Thirsty Thursday

 

A barman prepares cocktails for an evening apéro.

Window Wednesday

 A small Latin Quarter bistrot with wines in the window and checked tablecloths.

 

Treeful Tuesday

 

A turquoise winter sky through branches.

Mocha Monday

 

 

Café crème and morning papers get the day off to a good start.

 

Rappelle-toi

Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là. Et tu marchais souriante. Épanouie ravie ruisselante. Sous la pluie. Rappelle-toi Barbara - Jacques Prévert

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 Today ends an in-depth exhibition highlighting the life and work of Jacques Prévert at the Montmartre Museum with its stunning Renoir Gardens and small tea room.

From my college days I've fond memories of how my father would recite "Rapelle-toi Barbara" to me because it had my name in it, not realizing that Prévert was much more than a prolific poet. A talented writer, screenwriter and, in his own right, artist whose best friends were notable painters of the day such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, he spent his time in Montmartre welcoming a beau monde from a small studio that overlooked Le Moulin Rouge and was filled with books and scraps of cuttings to create his astonishing surrealist collages.

 Prévert's Wikipedia biography states, "He died of lung cancer in Omonville-la-Petite on 11 April 1977. He had been working on the last scene of the animated movie Le Roi et l'Oiseau ("The King and the Mockingbird") with his friend and collaborator Paul Grimault. When the film was released in 1980, it was dedicated to Prévert's memory, and on opening night, Grimault kept the seat next to him empty. His dog Auto was given to a family friend after his death." - BPJ

 

Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018

  

 

Below: in a spontaneous moment at the exhibition a couple embraces in front of one of Prévert's collages just around the corner from a poster of the film, "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945), screenplay by Jacques Prévert

 

Savory Saturday

 A sharing planche mixte with a side of hummus on a winter afternoon.

 

Le Love

 - A very Happy Saint Valentine's Day 2025 -

 

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