Archive for December, 2008

Happy Christmas

I know that I have been a bit slow with the blog.  Sorry!  I have been thawing out from Paris in the beautiful Florida sunshine.  Last Monday Vi and I went to “Sea World” to do some research for my new underwater blanket.  I didn’t have my camera man but I think my photography is […]

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French Food

I don’t think that I need to tell you very much about this subject.  I think the pictures say it all!

Doug has done such a wonderful job with the photographs!  Here is the only one I have taken for the trip.  We sure needed the cafe au lait to defrost.  Doug has now returned to […]

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French Fabric

It is hard to decide on which to tell you about first - food or fabric!.  We went to Sacre Coeur early on Saturday morning and found that the streets below the church are filled with fabric and trim shops.  I loved the ‘fashion dolls’ at one store.  They were beautifully crafted ‘mini’ french fashions.  […]

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The Passages of Paris

Our first afternoon in Paris we had lunch in a delightful restaurant overlooking the Paris Opera.

Then we went for a walk along the passages (arcades) designed in the nineteenth century to give the Parisian ladies, in their beautiful gowns, protection from mud and horse-drawn vehicles. They run between the Grand Boulevards and the Louvre. They […]

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Paris

There is one word for Paris in December - cold!!!!!!  We had 3 wonderful days in Paris and stayed in the Opera District.  It was cold and grey, about 5C but the wind chill factor huddled on the top of an open air tour bus was about -5C!  It even drizzled a bit but you […]

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