Kakna's Paris

monday evening

2012-01-31T08:36:00.000+01:00

I dug my own grave yesterday when I decided I should go for a beer with my friend...

up and down

2012-01-22T22:07:00.001+01:00

Paris' metro isn't only underground. In some parts of the city one has to climb these beautiful metal structures to get to the trains.

triangle

2012-01-15T20:29:00.000+01:00

winter afternoon

2012-01-07T22:11:00.001+01:00

holdover

2012-01-06T22:40:00.000+01:00

I have taken 20 photos with an old mirror camera last week in Lisbon... unfortunately something happened and all the photos are covered with white large "stains". All but one, one that I took in Paris to finish up the film...

taxi ride

2012-01-06T08:44:00.000+01:00

I don't take the taxi often in Paris, but when it's so late that even the Eiffel tower's lights are out, I can just sit back, and enjoy the ride

wait for it

2012-01-03T23:19:00.000+01:00

Waiting for the metro at Bastille, for once not so deep underground

Theme day : Photo of the year 2011

2012-01-01T13:28:00.000+01:00

Going through the photos I posted this year, I realise there are not many good ones to choose the best from... But this one is definitely my favourite. This is Paris at its best.
Happy 2012 !
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winter light

2011-12-26T21:51:00.003+01:00

this will probably be the last picture of 2011, as I am leaving tomorrow to find the lost warmth and the ocean. Have a fun end of the year !

2011-12-25T14:21:00.001+01:00

I tend to find all these beige and grey buildings a bit dull... So, let's try in b&w for once

red foly

2011-12-18T18:28:00.000+01:00

I prefer Tschumi's Folies at night

night pastels

2011-12-15T23:02:00.001+01:00

Dear St Pierre

2011-12-06T07:03:00.001+01:00

In my -little- spare time, I love sewing... and there's a paradise for people like me in Paris : the "marché St Pierre", a few streets just below Montmartre hill with shops full of fabrics, buttons, zips and other sewing & knitting paraphernalia

hello Vietnam

2011-11-19T23:44:00.001+01:00

palace

2011-11-13T21:30:00.001+01:00

In Le Palais du Commerce

ghost house

2011-10-30T22:17:00.000+01:00

With her missing shutters, this building makes me a bit uncomfortable...

better than the plane

2011-10-23T10:48:00.000+02:00

Take your bike, cycle for 20 minutes between the cars, under the falling sun, slow down in the park, pass the gates of the Cité Internationale Universitaire... and decide where you want to go in the world. Today, Mexico !

roofscape

2011-10-21T07:43:00.002+02:00

green cut

2011-10-08T22:27:00.002+02:00

I hope this is only to prepare for winter that these trees had to have a cut... and not because they're sick and have to be taken down ?

extra summer

2011-10-02T14:57:00.000+02:00

The weather has been incredible these past 10 days, it's so hot that we can still sit outside at night, wearing nothing more than short sleeves !

theme day : Mystery Object

2011-10-01T22:09:00.002+02:00

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glass in green

2011-09-24T16:41:00.001+02:00

in the most wonderful street i've ever seen, somewhere in the south of Paris. will whos you more of that soon.

flower thieves

2011-09-18T19:11:00.001+02:00

"don't steal the flowers"... it's crazy that some inhabitants had to put such a sign on the street.

friday evening break

2011-09-16T22:22:00.002+02:00

It's in moments like these i realize i have so much to learn in photography...
You can barely see it on the photo, but some musicians were playing accordeon and singing in that bar, leading people to dance inside & in the street... not so many people around, but a bit of everyone. The best of Paris' atmosphere in that street, just now.

night eden

2011-09-11T21:24:00.001+02:00

A night peek in Edouard Francois' Eden Bio, built in 2009

theme day : Postcard-worthy

2011-08-01T22:09:00.002+02:00

Greetings from Place des Fetes !
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chinagora

2011-07-31T23:45:00.002+02:00

I passed this huge uuuh... "pagoda" style building today. I had never heard of it, and am told it's a hotel + commercial center complex that never really took off...

summer holidays

2011-07-21T22:46:00.001+02:00

So, Paris has been rather empty of regular inhabitants since July 1st.. of course not all the city looks like this particular street, but still, there's a summer holidays effect !

kidsdom

2011-07-20T23:14:00.002+02:00

Somewhere in the Parc de Belleville, this cool kids game "platform", complete with toboggans and things

cubes

2011-07-17T23:45:00.000+02:00

Despite what one may think when following my photoblog, not every building in Paris is made of bricks :)
Did you notice the trees on the rooftop terrace?

cuteness recipe

2011-07-15T22:53:00.002+02:00

Take a quiet, planted street. On a small house's facade, paint an old window and shutters with some vivid color. Put some flowers or herbs in small pots in front of the window. Here you are, 100% cuteness.

meat on the way

2011-07-11T22:20:00.001+02:00

Meat delivery by truck, good morning...

on the river

2011-07-10T21:20:00.001+02:00

Newcomer on the river banks : the yellow, floating, cool concerts and events place Petit Bain

under cover

2011-07-04T23:41:00.001+02:00

in one of the pedestrian covered passageways used nearby construction sites...

