Because it only sells organic and it's in a quartier chic, Le Marche Raspail is a bit more expensive than other markets...but what a treasure trove of tempting offerings "biologiques" and really worth the trip.
Here's a sampling of everything you'll need for a Paris picnic -- Bon Appetit!
Marche Raspail is located betwen the rue Cherche Midi and rue de Rennes -- it's all organic on Sunday and a mix on Tuesdays and Fridays
A mouth watering food emporium to enjoy before or after boarding your train...
What a rich bounty of endless deli take-out treats:
A great butcher counter:
A lovelyFish Market:
Murray's Cheeses, ahhhh....
Pasta, pasta, pasta:
Even a Penzey's Spice shop:
Not to mention a chocolate area and a pastry corner...
Yum
This vintage linen hangs at the entryway at a friend's home in Paris. Simple, serene and soothing.
The courthouse in Santa Barbara is a stunning and grand architechural landmark filled with the most amazing morrocan style California tiles from the 1920's.
On the 3 story walls leading to the famed clocktower, My friend D spotted a row of dazzling designs over eight feet high... looking like a row printed dresses:
This is just a small taste of the vibrant tile artistry hidden away in this capivating building.
A really delightful discovery and worth the trip.
A little walk downtown after work started at the Hudson river's edge at 34th street.
Greeting you at the bikepath, a bold and graceful installation of chairs and a great example of public art :
Then a short jaunt past classic New York benches on our way to the High-Line at 20th street.
The High-line: What a dazzling repurposing of an urban space.
Lush and artful landscaping with types of plants previously growing there -- now lovingly reimagined.
Essential benches and fountains are sleek, elegant appointments along the stretch of walkway:
The elevation is like a tree house with a vast,open hall.
You get a wonderful perspective of the city --as if levitated -- looking down:
You can see the Statue of Liberty in the distance:
And unexpected, architechural collages create a completely new view of the cityscape:
A little Frank Geary always adds panache
The Highline: A serene jewel of urban inspiration.
You never know when you might make an inadvertent mis-step.
But on the other hand, you can stumble on to something great by accident, too.
It began a few years ago, one Spring morning I spotted a heart sprayed curbside in front of my loft in downtown Los Angeles and took a picture.
A few weeks later in Little Tokyo, I took another one.
But then I snapped this one on 10th Avenue in New York and I realized this was going to be a habit. A travel-photo diary. A series. Something. I just knew it was fun. So I just snapped and saved. I didn't even look at the Street and Feet collection all together until now. It appears that there was goofy progression. At first it was numbers: First "zero", then "one":
Then came a rapid fire number sequence in Greenwhich Village:
I swear I never even realized any of this - -I was one of those "I 'm not a numbers person" (until I had my own business...)
But the ones and zeros evolved... to circles back on Traction Avenue
And then squares (with always appreciated confetti) in front of the Metropolitan Museum
And then-- who knows why-- I went botanical near the Hudson river
And again on West 55th street
But soon I went back to spray painted enhancements
Meeting cute in the East Village
And Serious and Spooky in Paris
So this is just the first in another occasional series
Without any fancy footwork, I'll be on my toes and and land on my feet with more
Meanwhile, here's a great link for beautiful, artful unexpected things just under your feet:
Japanese manhole covers:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=japanese%20manhole%20covers&w=all&s=int
