Tag Archives: Woody Allen

A lost member of the not-so-lost generation

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Parisian Fields

The hero in Woody Allen’s film, Midnight in Paris, is thrilled to go back in time to the 1920s, where he meets his literary idols Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and members of their circle. Today, many visitors to … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history | Tagged Brett Ashley, Dingo Bar, Donald Ogden Stewart, Duff Twysden, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Hadley Hemingway, Harold Loeb, Lorna Lindsley, Midnight in Paris, Mike Campbell, Pamplona, Pat Guthrie, Patrick Stirling Guthrie, rue Delambre, The Sun Also Rises, Woody Allen | 24 Comments

In Search of Lost Time

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Parisian Fields

You don’t really need a wristwatch in Paris. For one thing, you are never far from a clock – on walls, towers, and in front of boutiques. Some are ornate. Some are utilitarian. Some are advertisements. Some are art. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history, Paris nostalgia, Paris postcards, Paris streets | Tagged Adam Roberts, clocks, Georges Cain, Grands Magasins Dufayel, Invisible Paris, les Halles, Louvre, Midnight in Paris, Musée Carnavalet, old postcards, Paris traffic, Petite Ceinture, railway stations, Tuileries Palace, Woody Allen | 13 Comments

French advertising postcards (I’ll drink to that)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Parisian Fields

With our flat only steps away from the Garden of the Champs Elysées near Avenue Gabriel, it was inevitable that we would meet. How could I resist colour so wonderfully lurid in a science-fiction/absinthe sort of way? My eyes didn’t … Continue reading →