Tag: Paris
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Paris | BHV | One Stop Shopping
Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, more commonly known as BHV, is the store in Paris where you can buy everything. Name anything, go ahead…they have it. Not only do they have it, but they have it in large numbers, and it’s fabulous.
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Paris | Le petit-déjeuner complète
When I’m in Paris, I have the same breakfast every morning at Le Comptoir Des Saints-Pères…”le petit-déjeuner complète.”
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Style Moment | Still life, Paris
“Beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend.” Roger Scruton (born 1944) British author and philosopher
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Eye on Design | Paris | La mêmes choses
On a sunny day in Paris, the Place de la Bastille brocante (flea market) lined the River Seine. There were countless treasures, but I was particularly intrigued by the collections of like objects…in French, la mêmes choses, the same things. Here’s a photo feast.
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Eye on Design | Black and White in Color
Some of the most intriguing photos I’ve taken in color have turned out to be black and white. Without color, the graphic patterns and unique shapes of the world reveal themselves…and they can be every bit as captivating as an explosion of color.
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Eye on Design | Paris | Tied Up
This chair in a Paris shoe store is cleverly upholstered in neckties. Recycling by design.
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Eye on Design | Alphabet Art
It seems like wherever I go in the world these days, the alphabet is for sale.
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Style Moment | St. Valentine’s Day, Paris
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, playwright, and poet (Photograph taken at Meert, Paris)
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Style Moment | Mid-century modern, Marché Paul-Bert
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” Mary Lou Cook (Born 1918) American community activist, artist, author
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Eye on Design | Paris | Astier de Villatte
I could spend hours in this store. The milky glazed ceramics, inspired by 18th and 19th century designs, are captivating.
