All these photos feature people sitting in or standing in front of sidewalk cafés in different Paris neighborhoods.
They also all show décors dominated by the color red.
They also all show décors dominated by the color red.
I don't know if the man in the last photo was trying to hide his face from my camera or just block the sun.
And you even got a picture of a woman with pretty red hair! Next year, everyone, next year we’ll be back. Well, maybe late next year.
ReplyDeleteI did, on the Île Saint-Louis, right behind Notre-Dame. Wouldn't it be funny if you or somebody else who leaves comments here showed up in one of my photos?
DeleteThe man (extreme right on the third photo) on the left of the red haired woman looks like Ken as seen from the back.
DeleteI'm pretty sure that that Bar du marché, at rue de Seine/rue de Buci, is the first place I ever went out to, with Jane and Aimée. It was a short walk from the rue du Four Pension. Fond memories :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I see your arrays of photos of Paris cafes, I often say, looking at the first one, "I think I've been there." Then I say the same for the second one. Then I realize that Parisian cafes have a certain je ne sais qua about them that makes them very similar to each other. In a good way.
ReplyDeleteFor one thing, most cafés are located at the corner of two thoroughfares. Like banks! There is a French expression, le café du coin, for a reason.
DeleteWas there a cigarette brand "Balto" in the States before WWII as in France? I think it disappeared during the Occupation.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I was born several years after the war ended.
DeleteTry this link about Balto cigarettes.
DeleteThank you for the interesting link in French.
DeleteMy first cigarettes, when I was ten yo, were called Parisiennes, then I smoked Players, Craven A, De Reszke and Balto. They're all gone in the dustbin of history!
I haven't been able to find out what company made Balto cigarettes. Balto refers to the city of Baltimore in Maryland, I believe. Baltos might have been made for export, but then I don't know if they were sold in the U.S. before I was born.
DeleteThis web page says that Balto was a brand of cigarettes manufactured in France.
DeleteReally enjoyed this post and wanted to have a seat at several of these for a cafe. Especially Les Philosophes. Au Chien Qui Fume is one of our favorites in Paris, but there are two locations, apparently. One that you photographed here in the 15th on Blvd. du Montparnasse, and one in the 1st Arr. on the Rue du Pont Neuf. The latter is the one we tried and loved. Google tells me there's also one in Versailles. Is it a popular name or a chain?
ReplyDeleteI vaguely knew about Au Chien qui Fume at Les Halles. I don't know of or haven't found any connection between the Les Halles bar/restaurant and the one on Boulevard du Montparnasse. Maybe that one just stole the name.
DeleteI like the red, for the coming holidays. But OMG none of those people are wearing masks. (When you know you've been in quarantine too long.)
ReplyDeleteC'était le bon vieux temps...
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