!</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN-SzrZuAjGMYZg79RRL4IxWQZwKiODgNdTveoqbVeytmF8rcSoKlQjRti_N3IgoDIlO-zKB6ZLz__4vBF7ACW1gDyltiTvS_Qb1sJTkDfpXEA0pyH2aJXlbNuy2WZ3FqKy2ojgl-Qw0/s1600/Cotter+1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN-SzrZuAjGMYZg79RRL4IxWQZwKiODgNdTveoqbVeytmF8rcSoKlQjRti_N3IgoDIlO-zKB6ZLz__4vBF7ACW1gDyltiTvS_Qb1sJTkDfpXEA0pyH2aJXlbNuy2WZ3FqKy2ojgl-Qw0/s200/Cotter+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529113450063929890" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></span></p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Went to see an interesting exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre over in the Quartier Latin, by Irish sculptor Maud Cotter. I thought the individual pieces were really interesting, though the beauty of the individual elements were a bit lost for me in the business of the installation.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyQD32W14caadt7uI_Wt9bqLyWpA8t6UBeGr9dWI1eQBrTIvzI5FyFKpPLWXiVbgX_UPyoacvjzzaUAPh3fMpZJShHaq8wQ6ChXUdFEyqJblHdKwndTbzB5CWS7Zu-7PIDyFXChXCnnk/s1600/Theatre+Poster.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyQD32W14caadt7uI_Wt9bqLyWpA8t6UBeGr9dWI1eQBrTIvzI5FyFKpPLWXiVbgX_UPyoacvjzzaUAPh3fMpZJShHaq8wQ6ChXUdFEyqJblHdKwndTbzB5CWS7Zu-7PIDyFXChXCnnk/s200/Theatre+Poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529112766571115186" /></a><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I was also - more pleasantly - surprised to see that the centre was open on Sunday, given that most of Paris is closed. But I was delighted to find that the popular student area behind the Sorbonne was full of life (I took this photo a few weeks back on a much warmer, sunnier day) – there was a flea market in progress, Middle Eastern and African restaurants and</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">boulangeries</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> were bustling and the streets were full of people, despite the icy winds.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">Luckily, such a cold afternoon also warrants an afternoon visit to the cosy local Salon de Thé and a delicious slice of their fabulous Tarte Tatin and a pot of their special bergamot tea. Were we really lazing in the sunshine in the park eating icecream just a week ago?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdP2Zqh8P04pzOrkDv3pcyo0ER_yj2hAec96Q-QDuE55mHBbgz9_UnH98Wt9Zwtf8y5ESSvzx-eRQPU0Id3sFKT4epbqNTMadV7HUfY_YyFmZ0cXUvEZgdrOkOYmyIPzrtazFyW2pe48/s1600/Sorbonne.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdP2Zqh8P04pzOrkDv3pcyo0ER_yj2hAec96Q-QDuE55mHBbgz9_UnH98Wt9Zwtf8y5ESSvzx-eRQPU0Id3sFKT4epbqNTMadV7HUfY_YyFmZ0cXUvEZgdrOkOYmyIPzrtazFyW2pe48/s200/Sorbonne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529112550800062658" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-2862258657330649192010-10-16T20:17:00.019+02:002010-10-16T21:12:46.740+02:00Vive La Résistance!<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTjQj11Zh6-8klfZ8YP3W_9OifT7ZC3CR13OEeMPNo2PkSZFh5tt695GyYOK5n9Iy_dOA59ma8OkmiB3LrciDlvztx71Xgx2sMKHS7cmpDfBAWfyKJ-7kn5bzWt6eNxVuAPNR4TbUeDU/s1600/En+greve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTjQj11Zh6-8klfZ8YP3W_9OifT7ZC3CR13OEeMPNo2PkSZFh5tt695GyYOK5n9Iy_dOA59ma8OkmiB3LrciDlvztx71Xgx2sMKHS7cmpDfBAWfyKJ-7kn5bzWt6eNxVuAPNR4TbUeDU/s200/En+greve.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528711176420082770" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7uv2c_KlfXP_0KxLIGFU4FgghIK7P-pW-AJkLAdjrCk7FNq42GTv6yyoBBAImAbQw7LlQFbcj57jmQaq5NbQYRr9pHeqMGrYqwybTFVCv0mg3PnMCm8UzlgeHRREg69jjp7jYrV-vdk/s1600/Demonstration.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7uv2c_KlfXP_0KxLIGFU4FgghIK7P-pW-AJkLAdjrCk7FNq42GTv6yyoBBAImAbQw7LlQFbcj57jmQaq5NbQYRr9pHeqMGrYqwybTFVCv0mg3PnMCm8UzlgeHRREg69jjp7jYrV-vdk/s200/Demonstration.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528711067272547426" /></a><br /><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The big news in France this week is, of course, the nationwide strikes which have been going on since Tuesday, as part of an ongoing protest against President Sarkozy’s pension and various other unpopular fiscal reforms, including the extension of the retirement age for French workers.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Today's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">manfestations</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> were held down the road at Bastille – that well-known site of civil unrest in Paris – though my only contact with the mass discontent was encountering a group of fresh-faced high-school students, setting out </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">en masse</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in good voice and high-spirits </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from outside the G20 supermarket, as I did my Saturday grocery shopping.</span></span></p></span><p></p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLOp1huMRuzso5b97BRTlDgoHNQIOMET_PErcBTc-oo1JyXoQnOh9DzTy-LqLUq1d1Vc7jI3hw10BZl73iu-Fp6cLf7cJ9XYm6XLeki8oyK3fzI-1NbzLrlrk0-WsUjUe58z_5gqPlVM/s1600/Mona+Lisa.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLOp1huMRuzso5b97BRTlDgoHNQIOMET_PErcBTc-oo1JyXoQnOh9DzTy-LqLUq1d1Vc7jI3hw10BZl73iu-Fp6cLf7cJ9XYm6XLeki8oyK3fzI-1NbzLrlrk0-WsUjUe58z_5gqPlVM/s200/Mona+Lisa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528710935993251042" /></a><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The British Press – a little too gleefully, if you ask me – have been proclaiming that Charles de Gaulle airport has only enough fuel to last a few more days, due to strikes at oil refineries and a blockade of the fuel pipelines.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Great news for someone like me who has a little bit of traveling to do in the next 10 days or so – what fun!</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiukW6hz_zfHvYvv3pRx-Mh-ykkDxnSXP7gOXJPDwAHai9rq32l2EZwASc_7xl4WO6XYVx3dNDy8sJo4Hk4ELl-wryhgqxpbkp5qymRmWazBM7WL6L5IkJLlqY8rlBggUv-oUKqOq220/s1600/Tate+Crowd.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiukW6hz_zfHvYvv3pRx-Mh-ykkDxnSXP7gOXJPDwAHai9rq32l2EZwASc_7xl4WO6XYVx3dNDy8sJo4Hk4ELl-wryhgqxpbkp5qymRmWazBM7WL6L5IkJLlqY8rlBggUv-oUKqOq220/s200/Tate+Crowd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528710820521666306" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, in solidarity with all the demonstrators out there – exercising their Gallic birthright, with their usual </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">savoir</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">faire</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – I’ve decided to dedicate today’s post to the subject of crowds and featuring some of the crowd scenes I’ve edited out of my the blog pages to date. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCewfmR0SjZmk7LKbQCBbdd8ITXbeh1xCnkPeMWobYieSGhgG6NJxQB9J5qVGTTU3Z2aoIsWdmokhsPxEW0zbhcwDOIuVpaqONU2DlKm9gbHRpnX44NqgeHMzvVp97kJJYO-MHhwVAk0/s1600/Crowds+at+Notre+Dame.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCewfmR0SjZmk7LKbQCBbdd8ITXbeh1xCnkPeMWobYieSGhgG6NJxQB9J5qVGTTU3Z2aoIsWdmokhsPxEW0zbhcwDOIuVpaqONU2DlKm9gbHRpnX44NqgeHMzvVp97kJJYO-MHhwVAk0/s200/Crowds+at+Notre+Dame.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528710633323806530" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In the big city – as on a Paris Protest - you can rest assured that you are never alone!