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Double vision
The other night I couldn’t sleep, and to pass the time I got out Norman’s collection of Paris stereocards and looked at the images. After a while, I realized that one thing was missing from nearly every image: the Eiffel … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris photography, Paris streets
Tagged Alfred Brack, Cafe de la Paix, Debitte & Hervé, Eiffel Tower, Grand Hotel, Henri Guerard, Hippolyte Jouvin, Hotel de Ville, Jean Andrieu, Keystone View Company, Maison Francois 1er, Place de la Republique, Place du Chateau d'Eau, Place Vendôme, Pygmalion, rue de Fleurus, stereocards, Tour St. Jacques, Tuileries Palace, Underwood & Underwood
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What to read in the bath
Beating the August heat is a challenge in Paris and in Toronto. Sometimes the only solution is to divert oneself with a good book. Preferably in a cool bath. The windows of our neighbourhood bookshop almost always feature a book … Continue reading
The Emperor, the cabaret of women, an ill-advised gift, and the porcelain painter
Opinion is divided as to whether Napoleon Bonaparte was a tyrant or a genius, or both. But perhaps we can all agree that he left something to be desired as a husband. His divorce from his beloved Josephine de Beauharnais … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art, Paris history
Tagged Art Gallery of Ontario, Clark Art Museum, Comtesse de Ségur, Drouot auction house, Duchess of Monmouth, Empress Josephine, Empress Marie-Therese, Etienne-Charles Le Guay, Jean Comairas, Joan of Arc, Madame de Sevigné, Marie-Victoire Jaquotot, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sevres porcelain
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When bombs fell on Paris
The church of Sainte Jeanne de Chantal at the Porte de Saint-Cloud in the 16th arrondissement is a striking example of mid 20th-century architecture. With its dome and tower, it almost looks like a mosque with a minaret. You enter … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris metro, World War II
Tagged air raids, Chatou, Courbevoie, Défense passive, Dietrich von Choltitz, Grands Magasins du Louvre, Halle aux Vins, Ile Séguin, Paris Historique, Porte de la Chapelle, Porte de Saint-Cloud, Renault, rue Richomme, Sainte Jeanne de Chantal
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A geranium in winter
Finally, after almost four years, we were back in Paris. We stayed in an apartment belonging to a friend of Norman’s, and were greeted with the sight of red geraniums in the window boxes. We were there for Christmas and … Continue reading
Funeral march for a dead parrot
I was working in the kitchen, half listening to the radio, when something caught my attention. The radio announcer, in introducing a piece of music, was describing a Parisian composer and musician who was extremely reclusive. The story went that … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris music
Tagged Alkan Morhange, Alkan Society, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Elie Miriam Delaborde, Erard pianos, Frederic Chopin, George Sand, Hugh Macdonald, Joseph Zimmerman, Lina Eraïm Miriam, Marc-André Hamelin, Paris Conservatoire, Ronald Smith, rue Daru, rue du Mail, Square d’Orléans
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The missing link
Angers. My first term at university in France. Breakfast with my roommate Anne Marie (still a close friend after all these years). She mixed coffee with scalded milk in a bowl, put butter and jam on a piece of baguette … Continue reading
Silent witnesses
Early one morning, Norman and I dropped off our car for servicing at a local garage. We had breakfast at the Goat Café and then took a walk for an hour or so until it was time to retrieve the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris parks, Paris streets, Toronto
Tagged Adolphe Alphand, dawn redwood, espaliering, foxglove tree, Jane Hunter, Judas tree, Musée de Montmartre, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Place de Vosges, Place St-Gervais, plane trees, pollarding, Robinia pseudoacacia, rue Furstemberg, Square de la Villa Sainte Croix, Susan Walter, Thomas Brail
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