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The collectors
Before our last trip to Paris, a friend and fellow Francophile lent me a book to read on the plane: The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. I highly recommend this absorbing family saga, imaginatively told through … Continue reading
Nine minutes, twenty-one seconds
A recent New York Times article pointed out that the traditional division of Paris into Left Bank / Right Bank might be giving way to a more East-West distinction. (Some people will say that has long been the case.) And … Continue reading
Posted in Paris gardens, Paris history, Paris maps
Tagged Charles Perrault, Claude Perrault, François Arago, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Greenwich Mean Time, Institut d’Astrophysique, International Meridian Conference, Jan Dibbets, Jean Prouvé, Map Addict, Mike Parker, Paris Mean Time, Paris Meridian, Paris Observatoire, Paris observatory
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A villa in the south
When we say the south, we don’t mean the south of France, we mean the southern parts of Paris, particularly the 14th arrondissement. And when we say “villa,” we don’t mean a detached house. The villas of Paris are cul-de-sacs, … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art, Paris gardens, Paris streets
Tagged Aaron Copland, Auguste Leroux, Brassaï, Composition aux deux perroquets, David Loche, Fernand Léger, Galeries Lafayette, Henri Matisse, Imprimerie d’Ouvriers Sourds-Muets, Isabelle Pongitore, Isapocket, Jacques Grüber, Jardin de la rue de Chatillon, Mary Callery, Montparnasse, Pablo Picasso, Petit Montrouge, Samuel Beckett, Villa Adrienne, Villa d’Alésia
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Hiding in plain sight
When we rented an apartment near the Val-de-Grâce, the lady who owned the flat told us that the church and buildings there were very beautiful, but the only way to see inside was to go for mass on Sunday morning. … Continue reading
Life in a quiet Paris quartier
We are back in Canada, but still enjoying our memories of Paris. We stayed in a comfortable apartment in an area of the city we had never before explored, not far from the intersection of the Boulevard Port-Royal and the … Continue reading
A tomato grows in Bercy
On a tiny side street in the 3rd arrondissement near the market known as Les Enfants Rouges (named for a former orphanage where the children wore red jackets), we stumbled across a tiny garden, divided into even tinier plots, filled … Continue reading
Posted in Paris food, Paris gardens
Tagged allotment gardens, apiculture, beekeeping, community gardens, food gardens, jardins partages, Montmartre, potager, vineyards
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