One
of the things I like most about Paris is that it is exactly how you
might imagine it to be from the pictures. Sure, there are
the less beautiful areas around the Gare du Nord and Pigalle. But an evening in my local area is enough to reassure you that Paris is
exactly the city of your mind, where elegant figures swan down dusky
boulevards and sip wine together. Besniers the Bakers where you
can see Father and Son kneading dough in the shop window each
morning and Parisians nonchalantly wearing breton stripes. Old men
with handle-bar moustaches shuffling down the road, their arms a
benevolent cradle and all the time in the world on their hands, which are clasped earnestly behind their backs. The Eiffel Tower is
such an icon of the imagination that you have to blink when you see
it like a paper cutting tacked onto a blue paper sky.
On Pinterest I've been collecting cute images of Paris. 'Parinspiration' if you will...ok, I'll stop with the terrible puns! It's so addictive and like having a free magazine, art gallery and DIY book rolled into one at the click of a finger. Here are a few of my favourite Paris pictures:
Photo credits: http://www.designworklife.com/2013/09/23/nina-hunter-cest-la-vie-typography/
Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galatte, 1876
Photo credits: http://franceftars.us/?con=image&photo=Love+is+in+Paris
Photo credits: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/09/a2/b1/09a2b19ff3aed13e3c9a459171e25ff7.jpg
Gustave Caillebotte, Richard Gallo and His Dog at Petit Gennevilliers, c. 1884
Photo credits: Yours truly!
Photo credits: http://picsvisit.blogspot.ca/2013/06/hotel-athenee-paris.html?m=1
Claude Monet, Femme avec un parasol, 1875
I'll keep sharing these Paris pictures with you as I find them!
For now,
À Bientôt !
x