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4KmTNAtjvN7sBIwg2qTAjyi6Xh4lZZKJvp3pl_cib1N1rI1stAJNR9USv7q_sNNn8HyrjEl5YZvQ-Ih1QY2mKR_7-RD24akWozm_f1OGxiy94IAjD6FW3Il7jOz2JlbNir_1dNLPW6E/s1600/Tout+le+monde+at+the+tour.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4KmTNAtjvN7sBIwg2qTAjyi6Xh4lZZKJvp3pl_cib1N1rI1stAJNR9USv7q_sNNn8HyrjEl5YZvQ-Ih1QY2mKR_7-RD24akWozm_f1OGxiy94IAjD6FW3Il7jOz2JlbNir_1dNLPW6E/s200/Tout+le+monde+at+the+tour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528710502841700562" /></a><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-31811612303767864652010-10-15T20:56:00.016+02:002010-10-15T21:25:40.071+02:00Les Bohèmians - La Butte Montmartre Part II<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxluTOJRcBEQgIcqyq4sROL50XQzTtacED-Rj7d0bv3KHVlSMT5lBpP_zB0g_5Z3RUHICedNCqqBSZuLT-ZuApXxwzbo50dMPPc3cTRz8nTUVk5rquF6tRM54oG4iOeQF775H2GOmblEg/s1600/Tintin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxluTOJRcBEQgIcqyq4sROL50XQzTtacED-Rj7d0bv3KHVlSMT5lBpP_zB0g_5Z3RUHICedNCqqBSZuLT-ZuApXxwzbo50dMPPc3cTRz8nTUVk5rquF6tRM54oG4iOeQF775H2GOmblEg/s200/Tintin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528349646031418658" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The last few weeks of the residency are also upon me and there’s still so much to see and so many things to organise. Today was a cold and overcast day in Paris today - a cold wind and low misty cloud shrouding Notre Dame in the distance – a great day for staying in and working in the studio.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXqYM72ctorElVqGWN9gCqZb13ZAytAocOvsOUuCStDTm1u45lvlrgUN9b4AgP-Wtx5YQmMuQS1cajfYIDPBdra2gdEUTBoGzBoVXeDHJUjjz6b8akVLxupCqolcb_Z7-jdUPf3bEnzM/s1600/Artaud.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXqYM72ctorElVqGWN9gCqZb13ZAytAocOvsOUuCStDTm1u45lvlrgUN9b4AgP-Wtx5YQmMuQS1cajfYIDPBdra2gdEUTBoGzBoVXeDHJUjjz6b8akVLxupCqolcb_Z7-jdUPf3bEnzM/s200/Artaud.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528349530700290178" /></a><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Found lots of street art in Montmartre on last Friday’s visit – particularly liked this series of famous faces by the artist PITR. He’s amazingly prolific - I’ve seen his work frequently in various </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">quartiers</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"> of Paris and obviously other tourists have actually caught him in action around town.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjud/sets/72157624225530730/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjud/sets/72157624225530730/</span></a></span></span></span></p></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh9YvVlySuQ55kPfvG7FS3GT8aS33Smf2SSmz2R7HLtxC81mzTOMd5uQFST3H8FzV-jbWr8jcLznGhiamyseOVlXkVx7d-i5V5dwCdv1AABjudxSWjNSu_qD5nglzbvtfLJQyShHOR94/s1600/Foucault.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh9YvVlySuQ55kPfvG7FS3GT8aS33Smf2SSmz2R7HLtxC81mzTOMd5uQFST3H8FzV-jbWr8jcLznGhiamyseOVlXkVx7d-i5V5dwCdv1AABjudxSWjNSu_qD5nglzbvtfLJQyShHOR94/s200/Foucault.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528349404924567202" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He depicts all kinds of personalities – politicians, musicians and artists – but this corner was devoted to a philosophical theme featuring Artaud, Foucault and Sartre.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaQzIAbKu5vikwslRaGWGqypCJpdh-bXJlwGbnkhepOSIyb7l5qFECeuVsX45D40YUJyxWpHmW7NONf46ASrz8bHKy5s3H6gP11NJ-MMuUIC3QRv18677AWcT2kB8pGyup41RzovERXY/s1600/Sartre.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaQzIAbKu5vikwslRaGWGqypCJpdh-bXJlwGbnkhepOSIyb7l5qFECeuVsX45D40YUJyxWpHmW7NONf46ASrz8bHKy5s3H6gP11NJ-MMuUIC3QRv18677AWcT2kB8pGyup41RzovERXY/s200/Sartre.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528349214889027922" /></a><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But had less success tracking down the owner of this handsome </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">visage</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in the Marais from a couple of weeks ago. Anyone got any ideas?</span></span></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8En7QOrnLoEuUrPomgE12wOsYhWytgBi29aagwqPD6uo-lumPzVLlefb2MpRBsbVDlgljvZs2Pjn7CZ8mGUGi4_KbU8A8Czb6NmmHHJkD7RX7cxyJiE5MZWxrmxqaTUEl9KsE-IhyGg/s1600/Mystery+Man+Marais.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8En7QOrnLoEuUrPomgE12wOsYhWytgBi29aagwqPD6uo-lumPzVLlefb2MpRBsbVDlgljvZs2Pjn7CZ8mGUGi4_KbU8A8Czb6NmmHHJkD7RX7cxyJiE5MZWxrmxqaTUEl9KsE-IhyGg/s200/Mystery+Man+Marais.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528348916387262354" /></a><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-43221607157266322322010-10-14T20:37:00.017+02:002010-10-14T21:11:42.758+02:00La Bohème - La Butte Montmartre<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dR8JoIUU1RvVtSCUX1N0xjnLOBv3D_s1QOTPSJrGPwkEu3jYwLJajZ4Z3hGVJNZ4GVKM-5rl4g75sm_0yY4fCYuN056bOwQbx_pKDcYBSkNwKQKRG7dvKgLgerPkrbLO0JdEgtLwXrQ/s1600/Whippet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dR8JoIUU1RvVtSCUX1N0xjnLOBv3D_s1QOTPSJrGPwkEu3jYwLJajZ4Z3hGVJNZ4GVKM-5rl4g75sm_0yY4fCYuN056bOwQbx_pKDcYBSkNwKQKRG7dvKgLgerPkrbLO0JdEgtLwXrQ/s200/Whippet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527974030975373090" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjfG_gGjTc3WpCz8ZQ19uMn5BJh0kbonRKLiyl861xIno50IDY1A7SQ5w3AhyphenhyphenPU3hyyTGde2aynN4G-c2f43V2ZeYkhRTkFLlDra8pxbNLxk5YSkmu93VlmNWrwJguydPVtfR4Pe-xPs/s1600/Mosaic+Man.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjfG_gGjTc3WpCz8ZQ19uMn5BJh0kbonRKLiyl861xIno50IDY1A7SQ5w3AhyphenhyphenPU3hyyTGde2aynN4G-c2f43V2ZeYkhRTkFLlDra8pxbNLxk5YSkmu93VlmNWrwJguydPVtfR4Pe-xPs/s200/Mosaic+Man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527973914185837554" /></a><br /><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Today’s images are from a visit to Montmartre last week. We took the 67 bus from outside the Cité up to Pigalle and walked up the hill to Sacre Coeur.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It’s an area which is always brimming with tourists and this visit was no different, as the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fête des Vendanges</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Harvest Festival) was in progress competing with the usual throng of street artists drawing portraits and restaurant owners touting for customers.</span></span></span></span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6EZUQlU_JiVCsfUrwpM_zjAVgJGM9kFCeMuyl9VI_ZxVIc1nbCRPJ7bKKzLoll4ZXb6gvEXN6xgHFfF25Nwt9wOkBtVY3dqKgDAfpgKTKy-zq-aHPUsSWMOkggXwavr0IkMZEX53nnc/s1600/Doorway.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6EZUQlU_JiVCsfUrwpM_zjAVgJGM9kFCeMuyl9VI_ZxVIc1nbCRPJ7bKKzLoll4ZXb6gvEXN6xgHFfF25Nwt9wOkBtVY3dqKgDAfpgKTKy-zq-aHPUsSWMOkggXwavr0IkMZEX53nnc/s200/Doorway.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527973707979727266" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Tl0MzERAXiLMFJD5sl7PuabON_v9xG0LVoX50_ekBJ7C3v6J8JC_0OxmPEIEQaZscnkAjC4skKamujBUO-NiAxwVmQEerVxjO5EcuWbxltXfu1Zs-Ree7LKrFFVu8ZphSSlJe-xBdA/s1600/Alleyway.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Tl0MzERAXiLMFJD5sl7PuabON_v9xG0LVoX50_ekBJ7C3v6J8JC_0OxmPEIEQaZscnkAjC4skKamujBUO-NiAxwVmQEerVxjO5EcuWbxltXfu1Zs-Ree7LKrFFVu8ZphSSlJe-xBdA/s200/Alleyway.