Sights, sounds, and tastes of Paris

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Abigail established this blog for me years ago so I could easily communicate with family while we are in Paris every fall and winter.

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  Nous Sommes Arrivees   Paris, France on Sep 20, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The cellar of the BHV--Man Heaven   Paris, France on Sep 20, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  In search of the perfect French soup   Paris, France on Sep 21, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Arts et Metiers   Paris, France on Sep 24, 2005 15 pictures 0 comments
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  A bit of Giverney in Paris, Musee Marmottan   Paris, France on Sep 25, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The reopening of the Grand Palais   Paris, France on Sep 28, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Nuit Blanche, White Night in Paris   Paris, France on Oct 1, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  L'shanah Tova from Paris   Paris, France on Oct 3, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Comfort Food   Paris, Home in the Marais, France on Feb 16, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  The toast of Paree: Opening night   The Marais, France on Feb 23, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee de la Marine: Men's Toys   Paris, Palais de Chaillot, France on Feb 27, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Cezanne and Pissaro   Paris, Musee d'Orsay, France on Mar 2, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Origins   Paris Grocers, Restaurants, Cheese Shops and Caves, France on Mar 3, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunday afternoon at the end of the Metro   Paris, Chateau de Vincennes, France on Mar 5, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee de L'institute du monde arabe   Paris, France on Mar 10, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  French Student protests-what are they thinking?   Paris, Left Bank, France on Mar 15, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Renovations   Paris, France on Mar 24, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Another New Year 2006   Paris, France on Sep 22, 2006 36 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Sounds of Paris from the bedroom window   Paris, France on Sep 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Le Petit Palais--Paris' secret treasure   Paris, France on Sep 26, 2006 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Brussels in the Brouillard (fog)   Brussels, Belgium on Sep 27, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee de Quai Branly   Paris, France on Sep 28, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Saturday's Gypsy Rings and Thoughts on Pickpockets   Left Bank, Paris, France on Oct 1, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Vernon and Giverny-fall blooms   Vernon, France on Oct 6, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Musée Jacquemart-André: A European Shopping Trip   Paris, France on Jan 30, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  No Smoking.. in FRANCE!   Paris, France on Jan 31, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Cabu a Paris, the penultimate French catoonist.   Paris, France on Feb 3, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Memorial de la Shoah   Paris, France on Feb 4, 2007 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Update: The smoking ban   Paris, France on Feb 5, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  London: in lieu of a museum, the auction house   London, United Kingdom on Feb 6, 2007 23 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Parisian Murals   Paris, France on Feb 12, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee des Arts Decoratifs--It Hits and Misses   Paris, France on Feb 12, 2007 39 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting things done the French way.   Paris, France on Feb 15, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee Nissim de Camondo, legacy of a dilletante   Paris, France on Feb 16, 2007 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Saturday afternoon at La Defense   Paris, France on Feb 17, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Glorious Sundays   Paris, France on Feb 18, 2007 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Midnight roll through Paris   Paris, France on Feb 23, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Afghani Treasure at Musee Guimet   Paris, France on Feb 25, 2007 13 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  Another fall and we're rescaffolded   Paris, France on Oct 9, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Arcimboldo, Mannerist or the First Surrealist?   Paris, France on Oct 11, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Paris is Hosting the Rugby World Cup   Paris, France on Oct 12, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  Botero (and me) in Berlin   Berlin, Germany on Oct 16, 2007 37 pictures 0 comments
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  Potsdam and the Wannsee...Charlevoix near Berlin   Potsdam, Germany on Oct 17, 2007 11 pictures 0 comments
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  France is on strike, again.   Paris, France on Oct 18, 2007 1 picture 0 comments
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  Looking down on Paris from Belleville   Belleville, Paris, France on Oct 24, 2007 33 pictures 0 comments
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  The Third Arrondisement Continues to Remember   Marais, Paris, France on Oct 27, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Saturdays at the Brocantes   Paris, France on Oct 28, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Intrusions at the Petit Palais   Paris, France, France on Oct 31, 2007 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Nantes and Trentemoult, Brittany in the Loire   Nantes, France on Nov 3, 2007 49 pictures 0 comments
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  The Gentrification of the Pletzl   Marais, Paris, France on Nov 6, 2007 48 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris in Metamorphosis--The Top Ten   Paris, France on Nov 9, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  A Little of Lille   Lille, France on Nov 15, 2007 50 pictures 0 comments
