Saturday, May 31, 2014

Last Day in Lyon - leaving at dawn BOO HOO

Day of last minute shopping and strolling in Lyon - perfectly gorgeous


poster - for Huong Ngo and Felix Gonzalez-Torres




book cover at street market


another book cover




the amazing hat David bought for me - on Harper


In my new hat with the hatmaker - Maite in her shop...





David's new glasses, made in Berlin, bought in Lyon...









boat in a fortune teller ball, for nico by Guthrie


ice cream at the end of the day at Place Sathonay at the ice cream shop called The Spoiled Children - i had chartreuse, violet and fromage blanc; david and kids: cinnamon, blood orange, chocolate orange, vanille, banana, caramel.....



for Jeff Wall


Woman in the leather coat shop that sold us a new red leather jacket for Harper


Harper in her new red leather coat outside of the shop



antique shop window - a tin tin Magritte painting..






i am as sad as this melting candle to be leaving France - i lvoe it here, even though the Front National Partie won 25% of the vote.......


amazing shoes


at the eyeglass store



tea cup spinning on carousel





parking ticket




where i bought a lovely bottle of creme de chataigne, chestnut


Annecy - Haute Savoie Town > luxuriously fabulous

My beautiful family sitting at an outdoor A of spades table in Annecy, an unbelieveably beautiful town 2.5 hours away from Lyon by train. Huge Lake surrounded by mountains. They were waiting for me as I shopped at tres hip thrift shop.....the only one in town.



white asparagus that the French eat dipped in aoli or plain mayonnaise......








love the purple / lavendar colors that hum in fresh garlic and the white asparagus...


a beautiful 1930s memorial to a particular doctor who helped the poor, under renovation...







photosynth panorama of the big park in Annecy on the lake...



the insanely soft ground playground tucked behind a church in the center of town....




closed shop window (after Lynn Saville and Guy Bourdin)



tree graffiti back in Lyon on a fantastic day park jumping, strolling, playgrounding...



carousel in park tete d'or


bear graffiti / stencil in Annecy


back in Lyon


boats along the Rhone in Lyon





amazing slides on the paddle boats in Annecy.


Photosynth panorama from the train from Annecy to Lyon (after Tama Hochbaum and W.G. Sebald)



from the Bridge of Love in Annecy, a canal.... some say Annecy is the French Venice or Amsterdam, but not really. it is as touristy and for good reasonS.


Lyon Parc Tete D;'or Carousel - pegasus atop flying...



bikes in Parc Tete D'Or






very moderne chairs at the old Chateau in Annecy, now a museum with a contemporary show on birds, but we didn't see it - closed for lunch, ahhhhhh the French know how to live.


Annecy chimneys


David having a haircut in Annecy



back of a market truck in Annecy


Lyon zoo - leopard
Lyon Parc


more Train Panoramas from Annecy train to Lyon


our hallway view as we wait for the elevator


A graveyard decoration in Cyrille's amazing psychoanalytic apartment - so glad we got to see it and him, Patrick and his lovely daughter Lou. This hangs above the dining room table - very old, beaded, faded, metal, gorgeous, I covet.....no guts to take from cemeteries....


Patricka nd Cyrille (Patrick on left in kitchen doorway - Cyrille on right in Dinig Room doorway - fab



living room, very modern and cool and handsome and french and delicious


the plaque on the outside of the building, so PROUD of Cyrille. he is the Director of URDLA and a Lacanian psychoanalyst who knows how to "play with structures". The most stylish and fabulous man I know, after David of course...


Guthrie on Cyrille's psychoanalysis couch. Cyrille sits in the chair on the left. For Real.


Cyrille's mother's glasses for perfect wines...



sitting down for: fresh mozzerrella like clouds, green asparagus, a very mustardy french vinegaraette, pasta with moroccan spiced tomato sauce, fresh bread, delicious wine and ana pple tart that we bought at a nearby bakery, Jules, on Ascension. (I am such a bad / lapsed Catholic. I previously said it was Pentacost.)


Patrick and his daughter Lou


Annecy daisies


David and Guthrie playing on a crazy see-saw in Lyon







David wearing Harper's hat on top of his own while he pushes them on a swing in the Parc



Reindeer?


Love the old door and sign with a u-turn arrow, Annecy


old door detail in Annecy


My dream home in Annecy - if you sat on one of those 3 floors with windows, you would have a full view of the mountains and lake



Lyon roof


Girl in Parc, Lyon - love her dress


Old sign for the old elephant we used to visit in Lyon - now Princess Stephanie has the elephant, saving her from death......much to the delight of David who has a mad crush on the Princess


trompe l'oeil of a doorway with a cat, Annecy


Lyon play




Train panorama




detail of Annecy dock as we paddle off in a boat...



Flamingoes in Lyon



The fort / chateau in Annecy where Swiss Counts once lived



Annecy


Lyon zoo - what does the fox say? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


from train near Annecy










Parc Tete D'or - Guignol puppet theatre sign - for Laura


Guthrie in David's hat at a pizza place along the Rhone


Happy Guthrie on the train going to Annecy


Lyon






Harper asleep on the train



Harper climbing a great wall in Lyon






Harper in her found sunglasses



Guthrie's photo of Harpie - love that he uses my Nikon...


Amazing metal horse bikes in the Annecy Park of Europe -









instrument shop in Annecy


love this Francis Alys / Luc Tuymans tropme l'oeil in Annecy


for Jeff Wall









woman on the lake in Annecy



such fun paddle boating















lyon morning light


poor lion - whenever i am in a zoo, i think of John Berger's Why We Look At Animals essay = =



Annecy bridge of amour...




alys / tuymans



eyeglass store in Annecy - one on every block (with a patisserie, boulangerie, coiffure, parfumerie and fancy clothes shop)...






Lyon man resting




meringues in Annecy


on metro


mediocre mime in Annecy


kids with a mini - David's dad just bought one back in the states


zoo


annecy


CLOS  NEMOVRS uses a very UNC logo on the gate....



my new lyon top, bought with Iris...



lyon lady


david's new do! fantastique!


tired on the train


lovely opening to play area in Parc Tete D'Or


typical sidewalk in Lyon


Patrick and Lou





political poster in Annecy, post-election



more train panoramas


 lyon red hand


Annecy reflections


monument to the war dead in Annecy....


rosebuds


the most amazing roses in Annecy


sand cats at the zoo


panorama


hip slides in Lyon







Guthrie on the platform in Annecy


poster in Annecy, detail






Cyrille's entranceway staircase


star cross in Annecy - seen by me and Guthrie at about the same time.


photosynth panorama


Annecy


Sun dial in Annecy on lake




sunrise in apartment


swan boat in Annecy

crazy swings in parc tete d'or, waited almost hour for our turn..



harper loved it - guthrie got off early, dizzy...



annecy dress


Guthrie building with metro tickets, so much like my older brother Stephen, whom he reminds me of every day......



hedges in annecy


totem pole in Annecy

train panorama


















lyon tree with a heart


photosynth train pano


box for coins in Annecy church


underneath the skateboard park in Lyon


Typical Annecy view



Harper filling our water bottle for the fifth time that day..


water playground  in lyon, water not working..



zoo


Guthrie "worries about everything" - just like his mama