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527973516768389058" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Although the original bohemian inhabitants are long gone, the area obviously enjoys some enthusiastic street art activity, which we enjoyed finding in all sorts of unexpected places amongst the picturesque streets.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ls-V9K34VTO3La9YESInXHIQTeKUADznMR07XBhte6JWL1xWwxXILy8sD-05B0d2cQNC7qXlQ92qpRm39jHq8ldiohTxFxQQiK-XFRs75-0PvengorFAYc880vdGZHYPZG2F8b1vlHw/s1600/Moulin.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ls-V9K34VTO3La9YESInXHIQTeKUADznMR07XBhte6JWL1xWwxXILy8sD-05B0d2cQNC7qXlQ92qpRm39jHq8ldiohTxFxQQiK-XFRs75-0PvengorFAYc880vdGZHYPZG2F8b1vlHw/s200/Moulin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527973395897446850" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Can you believe they still have an operational vineyard up there, amongst what must be some of the capital's most sought after real estate?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvN_w4AMT2MZeskbR0Wg6zz0OmVdRaHLGumtVhrUzLs8eHbEaQzwMmtsM7eceLcFfOFLGyklVrn19P1YXmRB6KMtKRIt4BPHWVIJkmDPfz7dBWWReuG8pO3Lo0zmB5tnZls6S19z79EI/s1600/Sacre+Coeur.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvN_w4AMT2MZeskbR0Wg6zz0OmVdRaHLGumtVhrUzLs8eHbEaQzwMmtsM7eceLcFfOFLGyklVrn19P1YXmRB6KMtKRIt4BPHWVIJkmDPfz7dBWWReuG8pO3Lo0zmB5tnZls6S19z79EI/s200/Sacre+Coeur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527973119730508690" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-65229723986912398232010-10-13T20:12:00.014+02:002010-10-26T15:18:12.786+02:00Second Spring<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fNJNVjyOoAtq_G73eltSPj6HdGlPTRMeLpSsRZoPx9ygNFtn9RCKQvCyThVs0vr6IlXhqe-uLau-UCOnSL1Xp2GQbRgBVKQcZU4aV7LZlCv1Bl0dHlBc0W1L4mH_9uiLWNBlO20DrRc/s1600/Opera.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fNJNVjyOoAtq_G73eltSPj6HdGlPTRMeLpSsRZoPx9ygNFtn9RCKQvCyThVs0vr6IlXhqe-uLau-UCOnSL1Xp2GQbRgBVKQcZU4aV7LZlCv1Bl0dHlBc0W1L4mH_9uiLWNBlO20DrRc/s200/Opera.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527595850706804082" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fNJNVjyOoAtq_G73eltSPj6HdGlPTRMeLpSsRZoPx9ygNFtn9RCKQvCyThVs0vr6IlXhqe-uLau-UCOnSL1Xp2GQbRgBVKQcZU4aV7LZlCv1Bl0dHlBc0W1L4mH_9uiLWNBlO20DrRc/s1600/Opera.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYD__w-nqlodC43t-9py4Hn-smnOwx9VkPY_L048U1vN8brhBxJzQWKZp_lBYArXNwGAygakVQA3SmhHqcS7ZQKjIhzVSpnQg9ExBNWx19bAcvvYmDkmr1p6UOEvYPNSlqEQ7DoEoYzE/s1600/Studio.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYD__w-nqlodC43t-9py4Hn-smnOwx9VkPY_L048U1vN8brhBxJzQWKZp_lBYArXNwGAygakVQA3SmhHqcS7ZQKjIhzVSpnQg9ExBNWx19bAcvvYmDkmr1p6UOEvYPNSlqEQ7DoEoYzE/s200/Studio.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527595746577677202" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Despite the valiant – some might say defiant - burst of summer weather we’ve been enjoying in Paris over the last few days, it feels like Autumn is upon us with a vengeance at last today. Morning has been taking its time to dawn for weeks now, a cool northerly wind accompanied the sun when it eventually arrived and the shock of the evening closing quickly in – all undeniably autumnal characteristics.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Grands Boulevards were the starting point for my cultural excursion today – savoured a little shopping alongside the spectacle of the Opéra building, before heading back to Beaubourg. Enjoyed the small but perfectly formed Rachel Whiteread Sculpture show at Galerie Nelson-Freeman; casts of small everyday objects in gelato-coloured pigments and resins. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Upstairs she had created an ‘icy’ blue dolls-house and framed her quirky postcards, featuring gouache and polka-dots (loved the way they were delicately mounted too so you could enjoy the shadows from the cut-outs). Couldn’t help but notice some very obvious and unattractive sets of plugs in the otherwise pristine, minimal room – I thought how fitting it would have been if she had cast them too! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><!--StartFragment--></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A small Nancy Spero retrospective from their permanent collection started at the Centre Pompidou today and was worth a look too. I’ve always been a fan of her work, not least of all because she uses paper, but also her eclectic collage style and the unusual composition of her drawings also appeals to me. (Although not strictly a bicycle, I also snapped today's two-wheeled contender for today's 'velo du jour' tethered outside the museum with a bright pink bike lock.)</span></span></p><p></p></span><p></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY56ByYS78woml5rFKkNY3KkijI2e5ctC17b-q0gS3T-cifDTK5s5cnWQ2cgTAzwVnTz1tzhd3Gi4gseLl5GvbhUtfiuPORqIp0_MEsi3nRdu3YX30ijHFSh7ZT5AwwTmH5VBAI3v4mI/s1600/Workshop.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY56ByYS78woml5rFKkNY3KkijI2e5ctC17b-q0gS3T-cifDTK5s5cnWQ2cgTAzwVnTz1tzhd3Gi4gseLl5GvbhUtfiuPORqIp0_MEsi3nRdu3YX30ijHFSh7ZT5AwwTmH5VBAI3v4mI/s200/Workshop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527595649082011026" /></a><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Finally visited the Atelier Brancusi today. It’s seriously stunning. To see all those well-known pieces in one place, alongside and in relation to one another and in that gorgeous light-filled space. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Since I’ve been in Paris, I’ve been so preoccupied with whites (rather than – for those who know my work – my beloved blacks and greys!), which is no surprise, given the light that bounces off the white stone of the city’s architecture, but it was fantastic to see Brancusi’s pristine (there’s that word again) whites and immaculate surfaces.</span></p></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Even his tools were so beautifully arranged. Had to spend quite a while there absorbing it all – or was that resting after all the shopping?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-79236341291957307782010-10-10T18:12:00.011+02:002010-10-10T18:33:54.380+02:00Saveurs d'Alsace - Street Signs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRu4d8S6_EgJigGkmTvQYwxUStPWCF1QaRi6LaZG2o34Pz3hh-D6gEftzGxLrh7vjbQYa1h69b5N-v983AyJM55-1qqHFtcOKHKXAWNF1HKtDITeVJSVTgOgvAm54E3I3PZZoyJgsy2I/s1600/Chocolaterie+Kaysersberg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRu4d8S6_EgJigGkmTvQYwxUStPWCF1QaRi6LaZG2o34Pz3hh-D6gEftzGxLrh7vjbQYa1h69b5N-v983AyJM55-1qqHFtcOKHKXAWNF1HKtDITeVJSVTgOgvAm54E3I3PZZoyJgsy2I/s200/Chocolaterie+Kaysersberg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526452755193284418" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNleBGtQkrA-E5j7xuN7fLZL64E9EGBn18HmhPdHwnBCzGceWNzS8m-7njR9KzG9U2MvuemWZRiJM0GorSFz09riysMkaORukkNc_FuPFk0ijua83F1ps9JUAe3WEGvFxgcW5Ib4U5N4/s1600/Chambres+Kaysersberg.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13usH1XxnWSuO9230u9tphBpKKKD07UFotwiRb0a0LkLA5cxFTcMZZo3Olv7KDBvMt1EfmeW8oCD4nTya-bl74P1K5bOMDAwLOqyN4_JfMGggcBeeFizTdewK-n8uGczN4bMK80xLlE0/s200/Le+Kaysersberg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526452428888310402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblqKZ8Z0HTqMbai0K6zRh03MpWKlnAZ7Q3ciM3Sw88a2XSnhb_0lq2lhcSNBtCK4OJYc3nLHopzUPtFcO9Cgb0XugHVbgTnmZ5fJXi-IqEkk-LiTVnlttyROGigKnrcV6Rf66Z2aleak/s1600/Suzel+Winstub.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblqKZ8Z0HTqMbai0K6zRh03MpWKlnAZ7Q3ciM3Sw88a2XSnhb_0lq2lhcSNBtCK4OJYc3nLHopzUPtFcO9Cgb0XugHVbgTnmZ5fJXi-IqEkk-LiTVnlttyROGigKnrcV6Rf66Z2aleak/s200/Suzel+Winstub.