Musee d' Orsay

I can only hope someone was sketching me

as I was sketching him.

Cafe de Flore

I checked out this renowned cafe

because Jim Morrison (oui, I'm a big

fan) spent his last days here, writing

and, no doubt, drinking.  I expect

many more luminaries did the same.

I, for what little it is worth, did not

feel at all at home here-- alas, I'm

not a cafe-lounging guy.

Another Django fan

I borrow some nice 

shades of gray markers

from my daughter to

sketch this ElvisCostellian.

Music Lover

Sat behind (duh) this guy at

the DR festival.

2011 Django Reinhardt Festival

...On an island in the Seine- a beautiful summer evening....

Djypsy Djazz!

Musee Du Moyens Age

Antiquarians such as myself love this

sort of place---an oasis of medevial

carving, tapestries, armor and jewelry

tucked into a buzzing commercial

neighborhood.

Monkey in Paris

I treated myself to some colored pencils

in this city of art and sketched our beloved

 and reviled monkey.

Ann in Paris

....my beloved, reading about

Hemingway's wife....

Americans in Paris

Here are some not so good sketches of my offspring....

Villa Savoye

My son suggested an outting to 

Villa Savoye in Poissy, designed by

the modernist Le Corbusier and 

it is an intriguing structure, well worth

the visit, expecially after the sensory

overload, and let's admit it, excesses 

of the Baroque...but this hilarious

out-structure (about 30 feet tall)

caught my sketching eye.

Harry's New York Bar

At Harry's New York Bar, 

birthplace of the Sidecar

and a number of other classic

cocktails, hang old baseballs 

and the boxing gloves of Primo

Carnera.  The drinks as excellent,

if hideously expensive- but

that's Paris for ya.  Next time

I'm packing a flask!

Tour de St Jacques

Near our apartment and serving as a useful

landmark is the Tour de St Jacques.  It is now

the centerpiece of a small park on Rue de Rivoli.

This soaring Gothic tower is the sole remnant of

an ancient cathedral.  Here are a few sketches

of its stone critters made while sitting on a bench...

as children, punks and old men milled about.

St. Chapel

The soaring stained glass windows of

St Chapel are one of the glories of the

City of Light...I sketched this snippet

as a reminder to use this goofy 

medieval convention in some future

narrative--- no perspective, huge people,

tiny buildings.

Cafe Lateral, Paris

Drawn while lunching on steak tartare...

two details

...some of the chintzy decor

within 6 rue Nicolas Flamel...

Rue Nicolas Flamel

A view from the apartment at 6 rue Nicolas Flamel.

Leggy Legging Legs

This object was part of

the decor at our Paris 

apartment.