demolition

2011-07-03T23:41:00.001+02:00

On the rue de Belleville

it was Purple

2011-07-02T11:29:00.001+02:00

This is the real colour of this student residence's entry hall

theme day : The Colour Green

2011-07-01T07:28:00.001+02:00

You'll see tomorrow why I cheated to get this one... or if someone has an idea, feel free to denounce me !
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vestige

2011-06-27T22:51:00.003+02:00

NOt much is left of the Boucicaut hospital in the 15th arrondissement... Built at the end of the 19th century, the whole area is now under complete transformation to make place for a new "eco" district.

street skeleton

2011-06-19T13:26:00.001+02:00

Or how these mandatory and standard urban elements can be inspiring to some

summer evening

2011-06-18T22:07:00.002+02:00

Past 22h (10pm) and the night still didn't fall... a few more days and the days will start shortening though. Too bad.

huge

2011-06-16T23:44:00.001+02:00

Anish Kapoor's monumental exhibition is still on until next week...

where to

2011-06-09T22:54:00.002+02:00

beers and the rain

2011-06-06T23:11:00.000+02:00

And then, it rained

hostel

2011-06-04T21:25:00.004+02:00

Nice building from the architects Chaix&Morel at Crimee metro station...it's actually a hostel, i've never stayed there since I always had the chance to be accomodated by friends in Paris, but i'm sure it's a nice place to stay at... with the direct view on the canal !

globe

2011-06-03T20:50:00.001+02:00

also under construction

2011-06-02T21:20:00.001+02:00

The big construction works started for Les Halles, in the center of Paris

theme day : Under Construction

2011-06-01T23:42:00.003+02:00

Zaha Hadid's Chanel Mobile Art is now ready to visit, and will stay in front of the Arab World Institute until end of october...
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on the grass

2011-05-31T23:51:00.000+02:00

Sometimes it's hard to find a place on the grass

inside the egg

2011-05-26T22:55:00.004+02:00

You'll need to come back to this post to understand where this is. Oh and it's actually still the communist party's headquarters... rented as an events place most of the time.

cosmopolitan

2011-05-25T23:55:00.002+02:00

There's everything in Paris ! Recently i went to Senegal and brought back a couple of dresses... if ever i want more now i know where to go, 5 minutes from my apartment :)

waiting for the band

2011-05-24T22:15:00.001+02:00

at La Maroquinerie, one of the many, many concert places in town

repeat

2011-05-23T20:17:00.002+02:00

I am officially forever in love with brick buildings. These aren't even the same ones as in this post, there are plenty of these gems in Paris...

flower flood

2011-05-22T14:18:00.002+02:00

this should remind you of this post, except this time the choice is between "dim or flowers" - once again, one finds space where one can.

courtyard

2011-05-17T23:42:00.002+02:00

One facade on the busy street, the other is a quiet - and often very empty, regrettably, clean, and sometimes sunny courtyard

czech blue

2011-05-16T21:05:00.001+02:00

Pretty blue car in the street... and passing by, i realized it even had a czech plate! Too late to check if its owner was from there as well though.

local custom

2011-05-09T20:04:00.002+02:00

It's this time of the year again ! And probably the best one... the picnic time ! During the sunny weekends and evenings, everybody is living outside and one can hardly find a quiet bit of park where to sit down and enjoy a light meal and wine with friends

in love with bricks

2011-05-08T23:12:00.001+02:00

and with the quiet courtyards where these buildings stand...

parking

2011-05-07T20:34:00.001+02:00

ephemeral

2011-05-02T22:34:00.001+02:00

A night out at the "Point Ephemere", bar & concert place on the canal St Martin

dorures

2011-04-03T23:44:00.001+02:00

An evening at La Comedie Francaise...

patched station

2011-03-29T22:51:00.002+02:00

time for a makeover !

saignée

2011-03-13T21:02:00.002+01:00

I haven't been very diligent these last weeks with this blog, but I have a hard time believing I haven't posted anything for a month ! My computer is now almost up and running after weeks of trouble, so I should be back more regularly.

Gare de l'Est, one of Paris' main train stations, can't go unnoticed...

luxembourg

2011-02-16T23:15:00.001+01:00

Not the country, but the garden in Paris, and its famous chairs

life's lacking

2011-02-14T23:09:00.001+01:00

... so this is what happens when streets are privately owned.

underwear thief

2011-02-07T22:00:00.001+01:00

"nudity dedicated to the underwear thief"

craft bubble

2011-01-30T18:44:00.001+01:00

Nice effect with not much! These people at Mains d'Oeuvres are not only friendly, but also gifted and creative :)

machines

2011-01-23T20:56:00.003+01:00

A squared merry-go-round halted in Paris in its european course... check its website to know more about it : le Manège Carré Sénart

just for oneself

2011-01-17T23:37:00.000+01:00

at the movies on a sunny day...

strolling

2011-01-16T17:59:00.001+01:00

Sunny and warm day ! Everybody wants a sunday stroll on the Champs Elysees...