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526452340384821090" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">More images to day from my day exploring the picturesque villages of Alsace - this time the quirky, individual signs which hang outside the cafes, restaurants, hotels and small boutiques which line the cobbled streets of Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, Hunawihr and Strasbourg's historic Petit France.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Meanwhile, as you can see from the occasional brilliant blue sky in these photographs, the summer has returned to France - first the east and now Paris in an unexpected turn-up for the books. And just when it looked like </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">autumn </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">was well and truly here!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8-uE6hvLtW3UypcJoeqSZvxzzxjQkZdpoDekh16PPFMrMVCxJIxpaH0A-9Cgn1w4_Au3yCXVjA1If6WEj_qz_Iiwa64DlhyN-tClGKYaJNhqa_zv6yYxWsvQmpUOEqgTKaULr93u-E0/s1600/Village+Riquewihr.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8-uE6hvLtW3UypcJoeqSZvxzzxjQkZdpoDekh16PPFMrMVCxJIxpaH0A-9Cgn1w4_Au3yCXVjA1If6WEj_qz_Iiwa64DlhyN-tClGKYaJNhqa_zv6yYxWsvQmpUOEqgTKaULr93u-E0/s200/Village+Riquewihr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526452231522960642" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ytt_fzTJ15Q9lfjbj5xgNX1gduuEubmjsZTSR4yWHR0xB5MdvaBGz2vXTX7FyN2c5zlryqLCG-Ynpc4Tt0uiWb50ET_h_7rnqUMLIY6RZGVCAP1kOYW9541OxiZfZMnyCyfrweYl2C0/s1600/Winstubb+Strasbourg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ytt_fzTJ15Q9lfjbj5xgNX1gduuEubmjsZTSR4yWHR0xB5MdvaBGz2vXTX7FyN2c5zlryqLCG-Ynpc4Tt0uiWb50ET_h_7rnqUMLIY6RZGVCAP1kOYW9541OxiZfZMnyCyfrweYl2C0/s200/Winstubb+Strasbourg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526451603132708002" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-87958590447388167732010-10-09T22:01:00.022+02:002010-10-10T18:32:25.494+02:00Saveurs d"Alsace - Rear Window(s)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN3_d6ud1Ty4jKZ9YLYq3tC3BiRFjkuagcrEW481-qUOQiZtGM4oKTgEO1yuZydj6dQBh5KwDZ80tFhDNGp7SO_fsB-kXftcYOgHZThXArsGnMkvmRfQhVKd5out6DfQJUKysoVg7g04/s1600/Hunaswihr+7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN3_d6ud1Ty4jKZ9YLYq3tC3BiRFjkuagcrEW481-qUOQiZtGM4oKTgEO1yuZydj6dQBh5KwDZ80tFhDNGp7SO_fsB-kXftcYOgHZThXArsGnMkvmRfQhVKd5out6DfQJUKysoVg7g04/s200/Hunaswihr+7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526144438614427106" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDenGU_YSwy4jk7akCQn5Zm3asH8e6uwWa5AxnjztKrofsaO0MIKWEQT_dGCnW6R4CdcWp1QYLaYsDdENutG8fxXxIov44GfWJEQfclUlruDURNNKs9YqQL3TQZL2FNgGBcicq16LD1M/s1600/PICT0115.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDenGU_YSwy4jk7akCQn5Zm3asH8e6uwWa5AxnjztKrofsaO0MIKWEQT_dGCnW6R4CdcWp1QYLaYsDdENutG8fxXxIov44GfWJEQfclUlruDURNNKs9YqQL3TQZL2FNgGBcicq16LD1M/s200/PICT0115.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526144347604464610" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZOudFpetL7pCGgIhUtFMS06RamTUyMQSSCULZL7E_7PqJS2vL2p61ciODGfSL4BwO2905WRq6bqWkqwp96eXwI-AX9yYBoFwry_Ca_INab14uDwv7ul0yvYB_Pn9lt58lR75FMyzr0c/s1600/PICT0114.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZOudFpetL7pCGgIhUtFMS06RamTUyMQSSCULZL7E_7PqJS2vL2p61ciODGfSL4BwO2905WRq6bqWkqwp96eXwI-AX9yYBoFwry_Ca_INab14uDwv7ul0yvYB_Pn9lt58lR75FMyzr0c/s200/PICT0114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526143379223634370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the features of the Cit</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">é</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is the way that daily life is framed by the windows into the various studios. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Have been back in the studio in Paris for a couple of days now, but have so many great photos from Alsace that I've decided to post a few collections of images after a theme. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These are just some of the quaint and decorative windows from Riquewihr and Hunawihr about an hour out of Colmar, in Alsace in eastern France.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8P0l1QPKK322RNLWIqqVbfBP04AGBvgiEwc8s3pUkgMBpRWwdup7uk_SKYHBmY2Mpv-2ggOU9bBPwb6hnAAdrf9m4bjURPL9Y8caFwKJqArb-6g9reODe4Gb5UpMGByoqAPHMoYpfVUc/s1600/Hunaswihr+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijheGDNEWV0ULvKs9_N6-pEvUpu0GLdSjLpN7GXROhHRJX8S3TLOhP50naN1jJti0H9mB8SeKbSPBR9pUkPkMOf6i9LVgrwz5RRmcWFGuRmpnF3GrnSEZSOLXPFpmTxVXMF8kjQ3E3f8k/s200/Hunawihr+Church.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525405855057077666" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fresh back from London and it was off to Strasbourg to spend just over a week enjoying a different, easterly aspect of France. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We headed to the Munster (famous for its eponymous and distinctive cheese), where we spent four days exploring the surrounding valley and countryside just a couple of hours away from Strasbourg. </span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pmJspgpaf2nghhRszWKXZIpMLKDtmW7IlKQ06dGVsOsiWPOr0OMIMLcmQ58BQ4uaacsKJTiKFzMs9AJi0gN9CNFpFY3wKCdDAuE0AgoFyiuSMgf2aFBJlebTU0BGinr7TpxFmX0AivA/s1600/Party+Bus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pmJspgpaf2nghhRszWKXZIpMLKDtmW7IlKQ06dGVsOsiWPOr0OMIMLcmQ58BQ4uaacsKJTiKFzMs9AJi0gN9CNFpFY3wKCdDAuE0AgoFyiuSMgf2aFBJlebTU0BGinr7TpxFmX0AivA/s200/Party+Bus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525007520433640946" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfd3Fc4oqn8qLZHJn-rHriWjjc4VlvJYIWB6Yab5QWQTvxLZFp0N27MJaeG73tpWcS1q27cwX4PEVbGwSgNrANwL2qwwJYMwYZPwbssYI57vkkV_CR-o5I5joo5a5CSNE8_j0fFi-64A/s1600/Castle+Kayserberg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfd3Fc4oqn8qLZHJn-rHriWjjc4VlvJYIWB6Yab5QWQTvxLZFp0N27MJaeG73tpWcS1q27cwX4PEVbGwSgNrANwL2qwwJYMwYZPwbssYI57vkkV_CR-o5I5joo5a5CSNE8_j0fFi-64A/s200/Castle+Kayserberg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524667655109062178" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Of course, the area is famous for its fruity white </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">vins</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"> and pungent but delicious </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">fromages - </span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">and though we weren’t officially on those well-trodden tourist routes - we couldn't help doing a fair amount of research along those lines in our few days there.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-84430915432288966762010-09-26T22:50:00.017+02:002010-09-26T23:40:01.105+02:00My Top Five from Seven Days in London<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33PoqdrXzS6y1vJPXj71liOyR-ygiMne7mEO_eEGlqPzecR2EonvplCHxnK7Z2pAbhM8NOkGTQ5YIJC-CQlZuPgyHkychD3AoXdvmWvChFlPl7vZyisTjNDmMfKo9niZcjaPeT86HZBo/s1600/Rachel+Whiteread+Drawing.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33PoqdrXzS6y1vJPXj71liOyR-ygiMne7mEO_eEGlqPzecR2EonvplCHxnK7Z2pAbhM8NOkGTQ5YIJC-CQlZuPgyHkychD3AoXdvmWvChFlPl7vZyisTjNDmMfKo9niZcjaPeT86HZBo/s200/Rachel+Whiteread+Drawing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521332012413259266" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. Rachel Whiteread Drawings Exhibition at Tate Britain</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wtC-WiA6Rssl9rWhyphenhyphenxVEm202808DIeqL2sdpu33VxOemB7UY85cr0SzXsVu0wHvYjs1Q7c4KqcitxPxo4zvSjcFRfYRsyLOaWz9IDpqyo1ZkNglmqy5A9MkeEAp8ZcxHEnOcMBknmbA/s1600/Tate+Britain.