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Monday, April 4, 2011

BEAR'S Last Day in Paris

0 comments Posted by pece at 9:32 AM

BEAR is safely home in New York

YAY!

Our last day in Paris was drizzly, overcast, Sunday so no one was out which is always nice :)

BEAR decided we should do a last quick run to the Champs-Elysees...

L'Arc de Triomphe...Yum

Crazy Parisien runners in the rain...What?

Last Parisien dog and a big one!

BEAR spotted a Laduree truck so we headed over...

Ha! Easter bears in the window...dreamy

Inside not so dreamy - a 30-minute wait...

For a dreamy pastry...

None the less we waited and BEAR got to take a last Metro ride in the bag.

BEAR suggested we take AirFrance Bus to Charles de Gaulle Airport since it's faster (though less scenic) then the RoisseyBus...

We got there in 20 minutes with loads of time to browse the duty-free...

BEAR badly wanted a 'I was in Moulin Rouge' T-shirt...

I badly wanted a 'I was in Hermes' something or other...

We both wanted Hediards...

Red boxes...

And Dalloyau's macarons...

Oh well you can't always get what you want ...

BONJOUR HOME!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Paris Fixer-Upper

0 comments Posted by pece at 4:42 AM

Today's post is not about Parisien perfectly messy hair...

Nor is it about the joys of attending a Paris fashion show...

But it is about beauty with a capitol B.
I love the way Paris beautifies its buildings when they are in a state of la restauration/repair or under construction. Like this witty wall poster covering Prada's new store-to-be that makes walkers on rue Saint-Honore appear to be on a catwalk!

Shot upside-down yet then turned right-side up.

It makes you think a bit...

Hermés is the master of the street face-lift with this Punch and Judy window

Take a closer look and you see delightfully casual sketches with a dash of watercolor on a corner on rue Saint-Honore...

The Paris Opera has gone for something much grander-almost an abstract artwork in their coverup while under construction...

It's true you'll see plain old construction signs now and then in Paris...

Hasn't this happened to you?
You tell a friend,

"You have GOT to see this gorgeous old bistro/cafe/or whatever."

You get there and the %$#@ thing is completely covered in scaffolding!

Why is that?

Because Paris preserves it's beauty.
It does not (well only rarely- Cojean how could you do that to Cador Patisserie?) throw them away.

It takes care of it's treasures, unlike some cities.

And does it with wit and charm to boot. I took Barry Lewis' brilliant course on New York architectural history at Cooper Union this Spring. I've taken it before and will again. Barry is a NYC monument himself of endless, fascinating information on the city. One thing I heard Barry say over and over again,"In America, we throw things away. We get tired of them after 10 years and into the ashcan they go."
I would walk up 5th avenue after Barry's class with my head in the sky like any visiting tourist...

Passing the New York Public Library, I was sad to see no terrific Parisien-style witty skrim or faux wall while the library is under construction...