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The wide wide sky

I don't know what it is about the sky down here, it just seems wider than up in Mtl. I love the mix of cloud, sky and sunlight here.

Drawbridge on 17th

The sky was simply fantastic and the drawbridge gave me the time necessary to grab the shot... with my iPhone.Too bad about the flaw in the clouds across the top.

On the Way to the House

This was our view on the way to the rented house on top of that hill at the beginning of our vacation...needless to say the view from the house was spectacular. We could see the Golden Gate bridge.

Expensive bugs for sale

The actual store was not that large but the bugs started at the ceiling and went all the way to the floor. Big ones, small ones, ones that fly, others that crawl. Needless to say I preferred staying outside...I found this oddity in Paris, on Boulevard St-Germain, almost at the Seine.

Yves back from the market

The nicest, friendliest chef around (after YMC, of course!). Yves Camdeborde has "Le Comptoir" and at the time of this photograph, was opening "Le Petit Comptoir", right beside it. A memorable evening of champagne and conversation with him and a horde of writers (including Christian Authier and Jean-Marc Parisis) topped off a fantastic stay in Paris (at the Relais St-Germain, of course!)

Bah bah black sheep

These plywood sheep were too good to pass by. Their purpose? No clue. Just one black sheep though. Discovered as we drove by, Nappa Valley California.

Rollerflics

This would be so cool in Montreal! In Paris, these guys were on a pedestrian street, one of my favorites in St-Germain, la rue de Buci. I know, it doesn't look to be pedestrian, but it is. And can these guys book!

Angel cake?

Walking through Paris, I stumbled upon this not far from Les Halles. A not-so-subliminal subliminal message. Poetic, don't you think?

Yummm...

What can I say...when in Paris, go to the Atelier de Joël Robuchon. I do. But you know that if you've been following me: l'Atelier and Axel chez Alexandre

Women are heroes, Paris

It was absolutely stunning, malgré the apparent damage. Pieces of paper "glued" on walls everywhere in Paris. This one was seen from Ile de la Cité, looking onto Ile St-Louis. Here is the artist: www.womenareheroes-paris.net/