“Don’t make my blue eyes brown…” Or is it the other way round? Latin Quarter. 2018.
A Dino Fiat at the flea market in Saint-Ouen. (See Midnight in Paris). This little red thang was built in 1969. A thousand units. It really is a Ferrari disguised as a Fiat. Engine by Dino Ferrari, son of Enzo, hence the name. “Carrosserie” by Bertone. A beauty.
Where is the double-six? Montmartre. 2018.
Life is beautiful. (Glad you told me). Flea market, Saint-Ouen.
Art Déco. 15th arrondissement.
Jean-Paul Sartre reading…
… Don Quixote de la Mancha. (Detail)
Full view. Le Marais. (I haven’t the faintest about the title of this work…)
Rue du petit-musc, le Marais. That street is reported as early as 1358. My great-great-etc. Uncle, Charles Onraët died in this street, age 20, in 1858. He was a student at the Lycée Charlemagne, across the river. Though the family had been established in India since the 18th century, they apparently still sent their children in Europe to study.
Butte-aux-cailles, 2018. My friend Jenny took the very same picture a while back. Funny how some of us walk the exact same steps. Visit her great site at:
Detail of the above. A hint of Klimt, maybe?
Miró, at la Défense, the Business area west of Paris. (There is a red Calder mobile to the left)
“Who you gonna call?”
“Ghostbusters!”
Let the children fly. Butte-aux-cailles.
I dream of Arkham. (A major city of Lovecraft’s works. Look closely. Right brow). This particular artist was very present this summer in Paris. More to come.
The First Consul crossing the Alps at the Grand Saint-Bernard. By Jacques-Louis David, c.1800. Castle of la Malmaison. Detail. I don’t know the horse’s name.
The Goddess Athena in front of the French Senate, at the Palais du Luxembourg. Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom. Despite the current shortage, may Wisdom prevail.
Thank you for flying Equinoxio on this longer than usual trip to Paris. (I normally limit those posts to 15 images, but selection can be difficult). Have a great week.
Equinoxio 
A few associations:
1) Yes, it is the other way around 😎
2) Call HER!
3) That’s okay, since if you ask me the horse doesn’t look to me as though it particularly wants to know yours either, jus’ sayin’
4)”Despite the current shortage,” hahaHA!! 😂
1) I know. A very classical country song. Crystal Gayle. 🙂
2) She didn’t leave her cell number.
3) 😉
4) Ain’t that a fact?
Cheers.
1) Yeah… My music was compared to hers once. Only once, so I remember it, haha!!
2) Damn.
3) 😋
4) No argument from me!
Backatcha
“One, two, three, what are we fighting for?”
😉
“Don’t ask me, I don’t give a (pardon my French, haha!!)”
We seem to share the same musical references. (…and it’s 6, 7, open up the Golden Gate)
Whoopee…
🙂
No, you said whoopee — that means you’re dead. Fall down. 😂
“We’re all gonna die”? True.
I’m on the floor then. 😉
😂 You can get back up now
Thank you. I just spent three days on the floor since I didn’t open my Mac…
😉
😄😅😆😂
Wait! Wait! let me get a cushion.
Oh, I can just see it now!… The muddy bloody battle field… Fierce enemy combatant… Bullet actually I the air and on its way to you…
Quite possibly. All the bullets that will get us are already made.
I was just seeing you request your cushion break at that moment…
😉
My favorite street in Paris was Rue du Dragon on the west bank. Made me laugh out loud.
Is that right? I like that street too. Actually I stayed at the Hotel du Dragon many times. Crossing steps again.
Bonita semana Juanita.
Fantastic murals! Wonderful detail on the Le Marais! I am always astounded by the way artists get the dimensions right on such a huge scale. Love your sense of humor…last photo…wisdom!?🤣🤣
Thanks for another wonderful post, Brian.
Astublift Dina. 😉
You are very right. Hadn’t really thought of it: the proportions! They must have a pre-sketch, but how do they adapt to the exact size of the wall? In addition, I understand many street artists paint very fast. That’s talent for you…
And wisdom… well. You know. 😦
These photos are great. You did a fine job of representing the nuances one can find in Paris and they need only to slow down, turn off the phone, and open their eyes. You were right not to cull down the mix.
Merci Alison. Hadn’t thought of it but you are right. Every corner of every street in Paris (and elsewhere) has so many nuances… (I am actually doing now what I wanted to do back in 1970, when I arrived in Paris, with an Asahi Pentax camera. I wanted to walk the streets and take pictures of the doors, the balconies, the façades, etc. But can you imagine with a 36 pix roll? 😉 Now it’s easy. Take care.
wonderful Paris, merci.
I did not know that the Dino Fiat had the awesome engine…
and was just reading about Sergio Marchionne, the former Fiat (and then Chrysler) CEO – maybe he did not make Ferarri engines but he sure turned Chrysler around
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He sure did. Though he met an untimely demise. 😦
I’d never seen that cute little car before. (Only a thousand produced). Took a shot of the name and the “Carrossier” Bertone. (It could have been a Pinin Farina. The rest is just research. 🙂
very cool
I’m headed to Paris in November. Your posts have made me even more happy to be going.
That is wonderful news. Do bring warm clothes. November is usually cold. Good to see you. How are things going?
Thanks. I’ve been pretty busy lately. Good to finally have some work. Only wish it was back to paying better (I’m making about 30% of what I was before). Glad to be busy for sure! I hope it continues, but I am going to TRY to stop worrying about it and go do some traveling. That is what I really enjoy doing.
Yep. That’s the spirit.
Hahah ghostbusters! Love them all ☀️
Glad you liked it. It was fun to put together. 🙂
Be good Lumi.
Thanks for the shout out. I do still love that art that I also photographed. It is funny how many of us travel the same steps in the same place and yet feel as though we are the only ones. I imagine many of us have the same instincts to go to the same places. You and I share the interest in street art and would never have walked by something like this unnoticed. Although I am sure there are plenty of people who do so regularly or see it as graffiti instead of art.
Anyway, great selection here. Lots of different and interesting items.
Some stuff was “tags”. Unfortunately. One has to make a selection and show only the best. Bust yes, I find it pleasant to “cross” steps. We will walk along one day somewhere at the same time. 🙂
How’s the fire going? I’ve been trying to get news on Internet but zip!
Both fires are still blazing but managed at the moment. So hopefully there is no big wind to help it along.
Yes I hope to travel with you some day soon!
Fingers crossed on all counts. 😉
Great images and interesting.
Thank you. Much obliged. 🙂
I always look forward to your many images….I can see why it’s so hard to whittle them down in qty but great again, love these trips ❤
Glad you enjoy them Kim. How’s “back to work”? Good?
I’m on vacation right now and all of next week, reading and playing catch up here at WP and perhaps writing a bit later too if all goes well. Hot hot hot here though, thank heavens for Air Conditioning 🙂
That just reminded me of Africa: back then only one bedroom had AC. Ours, the kids bedroom, so my sister and I could sleep in the cool. 😉
Enjoy the vacation
Poor uncle Charles died so young.
Lovely excursion, as usual!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes poor Uncle Charles met with an early demise. I just finally scanned the family history my father wrote. It was typed, and took a bit of correction after scanning. (No way I was gonna “type” it again. Now I have to edit it. And then translate to English… 😦
On the big scale, it is also a history of the world. True history that is not influenced by politic forces.
Very true. What drove my ancestors to move South from Flanders to Paris and then to India? History of the world indeed. 🙂