Liberté, Fraternité, Quartier!
My street has such high self-esteem, it's always celebrating itself and breaking out en fête.
It's not enough to have the Yves Klein festival in June, where lots of people roll around naked in blue paint, but last weekend there was another fête just for the Enfer of it...
A sense of 'fun' isn't something Parisians are necessarily renowned for, but that was ok because this festival involved lots of activities which only required you to sit around looking cool.
I guess the street has a lot of history to celebrate, not least Jean-Paul Belmondo's final moments as he races down the one way street at the end of Godard's A Bout du Souffle.
It's not Belmondo who's still hanging round the quartier but his co-star, Jean Seberg. From over the road at the Cimetiere Montparnasse, she would have just about been able to hear the party from where she's buried, so sadly near the mise-en-scene of her greatest success.
Oh I was there on Saturday! It was all quiet. I didn't know about the festivities today!
Posted by: embrouillamini | October 01, 2007 at 08:38 PM
It was 22/3rd September - I meant to finish my drawing by last friday but, due to actual paid commissions, was just a little late in posting. I also noticed I made another error - the confetti didn't appear 'til sunday - I saw the organisers with great plastic sacks of it just as I was going out to get my morning croissant (weekend fat-spree) from the boulangerie open on Sunday morning on Boulevard Port Royal. When did you attend? I was there part of Saturday night and Sunday lunch.
Posted by: badaude | October 01, 2007 at 10:00 PM
I was just meandering through the area on Saturday afternoon (29th), around lunchtime.
Passage d'Enfer was a little bit creepy! There was nobody else around except for me and a randomly-placed motorbike in the centre of the cobbled lane! I loved the atmosphere though. Such a nice neighbourhood.
I replied to your comment in my comments bit (!). Are you still in Paris? Cath x
Posted by: embrouillamini | October 03, 2007 at 10:35 AM
I was just meandering through the area on Saturday afternoon (29th), around lunchtime.
Passage d'Enfer was a little bit creepy! There was nobody else around except for me and a randomly-placed motorbike in the centre of the cobbled lane! I loved the atmosphere though. Such a nice neighbourhood.
I replied to your comment in my comments bit (!). Are you still in Paris? Cath x
Posted by: embrouillamini | October 03, 2007 at 10:36 AM