Paris Under a Blanket of Snow



I woke up and it was snowing.  I just came back from Madrid the day before and was tired but I knew this might be my only chance this year so i sprang out of bed and got to it.  Here are 50 photos of Paris in the snow.


our back yard the day before 


our street the day before.


my photo shootin' gear.


snowed a decent amount over night.


cool house at the end of our street.


the other end of our street


A kiss of spring from a lovely french fairy in a snow storm


shot from the line 6 metro


from the line 6 metro


Eiffel Tower from Trocadero



around Trocadero



look at that face.  it was born to be punched.  these petite connards were lobbing snowballs down the stairs at people and run away when the turned around to look






subway entertainment


I trekked all the way out to the Arc de Triomph but it was closed on top due to weather.  I wasn't happy, i hate champs elysees so bad and i wasted precious snow time!



man i wish this was in focus.  he had an armful of snowballs for someone


oh hello


on a hot tip I went to Montmartre next.  Great choice because everyone was having fun.  It was a virtual winter wonderland.  snowball fights, sledding, snow angels, you name it.  everyone was out and about and smiling



seconds later the little kid in green got hit in the ear and started crying.  2 hours later Jason Raish got hit in the ear and started crying


actually no f!uck you dude. if you're wearing boots like that i'm gonna prends your photo!



tiny doorway


you've seen this shot in the fall



there's a vineyard on Montmartre?



what a pixie this girl was. she had a cool dog too but i couldn't get a good shot.


if you were worried because of the snow and everything worry not, T money is still alive



no Henri, unfortunately there is only room for one giant man baby mayan pan flute hippie mountain climbing douche bag in this town and therefore I will continue wearing the pancho.


Sacre Coeur from the back



why dudes?  they are guarding the ! out of that snow.



sliding down cobble stones on bags after the kids have wiped away all the snow all day probably hurts. so does slamming into the cars at the bottom.


super skinny house



Paris was beautiful all day until the real Paris started showing its ugly head again.


Kaz the golden doodle.  I came home and me, josh, gavin, and nicolette had a snowball fight in the street.  Julie was upstairs on the third floor and made the mistake of opening the window and telling us she could catch snowballs because I got at least two of them in there and they hit the ceiling.  anyone that tried to exit the gate got a barrage of snowballs.  It reminds me of the good old days when it was bob vs. a hyperactive hormone filled jason who would literally send a shower of snowballs at him for as long he was standing.  15 minutes of snowball fight left me sore for 2 days.  I'm getting old.


he loves eating snow




What a fun day.  If you want to have fun in the snow in Paris then definitely go to Montmartre.  I hope there is another snowy day so i can try to take photos in other spots in paris.  Palais Royal? Tuilleries? Promenade Plantee?

Sketchy in Paris and Madrid

Some pages from a hemp paper sketchbook where i sawed off about 25% of it so it was taller and skinner.  I like this wide format.  As you can see I haven't really had the time to take advantage this wide format that much and have just been using it as a regualar sketchbook



i mess up people all the time so i decided to really mess them up after the fact.  Sorry Hyun.


Sorry Zhu Ru


Some Cafe in St. Michel


Chihiro from Tokyo 


at Merci in Paris


at Le Sancerre with Jenni from Sweden and others on Mont Martre in Paris


Marco Pardo in Paris.  doesn't look like him.


Celine de Paris at Les Emporte Piéces.  Doesn't look like her at all.  Damn i need to get my sketching game back!!!

Invierno en Madrid - Part 3



last part of my winter trip to madrid


Swing practice.  




a squat.  looks like its called Kasa Enkantada 



another "squat".  the city never did anything with this so the people took it over.


Cafe Delic in La Latina is pretty cool


inside


the patron saint of madrid San Isidro prayed that his son that had fallen into a well would be saved and he was.  this is at some Madrid history museum right next to El Corazon Loco in La Latina.  its ok if you want air conditioning or to be warm for a while, and its free.


i love it


its winter so my brain can't even think about buying these summer shoes


i got some of this 89 euro a kilo iberico ham at el museum de jamon.  good stuff


marco's friend Silvana has her architecture studio overlooking Puerta del Sol.  pretty awesome.


Silvana came to Tokyo to visit marco when we were there.


the bull ring room at some flamenco or bullfighting bar.  the guy that worked there insisted that it was a great photo opportunity.


Achara bought this quasi school girl outfit today after people at school were telling her she looked older.  i don't know if it's working


Breakfast with marco before i head back to paris.  Madrid is full of places like this.  Ok Spain, I had a nice week of not doing anything, partying, hanging out, going to swing parties, etc... but now its time for me to go back to paris and get back to work!  Hasta Luego!