I just saw a kiss transpire at metro Odeon, where the girl actually lifted her foot in the air, old Hollywood style. And I didn't even gag.
Fall is the king of all seasons. Don't try to argue with me on this one, because I've got all sorts of dogma to back that story up. (Bouquets of sharpened pencils and, hello? I'm a redhead. My colors are so totally "autumn.")
Paris has been rainy these last few weeks, and occasionally downright cold, but the spaces in between? Seductive. Beguiling. Splendid.
Hi, I'm Coquette, and I'm sort of having a spring moment.
Crocus outside La Sorbonne, rue des Ecoles.
Latin Quarter, across from Notre Dame.
Tulips, Jardin du Luxembourg.
merci pour les belles photos
Posted by: Daniel | 21 April 2005 at 04:03 AM
Beautiful pictures.
"Bouquets of sharpened pencils"...I love that movie.
Posted by: janna | 21 April 2005 at 05:05 AM
I certainly hope you have more of these spring moments - that sounded tres jolie!
Posted by: PLD | 21 April 2005 at 05:42 AM
Pretty photographs!
Posted by: Michael | 21 April 2005 at 06:10 AM
Wow - the colors are great. Especially in the second pic. And aww...look at that lonely, red flower in the Jardin du Luxembourg.
Posted by: ddj | 21 April 2005 at 06:30 AM
Paris is going to be gorgeous in a month or so ... and I won't be there to see it!
Yay! :D
Posted by: Mathieu | 21 April 2005 at 11:46 AM
There's nothing like a 'leg lifter' of a kiss to give you a full-blown case of SPRING FEVER, eh?
But I HAVE always wondered... what exactly is it that makes a girl wanna lift her leg like that?
Posted by: sammy | 21 April 2005 at 01:03 PM
I so want to move back to France now...
No matter how pretty NY gets in the spring, it never quite looks like that...
Posted by: annush | 21 April 2005 at 01:38 PM
B-eau-tiful! I love spring time too - mostly because the girls start wearing less but I still like spring time.
Posted by: Brad | 21 April 2005 at 03:40 PM
I love that movie, too! Thanks, La Coquette, for bringing it to mind. You always make me smile!
Posted by: Ashley | 21 April 2005 at 06:26 PM
I love that I can catch a glimpse of Paris through the eyes of an actual person.
Thank you (again) for sharing. I really enjoy reading your site.
Posted by: SaraJane | 21 April 2005 at 07:38 PM
beautiful!
Posted by: suzanna danna | 21 April 2005 at 11:29 PM
Paris in the springtime...it makes me smile :)
Posted by: Laurie | 22 April 2005 at 12:17 AM
Hi there.. lovely pic. Cant wait, I'll be in Paris in June.. The first pic is not a crocus however.. its a magnolia blossom!!
SM
Posted by: SM | 22 April 2005 at 04:43 AM
OMG I WAS SO PANICKING! I tried to visit your site (as I do about 2,000 times a day) earlier today and some stupid site came up saying that "this site is registered with blahblah whatever". I tried and retried to come back to here but it just gave me the other page! Panic flashd before me as I thought "Oh my god. I can never enjoy Coquette again. What will I do with my life?!" But, as you can see, all turned out well. By the way, I ADORE you and your blog.
Posted by: Lissa | 22 April 2005 at 05:18 AM
C'est vrai que ce sont de très belles photos... Mais tu devrais voir comment c'est, ici, à la ferme... C'est magnifique!!
Ca sent bon, il n'y que les oiseaux qui chantent, maman qui fait la cuisine, et toutes les portent sont ouvertes en grand sur le jardin et la marre. La nature explose et c'est que du bonheur ;-))
Posted by: jeanne | 22 April 2005 at 10:20 AM
Really lovely! But I am not convinced the first one is a crocus or a magnolia. Is it the international flower of mystery?
Posted by: vague | 23 April 2005 at 12:29 AM
Hi there cqtt
je ne trouve pas les mots!quelle finisse
quel charme,notre mamounia de Marrakech est
aussi coquette...Mais... vive les artistes. je vienrai visiter et y laisser traces.
A.A.
Posted by: ali al ajdiri | 23 April 2005 at 02:56 AM
It has been rainy, like this morning. April showers....Beautiful pictures.
Posted by: Auntie M | 23 April 2005 at 08:09 AM
That s just wonderful time. Well not today where it s raining cats and odgs and the rest too, but still...Did you notive that week ends are wet while week dyas are not ? what a shame !
Posted by: Negrito | 23 April 2005 at 08:43 AM
NICE! photos!
Posted by: mrsmogul | 23 April 2005 at 11:54 AM
Merci, merci, merci! It's truly the next best thing to being there, which is what I would be right now -- if the Euro weren't best compared to the 50-cent piece right now!
Posted by: Amy Alkon | 24 April 2005 at 07:56 AM
Lovely! Thanks for sharing your 'moment.'
Posted by: Marilyn | 24 April 2005 at 05:52 PM
You've got the exchange rate the wrong way round, Amy. It's more like the $ is worth 50 euro-cents. ALAS!!
Posted by: Stu "El Inglés" Harris | 24 April 2005 at 10:53 PM
I'm pretty sure that first flower is a magnolia. I'm positive it isn't a crocus! But the photos are gorgeous.
Posted by: Mary Lou | 28 April 2005 at 12:26 AM
I think I saw that same kiss, and I'm sorry, but I did gag. That, however, might just be because I'm nursing a breakup.
But I do hear you on the superiority of autumn. Which is, by the way, the only season that makes me miss New York.
Posted by: maitresse | 07 May 2005 at 02:42 PM