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wtC-WiA6Rssl9rWhyphenhyphenxVEm202808DIeqL2sdpu33VxOemB7UY85cr0SzXsVu0wHvYjs1Q7c4KqcitxPxo4zvSjcFRfYRsyLOaWz9IDpqyo1ZkNglmqy5A9MkeEAp8ZcxHEnOcMBknmbA/s200/Tate+Britain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521331901475292274" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The highlight of the week for me was definitely the Rachel Whiteread Drawings Exhibition at Tate Britain. At last, an exhibition to get my teeth into (to coin a phrase)! I have always loved this building and regret that there were fewer reasons to visit it once Tate Modern opened. The Edward Muybridge photo exhibition was interesting too.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYYPnz47fDSqQotFIQi8DPlzq13a-LwKmg_O7Iry2OyIKntTwfotlq_E2yHrkI8T7dI2HcJC54xXQ_oPKfMdaevvuj8ZyiL7DFrtMAOa8NGmunDxjXXsNtunVpLp4Pf5mABBVQn7Xuwk/s1600/Janet+Lee+Street+Art.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYYPnz47fDSqQotFIQi8DPlzq13a-LwKmg_O7Iry2OyIKntTwfotlq_E2yHrkI8T7dI2HcJC54xXQ_oPKfMdaevvuj8ZyiL7DFrtMAOa8NGmunDxjXXsNtunVpLp4Pf5mABBVQn7Xuwk/s200/Janet+Lee+Street+Art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521331727907135378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bl-nyUEXHwX8K-vBJx_SoWX71u2c5i_dzBf8FCzdelXKEUkd0oAbwRoVCVRk8_L4BVdqbI1tKfBvmzEhoHNsFSrYsapvRY3O7Mp14UDDKpQ2lSHH1nvAK_T59OxA_QkO6_ErY8eVHwU/s1600/Dome+of+St+Pauls.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bl-nyUEXHwX8K-vBJx_SoWX71u2c5i_dzBf8FCzdelXKEUkd0oAbwRoVCVRk8_L4BVdqbI1tKfBvmzEhoHNsFSrYsapvRY3O7Mp14UDDKpQ2lSHH1nvAK_T59OxA_QkO6_ErY8eVHwU/s200/Dome+of+St+Pauls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521331270018076690" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Happy Monday at Tate Modern</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A visit to Tate Modern on a sunny, blue-skied first afternoon in town to see some works from the permanent collection. I was disappointed not to see an old favourite, the somber but serene Rothko Room, though the single of his paintings, which they had on display was a lovely one. And, for that matter, what ever happened to the paintings that populated the fabulous Morandi Room that used to be tucked away in the old Tate in Pimlico?</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpRlWB9iF8vxT3fh__8m4AYun22R-XpO8ujCHzDZj-szdRSSo3m183gQChi34an1CQHAtT9xOBHJ91Bm3ItjD3x5LLarhle4hbISZJ_xOlGXBlwk0G4DE5RvsmjTJHMujYMBhan_grq0/s1600/St+Pauls+View+from+Tate+Modern.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpRlWB9iF8vxT3fh__8m4AYun22R-XpO8ujCHzDZj-szdRSSo3m183gQChi34an1CQHAtT9xOBHJ91Bm3ItjD3x5LLarhle4hbISZJ_xOlGXBlwk0G4DE5RvsmjTJHMujYMBhan_grq0/s200/St+Pauls+View+from+Tate+Modern.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521331098292332866" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNioA8im3OOV1C6wT-jAQ00YGkkhf3H83_23IAfo03Ko7mLSdLcHrwcNf5s_akUAwEU_AhGQCOCRchWQu59s5rQKuqriq4kEz8uMOfTs7lYa_WStxC4EDE9uKoantIrSCuoUexx0a4uo0/s1600/National+Gallery.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNioA8im3OOV1C6wT-jAQ00YGkkhf3H83_23IAfo03Ko7mLSdLcHrwcNf5s_akUAwEU_AhGQCOCRchWQu59s5rQKuqriq4kEz8uMOfTs7lYa_WStxC4EDE9uKoantIrSCuoUexx0a4uo0/s200/National+Gallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521330620735764674" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Early Italians at Sainsbury <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Inspired by my recent visit to the Louvre, I made a pilgrimage to the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery to see the treasure trove of Early Renaissance Paintings. Duccio was a favourite, as well as the small but perfectly-formed Wilton Diptych. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I had forgotten how extravagantly the main galleries are decorated – vibrant Victorian shades of flock wallpaper, marvelous inlaid marble surfaces and ornate ceilings almost (but not quite) eclipse the much-loved masterpieces on display. Less colourful was the weather.</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKm8jciyE9KUGvDepVihyTbR95taw_6QVovgu1Wd5cAhovk3qvU_vRgEb1iFIJn6zkPjKnX1d8pNF1SePnhGilZHN597YhhQ4PmFj-XzXv6GFNY3AKtLVfdi655bhMK8n1j_5Xjj9AyY/s1600/Wilton+Dyptich.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKm8jciyE9KUGvDepVihyTbR95taw_6QVovgu1Wd5cAhovk3qvU_vRgEb1iFIJn6zkPjKnX1d8pNF1SePnhGilZHN597YhhQ4PmFj-XzXv6GFNY3AKtLVfdi655bhMK8n1j_5Xjj9AyY/s200/Wilton+Dyptich.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521330272473461858" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKm8jciyE9KUGvDepVihyTbR95taw_6QVovgu1Wd5cAhovk3qvU_vRgEb1iFIJn6zkPjKnX1d8pNF1SePnhGilZHN597YhhQ4PmFj-XzXv6GFNY3AKtLVfdi655bhMK8n1j_5Xjj9AyY/s1600/Wilton+Dyptich.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4. Primrose Hill and Regents Park</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A lovely walk around my old stamping grounds Primrose Hill The London skyline from Primrose Hill has changed so much from the days when St Paul’s Cathedral was prominent on the city horizon. The economic slowdown hasn’t slowed preparations for the 2012 Olympics and construction work is continuing apace. Followed up a leisurely stroll across Regents Park, with some window-shopping on Marylebone High Street - what else?</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY8QIpIAu2cSr_pEzZ8Qj6kC1ATmCADbxBsW-CWA_nNRjiV3SxWs5ZY7CYILdevlaSRAOXOBuYkRUYpaZn6GR8Vqj4Jvdut3C32jIK4wlEZGDx6DXHK128YvRRj_9IsHIKmGCCfiNCYw/s1600/Mannekin+Camden+Passage+Shop+Window.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY8QIpIAu2cSr_pEzZ8Qj6kC1ATmCADbxBsW-CWA_nNRjiV3SxWs5ZY7CYILdevlaSRAOXOBuYkRUYpaZn6GR8Vqj4Jvdut3C32jIK4wlEZGDx6DXHK128YvRRj_9IsHIKmGCCfiNCYw/s200/Mannekin+Camden+Passage+Shop+Window.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521329387445960146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXH7f35VPm4IPYWJGiT5Qnr-lwyDwX0wpkyHpS5WSnm37FbfW6ambRZCCOagpPL-2sWLHnkF4w2gNkgtNdvC5LgnRwCd6yTrNR1GvZo_n9s1P5zMTd-yiJAi8rRPeTdRgSMgdeg9wVqg/s1600/Duke+of+Essex.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXH7f35VPm4IPYWJGiT5Qnr-lwyDwX0wpkyHpS5WSnm37FbfW6ambRZCCOagpPL-2sWLHnkF4w2gNkgtNdvC5LgnRwCd6yTrNR1GvZo_n9s1P5zMTd-yiJAi8rRPeTdRgSMgdeg9wVqg/s200/Duke+of+Essex.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521334349371642994" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5. N1</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Couldn’t miss the chance to go shopping in the West End, though Oxford Street on a miserably rainy day was insanity itself. What was I thinking? Luckily, there weren’t too many reasons to leave Islington, where we were staying in the flat of a dear friend and many more reasons to stay local: the Almeida Theatre, the new-look Screen on the Green, yummy Turkish cuisine at Çanakale and lots of high street names for my inner shopaholic.</span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-68829777839986524112010-09-19T22:49:00.002+02:002010-09-19T22:57:25.540+02:00Taking a Break...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqcr4SfPoQbBSX4jKVcAWtcQCZeQlDn4nFDfY-pH68B5j7kqhU16u-ooq04UOzAIsYXKdgedSeS6aYaaVve5VlGSVb8QV82wNShFEL6Ei61OzIdmn5KzUwKTnqBtwOSw0PPFvF8lDh-4/s1600/Vehicule.