L'Hôtel

 

Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) rented a furnished apartment at this now elegant hotel when it was the Hôtel d'Alsace, until his death, famously saying, "I am dying beyond my means.”

 

 L'Hôtel

 13 rue des Beaux Arts 75006

 

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day 

 

Corner café

 

 

 

A café on Place du Tertre literally in a corner.

 

Rothko, in retrospect

 Exhibition:

 

MARK ROTHKO

(1903-1970)

 

First retrospective in France since 1999.  

  Fondation Louis Vuitton

- Last days -

Ends April 2, 2024

 

 

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I belong to a generation that was preoccupied with the human figure, it did not meet my needs. Whoever used it mutilated it. - Mark Rothko 1958

Below: an early work, untitled. Rothko, like many expressionists before him, was a figurative painter for more than 10 years.

 

 

Wine Wednesday

 

 

That magical moment between lifting glasses for a first toast and waiting for the food to arrive.

Time travel Tuesday

 A stroll through Paris' bustling covered passages is a journey back in time.

 

Sandwich Saturday

 

Ready-made sandwiches appear in many Paris boulangeries around lunchtime.

 

 

Foucault Friday

 

A Foucault Pendulum swings beneath the main rotunda at the Pantheon.