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Le Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville
Sooner or later, we know, we will end up having lunch at the Cantine in the BHV (Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville). It’s central. It’s inexpensive. The food is good. The view from the big windows is magnificent. And of … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris shops
Tagged Auguste Roy, Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, BHV, Deux Magots, Dufayel, Empress Eugénie, Fnac, Galeries Lafayette, Grand Bazar de la Rue de Rennes, Gustave Rives, Haussmann, Hudson Bay Company, La Samaritaine, Le Bon Marché, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Napoleon III, paris department stores, Paul Sédille, Printemps, Pygmalion, Robert Simpson, rue de Rivoli, Sabine Forget, Sears, T. Eaton Company, Xavier Ruel
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Colour commentary
In the 1840s, my great-great grandfather came to Paris to study at the Gobelins Tapestry Factory. He was not a weaver or tapestry-maker, but a chemist who specialized in the science of colour and dyes, and the Gobelins was the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris art, Paris streets
Tagged 32 rue Eugène Flachat, 51 boulevard Berthier, Accords chromatiques, Alain-Charles Perrot, Bon Marche, Build Up, F.-G. Dumas, François-Guillaume Dumas, Gobelins Tapestry Factory, Jules Loebnitz, La Samaritaine, Lycée Molière, Monceau Fleurs, Opéra Garnier, Paris Illustré, Paris Opera, Paul Sédille, Pavilion de l’Arsenal, Pompidou Centre, Printemps, Revue Illustrée, rue des Thermopyles, rue du Ranelagh, Simon Texier
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Seduced by the chimneypots of Paris
Many a seduction starts by looking through a window. The allure of chimneypots started to seduce me as I gazed through the generous windows of a rented flat on rue Charlemagne in the Marais. Okay, I liked les mitres de … Continue reading
Posted in Paris streets
Tagged chimneypots, Dufayel, mitres de cheminée, Montmartre, Paris skyline, Place des Vosges, Printemps, ramonage, ravens, rue Charlemagne
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Parisian Fields 