Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2026

Du rififi à Montmartre (Weekend Street/Reflections # 287)

 

Paris, France

Un film de truands est-il sur le point de commencer ?

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Friday, July 10, 2026

Un écho de la couleur verte (Weekend Street/Reflections # 285)


 Paris, France

I snapped this photo roughly 16 years ago on Rue de Rennes, yet I am still struck by the accidental symphony of green that seems to echo down the street. Once you spot the RATP bus and the boy running with the balloon, you notice the color everywhere: the overhead traffic lights, people's clothing, plants, the hotel and other signs, street bins, the glowing pharmacy crosses in the distance, and even a few minor green reflections.

Green is fine, but my favorite color has always been blue.😎

                                                  


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Friday, June 5, 2026

Paris after dark (Weekend Street/Reflections #280)


 Paris, France

Wet streets, glowing lamps, and the quiet rhythm of bikes cutting through the night. Pure City of Light magic.

Would you hop on a bike and ride through Paris on a night like this?😜

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Friday, May 22, 2026

Le Flâneur nocturne (Weekend Reflections # 278)

Paris, France

Paris does not fully reveal itself to those who merely pass through. It offers itself more freely to those who wander without purpose, letting the rain decide the rhythm of their steps.

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Friday, May 1, 2026

Proches, mais des mondes à part (Weekend Street/Reflections #275)


 Paris, France

Two scenes unfold mere feet apart, yet entirely separate. On one side, a lone man stands in quiet solitude, lost in his own thoughts. Just around the corner, a couple lingers at the warmly lit entrance of a Japanese ramen shop, trying to make an important decision.

Though their paths nearly cross, they remain unaware of each other’s existence. Each is absorbed in a private world. In the same physical space, parallel realities play out, one defined by solitude, the other by companionship. 

In the end, the couple stepped inside the restaurant, the man turned and walked away into the night, and I remained the only witness to that brief, unspoken moment on the corner.

It’s May, a perfect time to revisit Chris Marker’s Le Joli Mai, a documentary that unfolds like a page from a nostalgic audio-visual diary of Paris.

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Friday, March 27, 2026

Vietnam in Paris (Weekend Street/Reflections # 270)


 Paris, France

I was drawn like a moth to a flame to this steamy window on a cold night in Paris. I don't remember exactly where it was or if the restaurant is still there. It was probably eleven or twelve years ago.  

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Friday, November 28, 2025

Chat-Montorgueil (Weekend Street/Reflections # 253)

 

Paris, France

Montorgueil sous la pluie, c’est un film à lui seul.

I tested out ChatGPT by asking it to improve the lighting and clarity of this photo. I think it worked well except for a couple of quirky things that I noticed.

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Friday, November 21, 2025

Lazy rain (Weekend Street/Reflections # 252)

 

Paris, France - from my archives

La pluie pose à terre des miroirs à étoiles. -Jules Renard

It’s rained almost every day this past week, which is unusual for Southern California. I'm thankful for the much-needed water, but sadly, I've been too lazy to take pictures of puddle reflections. In fact, I don't think I've taken a single picture in 2025. I need to find some inspiration!

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Friday, August 29, 2025

C'est la rentrée (Weekend Street/Reflections # 240)


 Paris, France

"Je suis la galette, la galette
Je suis faites avec le blé ramassé dans le grenier
On m'a mis à refroidir mais j'ai mieux aimé courir
Attrape-moi si tu peux!"

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Friday, August 1, 2025

Rain Over the Louvre (Weekend Street/Reflections # 236)

 

Paris, France

Rain cascaded over Paris, tracing the ancient lines of the Louvre's stone facade and pooling around the glass pyramid, a modern heart beating amid the city's timeless pulse. The Arc de Triomphe du carrousel loomed faintly through the mist, its arches guarding echoes of revolutions past. The Seine, unseen but felt, murmured beneath the wet streets, weaving through a metropolis where every raindrop seemed to carry the weight of centuries—history, art, and resilience fused into the city's soul.