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqcr4SfPoQbBSX4jKVcAWtcQCZeQlDn4nFDfY-pH68B5j7kqhU16u-ooq04UOzAIsYXKdgedSeS6aYaaVve5VlGSVb8QV82wNShFEL6Ei61OzIdmn5KzUwKTnqBtwOSw0PPFvF8lDh-4/s200/Vehicule.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518729847556706786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"Load up the caravan, Jean-Luc - it's time to hit the road!"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Cath </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">à</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Paris Traveling Cirque will be off to London next week. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Look out for my next post from Blighty very soon!</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-32773252766246456652010-09-19T22:36:00.009+02:002010-09-19T22:48:29.388+02:00Les Journées du Patrimoine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTiQ5gtL6tGoYa69T8dc5Z3lOj5k1SZzKBLPFzPWdvhmpPmhPXD4JzxyhWeq04BSGv8-DBrJdmt6ztg83voqcyopMA7epNmkhudUorTD6zOKCz0oNVgkVUnB-1k2KtH8c46TKTTDEvGk/s1600/Dejeuner+Diner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTiQ5gtL6tGoYa69T8dc5Z3lOj5k1SZzKBLPFzPWdvhmpPmhPXD4JzxyhWeq04BSGv8-DBrJdmt6ztg83voqcyopMA7epNmkhudUorTD6zOKCz0oNVgkVUnB-1k2KtH8c46TKTTDEvGk/s200/Dejeuner+Diner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727350546048178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29Lq4k5w_yALEDY-gQvab9y8HYZEjPV2CyUlm8bndAP1ajOIIJcD1LYX4meYNCgiLNjkkY8Tz4zmKqiYKuBfOdbkM_E5W5LU4hKWiAMn6NbIe2Zwde3vaFTmEJyBdDkB50MpoxlEq4cs/s1600/Pantheon+Columns.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29Lq4k5w_yALEDY-gQvab9y8HYZEjPV2CyUlm8bndAP1ajOIIJcD1LYX4meYNCgiLNjkkY8Tz4zmKqiYKuBfOdbkM_E5W5LU4hKWiAMn6NbIe2Zwde3vaFTmEJyBdDkB50MpoxlEq4cs/s200/Pantheon+Columns.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727199777296770" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Took advantage of the novelty of having a visitor to show around town – not to mention the splendid weather - to explore just a couple of the buildings, whose doors were thrown open to the public this weekend for the annual <i>Journée du Patrimoine</i>.</span></span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As in London and Sydney, every year Historic Houses and Municipal Buildings all over the city are opened to a keen and curious public and Paris is no different – except the scale of the buildings is slightly more ambitious! </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The atmosphere was bustling and good-natured (despite impressive queues for some of the buildings) and the crowds of locals were quite a contrast to the recent crowds of holidays-makers I’ve encountered on my wanderings.</span></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8W0-1R_646Z5MKasl-cjGOAbSm0wb1NVMsncDxoYd5W-mfC7D0M9gdVco7ZlROU4jPxRfQcqueTdcz9bJcZzyWHFRxpEnKF7iYIRkooVCylx9Pxf6r6QTPWa3hryE-J8WuBEKvW4guGo/s1600/Orchids+Serres+de+Luxembourg.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8W0-1R_646Z5MKasl-cjGOAbSm0wb1NVMsncDxoYd5W-mfC7D0M9gdVco7ZlROU4jPxRfQcqueTdcz9bJcZzyWHFRxpEnKF7iYIRkooVCylx9Pxf6r6QTPWa3hryE-J8WuBEKvW4guGo/s200/Orchids+Serres+de+Luxembourg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727059291463138" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We enjoyed the exotic orchids at the Jardins de Luxembourg greenhouses, marveled at Foucault’s Pendulum at the Pantheon (not to mention gasping at the sheer grandiosity of the final resting place of all La Belle France’s Grands Hommes) and finally admired the extravagant decoration at Elise de Val de Grace.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FkCxzgKlfthaWnDJHDOvEi8i0Lk41WIfid9NWk0cARh_HMj4a9QEX24JF1LbpFSuASLZPreeqHVuAfrTs5CeBc_5xPcKYBkjpdljIAu8bT-hom91bCTlY32Md9EIc0L1uou3Og4sSCM/s1600/Eglise+de+Val+de+Grace.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FkCxzgKlfthaWnDJHDOvEi8i0Lk41WIfid9NWk0cARh_HMj4a9QEX24JF1LbpFSuASLZPreeqHVuAfrTs5CeBc_5xPcKYBkjpdljIAu8bT-hom91bCTlY32Md9EIc0L1uou3Og4sSCM/s200/Eglise+de+Val+de+Grace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518726868508798146" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On the way home we had to stop at Berthillion for an icecream, where we discovered that the Chocolat-Myrtille (Wild Blue-berry) Combo is real crowd-pleaser as well.</span></span></p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyaV4Q_fNf7L68Stupqzo0oOGgFvZTCdzjPTp7NezI5nqAMnDXQNpeLWT9P8dlZCiB1zLV5t2CA60IqZTUTOdydubJVQtz5YoQGPuDfpSSmkoDdhqHklptx4f96bM3GWVwfuYHoMmFgo/s1600/Cat+Boxes.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyaV4Q_fNf7L68Stupqzo0oOGgFvZTCdzjPTp7NezI5nqAMnDXQNpeLWT9P8dlZCiB1zLV5t2CA60IqZTUTOdydubJVQtz5YoQGPuDfpSSmkoDdhqHklptx4f96bM3GWVwfuYHoMmFgo/s200/Cat+Boxes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518726764233713618" /></a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-65915055881412566922010-09-18T15:01:00.004+02:002010-09-18T15:08:45.802+02:00Relativity Revised<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj1ylPv-crc0UzbJHuMrgY93lEGF1eU1mWUWlDZ9TzwjoaOKdEVLYfZnwvMy2-8P5Kb4R8Rq0S96INIPB524B3KjGaeG1V5Lli0zBJq9ROXWQdpqGSe3eVb69q5e_TE_De00pDSh6IQY/s1600/Einstein+Love.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj1ylPv-crc0UzbJHuMrgY93lEGF1eU1mWUWlDZ9TzwjoaOKdEVLYfZnwvMy2-8P5Kb4R8Rq0S96INIPB524B3KjGaeG1V5Lli0zBJq9ROXWQdpqGSe3eVb69q5e_TE_De00pDSh6IQY/s200/Einstein+Love.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518238160559356274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Guess it wasn’t mc</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">2</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> after all…</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-20919814115196974282010-09-17T19:02:00.010+02:002010-09-17T20:40:58.621+02:00Gallery Hopping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSC930NeekNxGCTOE_2gdr-M7CLTd2Z1YPPMJ0cEwF7MJPcy48ERaD2nOmF6okSHQlNnAbm9u4ttQ1hdiRMNR5XKXJImDZEcBVY21LaSxBAUDAVXeduo5fhniLvO1rVrqZkOAGI05sXQ/s1600/Guard+Dog+Beaubourg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSC930NeekNxGCTOE_2gdr-M7CLTd2Z1YPPMJ0cEwF7MJPcy48ERaD2nOmF6okSHQlNnAbm9u4ttQ1hdiRMNR5XKXJImDZEcBVY21LaSxBAUDAVXeduo5fhniLvO1rVrqZkOAGI05sXQ/s200/Guard+Dog+Beaubourg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517930799675815842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DkPnCkiY1bI-Swt8LWhG27TgudVVmfUTBSuMtOOWBAuRDw9WeSqGV4Av0SNobH7M9AUyAwMi3MPZ007zhBlG7IM9CYYpmDfYMdLD2e4BucNVezueAVpDcXmw99jRhjfRkN8IL_55ve8/s1600/Gallery+Entrance+Marais.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DkPnCkiY1bI-Swt8LWhG27TgudVVmfUTBSuMtOOWBAuRDw9WeSqGV4Av0SNobH7M9AUyAwMi3MPZ007zhBlG7IM9CYYpmDfYMdLD2e4BucNVezueAVpDcXmw99jRhjfRkN8IL_55ve8/s200/Gallery+Entrance+Marais.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517930619314304642" /></a><br /><div><!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now that September is here, it’s been great to be able to see some of the exhibitions at the local commercial galleries in Paris at last! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My favourite was the small exhibition of Richard Deacon's two lyrical sculptures in this beautiful gallery space in the Marais.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX72Ka21jptmeDHYfOSWhmfnGWXTp37GKK6CrV7U2Fw02SvTgZWuEk2Qu_pQ0LY69JaQ8pkvMh7haLVTkcyOsWD6vJuu9oz9Fq-URPr6i2WS4va1aqhpqlvtvOQpKhsa1OKE6PHaLbh7k/s1600/Agnes+B+Gallery+Beaubourg.