Linda Mathieu's experiences living as an American expat in France
On a recent trip to Montmartre, I saw a lot of street art.
All along a short street were images of clothes made to look as if they were hanging on a line.
This artist has over 500 plaster casts of his face that are painted all over Paris. I think a lot of them are in Montmartre.
This lady artist recently died. Her art was almost always of a dark haired woman. She went from being a street artist to having shows in galleries.
I visited a fun area in Dallas called Bishop Arts. It was full of cute shops and was great for a stroll.
Montmartre is loaded with street art. You can find it on just about every corner.
A friend of mine told me she was making a dip and thought she was adding cumeric but afterwards realised that she had added cinnamon. Luckily, it wasn’t a huge amount. She didn’t tell her husband and he scarfed it down with gusto. It reminded me of the time, many years ago, when I made kaluha, the coffee liquor, and put it in an empty wine bottle but didn’t make it clear enough that it was no longer wine. I was making spagehetti sauce and decided to add some red wine and dumped in the kaluha by mistake. Needless to say, no body would eat it. I was hoping I had discovered a really good secret to good sauce.
I was in a part of Paris, the Marais, in an area I haven’t been in for years. It really is interesting.
There is 100% chance of rain for the next two days so I got out for some photos while I had the chance.
We once lived in the 12th and it seems like a really long time ago. I walked around the area with a friend the other day to look at it again.