By a stretch

A yoga class on Place des Vosges.

Courtyard dining

A favorite restaurant's magical courtyard.

Le Derrière
69 rue des Gravilliers 75003

 

Chow down

A Chow Chow taking it easy at a Paris café.

Rainbows

 

 

Overhead rainbow parasols brighten a street in the Marais district.

Rite de passage

An entry inside this passageway near Odéon is filled with chairs and tables.

Vaux-le-Vicomte at the movies #3

The château, an easy day trip from Paris, is quite different in the daytime than at night.

Above: room after sumptuous room decorated w/art and furnishings of the period; for the exhibit signs are set out indicating where a specific film scene was shot

Below: a glimpse into the basement kitchen w/table set for the household help as it would have been when the castle was a royal residence

Vaux-le-Vicomte at the movies 2018

September 22 - November 4


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Article: The Good Life Magazine

Vaux-le-Vicomte at the movies #2

Bond. James Bond.

 A new exhibition has been added in homage to Sir Roger Moore who died last year in Switzerland.

Thanks to "The James Bond Club" the helicopter from the scene in the 1979 film Moonraker when Bond does his unforgettable double-take upon seeing the château for the first time will be on display.

Above: photos from the passenger seat as we swooped over the castle

Below: aerial shot of nearby village and its medieval fortress; our helicopter before takeoff

Vaux-le-Vicomte at the movies 2018

September 22 - November 4


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- Tomorrow: inside the castle -

 Article: The Good Life France Magazine