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDb9fhz7KOxMWxUlK5qgdQmm3d0HjIa3fac2Vvhcca5SLNxh2J7q3-NHNe2mQCAeIXq3tNlhrtJFqQtAnJH7NKTAGhf2Df3WiYl-SKrWpMbEeWQQfFlaRmlGJXamtJfw0yeDemt2PlFw/s200/Marian+Goodman+Gallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517930054590273602" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-46934633465620511202010-09-16T19:46:00.013+02:002010-09-16T19:59:31.673+02:00More Photos from the 5th (Arrondisement)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcag5I1BI_0jcQI-Vg9uUkOCl32I75NaygmYUf4C6FA07-JtdieznIJfEeWyHkqdBmCYXwEAkqAZL-l1cpBhGpXrpwjBgM0rd8062m-y3pXgebsAyf3sWxyOn1KjgPjdArc4ZcC3BRcM/s1600/Confidance+Coiffure.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEAXgA56zydNt5Gli3n3MVKRtL25fjwTky4qyo3HeFhKiRRwYHxuPy1yqkxzvW9Sf4Uqn1gJs5HRmxu76avAO-OWJ2qrJMrf3Izkk9pUc-ifghZo4tdm4bcqy2RVmgKBMIdOhXpDm9UQ/s200/Maisons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517570473678127394" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-49988737345551852622010-09-15T17:55:00.012+02:002010-09-15T22:03:08.394+02:00Asphalt Jungle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfHIsqP181uWCTdUOCR5ma4ecfOtwtF94hK6fjPadEwtWTq-oRDtMZdiJk_BdDEZoJJi2oLzIiXHm8UeLnpLtIiFv6u-f0zgy_69DTnBlopRCRvKw6FsXrAdcfxVSPseRWVLxG8TynOg/s1600/Flypost+Marilyn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfHIsqP181uWCTdUOCR5ma4ecfOtwtF94hK6fjPadEwtWTq-oRDtMZdiJk_BdDEZoJJi2oLzIiXHm8UeLnpLtIiFv6u-f0zgy_69DTnBlopRCRvKw6FsXrAdcfxVSPseRWVLxG8TynOg/s200/Flypost+Marilyn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517170757125391010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdhR0Mhe06nPw0V0wBm3oFtAjkwIfSuO_9zppEgkOVL19oyO6WA1TEQkiUs4T-kZNAtg1LKSw7JMirMuj95jZbegumIaOjQkeUbNtnBV-j3mBcjqqB2koHubMMGqwKfchgEpR0rX4vts/s1600/Moped.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdhR0Mhe06nPw0V0wBm3oFtAjkwIfSuO_9zppEgkOVL19oyO6WA1TEQkiUs4T-kZNAtg1LKSw7JMirMuj95jZbegumIaOjQkeUbNtnBV-j3mBcjqqB2koHubMMGqwKfchgEpR0rX4vts/s200/Moped.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517170630667064162" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While in the Marais yesterday afternoon, I noticed that this enduring image of Marilyn had not endured very long at all, fly-posted as she was on the side of a building - already gone without a trace, even though I’d taken this photo just a couple of weeks ago.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">Here are some other classics, which I’ve snapped on my wanderings, which seem to have lasted somewhat longer, though with Paris traffic, it’s amazing that they’ve managed to stay in such immaculate condition!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudFaNZ8L5amIQvLAFG5K3IVwcg6SmX3s1hcDiFsyaZvQHChKuTo341qNIA88XUCzF7Zpjxh4SJRKVo9QzRVGuBsOGhSp5ORskV_HSfZbTs80s-cUyYaIXsIrXLlX2rMgouzG0JAXMVM4/s1600/Tuk-Tuk+Ile+de+la+Cite.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudFaNZ8L5amIQvLAFG5K3IVwcg6SmX3s1hcDiFsyaZvQHChKuTo341qNIA88XUCzF7Zpjxh4SJRKVo9QzRVGuBsOGhSp5ORskV_HSfZbTs80s-cUyYaIXsIrXLlX2rMgouzG0JAXMVM4/s200/Tuk-Tuk+Ile+de+la+Cite.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517170537867702322" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqJLXhmInB1jKsAwrTUx-heaQI_IXdfSE8ietnKU7nxjJU9Zs7fUSQludzVMOaxTIImZWuLEuCskG2aXGqTG3Q54jTCGhXQNI1yBPPDvnR-CuEcNaLdSIfr9hMMNuCsSVIFAh-aIRBcc/s1600/Blue+2CV.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqJLXhmInB1jKsAwrTUx-heaQI_IXdfSE8ietnKU7nxjJU9Zs7fUSQludzVMOaxTIImZWuLEuCskG2aXGqTG3Q54jTCGhXQNI1yBPPDvnR-CuEcNaLdSIfr9hMMNuCsSVIFAh-aIRBcc/s200/Blue+2CV.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517170060392928882" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">The Place de la Concorde (pictured below in the Peugeot advert like no-one living has ever seen it!) is surely the ultimate Roundabout of Death (previous title-holders include Hyde Park Corner in London and the Stones Corner Roundabout near my parents' place in Brisbane), with at least six lanes of vehicles - push-bikes, scooters, cars and buses - all veering wildly, jockeying for position and all this on completely unmarked cobblestone roads and of course, to my way of thinking – all driving on the wrong side of the road! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">(Mercifully, they seem to have a couple of traffic lights installed these days) </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">I usually have to close my eyes, even though I’m only ever watching it from the relative safety of a window seat on the 72 bus!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN7fjmiSQkluk6pdASbiMdfsY1d3dpjkCqJ2CfzOC77ytGMhNH9k-Oetd5QEr9okiTduNp8LpZNAGb8DV7BICB4dKuUBOVw_TQaDFEOG2rRiLyKTls7BlvSxWdG2E2Lvcs7Mk9odSWaM/s1600/Peugeot+404.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN7fjmiSQkluk6pdASbiMdfsY1d3dpjkCqJ2CfzOC77ytGMhNH9k-Oetd5QEr9okiTduNp8LpZNAGb8DV7BICB4dKuUBOVw_TQaDFEOG2rRiLyKTls7BlvSxWdG2E2Lvcs7Mk9odSWaM/s200/Peugeot+404.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517169895044679730" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-59102449772090065132010-09-14T21:55:00.012+02:002010-09-14T22:05:54.577+02:00Flotsam and Jetsam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOca3Z4AQAiglEpuyuX6ZknrS6c9SpNEKrCQ8iN1LTsMjeuwEPT3AeMh6Y0QcS69CpsAnW8OZUQIr17V60QuF9im4MLHw2rEV8p-6hDlTDSdXH_JSzOjPAAepl19tQVaw8hpmkAHqM4I/s1600/Lost+Elephant.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOca3Z4AQAiglEpuyuX6ZknrS6c9SpNEKrCQ8iN1LTsMjeuwEPT3AeMh6Y0QcS69CpsAnW8OZUQIr17V60QuF9im4MLHw2rEV8p-6hDlTDSdXH_JSzOjPAAepl19tQVaw8hpmkAHqM4I/s200/Lost+Elephant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516860953172863394" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Amongst a couple of other exhibitions today, I visited Anaïs Lelièvre’s installation on the charming lake in the one of Paris’ largest parks - Buttes Chaumont. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I’d wanted to visit the park in the north-east of the city, since I read that there was a spectacular sunset to be seen this time of year, with the sun disappearing behind the splendid dome Sacre Coeur in the distance. I didn’t make it for dusk unfortunately, but enjoyed the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Flottement</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cellulaire</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on my daytime visit instead.</span></span></span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwvQbiHUu8E3n9wmfEk8ClGSAtWctKi6k5gsy0mnspr07qibXDazQuYnfg441KVgzG2NdqKxU1-amHKd0J9aG9kdAFO_6JP8-T0jxZdT8fn6macjPzX7QV4-RlUrO4bZfS21hC87My60/s1600/Peak+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwvQbiHUu8E3n9wmfEk8ClGSAtWctKi6k5gsy0mnspr07qibXDazQuYnfg441KVgzG2NdqKxU1-amHKd0J9aG9kdAFO_6JP8-T0jxZdT8fn6macjPzX7QV4-RlUrO4bZfS21hC87My60/s200/Peak+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516860826255689538" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I was amused to see several groups of Tai Chi enthusiasts, just like I’d seen in the parks in Hong Kong. I just love the idea of doing Tai Chi in a huge group on the Kowloon foreshore, looking over at Hong Kong’s spectacular skyline – though I think I’d like to start with the fans (they make such a great noise as they are flicked open and closed). Think I might leave the ceremonial swords until I practise a bit.