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  On top of Belleville   Paris, France on Feb 19, 2008 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Business repast   Paris, France on Feb 20, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Chaim Soutine at the Pinacotheque de Paris   Paris, France on Feb 21, 2008 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Cotes de Boeuf   Paris, France on Feb 22, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Sunny Sunday in Vincennes   Paris, France on Feb 24, 2008 23 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Benjamin Franklin in Paris   Paris, France on Feb 26, 2008 38 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Obama Fever   Paris, France on Feb 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Introduction to French Medicine   Paris, France on Mar 3, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Solicitors Take to the Streets!   Paris, France on Mar 6, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  La festa di Barbara a Parma   Parma, Italy on Mar 9, 2008 44 pictures 0 comments
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  Reflections on the street where he lived   Paris, France on Mar 13, 2008 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Historic Revisions   Paris, France on Mar 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Knowing where you're returning   Paris, France on Sep 23, 2008 8 pictures 0 comments
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  A Sad Metamorphosis on the Rue de Bretagne   Paris, France on Sep 26, 2008 8 pictures 0 comments
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  National festival of Antiques and Ham   Paris, France on Sep 27, 2008 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Rosh Hashanah in Oxford   Oxford, United Kingdom on Sep 29, 2008 15 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  An Oxford Photo Album   Oxford, United Kingdom on Oct 6, 2008 27 pictures 0 comments
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  French National Strike--and Utopian Dreams   Paris, France on Jan 29, 2009 32 pictures 0 comments
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  From Miró to Warhol at Musee Luxembourg   Paris, France on Jan 30, 2009 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Montmartre for all the wrong reasons   Paris, France on Jan 31, 2009 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Walking to a new country   Paris, France on Feb 7, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A day in London:The Branly vs. the British Museum   London, United Kingdom on Feb 12, 2009 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Sailing (and revisiting) Marseille   Marseille, France on Feb 18, 2009 57 pictures 0 comments
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  Love notes from Parma and Paris   Parma, Italy on Feb 24, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Marche SaintPierre --Mon affaire Dreyfus.   Paris, France on Feb 27, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris: Dollar signs not applicable   Paris, France on Oct 13, 2009 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Parisan shops--by specialty   Paris, France on Oct 16, 2009 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Renoir in the 20th Century at the Grand Palais   Paris, France on Oct 23, 2009 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Pinacothèque de Paris:Vermeer to Rembrandt   Paris, France on Oct 24, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Marais Metamorphosis 2009: spots, stops, sights   Paris, France on Oct 27, 2009 25 pictures 0 comments
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  No news, just street views   Paris, France on Oct 28, 2009 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Village St. Paul During Toussaint   Paris, France on Oct 29, 2009 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Tiffany at Musee du Luxembourg: Color and Light   Paris, France on Oct 31, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Asterix amongst the Masterworks of European Art   Paris, France on Oct 31, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  The Rue de Bretagne at 6 pm.   Paris, France on Nov 4, 2009 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Decorative Arts:Madame Vionnet & Toulouse Lautrec   Paris, France on Nov 5, 2009 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Bastille Antiques Fair--and a Little Nip   Paris, France on Nov 7, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Mayer Hawthorne Plays Paris   Paris, France on Nov 10, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Bercy Village, a not-so worthy stop on the Metro   Bercy, France on Feb 4, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Moto Guzzi Dreaming   Paris, France on Feb 7, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to King's Country (Fontainebleau)   Fontainebleau, France on Feb 7, 2010 38 pictures 0 comments
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  A Cultural Revolution from No Smoking   Paris, France on Feb 10, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Parma Cooking School   Parma, Italy on Feb 14, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Bologna: Walking through a Time-Warp   Bologna, Italy on Feb 15, 2010 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Vanitas at the Maillol, Vanity at Fragonard   Paris, France on Feb 20, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee du Chocolat--A Tasty Museum   Paris, France on Feb 21, 2010 50 pictures 0 comments
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  Historic Dining at Two Classic Restaurants   Paris, France on Feb 21, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Sarah's Key-A Key to our Neighborhood   Paris, France on Feb 23, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Tacky Tati-Where Tourists Never Go   Paris, France on Feb 26, 2010 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Ghosts in the Night   Paris, France on Mar 1, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Parisian Movers   Paris, France on Mar 2, 2010 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris Ag Show   Paris, France on Mar 3, 2010 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Vel d'Hiv, Paris Remembers   Paris, France on Mar 4, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  It's Fashion Week in Paris   Paris, France on Mar 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Jardin des Plantes, and Bones   Paris, France on Mar 9, 2010 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Strikes Welcome Us Back   Paris, France on Oct 15, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  Treasured Views Shared with a Parisian   Paris, France on Oct 15, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Upscale Marketing   Paris, France on Oct 16, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  The Stables of the Place des Vosges   Paris, France on Oct 16, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Food...and Disgorged Passengers: French Strike   Paris, France on Oct 19, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Traveler's Rant: I Need a Smart Card   Paris, France on Oct 22, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  Incan Gold at Pinacotheque   Paris, France on Oct 24, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee Rodin   Paris, France on Oct 24, 2010 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Henry Moore, L'atelier (his studio)   Paris, France on Oct 24, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Just another day, but in Paree   Paris, France on Oct 25, 2010 21 pictures 0 comments
