Farewell to an oyster

 

Another Covid casualty, much frequented Saint-Kerber Comptoir de l'Huître, Marché Saint-Germain.

Corner view

 View of French romantic composer conductor Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) as he'd walk out of his building on rue Saint Vincent.

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 How many of us who studied piano as children can forget the endless études and exercises for beginners we were made to practice (and practice) by Hector Berlioz - a strange name on dog-eared sheet music folders. Born in southeastern France, Berlioz is said to have drawn many of his influences from Beethoven, von Gluck, Goethe's Faust and, though he did not speak English, Shakespeare's plays. At the insistence of his father he went to Paris to study medicine, hated it, and became a composer instead. Only when he became successful did his parents forgive him. He was to stay in Paris the rest of his life. - BPJ

Throwback Thursday

  

 

Trapped in an iron neck brace unable to eat or speak.

"So what are you going to do to me?" 

- The Slanderer

  Artist: Troy Brooks

From 2019 exhibition:

HEY! Modern Art & Pop Culture - Act IV

 

Also see post "Face off" 

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 Current: 

HEY! Le Dessin

Group exhibition

 Ends December 31, 2022

 Halle Saint-Pierre

bookstore / coffee shop / museum / gallery 

2 rue Ronsard 75018 

 

 

Passage du Grand Cerf

 

  From one of Paris' most beautiful surviving covered passages whose name means "large deer," or stag.

 

Terrace Tuesday

Terraces have been packed as Parisians soak in the nice weather.

Above: Place des Abbesses

Below: marionette shows in tents set up nearby keep the little ones entertained

Moules Monday

 

A waiter balances marmites filled with steamed mussels, accompanied by frites.

 (click to enlarge)

Floral Friday

 

Flowers dominate the counter of a Montmartre café.