Just look up

Don't miss stunning artwork decorating residential buildings.

Façade, rue Jacob

Flying pig

 

 

Cochon rouge. Vin rouge. Zero gravity. Living the dream.

 

Above: inside chef Yves Camdeborde's exquisite French tapas wine bar at Saint-Germain's marché couvert

 

Below: pigs under a wine glass on front door

- Camdeborde is famously credited with launching foodie trend "bistronomy" (la bistronomie) by combining the culture of bistros with gastronomy in the early 90's -

L'Avant-Comptoir du Marché
14 rue Lobineau 75006

 

 

 

Rue Barbette

A display of off-the-radar designer bags on the corner of rue Barbette.

Jamin Puech
68 rue Vieille-du-Temple 75003 

Street scene

Book stalls, bicycles, and much activity as I exit much-loved Left Bank librairie, Taschen.

Waiting Wednesday

 

Perfect posture.

Day breaks

Invigorating fall morning from a rooftop terrace.

Distant skyline: steeples, dome of L'Académie Française, Saint-Jacques Tower, Centre Georges-Pompidou

Nouveautés

Vaux-le-Vicomte fait son cinéma

A special exhibition goes behind the scenes to celebrate the many films made at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

 

(click on photos to enlarge)

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No sooner back from Italy it was off to Vaux-le-Vicomte -- the château about an hour's drive outside of Paris that inspired Versailles -- to an invitation-only exclusive evening where lucky guests had the run of the castle into the night.

Above: thousands of candles light our approach; chamber group welcome; costumes from some of the many movies filmed here (Man In The Iron Mask, Marie-Antoinette, James Bond Moonraker, Versailles, Three Musketeers....); a room set up and ready for filming; outstanding créatrice-costume designer Madeline Fontaine; champagne apéro-dinatoire

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Vaux-le-Vicomte At The Movies

Ends November 5