tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post5344090814441522910..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Postcards from the CityAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-90000662352459396442008-11-23T02:28:00.000+01:002008-11-23T02:28:00.000+01:00I hope there is a future for postcards. Unfortunat...I hope there is a future for postcards. Unfortunately, sending letters is old fashioned now. So we can only hope postcards may survive.<BR/>Those Panini albums, we used to have them here in Peru too.<BR/>All the best!Gabrielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280432296207747625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-83479835036810959432008-11-19T11:02:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:02:00.000+01:00I love the marche aux timbres and didn't know abou...I love the marche aux timbres and didn't know about its history. Thanks for the info!<BR/><BR/>Collecting (postcards, stamps, whatever) is easy -- it's the damned categorizing that will drive a person bonkers.Polly-Vous Francaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667479743723002691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-27880032573611842552008-11-19T10:22:00.000+01:002008-11-19T10:22:00.000+01:00Yes, once more very interesting reading!I have als...Yes, once more very interesting reading!<BR/><BR/>I have also been surprised how relatively easy it has been to find old postcards from the area where I now live. Some hundred years ago it seems that every street corner was photographed and became a postcard. Of course interesting for the comparisons between before and today!<BR/><BR/>I haven't been inside and checking, but it seems that the old PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-26326488433659916542008-11-18T21:52:00.000+01:002008-11-18T21:52:00.000+01:00At a brocante last fall a dealer "gifted" me with ...At a brocante last fall a dealer "gifted" me with a box of hundreds of old art postcards [from the Musées Carnavalet, Picasso et al], all for 10 euros[!] because it was the end of the day and she was tired of lugging them home again! It took us hours to sort through them, but now I have a miniature gallery of French art history!<BR/>And I agree with you...I much prefer to collect postcards than Gina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-84606332775301906222008-11-18T11:44:00.000+01:002008-11-18T11:44:00.000+01:00What a fascinating topic again.Your motorway pictu...What a fascinating topic again.<BR/>Your motorway picture sure wins the Boring Postcard of the Year award. What at treat!<BR/><BR/>I personally have doubts about the future of postcards although sales seem to be going strong in Avignon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-63235759649204535262008-11-17T17:26:00.000+01:002008-11-17T17:26:00.000+01:00>Walked past Jussieu Music the other day: is th...>Walked past Jussieu Music the other day: is that place slowly dying or what?<BR/> <BR/>Sounds like an invisible subject to me! That place is a part of my Parisian 'jeunesse'.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-65168360771303680662008-11-17T16:54:00.000+01:002008-11-17T16:54:00.000+01:00You do have a way of digging up interesting little...You do have a way of digging up interesting little nuggets don't you! While I'd often seen the bustle on Carré Marigny, I didn't realise it was because the previous owner had decreed it be used in that manner. <BR/><BR/>A similar hive of activity can be found at the exit of the Jussieu metro station, with (mainly) male pubescents, post-pubescents and perma-pubescents trading in playing cards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com