Every two minutes

2011-01-12T23:56:00.003+01:00

Before / after the train comes

belly change

2011-01-09T19:55:00.004+01:00

Once the "belly" of Paris, now still its core, Les Halles are going to go through massive change. The project model is now on display at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, for everyone to understand better how it's gonna look, not only on the surface but also on the 3 or 4 (or is it 5?) underground levels.

UFO

2011-01-08T23:30:00.001+01:00

One can always spot a Frederic Borel's building easily

happy new year

2011-01-03T20:59:00.001+01:00

Happy new year ! Of course what welcomed me on January 1st upon arrival from a great 9-days-trip abroad was... a strike. No kidding.

umpteenth snow day

2010-12-20T22:51:00.003+01:00

Winter is officially starting tomorrow but we're already getting fed up with the snow... it's always nice the first hour, but turns too fast into slippery mud in the city

pagoda

2010-11-30T22:36:00.002+01:00

What a pleasure to go to see movies in a non conventional place like this... In the 7th arrondissement, this 1895's "pagoda" originally designed to be a ballroom, was turned into a full time movie theatre !

thin layer

2010-11-29T08:46:00.001+01:00

Snow arrived earlier this year ! Not even december yet, and already a surprise when we opened the curtains this morning...

la Seine et les tours

2010-11-24T23:44:00.003+01:00

This happen so rarely I had to take a picture : I was in a CAR, and the sky was almost BLUE. Crazy.

look at these curves

2010-11-16T23:56:00.003+01:00

And all around, the accesses to the different metro lines meeting in the St Lazare metro station

rainy days

2010-11-09T22:11:00.000+01:00

Unfortunately, with the autumn colors comes the autumn rain...

autumn

2010-11-06T22:37:00.002+01:00

Autumn colors, here they are !

theme day : public transportation

2010-11-01T23:10:00.003+01:00

A mini-bus for the small winding streets !
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coup de coeur

2010-10-30T23:14:00.002+02:00

One day, i'll live in one of these houses, in one of these paved streets, so terribly cute, so quiet, so withdrawn while being right in the city center!

exception

2010-10-20T23:48:00.001+02:00

This station is an exception in the parisian metro-station-scape, usually clad in white tiles

color experiment

2010-10-17T21:01:00.001+02:00

red or blue

2010-10-12T23:34:00.002+02:00

Red on one side, blue on the other, these two movie theatres are facing each other across the Bassin de la Villette, and if the movie you chose is on the other side, you can still arrive there on time thanks to the electrical boat.

what the ...?

2010-10-11T23:46:00.004+02:00

There's always a flag up on the Gare de l'Est, but usually it's the french one... But today, everybody around me noticed there was something rather unusual... The russian flag was fluttering there ! What the ... ??

dirty yellow

2010-10-07T23:07:00.003+02:00

There are also places like this in Paris - this one right in the very center - which make me like that city...

monument n°2

2010-10-05T23:33:00.001+02:00

I already posted the Eiffel tower so many times... now for a change

red carpet

2010-10-03T22:56:00.002+02:00

I went to see the new Fincher's movie tonight, and even though it was a premiere, I wasn't expecting to see the red carpet, the actors and the director there !

outdoor gym

2010-09-30T23:20:00.001+02:00

Exercise in green surroundings and a great view in the Belleville Park !

on the way

2010-09-28T20:21:00.001+02:00

Somewhere on the southern side of the peripherique...

the city and the wine

2010-09-27T23:24:00.001+02:00

Not only on Montmartre, but on the Belleville hill there's wine growing !

further development

2010-09-19T21:20:00.003+02:00

There's still some room in Paris, like this large piece of land who used to be covered by storage halls, railways and trains. It was here that Paris wanted its Olympic village for the 2012 games, and, even though Paris lost the bid against London, there's still a big construction project going on here, with dwellings, shops and services, all organised around a 10ha-park, half of which has already been built.
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cars

2010-09-17T23:02:00.001+02:00

The cars in Paris...the place they take, the way the city welcomed them and transformed accordingly, their future... a large theme to discuss on this Park(ing) day !

these blind facades

2010-09-14T21:43:00.002+02:00

Somewhere in the 20th. But it could be in the 19th, or in the 13th, or in the 16th, or...

arches

2010-09-12T23:36:00.003+02:00

ok technically, this isn't Paris... but this district was made to be Paris's business center, and still is. And this is a Paris landmark anyway : la Grande Arche de la Defense, perfectly in the Arc de Triomphe's axis, 5 km away.

green

2010-09-10T22:49:00.000+02:00

reading

2010-09-09T23:23:00.003+02:00

waiting

listening

I always liked the bookshops and libraries... so when I have the chance to go there for something special, like a reading by a writer, I go and enjoy !

hard day's night

2010-09-08T23:32:00.002+02:00

I know it's a bit redundant with the previous picture... but a different setting, as this was when i was coming back home after a hard day at work...

outdoor screen

2010-09-06T23:38:00.002+02:00

Short movies festival Silhouette ended yesterday evening... it was held for the whole past week in the famous park Buttes chaumont... Sitting outside on the grass while watching movies is always nice, especially when you know it's the last days of the year you can do that.