Tag: Paris

Sew good creations and real prosperity in 1890s Paris

Based on the fictional story, loosely based on the Chanel sisters of the time: It was an ordinary time in 1890. Well, at least for me it was. I was enjoying a lemon pastille as I walked down the boulevard rue Cambon in Paris. My journey had taken me from...

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Paris in May helps make life grand, enchanting

It is May. Time to stroll the streets of Paris. Isn’t life grand? Let us begin on the oldest street in Paris, the rue Nicolas Flamel in Le Marais. Following little lanes and cobbled roads, we walk the large and luxurious boulevards of the Right Bank, or down the secret...

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New Year’s week in Paris: Young and spirited in 1847

The haunting music of the street balladiers could be heard all along the boulevard du Temple. The high-arching trees, the chestnut trees, were Winter barren. It was January 1847, and each evening the gay boulevard was filled with Parisians waiting for the box offices to open. It was, of course,...

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