• 118

  Barcelona: Pattern, Color, Exhuberance and Joy   Barcelona, Spain on Oct 30, 2010 67 pictures 0 comments
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  Vides-greniers, brocantes and antiques   Paris, France on Nov 5, 2010 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Musee Maillol's Treasures of the Medicis   Paris, France on Nov 5, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Mariages Freres' Tea Museum   Paris, France on Nov 6, 2010 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Arachova in the morning sun   Arachova, Greece on Nov 8, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Delphi   Delphi, Greece on Nov 9, 2010 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Two Santorinis   Fira, Santorini, Cyclades, Greece, Greece on Nov 11, 2010 32 pictures 0 comments
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  The Squat   Paris, France on Feb 3, 2011 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Andree Putman at the Hotel de Ville   Paris, France on Feb 9, 2011 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Eating our Way Through Italy   Parma and Florence, Italy on Feb 15, 2011 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Irene Nemirovsky at the Memorial de la Shoah   Paris, France on Feb 16, 2011 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Bon appétit   Paris, France on Feb 18, 2011 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The New(er) Pinacotheque de Paris   Paris, France on Feb 20, 2011 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris Respire-Breathing Life into a Neighborhood   Paris, France on Feb 21, 2011 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Cranach at the Luxe: Beauty and Virtue   Paris, France on Feb 27, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Le Bouillon Racine-Art Nouveau Treasure   Paris, France on Feb 27, 2011 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris is Bursting: It's Fashion Week   Paris, France on Mar 6, 2011 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Indian Summer's Cacophony   Paris, France on Sep 26, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Tashlich on the Seine   Paris, France on Sep 28, 2011 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Scooting Away from the Saint Martin Brocantes   Paris, France on Sep 30, 2011 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Another Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche 2011)   Paris, France on Oct 1, 2011 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Tasting One's Way Home   Paris, France on Oct 2, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Matisse, Cezanne Picasso...the Stein Collections   Paris, France on Oct 6, 2011 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Medieval Remnants on the Streets of Paris   Paris, France on Oct 12, 2011 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Sunday Afternoon in the Square du Temple   Paris, France on Oct 18, 2011 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Poems in Crystal at the Petit Palais   Paris, France on Oct 18, 2011 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Update on the Pletzel around Rue des Rosiers   Paris, France on Oct 20, 2011 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Classic French Cuisine   Paris, France on Oct 22, 2011 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Luxe and Plying the Canal-Saint-Martin   Paris, France on Oct 24, 2011 54 pictures 0 comments
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  Remains of a Civilization: From Libau to Pompeii   Paris, France on Oct 28, 2011 15 pictures 0 comments
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  La Vague de Froid--The Cold Wave and the SDFs   Paris, France on Feb 9, 2012 1 picture 0 comments
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  Cezanne and Paris--or Thereabouts   Paris, France on Feb 14, 2012 16 pictures 0 comments
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  A Valentine from Paris   Paris, France on Feb 14, 2012 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Doisneau's Photographic History of Les Halles   Paris, France on Feb 17, 2012 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Fire!   Paris, France on Feb 17, 2012 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Parisian Paralysis   Paris, France on Jan 21, 2013 3 pictures 0 comments
• 154

  A Day in the UK   London, United Kingdom on Jan 22, 2013 56 pictures 0 comments
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  French Food --it's not what you think   Paris, France on Jan 26, 2013 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Sunday Queue   Paris, France on Feb 3, 2013 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Travelers' Advice: The Best Adapter Plugs Ever   Paris, France on Feb 5, 2013 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Robots Even an Adult can Love at Arts et Metiers   Paris, France on Feb 10, 2013 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris through a New Lens: Grandparents!   Paris, France on Feb 11, 2013 41 pictures 0 comments
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  Two Centuries of Fashion at Decorative Arts Museum   Paris, France on Feb 12, 2013 27 pictures 0 comments
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  The Banner I Like Best is Just Next Door   Paris, France on Feb 24, 2013 1 picture 0 comments
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  Walking with Dante   Florence, Italy on Feb 25, 2013 47 pictures 0 comments
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  Fashion Week vs the Parisian Economy   Paris, France on Feb 28, 2013 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Chagall Betwixt War and Peace   Paris, France on Mar 3, 2013 7 pictures 0 comments