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Friday, July 11, 2025

Un éclaboussure d'humour ? (Weekend Street/Reflections # 233)

 

Paris, France

On a sunny March afternoon at a café, François' wife and daughter were lost in their coffee chat—until François plopped a newspaper hat on his head and belted out, "Vive la France, la Bastille est prise!" Raising his glass, he sloshed water everywhere, dousing his wife’s arm and soaking the table. His daughter turned beet-red, while his wife snapped, "Slow down, Mr. Hanriot—it’s only March!"

Dans un café un après-midi ensoleillé de mars, la femme et la fille de François étaient absorbées par leur discussion autour du café—jusqu’à ce que François pose un chapeau de journal sur sa tête et lance à pleins poumons : "Vive la France, la Bastille est prise !" En levant son verre, il éclaboussa d’eau partout, trempant le bras de sa femme et inondant la table. Sa fille devint rouge comme une tomate, tandis que sa femme lança : "Ralentis, Monsieur Hanriot—nous ne sommes qu'en mars!"

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Une micro-fiction (Weekend Street/Reflections # 231)


 Paris, France

Debout devant son instrument qui semble prêt à s écrouler à chaque note, le musicien éméché a grogné, renversé un verre de vin, qui s'est brisé sur le sol et dit;

"Tu appelles ça de l’accordage ?" tandis que l’archet glissait pour la troisième fois il enchaîne "J’ai entendu mieux d’un contrebassiste qui a trop bu au bistrot !" 

Soudain, les applaudissements fusent et public rit fortement, conscient que sa consommation d'alcool, son mépris de soi et son humour ironique étaient aussi célèbres que ses solos. 

Un peu plus tard j'ai ri dans ma barbe en sirotant mon vin.

Oh, quel spectacle !

(Standing in front of his instrument, which looked like it was about to fall apart with every note, the half-drunk musician grumbled, knocked over a glass of wine, and said:
“You call that tuning?” as the bow slipped for the third time. He followed up with, “I’ve heard better from a drunk double bassist in a dive bar!”
Suddenly, the crowd erupted in applause and laughter, well aware that his boozing, self-deprecation, and sarcastic humor were as legendary as his solos.

A bit later, I chuckled to myself while sipping my wine.

Man, what a show!)

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Friday, March 28, 2025

"T'as d'beaux yeux, tu sais" (Weekend/Street Reflections # 218)


 Paris, France

I took this reflection picture of la Passerelle Michèle Morgan a few months ago in the 10th arrondissement. 

Please excuse my hand and camera lens in the reflection. 

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Attention à l'ours ! (Weekend Street/Reflections # 209)

 

Paris, France

The bear startled me and I startled the woman. 😃

A rare uncrowded area of le marché de Noël des Tuileries. (The Christmas market in Tuileries Garden.)

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Improvisation ? (Weekend Street/Reflections # 207)

 

Paris, France

I couldn't figure out why she stood there holding a box over her head. Then I made myself laugh when I thought maybe she had forgotten her umbrella and wanted to be prepared for the inevitable rain.

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Une soirée jazz (Weekend Street/Reflections # 195)

 

Paris, France

À Paris it's easy to find something interesting going on. 


A newer version of a classic song. 


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Friday, October 11, 2024

Galerie d'art (Weekend Street/Reflections # 194)

Paris, France
I don't remember exactly where I took this picture but I think it was around ten years ago in the 6th arrondissement, rue des Saints-Pères
Merci kwarkito !

“L'art est une sottise.”-Jacques Vaché

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Friday, April 19, 2024

Un fameux crocodile (Weekend Street/Reflections #169)

Paris, France

This was a popular brand at my junior high school (a long time ago). Students known as "preppies" wore shirts with this iconic crocodile. Have you ever worn clothing from Lacoste? I haven't.

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Friday, April 12, 2024

Une soirée en amoureux (Weekend Street/Reflections # 168)

Paris, France

After taking this picture I tried to figure out what Ventadour means. I think it's a reference to the 12th-century Occitan poet Troubadour Bernard de Ventadour.

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Deux Drapeaux (Weekend Street/Reflections # 165)

 

Paris, France

At first, you might think it's a patriotic dragon on the poster with "le tricolore" tattooed on its neck, but it's a reflection of the flag on top of l'Hôtel Lutetia across the street.

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