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 The Smart Car in Paris. by bpacker
There's also a couple of these in Singapore as well, but none of us have really taken to these little things since everyone buys a SUV these days. Somehow, there's this inherent fear that we'll turn into Fat Bastard* if we enter into one of these things and get stuck there forever.
*Scottish lump of fat as seen in Austin Powers , the movie. Leave a Comment
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Also known as 'Salle Favart' (it's first name) the Opera Comique, (re)built in 1887 (on the location of the previous Comte de Choiseul's private theater) is now just a secondary implementation from the Opera Garnier.
Initially dedicated to opera comique (a now vanished form of opera) and operette, it has lost importance since the decline of those genres and the creation of the Opera Bastille.
It now hosts the "Centre National d'Art Lyrique" (part of the opera school) and the only performances presented are french opera works sung in french (along with the new opera singers auditions).
But, in 2006, the Opera Comique may find a new youth, after undergoing a renovation (2005), it will gain the status of 'Theatre National' (and that means more budget...)
Address : Rue Favart/Place Boieldieu
Metro Richelieu Drouot or Quatre Septembre Leave a Comment
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If you happen to stroll rue de Paradis (the "crokery and china" street of Paris), you may notice, among the surronding non descript buildings, a very special looking house : the Galerie Paradis
Built in 1900 by Jacottin, it was initially the Ceramic fabricant Boulenger's main store (the factory was located in Choisy le Roi).
The facade looks like an italian theatre and the walls are decorated with pictures made out of ceramics.
The designs are from Arnoux and Guidetti who were also the Maison Boulenger's main designers.
From 1978 to 1991, the house used to host the Musee de l'Affiche et de la Publicite now situated in the Louvre (in the Pavillon de Marsan).
If you are lucky enough, you can enter the courtyard and have a closer look (or else, just catch a glimpse though the railings). Leave a Comment Other Contact: 14 Rue de Paradis - 75010 Paris
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Very close to the famous Moulin Rouge and Cabarets, near eglise Notre Dame de Lorette lies the quiet and luminous Place Saint Georges.
On one side of the place is a peaceful square (hosting the bust of the painter Gavarni) , on the other side superbs troubadour style, statues, and medallions cover the façade of the town house occupied by Thérèse Lachman at the beginning of her career. She later became Marchioness of Paîva (marrying Mr Paiva among all her succesive husbands) and promptly left to take up a more splendid mansion on the Champs Elysées (behind what is now the HSBC change office).
Her house (housing a financial institution) is impossible to visit but you can still admire the facades. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Metro St Georges
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Marcel Duchamp's Studio
11, rue Larrey
Probably the most famous of the major dadaists (he was also considered to be cubist & surrealist), Marcel Duchamp is famous for his Nude Descending a Staircase (cubist work), his Mona-Lisa-with-a-mustache-and-beard (surrealist work - yeah, I know, you thought that was Salvador Dalì - it's ok, I forgive you!) and his urinals hung on a wall as art (well, that's dadaism for you).
His Mona Lisa is also known as LHOOQ (elle a chaud au cul), in French pronunciation it roughly translates as "she's got a hot ass"!
Incidentally, his urinal sculpture is deemed the most influential piece of modern artwork.
Photos: Nov '07 & Feb '06 Leave a Comment
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And if you do wander you will find what remains of the Jewish Marais centered around rue de Rosiers. The Hamman may be a store rather than a bath and Goldenbergs may be closed, but there is still plenty to see and eat from the funky Hollywood Bagel to Sacha Finkelstein's apple strudel, latkes, pastrami, gefilte fish & chicken livers with onions.
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Historically Le Marais was a swampy area outside the walls of the medieval city where the Jews and other undesirables lives. In sweet revenge the area is today one of the hippest and most interesting places to stay, eat and walk. Leave a Comment
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The Palais Royal was built in 1629 for the Cardinal de Richelieu and given to Louis XIII after his death. It consists in two intersting parts : the palace itself and the galleries surrounding it.
The main courtyard, with access via a vaulted passage, is now decorated with a set of 260 unequal sections of columns, striped black and white, courtesy to the sculptor Paul Buren.
Initially (in 1986), this exhibit created a lot of controversy but is now totaly part of parisan landscape as the columns have been found useful for more than one purpose : children's games, seats, ...
The Palais Royal houses the Council of the state, the Constitutional Council, the ministry of Culture,those can be visited only once a year (during the journées du Patrimoine - 2nd week end of September) and the Comedie Française (you can visit on appointment or each 3rd sunday of the month : http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/en/histoire/visiter_cf.php)<br />
The old gardens, surrounded by the galleries, hosting luxury shops, are a haven of peace
Place du Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris
Metro line 1 or 7 - Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre Leave a Comment
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What I really love about Paris are all those hills with all those beautiful stairs that double as streets and afford us a lovely sweeping views of Paris. The most obvious areas you'll find these are
Latin Quarter:
Rue Rollin
Passage Jaillot
Rue Malebranche
Rue Jean de Beauvais
Montparnasse:
Rue St Yves
Impasse Reille
Rue Lemaignan
Butte aux Cailles (13th arrondissement):
Rue Eugene Atget
Rue Dumeril (13th not Butte aux Cailles)
Buttes-Chaumont (19th):
Rue Michel Tagrine
Rue Lauzin/Allée Louise Labe
Rue Francois Pinton
Villa Albert Robida
But of course no place is more indicative of these than
Montmartre:
Passage Cottin
Rue Girardon
Rue des Saules
Rue du Calvaire (with a beautiful view of Paris)
Rue Drevet (featured in Ronin)
Passage des Abbesses (which ends near Au Marché de la Butte featured in Amélie)
Rue Chevalier de la Barre
You'll have to be careful following map listings of streets in Montmartre because many times they are actually staircases. You can't drive down these streets although they certainly did it in the Bourne Identity!
Photos: April 2003 & Feb 2006 Leave a Comment
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orchestra by jakiline
I first thought it was music coming out from loudspeakers (unusual here) and then I saw these musicians on the picture : it is a string orchestra playing every weekend.
I volunteered to buy their CD 20 euros: it is a good deal (beautiful version of Vivaldi) and the money goes to their association.
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Located in the 13th Arrondisement, la Buttes aux Cailles is a hilltop village within Paris. It isn't crowded with tourists and tacky shops as is Montmartre and still maintains that local feeling where only Parisians live, eat, and play. In fact I had lunch in a restaurant there and the man sitting next to me was very surprised that I was there. He said that very few tourists come into that area.
It gives the feeling that you are not in Paris.
Very close to Place d'Italie. Leave a Comment
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