the big 3-0
partie deux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

photographs by Robert Doisneau
13 february 2001
 

We're going to visit...

  • the Tour Eiffel
  • the Arc de Triomphe
  • the Musée d'Orsay
  • Notre Dame
  • Les Duex Magots
  • Montmartre, especially those enchanting steps from my favorite black and white Paris photos
  • the Sacre Coeur
  • the Seine at sunset for an evening walk
  • the Avenue des Champs-Elysées
  • the Quartier Latin
  • the Pere LaChaise Cemetery
  • Saint Chapelle
  • La Flore
  • the Jardin de Luxembourg
  • the Musée Picasso
  • lots and lots of bakeries
  • the Musée Rodin
  • La Coupole
  • as many street markets as possible

and...

  • take a boat ride along the Seine at dawn
  • eat cheese sandwiches
  • write those silly postcards
  • wear sunglasses as much as possible

while listening to...

  • "Taking Off for France"
    by Sarah Cracknell
  • "Paris is Waiting"
    by Lost, Lonely & Vicious
  • "Venus de Milo"
    by Miles Davis
  • "Le Pastie of the Bourgeoisie"
    by Belle and Sebastian
  • "April in Paris"
    by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
  • "Ce Que L'on Tait"
    by Autour de Lucie
  • "Claire de Lune"
    by Claude Debussy
  • "Gold Mine"
    by Watoo Watoo
  • "Get Out of the City"
    by Ivy
  • "Me and Amy and the Two French Boys"
    by From Bubblegum to Sky
  • "Dormir Dan Ton Lit"
    by Valerie Lemercier
  • "L'Accordéoniste"
    by Edith Piaf
  • "Via Con Me"
    by Paolo Conte
  • "Jules et Jim"
    by Georges Delerue
  • "Je Ne Suis Là
    Pour Personne" by Françiose Hardy
  • "Paris Bar '89"
    by Saint Etienne
  • "Le Vendeur d'Oies du Limousin"
    by Doggy
  • "April in Paris"
    by Count Basie and His Orchestra
  • "Touche-Moi"
    by Stereo Total
  • "An American in Paris"
    by George Gershwin
  • "La Vie en Rose"
    by Louis Armstrong