Street show

Facing outwards, a café's tables and chairs appear to be set up for an audience.

Sleepy head

 

 

Seventy tons of stone went into "Écoute," Henri de Miller's monolithic sculpture just outside the church of Saint-Eustache.

Monday motivation

 

 

Glorious views on a glorious day at newly re-opened Café de l'Homme.

17 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre 75116

Happy Mom's Day

Today in the USA; in France, May 28th.

(Don't forget to celebrate twice!)

Mother's Day film pick:

(what else?)

MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

Glimpse

Notre-Dame Cathedral just visible across the river beyond shimmering trees and bouquiniste stalls.

Day trip: Musée Camille Claudel

Newly opened Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine is just an hour and a half away from Paris and on the way to Troyes, restored to its medieval splendor and gateway to the Champagne region.

Lunch:
AU NUMERO VINS
(wine / charcuterie-foie gras-cheese planches one-minute walk from museum)
5 Rue de l'Étape au Vin 10400 Nogent-sur-Seine

 

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“There is always something absent that torments me.” Camille Claudel in a letter to Auguste Rodin 1886

Being a muse is not as easy as it looks. With the opening of France’s first national museum dedicated to the talent of Rodin’s tormented assistant / mistress, Camille Claudel (1864-1943) has finally received the recognition that she has long deserved. - BPJ

Museum dedicated to the work and times of Camille Claudel 

Article: The Good Life France Magazine

 

More hysteria

Violet wisteria frames a garage door in Montmartre.