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The Pinay New Yorker in Paris

I am just so in love with Paris! Next to my adopted home, New York, the only other place I'd rather live in outside of Manila is Paris!

This is already my second visit there and below are pictures of the Christmas decor I stumbled across during my almost weeklong visit there. Rest your mouse over the picture to view my anecdotes or click on the picture to see a larger version on my Friendster account. Enjoy!

The Autumn decor of the Hotel Westminster: They unveiled their Christmas decor the night after I left Paris which means I must've missed quite a show -- their fall decor was just so elegant, I cannot even imagine how their Christmas motif will come out this year!
The Arc D' Triomphe amidst a bright Champs Elysees: I was so lucky to have caught the first night when the lights were finally turned on for the holiday season. I was almost afraid that I wouldn't catch this because I was leaving on the 29th!
The first time I saw this and the other frames, I couldn't even get near to take a decent picture because the raised platform for the children to get closer to the display was just full with children ooohing and aaahing over this display of dancing kettles and teacups. And it was in my favorite fuschia!
The dancing kettles in close up
Dancing kettles anyone?
Galleried Lafayette: This is the main facade of one of their three buildings in the area. The lights dimmed and glowed with a gentle cadence that was just hypnotic
The giant Christmas Tree of Printemps: I almost didn't make it! Printemps and Galleries Lafayette both have separate buildings for Men, Women and home in this area, and I had read and seen pictures of this famed dome in many tourist handouts and had almost given up on ever seeing it. But I found it!
Another view of the Christmas tree
More of Le Bon Marche: Look at the intricate detail of each piece in this store window. It's just incredible when you think about each item and then you can't help but be awed when you look at the composition of the whole window. Wow!
An accidental discovery - LE BON MARCHE on Rue de Servres: : I didn't really seek out Le Bon Marche but had stumbled into it when I went to the Chapel of our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Rue De Bac. The huge epicerie (grocery) beckoned to me and I bought some goodies to bring home, and I explored its upper floors teeming with fashion from every shelf and corner. It was only when I exited, though, that I discovered these elaborate Christmas decorations on their store windows. I knew that the daylight showed a reflection of the building and the street in front of it and these photos were taken with that being done intentionally.
Looking up at the dome
Le Bon Marche store window
Hues of blue and white in a darker setting
All that color and sparkle!
Gold and white blending perfectly
A true feast for the eyes
Don't ask me what this is supposed to be..
Who's that peeking into the window?
A brighter take on the lights and decor on the awning above the sidewalks
Dancing pots and pans!
A new twist to holiday trees
Fashion and Art mixed together: As Printemps says on its website: In partnership with Morocco and Swarovski, Printemps transforms its façade and window displays for a Christmas that sparkles with light. All the magic of the Thousand and One Nights casts its spell over Printemps: this year, for the first time, the stuffed toys in the window displays will be replaced by quirky, animated characters made haphazardly out of emblematic everyday objects from the East! The magical façade is also lit up with orange and gold and sprinkled with large golden stars in tubes of light, some as high as 5 metres tall!
Another animated window of pots and pans this time
The awning of Printemps all aglow
Previous articles on the front page:
Coming back to my roots on the web
The Gates at Central Park
The Pinay New Yorker in Paris

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