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09 April 2007

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Lynda

Now that's a bookstore! I can imagine spending hours browsing in there.

runliarun

Oh - I could spend hours and hours in this place.

Lotus Reads

This bookstore is so absolutely gorgeous, I would pay them to let me work there. You've taken some beautiful pictures, Tara, I so enjoyed looking at them, thanks!

Vanessa

You and me, bookstore. soon! I love it! Must go must!!!!

Amber

Oh yes! I would spend HOURS in this store.

:)

lapagefrancaise

This bookshop just holds a special place in my heart. It is unique, one of a kind, and really much more than just a bookshop. It's a place to get lost in among its wonderful old editions, start conversations with people about their favorite books, and spend hours browsing on a rainy day or sit outside and people watch on a sunny day. I do love this place

mymelange

Tara,

I loved this place! I just had to visit on my first trip to Paris. Come to think of it, it kinda looks like the first hotel I stayed in when in Paris....

Jennifer Ramos

beautiful, i am dying to go to france...or anywhere in europe. You have some great history there, and your blog has some amaxing pics that take you away for those few minutes you're looking at them.

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Southern Heart

To be in a bookstore *and* in Paris...I would think it was heaven...

I have loved seeing all of this through you!

Dana Smith

Shakespeare is tops on my list to visit when my daughter and I come to Paris in June. We have no real itinerary...just play and "take down" one back street and into another. I read on TripAdvisor lots of minute by minute schedules...I can't do that. We will, most likely, miss things that we regret seeing......but in 4 years will catch them as a College graduation gift. Thank you so much, Tara, for this Blog....it is wonderful as we think of things we want to see.......and it made my daughter realize that she needs to pack her "skinny jeans"......
Dana in VA

tinker

What a fun bookstore - and the owner himself, semms like a character from a novel...

Thank you for the peek into some of his 'chapters!'

Laurie King

I think I bought an early 19th century map of Mesopotamia at this very store two 3 years ago.

Small world!

Thanks for this.

rel

Tara,
Well now you've gone and done it! I always enjoyed walking around Paris with you and peeking into antique shops and gazing at ancient buildings and admiring sleek race horses. Visiting flower shops and buying fragrant and beautiful bouquets and watching you find a place to put them in your lovely apartment has brought me many moments of pleasure.
But now you tempt me with the piece de resistance....THE bookshop in Paris that for some reason I missed both times i visited. I can't think of one thing....Oh, wait a minute...Bookshops are in the top two things i most enjoy in life.
I think I shall remember to visit Shakespeare & Co. this fall, but please remind me just in case. ;)
rel

GoGo

:). Thanks for this post. Its been a moment since I could make it here, and now here, I realize I have missed your writing very much!

I love the red stair photo. I want to touch them.

~GoGo

pepek

Meant that in a good way, of course! I LOVE the smell of old books better than the smell of bread.

pepek

Thanks for the tour! I could SMELL this bookstore....

naturegirl

Tara I just love that you allow me to explore and have a glimpse into your Parisian treasures!
For this reason I award you with.......
~THE THINKING BLOGGER AWARD!~
Come by my site and see..P.s. I am still in the process of posting about it.hugs NG

AnnieElf

There are so many things that fascinate me about this post not the least of which is the history dripping from this place - the owner's blackboard history, the crumbling ceiling, Notre Dame's reflection, and the dank/musty odor I can so clearly imagine as I enjoy these photos. What a treasure to survive through weather, wars, and whims of development.

holli

There are so many things I liked about this post and the pictures. First that it involved a bookstore - check.

French girls are vicious? Send them over to our neighborhood. Did you buy that book? If not - you should. But then you would have to throw out your sink.

I LOVE the reflection in the windows.. and the picture of the red stairs is inviting and mysterious. Plus I just love how they've aged with all the people walking them year after year.

AscenderRisesAbove

what a delightful looking shop! the stairway into the attic photo invites one to write a book all thier own!

Carla

What a fabulous looking little bookstore. I must remember this place. And I will definitely be taking a more thorough look at your blog before my next visit to Paris. Thanks.

Brian

Love old bookstores and old books.

Regina Clare Jane

Oh, how I love books- I could die in there... very peacefully...

Robin Sherwoodrobi

Oh My Shakespear and Co. Many happy hours as an American in Paris are spent there.
best
Robin

The Bold Soul

Thanks for this peek into one of my favorite bookshops in Paris! I didn't realize this wasn't Beach's original, but rather "in the spirit of" which I guess is the next best thing. Nonetheless it's a great place to browse and even buy (on my last visit I decided to buy a copy of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"... it seemed appropriate!)

And when you buy, they will stamp your purchases with a "Point Zero" stamp, a tradition they started who knows when but because they are across the river from Notre Dame which is Point Zero for all distances meansured in France from Paris. (You can see the little Point Zero plaque embedded in the stones in the courtyard just in front of the center portal of the cathedral.)

I can't wait to come back to Paris after my holiday here in NJ... just 4 more days!

Tara responds:
Lisa, my piece entitled "Notre Dame and Point Zero" appeared on April 3, including a photograph of Point Zero.

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