Tag: windows

Passage Vivienne

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One of the prettiest covered shopping arcades left from years past is Passage Vivienne. So elegant and refined.

So beautiful.

I especially liked this corner. The doors to the left lead to a stairway and apartments. Wouldn’t it be great to live there?

A painting for sale in one of the shops. I’d love to know who it was.

This restaurant looked really inviting. It was still being set up for the grand opening when I look in the window. The designer shop Jean-Paul Gaultier used to be in this space.

Seen in a window. I took a photo of this years ago but have recently seen photos by others on instagram. You do wonder how the pigs got there and why they remain.

White Christmas

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Before heading to the States I made a quick trip to Galeries Lafayette to check out their Christmas tree. It is under their glass dome and is different each year.

What you see as you enter the store in the perfume and cosmetic section.

The other side. It was made of thick white paper by the way, as was the ferris wheel.

Close up.

The top from the fourth floor.

I went to the fifth floor hoping to see everything from above and found the other side of the dome.

So I went back to the fourth floor for this view below.

The windows with viewing areas for children. It was polar bears also made of white paper.

I took a bus over to Bon Marche just for this shot. They were doing a Christmas with snow theme.

I liked their windows better last year. They had snow balls doing various things.

Already

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I am writing this post on November 14th. I don’t know when it will be posted. I tend to save posts when I have enough material and photos. In this case, I see signs of Autumn and, even, a few signs of Halloween, now past. Windows tend to be decorated according to the season.

Doesn’t this look like Autumn? It was outside of a vegetable and fruit store on Rue du Buci.

Then I saw this newspaper shop also on rue du Buci and look at those windows! They’ve started with Christmas decorations early.

 

Then I passed a flower shop near Parc Monceau and the window was full of Christmas items for sale, sort of like in the States.

This is rather elegant and it is still what I consider Autumnal colors although, without a doubt, Christmas decorations.

And trees made of feathers.

Ibiza

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Maurice’s daughter has a place in Ibiza and kindly let us use it for a quick trip to there. It was our second time and we had great time. It is just coming to the end of the season for all of the giant clubs where all of the cool people go for music and, I’m guessing, drugs. I don’t like crowds or loud music so I guess I will never experience the Amnesia Club. Ibiza Town, the capitol, was full of young people with skirts up to here, tops down to there which made me feel like a fuddy duddy as I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I saw a skinny man in a turban and a mini skirt as well, a long time resident I was told. Anyway, it was fun to explore Ibiza which, by the way, has a fascinating history with governments by Greece, Rome, and even the Moors for 500 years. The muslim population was thrown out by the new Spanish government at the end.

We stayed in the high, ancient part of Ibiza Town called Dalt Vila. It’s my favorite part of the city, full of interesting architecture and, my favorite, doors and windows.

Mellow Yellow.

This place sold fruit juice and smoothies as you might imagine. It was also a nice restaurant at night with tables outside overlooking the harbor.

Very Spanish looking. Ibiza, by the way, is a Spanish island.

An inviting look into a restaurant.

Graffiti on a door of a home that isn’t lived in.

A look at the casual dress there. I need to get some short shorts with an elastic band to secure my iPhone.

On the patio where we stayed. Autumn is pretty nice in Ibiza. We got hot quite a bit walking around.

Paris Again

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We are back in Paris. It seems so strange to be in our Paris apartment without all of the light and our fabulous view but it is great to have Paris right outside to explore.

I saw this guy on the morning show this morning. I can’t remember his name but his outfits always catch my eye.

Nobody does outdoor seating like Paris.

Somebody’s dishes from breakfast left on a table in a restaurant that I passed.

Doesn’t this look elegant and inviting?

 

Left Bank Wanderings

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Lots to see in the Left Bank area.


How nice to sit by an open window when eating.


The tea shop, Marriage Freres, has some interesting teas. I haven’t tried any of these.


Love a window with flowers and a vine.


The courtyard leading to a restaurant known for its frog legs, Roger la Grenouille.


The interior, seen from outside.