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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

More about Lesage

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Given all the questions and emails I received about yesterday's post, it seems obvious that I should have provided a little more informa...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Ecole Lesage

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I have always wanted to learn to embroider and I decided to learn from the best. While in Paris, I spent a day at the Lesage atelier and eco...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Paris is my Muse!

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Paris = Fashion ...These past ten days in Paris have been a dream and I hardly know where to begin. My head is spinning with all that I'...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Postcards from Paris - Arc de Triomphe

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La place de l'Etoile, devenue place Charles -de-Gaulle et l'Arc de Triomphe Twelve avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe, the cu...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Postcards from Paris - The Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur

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La Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Paris 35 Rue adu Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Bascilica open 6 am - 11 pm daily When Prussia invaded France in ...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Postcards from Paris - Musee d'Orsay

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Fin d'arabesque, 1876-1877 Edgar Degas Musee d'Orsay St-Germain des Pres 01 40 49 49 78 The Musee d'Orsay is home to the arts ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Postcards from Paris: Notre-Dame

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Notre-Dame de Paris The first stone of this Gothic masterpiece on the Ile de la Cite was laid by Pope Alexander III in 1163 on the site of a...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Postcards from Paris - Musee du Louvre

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La Venus de Milo - La Jaconde - La Victoire de Samothrace Musee du Louvre Tuilleries Quarter Open 9 am - 6 pm Wednesday through Monday (clos...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Book Review: Versailles, A Biography of a Palace

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There is a lot of myth associated with Versailles. This book tells the real story behind this legendary palace and is a juicy read. In antic...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Vintage Postcards from Versailles

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Versailles, le Parterre nord (the north flower beds) The gardens of Versailles were formally styled into regular patterns of paths, groves, ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Vintage Postcards from Versailles

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Le Panorama de Versailles The Sun King, Louis XIV, made Versailles into the centre of political power in France during his reign. Originally...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Photographs of Versailles at Musee d'art Contemporain de Montreal

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Robert Polidori, Versailles, Salles d'Afrique, Portrait of Louis XVI by Callet #2, 2007 If you cannot make it to Versailles with me tomo...