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Postcards of Festivals in Paris: Fête de la Musique, the Gay Pride Parade, La course des Garçons de Café, People in Paris, Parisian personalities doing odd and unusual things. Take a look at postcards of… Regardez cette page en français…

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Fire eaters: popular entertainment at festivals in France

Fire eaters performing on boulevard Saint-Germain during the fête de la Musique

 Sound and fury emanating from the mouth of a man taking chances

A fire eater at a street festival next to the canal Saint-Martin
The Waiters’ Race, where bar and restaurant waiters and waitresses ran an eight-kilometer marathon.

The Waiters’ Race : The day of fastest service ever

 A street festival on rue du faubourg Saint-Denis

Acrobatics in front of porte Saint-Denis
In 2003, the parade was renamed, «la marche des fièrtes lesbienne, gaie, bi et trans», as it was felt that “Gay” was too restrictive of a term.

A participant in Paris’ annual Gay Pride parade

 Drummers greet visitors to the festival de la Musique, in front of the place de la Fontaine aux Lions

African drummers in front of the Grand Halles in parc de la Villette
Ambiance Merguez during the Fête de la Musique

Clouds of smoke rising from a barbeque during the fête de la Musique

 The smell of merguez fills the air

A merguez vendor calms the flames with some water on boulevard Saint-Germain
A rolling antique that fascinates most who see it

Montmartre, south side

 A girl walking along the river Seine heads off into the Parisian sunset.

Walking along quai de l’Horloge, île de la Cité
A man weighing himself on boulevard Sébastopol

A man weighing himself in a pharmacy, boulevard Sébastopol

 A man preparing a bouquet of roses for sale in place de la République in Paris.

Flowers for sale in place de la République
A woman reading “La Croix”, a Catholic newspaper, in the park behind Notre-Dame Cathedral.

A woman reading behind Notre-Dame

 Workers laying down those yellow lines that indicate that a parking spot in front of the restaurant “Le Jardin du Marais” is in fact a delivery zone.

Laying down parking space lines on rue du roi de Sicile
A man from San Francisco playing bass and singing the blues on pont Notre-Dame on a Sunday afternoon.

A musician on pont Notre-Dame

 Nurse Clara offering back scratching on pont des Arts, a performance art project by Nili Blumberg.

Back scratching on pont des Arts
A woman slamming the table with her fist while talking on her portable télephone at a café on île Saint-Louis.

A woman slamming her fist on the table at the Saint-Régis café

 A middle aged man hanging out on pont au Double with a Barbie doll handbag.

A man with a Barbie handbag in front of Notre-Dame
The people in the phone booth appear to be looking at classified ads, quite possibly for apartments. The woman on the second floor already has her lodgings

Two sets of people having phone conversations on rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève

 A man who has died his beard purple, in front the drinking fountain next to Notre-Dame.

A man with a purple beard in front of Notre-Dame
A typical Parisian newsstand on boulevard Montmartre

A typical news stand in Paris

 I sat next to this man for an hour while he spoke in tongues, delivering a full-on, stream-of-consciousness soliloquy on the French Revolution, and the significance of the Column of July

Place de la Bastille by night, opposite the Column of July
Pétanque is the French equivalent of the Italian game “bocci”, and the English game “bowls”

Pétanque players at place de la Nation

 Non-resident dogs don’t get this kind of service at the café «Le Chaland», at 163 quai de Valmy, next to canal Saint-Martin.

A dog at a the café «Le Chaland» next to canal Saint-Martin
Le marché aux puces de la porte de Clignancourt.

A merchant with his guard animal, at the flea markets of Saint-Ouen

 A woman sharing her lunch with a few sparrows near fontaine des Innocents

Lunchtime with sparrows, near square des Innocents
A heron who started living in the Jardin des Plantes around the summer of 2006. An elderly lady often brings him fresh sardines she buys at the fish market.

A Grey Heron next to some bassins in the Jardin des Plantes

 A man often seen walking around the Marais with his dog, seen here in front of Bazare Hôtel de Ville.

A man with a huge dog on rue de Rivoli
A muzzled dog drooling in front of the meat market at 51, rue Saint-Louis en l’Île.

A dog in front of a meat market on île Saint-Louis

 Free Roaming Parisians

Some chickens at night near gare de l’Est
Many times in Paris, the more interesting things happen inside courtyards

A face off between pets

 A man with a bicycle he has turned in to a rolling dog house.

A pet adoption activist on boulevard Saint-Germain
A cat who lives with his owners in an equipment storage space they have squatted in front of a highway that runs along the right bank of the river Seine.

A cat who lives in a squat below pont Louis-Philippe

 The French word “étranger” can mean “foreign”, or “stranger”.

A strange translation on boulevard de Clichy
Rue de Lutèce on île de la Cité

An amusing sign near the palais de Justice

 Show biz brings out the worst in some people

Some friends of mine
L’un porte un casque, l’autre la tête nue

Two men at place de la Bastille

 This kid appears to be with a tour group, if so, it’s hard to believe the group’s leaders allowed him outside with this T-shirt on.

A teenager on rue des Norvins in Montmartre
Another picture I took from the waist, without using the viewfinder.

An habitué of boulevard Saint-Michel

 One of the woman who spend their days in parvis de Notre-Dame approaching people, asking if they speak English.

A Gypsy beggar in front of Notre-Dame
How much damage can be done to an automobile with one’s bare hands?

A woman doing her best to destroy an automobile

 Family resemblances?

A sister with twins
One sidewalk, two moods

A friendly wave

 I took this right after a demonstration had gone through the square

Canine human communication, place de la République
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