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A bird lover’s guide to Paris
This is one of my favourite photographs from Paris. I use it as the wallpaper on my desktop computer, so that every day, when I sit down to work, I feel for a second that I am taking my place … Continue reading
Posted in Paris gardens, Paris history, Paris parks, Paris postcards, Paris streets
Tagged Bois de Boulogne, Charles Yriarte, Charmeurs d’oiseaux, Jardin du Luxembourg, La Bagatelle, Medici fountain, Parc Monceau, pigeonnier contraceptif, pigeons, Puvis de Chavannes, Rene Dagron, Richard Holmes, Siege of Paris, Square des Batignolles, Tuileries
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Enough to make a cow laugh
New Year’s is a time of cleaning up and clearing out, and to that end I have unsubscribed from all kinds of newsletters and mass mailings to keep my head clear and my inbox manageable. But I’m keeping a few, … Continue reading
Posted in Paris food, Paris history, Paris popular culture
Tagged Benjamin Rabier, Beziers, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF, Galerie Georges Petit, Gallica, Gillian Tindall, gruyère, La Revue Politique et Littéraire, La sardine francaise, La vache qui rit, laughing cow, Léon Bel, Les Ambassadeurs, Musee de l'illustration jeunesse, Ravitaillement en Viande Fraîche, Vachkyrie, Wachkyrie
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