17 March 2020

Sole man #3





Christian Louboutin - L'Exhibition-ist

Ends July 26, 2020

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Tomorrow:
Love In The Time Of Corona

Now that France's lockdown begins today at noon (Parisiens woke up to a memo on our cellphones from the French Gov't.), domestic life won't be quite the same. As dear friends in the U.K. half-jokingly wrote, "Divorces will surely follow." While for others, there will be more babies. I recall hearing how, when light bulbs were introduced in India, the birth rate suddenly plummeted.

Being holed up with one's ti chéri needn't be that different from being snowed in together in a mountain cabin or entwined in an isolated country farmhouse, which we happily chose to do until not that long ago, though the key word here I suppose is, "chose." So as everyone around the world hunkers down - we're all set with masks, gel/soaps, firewood, water, coffee, tea, good food and drink, books, music, films, computers, candles, bubble bath and other essentials - we are grateful for the many loving people in our lives, and for each other, as well as for skype, zoom, whatsapp.... Already, the virus is making us realize how connected and vulnerable we are in our humanity. - BPJ

14 March 2020

Sole man #1


Starting Monday more photos from the hallucinante Christian Louboutin exhibition at Palais de la Porte Dorée.

  

12 March 2020

Brighter side



An umbrella sky, this time in pink, cheers up flaneurs and flaneuses at The Village Royal.

 
 
"Optimism," signed: Patricia Cunha
Ends May 3

11 March 2020

Place Émile-Goudeau


A small square just around the corner from my first Montmartre apartment on rue des Trois Frères.

10 March 2020

Tea and tajine



Steaming hot mint tea poured tableside and savory lamb tajines brighten a rainy day.

Tea Room
La Grande Mosquée
39 rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire 75005 

9 March 2020

Adieu Monsieur Haffmann



A section of rue Berthe and rue Androuet in Montmartre has been eerily turned into a 1940's film set of Paris under the Occupation.

Adieu Monsieur Haffmann
Director: Fred Cavayé

Based on the play by Jean-Philippe Daguerre 

[filming begins today]