K for Kalanchoe in Paris

The original Kalanchoe was brought to Paris from Africa in 1927. In 1928 seed merchant Robert Blossfeld from the German town of Potsdam saw this Kalanchoe and turned it into a houseplant, which he introduced in 1932. His name was also attached to the plant: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. The well-known houseplants are referred to as blossfeldiana breeds by growers. (via HERE)

Wish I had a Paris apartment to display these flowers/plants in!

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J for JAZZ in Paris

Merci to Girls Guide to Paris for suggestions..

Jazz

Parisians love jazz and have a long history of appreciating this musical form. We love to take in some jazz here, and the city boasts many more clubs than New York. In June and July there is a wonderful low-key jazz festival in the Parc Floral’s Bois de Vincennes that only costs 5 euros.

Charlie Birdy...

There are three locations in Paris, and you can grab a bite here, too. They have gospel brunches on Sundays, plus, at the location in the 8th, the décor has recently been updated to give you more of an Indian vibe—there’s even an ice bar. Half-price drinks for happy hour, weekdays 4 p.m.–8 p.m.

Duc des Lombards...

42, rue des Lombards, in the 1st. 01 42 33 22 88.
One of the best jazz clubs in town.

New Morning...

7–9, rue des Petites Ecuries, in the 10th. 01 45 23 51 41.
For fabulous jazz.

Full listing of jazz clubs here.

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I for Itinerary for Paris...

"I" went to Paris in the early 90s... "I" did NOT see EVERYTHING... soooo the next time in Paris... here will be SOME of the things on my "I"tinerary...

See the inside of the Notre Dame...

Go up to the Sacre Cœur...

to see this Paris view...

See the Luxembourg Jardins...

Eat a Parisian macaron at Laudrée...

What would be on YOUR "I"tinerary while in Paris?

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G for Grace... H for Hermés...

The Hermes Kelly Bag, though originally released in 1935, gained unprecedented popularity in the 1950's. Grace Kelly used the bag to hide her pregnant belly from the paparazzi and the bag become so associated with the actress that Hermes renamed it in her honour. (images and history via HERE)

and of course PINK for Beverly and her PINK Saturday...

Bon weekend to ALL... be sure to visit other A to Z April Challenge participants and Reading is Fashionable for MORE FUN in Paris and beyond... and don't forget the GIVEAWAY!

F for Famous Café...

Montparnasse Café La Coupole...

La Coupole’s most famous clients. Among the regulars represented are Jacques Prévert, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and of course, Ernest Hemingway.  (READ MORE... HERE)

IMAGINE sitting at one of these tables...

andddd I was told this restaurant in the Modigliani movie is supposed to be La Coupole...  LOVE him dancing on the tables...

La Coupole is STILL open today...

YOU can grab a table...

Address: 102 Boulevard du Montparnasse

Phone: 01-43-20-14-20

Website: www.flobrasserie.com

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OTHER FAMOUS CAFÉS in PARIS
SUGGEST BY FACEBOOK FRIENDS... MERCI BEAUCOUP to ALL!!!

Maxim's, Le Jules Verne, La Tour d' Argent, La Maison Blanche, Le Ciel du Paris, 
Au Chien Qui Fume, Au Pied de Cochon, Le Wepler ~et~ Bofinger... one I have painted Brasserie Lipp

ON CLEARANCE SALE!!! EMAIL for DETAILS!!!

 and one I have been in... The OLDEST CAFE in PARIS

Le Procope

oui oui oui... that is Fifi in Le Procope!!!

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E for Elephant Ear Plant

Colocasia is a genus of 25 or more species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Polynesia and southeastern Asia. Common name is Elephant-ear.  They are herbaceous perennial plants with a large rhizome on or just below the ground surface. The leaves are large to very large. The elephant's-ear plant gets its name from the leaves, which are shaped like a large elephant ear. (via Wikipedia)

I believe you can find some in the garden areas of this hotel in Paris...

oui oui oui  this is the Pershing Hall Hotel in Paris...  look at this FABuLOUS foliage and lighting...

See more views of the hotel and perhaps visit it... information AND great music on their site HERE!!!

Ooooh and don't forget to visit other other Outdoor Wednesday postings via A Southern Daydreamer and A to Z April Challenge participants and Reading is Fashionable for Paris book review today and if you want PARISIAN inspired PAINTINGS... Fifi is HAVING a CLEARANCE SALE  HERE and HERE... COUPONCODE for FEE shipping within the US is FREESHIPUS !!!!

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D for Musée National Eugène Delacroix

Let's tour Delacroix's Musée... his apartment in Paris until his death... The museum's collection contains works from nearly every phase of Delacroix's career, covering many of his themes. Magdalene in the Desert, exhibited at the 1845 Salon and one of the museum's major paintings, is a most unusual religious composition, as compared to Education of the Virgin, painted in Nohant in 1842. The museum also boasts the artist's only three attempts at fresco, which were done in Valmont (1834).

view of his studio from the garden...

and inside his paintings hang...

Eugène Delacroix...

(Via Wikipedia) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish writer Walter Scott and the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres, Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on colour and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modeled form. Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his maturity, and led him not to the classical models of Greek and Roman art, but to travel in North Africa, in search of the exotic. Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault, Delacroix was also inspired by Lord Byron, with whom he shared a strong identification with the "forces of the sublime", of nature in often violent action.

However, Delacroix was given neither to sentimentality nor bombast, and his Romanticism was that of an individualist. In the words of Baudelaire, "Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible."

NOW... maybe YOU need a trip to the museum to see his artwork up close and personal!

Musée national Eugène Delacroix
6 Rue de Furstenberg
75 006 Paris

Tel: +33 (0)1 44 41 86 50
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 54 36 70 

The museum is open daily except Tuesday, 9:30 am to 5 pm (tickets sold until 4:30 pm).

Closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25.

See you tomorrow again in VIRTUAL Paris...
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C for Coral... B for Bracelets... in Paris

She wore a CORAL BRACELET...

images via HERE

more coral bracelet's via HERE...

and a CORAL BRACELET designed by Fifi Flowers...

Don't you just ADORE that song by April March... thinking about shopping for a coral bracelet in Paris maybe... welllllllll don't forget to visit other A to Z April Challenge participants!!!

B = BOOK GIVEAWAY on Reading is Fashionable TODAY too!

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A to Z Paris Begins... A for Alphabet

Time to spend April in Paris AGAIN... and these postings will be part of  A to Z April Challenge ... soooo let's get on our ALPHABET couture and walk the streets of FASHIONABLE Paris...

These LETTERS say it ALL, non?... oui oui oui...

Andddd for YOU Beverly and your PINK friends a PINK Metro sign...

Hope you ENJOY your weekend and the month in VIRTUAL Paris with moi... be sure to visit other A to Z April Challenge participants!!! Ooooh and TODAY  Reading is Fashionable is featuring a posting by a French blogger/artist... be sure to visit!