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What's For Dinner? Paris StyleParis, France Every course, a different shop - all on the same block. Yummmm.
The Notre Dame.Paris Snow. I swore I saw Quasimodo. Right there... look! Between those parapets. Dang, he's quick. Cue the scary music. This night, I set up and took aim at the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral. The ghosts of writers, emperors, members of the clergy and Victor Hugo all looking on, or so it felt. I apologized to them for swearing so prolifically as huge gobs of snow landed on my lens, blurring up my perfect shot du arte. It always landed on the best shot. Grrrr. I shoulda planned better. Clearly, I didn't. It doesn't look like it was snowing that much - you can only sorta see it in the light on the upper left - but trust me, it was and I was soaked. My surly, potty-mouthed self was determined to walk away victorious and I would have stood there all damn night if I had to. Much to my HUGE relief, I didn't have to. I left the lens distortion, a couple of blurrrrrs. The skew fit the mood, told the the story, covered the sense "surreality" I felt standing there that night. I hope Victor Hugo would approve. But I think he was cranky. So I'll just have to approve of myself. ;-)) ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
SacreCoerGoyles Folks ooo'd and aahhh'd over the beauty of the place. Its grandeur. Its splendor. Their jaw-dropping photographs offered radiant testimony. It was her first visit. She had her Ooo's and Aaahh's all cued up, eager and enthusiastic. But on that particular grey day, she couldn't stop staring at the gargoyles. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
French Door #4Paris, France Years later, the number 4 still gave her the shivers. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Fortress of Notre DameParis, France ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Wishing You Joy Though this image be of Christmas, my real wish is that you and yours be filled with joy and delight simply because you are alive... every day. To everyone; Merry, Happy... Life! ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
This Montmartre Moment Brought To You By Me 'n Paris. ;-)) Today's offering is...a glance. You know that thing - where something catches your attention out of the the corner of your eye... you turn to look... and bam! That seemingly simple frame is now imprinted in your brain as the flash card for a time and place your heart intends to remember forever. It is... and it does. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Church of Saint Ambroise On my way back from a day in the recording studio, I happened by Saint Ambroise. I hadn't seen it the day before - but was delighted to make its acquaintance this day. Situated smack in the middle of a regular old neighborhood (if any in Paris really qualify as "regular")... the church sits upon the former site of the convent of Annonciades; a female order founded in 1500 by St. Jeanne de France, daughter of King Louis XI. The pigeon was a stunt bonus. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
National Academy of Music and Dance, aka The Paris Opera House Our first trip to Paris was a quick one. I had to go for voiceover work, I was lucky enough to bring my best travel companion husband along. He's a musician... I was once a dancer. So it was only fitting that we capture this spot as a fanciful nod to us both. BTW, this is the same opera house from which The Phantom of the Opera story was created - that was also rebuilt by Napoleon III. Reason for the remodel; one evening, upon arriving with his wife for the premiere of a new singer, the royal procession was bombed by a group of dissenters. (some things never change) Over eighty people were killed, prompting Napoleon III to ask for an opera house with a covered side entrance where royalty could enter with discretion. The birth of Security Protocol 101. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

What's For Dinner? Paris Style

Paris, France

Every course, a different shop - all on the same block.
Yummmm.
What's For Dinner? Paris StyleParis, France Every course, a different shop - all on the same block. Yummmm.

What's For Dinner? Paris Style

Paris, France

Every course, a different shop - all on the same block.
Yummmm.
See photo in original gallery.
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