February 2018 - Paris Panorama

Welcome to the February 2018 edition of our newsletter Paris Panorama!

Each month we feature an inspiring haiku poem by Anna Eklund-Cheong.  You will also find a photograph of Paris by Sophia Pagan, our restaurant of the month with a link to the review, and an angel of the month by Rosemary Flannery. 

Bonne lecture!

Haiku of the Month

Photograph by Eric Hian-Cheong
Haiku by Anna Eklund-Cheong

Photo of the Month

Metro Line 6
Photograph by Sophia Pagan

This image is of the metro line 6 as it passes by classical Haussmanian-styled homes in Paris.

Fine art photographer Sophia Pagan has developed a Paris portrait session in collaboration with Entrée to Black Paris  To learn more, follow this link:  Black Paris Portraits.

Our Restaurant of the Month

Moussa l'Africain
Photograph by Entrée to Black Paris

For flavorful African cuisine in the historic Les Halles district of the French capital, visit Moussa l'Africain!

Follow this link and sign in to read our review:  http://www.parisinsights.com/restaurants.php.

Angel of the Month

The Angels of Notre-Dame des Victoires
Photograph by Rosemary Flannery
Author of Angels of Paris - An Architectural Tour through the History of Paris

A bevy of winsome-winged cherubs’ heads tilt around a tetragrammaton, a triangle on which is inscribed the name of God in biblical Hebrew. Consonants only are used, because the word was meant never to be spoken. Charles Rebille’s 1740 low-relief sculpture adorns the curved portal of the Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires, built to celebrate the victories of Louis XIII at La Rochelle. The church, once a convent chapel of Augustinian monks, is today famous for the miracles, conversions, and religious apparitions that have occurred there. The asymmetrical arrangement of the angels’ heads set against swirling clouds is typical of the Rococo style.

Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires, 7, place des Petits-Pères, 2nd arrodissement (Métro: Bourse)

To learn about other angels of Paris, follow this link: Angels of Paris – An Architectural Tour Through the History of Paris.