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Richard Ewen: A Texas Artist Whose Watercolours Capture Paris
Richard Ewen is a talented watercolour artist who lives in Austin, Texas. He loves Paris, visits it regularly, and then, back in Texas, creates marvellous paintings of Paris, many of which are based on reflections in shop and café windows. … Continue reading
Lighting the City of Light
Opinion is divided on whether the name “City of Light” refers to the brilliant minds of the city’s 18th-century philosophers, or to the brightly illuminated streets of the capital. There are arguments to be made on both sides. If the … Continue reading
The meaning of two wheels and a motor in Paris
It is glorious to walk the streets of Paris and revel in the colour, especially after hours in the cramped unbearable beigeness of an airplane. (Whatever happened to the use of the word steerage?) We were grateful to be on … Continue reading
Posted in City of Reflections, Paris automotive
Tagged Artcurial, Honda, Marais, Meccanica Verghera Augusta, motorcycles, MV Agusta, Piaggio, scooters
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The bouquinistes and the photographer of shadows
To quote from last week’s blog by Norman: “The sense of continuity is part of the fascination of learning more and more about Paris.” But it’s not just about the continuity of major monuments and landmark buildings. It’s also the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris bookstores, Paris postcards
Tagged bouquinistes, David Downie, Dominique Lesbros, Editions d'Art Yvon, First World War, gargoyle, Kurt Ulrich, L'Illustration, La Carterie, Les Editions Yvon, Notre Dame, Paris postcards, Pierre Petit, Quai de la Tournelle, Quai Malaquais, Robert Stevens, vintage postcards, Yvon, Yvon's Paris
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Food, drink, and lodging in Paris postcards
In a sense, all postcards are a form of advertising. Some advertise the sender’s good fortune or superiority: “Hi. I’m here. You’re not.” Others advertise the attraction itself: Kozy Kabins in Niagara Falls, the highest rotating restaurant west of the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris food, Paris hotels, Paris postcards
Tagged Alexandre Legrand, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Arthur Conan Doyle, Benedictine, Benedictine Liqueur, Bishop Maurice de Sully, Boulevard des Italiens, Café Anglais, Camille Pissarro, Dom Bernardo Vincelli, Fécamp, Ferris Wheel, Frédéric Delair, Hotel du Louvre, Hotel Régina, International Exposition of 1900, Julia Child, La Madeleine, La Tour d’Argent, Louvre des Antiquaires, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, Place du Palais Royal, Quai de la Tournelle, Robespierre, Sherlock Holmes, Treaty of Amiens
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Connaissez-vous Paris?
On the avenue Franklin Roosevelt, not far from the Champs-Elysées, is an unusual bookshop. The name, Livre Sterling, is a peculiarly anglophile pun on the fact that the word “livre” in French can mean either “pound” (₤) or “book” and … Continue reading
Posted in Paris bookstores, Paris travel
Tagged avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Claude Debussy, Connaissez-vous Paris?, Emmanuel Delhomme, Exercises in Style, Félix de Rochegude, Henri IV, Jacques Hillairet, L’Intransigeant, Les Enfants Rouges, Livre Sterling, Père Lachaise, Raymond Queneau, Saint-Louis Hospital, Un libraire en colère, Zazie dans le Métro
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A most unusual water system keeps Paris clean
I was alarmed the first time I saw water pouring out of what looked like a sewer grate and onto the road. Now, I watch for such a sight. It is another manifestation of the enlightened engineering, design, and vision … Continue reading
Posted in Paris streets
Tagged bouches de lavage, Eugène Belgrand, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Marché Port-Royal, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, Ourcq Canal, Paris engineering, Paris sewers, Paris water supply, River Ourcq, rue du Faubourg St Jacques, Street cleaning in Paris, technology of tourism, washing outlets, WOs
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A walk in the snow
No trip to Paris would be complete without at least one lengthy visit to Des Photographies, an intriguing shop in Village St. Paul in the Marais. There, with some help from Sylvain Calvier, I have found and bought some wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Paris gardens, Paris parks
Tagged Arsène Alexandre, Candide, Des Photographies, Gilles Vigneault, Henri Riviere, Louvre, Mail aux pommes, Napoleon Bonaparte, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Robert Lowell, Sylvain Calvier, The Expiation Russia 1812, Victor Hugo, Village St-Paul, Voltaire
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Postcards from a Snowy Paris
Although it snows occasionally in Paris, it seems to be rare enough that only a small amount wreaks havoc. The city just isn’t prepared for snow. Parisian winters are normally mild, but there have been some very cold ones that … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris parks, Paris postcards
Tagged 1910 flood, Bois de Boulogne, gasometer, ice skating in Paris, January 1910, Jardin du Luxembourg, Marche St-Martin, Nanterre, Paris flood, Paris postcards, Snow in Paris, snow load, St-Martin market, twig brooms, vintage postcards, winter in Paris
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