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m7x_qeqzSAote5GJ4W9XcM_8iajLjxqexn4U0gku3Uj174SI_oycgY5UKnlU5pT06sbmMjUb_XlPy8BdStcxsyuoZpW-dmw6PdiSKJeHy45blkcNh1g_nAU6RH_yEewk-t4NKQAbODA/s1600/Sculpture+in+Pond+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m7x_qeqzSAote5GJ4W9XcM_8iajLjxqexn4U0gku3Uj174SI_oycgY5UKnlU5pT06sbmMjUb_XlPy8BdStcxsyuoZpW-dmw6PdiSKJeHy45blkcNh1g_nAU6RH_yEewk-t4NKQAbODA/s200/Sculpture+in+Pond+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516860669598844498" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonJ8pnyvb0jcEZDBKywsMSTmgMiN4W1PB4mBYWdjQnXD6Nkkx-y7p0R_s5p2D7aZUPebXP8r9YlDwDYGAypNym_5leMM_ScFLiX5KvU2JWnyaU3vO7pwTdzzojjsYn1wVmOzZb9XYSR4/s1600/Sacre+Coeur+from+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonJ8pnyvb0jcEZDBKywsMSTmgMiN4W1PB4mBYWdjQnXD6Nkkx-y7p0R_s5p2D7aZUPebXP8r9YlDwDYGAypNym_5leMM_ScFLiX5KvU2JWnyaU3vO7pwTdzzojjsYn1wVmOzZb9XYSR4/s200/Sacre+Coeur+from+Buttes+Chaumont.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516860543685433682" /></a><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-28810587590193762492010-09-13T21:45:00.005+02:002010-09-13T22:00:21.931+02:00Rock, Sexe & Poesie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKdOg4nd6mG3MoQOUXWWtWyqkso8S6BVnG6mheRkr5QUagCmg7-sDaD8xAWdVBahlbGAcJtILQDjNisrtlOz9MFqRSHLEV8UvC6tl7vI3kw5yEWx7EH0a9cS0mLovJs5Fls7rF_euCGM/s1600/When+You%27re+Strange+Poster.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKdOg4nd6mG3MoQOUXWWtWyqkso8S6BVnG6mheRkr5QUagCmg7-sDaD8xAWdVBahlbGAcJtILQDjNisrtlOz9MFqRSHLEV8UvC6tl7vI3kw5yEWx7EH0a9cS0mLovJs5Fls7rF_euCGM/s200/When+You%27re+Strange+Poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516486740671721554" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Went to the cinema today (the cute little <i>Latina</i> on Rue du Temple – love all these independent cinemas here) to see ‘When You’re Strange’, a documentary about the Doors by Tom DeCillo. I can’t say I know much about the Doors (the music is ubiquitous but the band was a bit before my time), but I‘m a huge fan of the director. ‘Living in Oblivion’ is one of my favourite films ever. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It was a pretty standard sex, drugs and rock’n’roll type biog, though it was fascinating seeing the original footage of the group performing and to see how charismatic Jim Morrison was before pyschedelics and booze got the better of him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He’s so inextricably linked to Paris too! One of my most surreal Paris moments ever featured a group of worse-for-wear Spanish tourists sitting round the bust of poor old James Douglas, which marks his grave in Père Lachaise cemetery. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On my last visit there – more than six years ago – the custodians had put up barricades round the hallowed spot to protect it from the unbridled adulation of his fans (and I read that the bust was stolen in 1990! (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crudbud/823884656/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/crudbud/823884656/</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">)! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">Apparently the Doors still sell over a million albums a year – who knew?</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092352708410447097.post-25104641492426817622010-09-12T21:08:00.017+02:002010-09-12T21:35:47.947+02:00If it’s Sunday It Must Be Paris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSFzhFchp2n23rn0TfCNzwimQZJ1peK4oVrJNIz_rT2_6NpBgrPAjTqDrJtflNWLpTGUI3zCNGUamrO8FCegAlNFI3y9qKOPZlUGEIbH-krfqyPOv6PhGfT25we09wIO1C2JZ3VWV4vE/s1600/Open+Studio.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSFzhFchp2n23rn0TfCNzwimQZJ1peK4oVrJNIz_rT2_6NpBgrPAjTqDrJtflNWLpTGUI3zCNGUamrO8FCegAlNFI3y9qKOPZlUGEIbH-krfqyPOv6PhGfT25we09wIO1C2JZ3VWV4vE/s200/Open+Studio.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516108917338787890" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:small;">Wow, sunny Sunday afternoons are just tourist mayhem around the 4ième. Luckily, this is a fact of which I’m only occasionally reminded, since – after the busy weekdays out and about – I've been enjoying spending the weekends back at the studio. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4G26EA963CzzIHF3HvEwr5Mj5lBr8WEHbvTY2hUZzgVy7h1As9QIgFHiFVAzZeyP9Lxka7TBZWWw0ouksg6pMCTzUhZZFD0_y19a1mXLAZXLLew4MnruUyM596Ts2Xgac91fnwN37Nc/s1600/Door+Notre+Dame.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4G26EA963CzzIHF3HvEwr5Mj5lBr8WEHbvTY2hUZzgVy7h1As9QIgFHiFVAzZeyP9Lxka7TBZWWw0ouksg6pMCTzUhZZFD0_y19a1mXLAZXLLew4MnruUyM596Ts2Xgac91fnwN37Nc/s200/Door+Notre+Dame.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516107850529764386" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After this morning’s rain, I popped out to enjoy an hour’s sunshine and to find that, just a stone’s throw outside the quiet and calm of the Cité, the queues around the block to enter Notre Dame are almost as spectacular as the extravagant gothic architecture of the cathedral itself.</span></p><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjPFJ1SqBpAc6k6sKRbNjXN28S3mWH_4BBN8okTokqRO8RZIwjvjlQZcp8iVjPFFqwDcw-cX0QQi_xQs-Twy8CYe-1xENKjiAc7YpgcTO8KeMkqL5Dt9IYARgRX5lNQJPS05EJqwNQeU/s1600/Omnibus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjPFJ1SqBpAc6k6sKRbNjXN28S3mWH_4BBN8okTokqRO8RZIwjvjlQZcp8iVjPFFqwDcw-cX0QQi_xQs-Twy8CYe-1xENKjiAc7YpgcTO8KeMkqL5Dt9IYARgRX5lNQJPS05EJqwNQeU/s200/Omnibus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516107740663337250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dtEG6kMzZs6b3bADwKaMLqIDNQEnTdvwWEcrlxLmsxjZTOxY2kxwXb-J4mPQx8Jcn8nJtJzvtYyczlvDLGmpB6tGLXzYK2DLOfSfqfXgLjaA3pVuaojkg31w9O39paYO0ctlwcTkcNw/s1600/Eglise+St+Severin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dtEG6kMzZs6b3bADwKaMLqIDNQEnTdvwWEcrlxLmsxjZTOxY2kxwXb-J4mPQx8Jcn8nJtJzvtYyczlvDLGmpB6tGLXzYK2DLOfSfqfXgLjaA3pVuaojkg31w9O39paYO0ctlwcTkcNw/s200/Eglise+St+Severin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516107380524165906" /></a><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">However, I passed by the sightseeing circus on my way to see the considerably more sedate Eglise St Séverin, with it’s elegant palm-tree columns and vaulted ceiling and which turns out to have some luminous stained glass, including some quite striking modern designs by Jean René Bazaine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Also on display were some works on paper (a contemporary take on the Stations of the Cross) alongside a permanent collection of Rouault’s ink drawings, in one of the chapels.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNK8TExBjBPQybSxrCqXPSm7OXv0e5MpePN_3FfaO7-KtjH3K2S-Dqq9c6aFnr8RRKKKZZeWGWkNx-CXv2Z80kJRZEBQ-ynjYIfB3fbcOkh5hMH496LOUBcqbUXD9IBMi2HAca856cTA/s1600/Shakespeare+and+Co.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNK8TExBjBPQybSxrCqXPSm7OXv0e5MpePN_3FfaO7-KtjH3K2S-Dqq9c6aFnr8RRKKKZZeWGWkNx-CXv2Z80kJRZEBQ-ynjYIfB3fbcOkh5hMH496LOUBcqbUXD9IBMi2HAca856cTA/s200/Shakespeare+and+Co.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516107137455014146" /></a></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I also visited the church of St Julien le Paurvre, adjacent to the Square René-Viviani – where, legend has it, Paris’ oldest tree (a </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">robinier</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> planted in 1602) promises a long and fortunate life to those who brave the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pelouse interdit</span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to rub its trunk!</span></span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0