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Paris. Photo by Paul Goldfinger ©

Paris. Photo by Paul Goldfinger ©.

 

 

PETE RODRIGUEZ  from the soundtrack of the movie Chef.   

 

 

Editor’s note.   Food is supreme in Paris.  It’s hard to find a bad meal…the bistros around town offer just a few special items  each day, but always delicious. And course there are those high end  restaurants where celebrity chefs can be found serving up exquisite dishes every day.

And go to an outdoor market, pick some fresh items and have a picnic.  The grocer above was not happy when I took his picture, but I got the shot before he turned and scowled.  And the music—don’t miss the movie “Chef.”  It’s a little long, but great fun and with a terrific soundtrack.  The second half is best with the cooking and the music.

 

My photo on the cover of “A Waiter in Paris” is now being seen in bookshops around the civilized world and on the Net.  It was released on August 9, 2022.

The photo is on the dust-cover, and my name appears on the inside flap. One publisher did their cover version in red-white-and blue, but they retained the black and white photo.

 

 

 

HAVANA CARBO:   “Paris.”

 

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Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, left bank. Built by Marie de´Medici, widow of King Henry IV of France in 1630.     Photo and silver gelatin print by Paul Goldfinger ©  Photo c.1995.   This is the Medici Fountain.   Click image to enlarge.

 

 

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.

It’s April in Paris, right now.  And it is a fine time to visit that most romantic of cities, but sometimes April there can dip down to the 40’s—sound familiar?

And, despite Yip Harburg’s lyrics, chestnuts in blossom don’t happen till May, and nobody is setting “holiday tables under the trees.”  In Luxembourg Gardens, blooms are starting to pop in April, and they have a bandstand there.

However, choose May to visit Paris.

“I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace

“Till April in Paris..
“Whom can I run to?
What have you done to my heart?”

This song, “April in Paris” was written by Yip Harburg and Vernon Duke for a 1932 Broadway show called, “Walk a Little Faster.”

Harburg also wrote the lyrics for “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” 

Many have recorded “April in Paris,” but Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald made the most famous version.

 

ELLA FITZGERALD WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA:

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By Paul Goldfinger in Paris. © This image appeared in an ad in the Euro Zone. Blogfinger.net

By Paul Goldfinger in Paris. © This image appeared in an ad in the Euro Zone. Blogfinger.net

 

HAVANA CARBO   “Paris” from their album Luna de Varadero

 

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Paris. Too early for dinner. By Paul Goldfinger ©

Paris. Left Bank.  Too early for dinner. By Paul Goldfinger ©

This image is on permanent exhibit at Cheese on Main in Ocean Grove.  Americans often arrive too early for dinner.

 

LUCIENNE DELYLE

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Lakes Park, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger

Lakes Park, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger.  Click to see the 66-79 inch wing span. ©  2016  Click to Seymour.

Here’s  a link to our piece about the Great Blue posted Feb. 2015. The post comes with music (….”My Blue Heron.”)   The Great Blue has also been sighted in Fletcher Lake, Ocean Grove, NJ.

http://blogfinger.net/2015/02/16/when-whippoorwills-call/

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Paris. By Paul Goldfinger. Silver gelatin darkroom print. undated. © Bllogfinger.net

Paris. By Paul Goldfinger. Silver gelatin darkroom print. undated. © Bllogfinger.net.  Click to enlarge.

KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE with MARTHA WAINWRIGHT.

“Allez-vous en.” (Go away! )

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La Creperia and Café. Tampa, Florida. Paul Goldfinger photo ©

La Creperia and Café. Tampa, Florida. Paul Goldfinger photo ©  Click to enlarge.

JOSEPHINE BAKER  “Nuit d’Alger”

And below is a link to another Josephine Baker song called ‘I Have  Two Loves.”  The scene is Paris, and that is a very Parisienne thing to do, and tres dangeroux.

Josephine Baker in Paris

 

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Aix-en-Provence, France.  By Paul Goldfinger.

Aix-en-Provence, France. A university town.   By Paul Goldfinger. ©.  Silver gelatin print. Undated.

VICTOR GARBER  from the score of Annie.   “Something Was Missing.”

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Paris.  Paul Goldfinger photograph

Paris. Paul Goldfinger photograph

THE 5 ROYALES   (also done by the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas. )  Love the guitar counter-melody/solo.

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