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Category Archives: Paris
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
What a wonderful book! A good friend recommended it to me in the spring and I added it to my summer reading plan. For some reason, a lot of other selections barged their way in and I didn’t decide to … Continue reading
Posted in books, literature, Paris, Summer Reading List
Tagged netsuke, Paris, Proust, Tokyo, Vienna, World War II
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A Schiaparelli Swimsuit
Last year O’Half bought this book for me at an auction. It was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that ran from September 28, 2003 to January 4, 2004. It is out of print … Continue reading
National Button Week 2014 Part IV “The Ladies” (backmarks of Paris)
Today’s topic for National Button Week is lady buttons with interesting backmarks. Some collectors like to specialize in the BACKS of buttons and how they’re marked. . .
Book Review: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
First line: “I was born in San Francisco, California.” Now, we don’t know if that means that Alice B. Toklas was, or if the author, Gertrude Stein was. (it was Alice) That first line is just about the only … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 rue de Fleurus, Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, Paris
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National Button Week 2013 Part 5: Buttons from Paris
This fine button is by French designer Roger Jean-Pierre. He worked for fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli from 1934 to 1939. She was a wild, innovative designer—with matching wild, innovative buttons. More about her another day . . . Then he … Continue reading
The Books I Bought in Paris
You already know I bought buttons when I was in Paris. But I never caught up with you about the books I bought. And since today July 14th is Bastille Day, it seems fitting to do a post about France. There … Continue reading
A Little Art from Paris
Ah, gay Paree! The art center of the world—for centuries! The art my husband and I enjoy the most is that done in the early part of the 20th Century–when artists from all around the world came to live in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Daniel Spoerri, Delauney, Dora Maar, Matisse-Figure, Ossip Zadkine, Picasso-Arlequin, Pompidou Centre, Roberto Matta, Victor Brauner
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More Buttons from Paris
By popular demand—a photo of the two blue sparkly buttons from the last post–a closeup: On to new business– one day we headed out early toward Montmartre. We took the metro and when we got off our stop nearby, we … Continue reading
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Tagged buttons, Dam Boutons, Montmartre, Paris, Reine, Saint Pierre
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Buttons from Paris
First thing on the agenda when we got to Paris was to make a beeline for Ultramod Mercerie at 4 Rue de Choiseul in the 2nd arrondissement. It’s an unpretentious looking little shop in a narrow street: It’s in a … Continue reading
Some Cafes of Paris
The secret to existence, and making it through your visit to Paris, is to happily fall into the cafes of Paris. When you think you can’t possibly go through another huge gallery of paintings, or walk another step to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brasserie Lipp, Cafe Flore, cafes, Les Deux Magots, Les Deux Musees, Paris
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