Paris...c'est magnifique! Today I had little moment in Paris with Victoria Cyr poet, actress, singer/songwriter! Check out her interview on Riverwest Radio.
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Where are some places that you are inspired to write?
I am inspired everywhere in Paris including McDonald's... so it's hard to say, but I love writing at the Les Arènes de Lutèce, in the 5th (a Roman gladiator arena that's now a beautiful park), on the terrace of Café Pasteur (in the 15th) looking at the Eiffel Tower.
Café de la Mairie at Saint-Sulpice is also very très special and inspiring creatively, in general for life ~ it sits to the side of my favorite fountain in Paris ~ partly because it's so quiet that I feel like I'm in the country! I'm in love with it and one night in the blink of an eye when no one sees...I'm swimming under the fountain's waterfalls surrounded by its enormous stone lions...in front of yet another astonishing, historical church (that The Da Vinci Code was inspired by or based on)...Vive La France!. Also anywhere along the banks of the Seine is inspiring. And a secret spot—place de Breteuil at the Louis Pasteur statue, with the Eiffel Tower to my left (I call her Madame Tour Eiffel, among other things as one name is too small for Her) and Les Invalides to my right. It's magic. I have to force myself to go home or I'll sleep there all night.
What monument do you like in Paris?
Well... I love all the monuments (how can you not?), but I have a specific affair with Madame Tour Eiffel. I can't look at her enough, and especially at night when she shimmers on the hour. Or searches with her beam of light. Although some people think it's a monsieur ~ but for me it's like Cher dressed as a glamorous superhero. She's my best friend-shaman-superhero-love. But...I'm also partial to Notre Dame. I don't want to be cliché, but they just excite me on every level, and I can't imagine my life without a gaze of them every day. The Jardin du Luxembourg is my favorite garden. I like to write there. I like to drink rosé wine there. I'd love to live there. I would like to be lost there and never be found.
What is your favorite thing to do in Paris?
Eat cheese and bread and drink wine. Give me a glass of St. Emilion or something from the Languedoc region and I'm in heaven on earth. And...a slab of Camembert or a soft chevre cheese or Roquefort and I could just die....even though I haven't written my will.
What is your favorite thing to say in French?
There are so many words that end with a vowel (she laughs) and I find the language very dramatic and theatrical, so it's festive to say anything in French including hamburger. However, I adore saying, j'adore, je deteste, and jamais (much more fun than never!)....also pourqoui pas is fun! Et chouchou is mignon!
What do you find extraordinary about Paris?
I think for me, in addition to the freaky-cinematic-beauty, what's most extraordinary about Paris is that I truly feel like anything can happen at any moment - more than I've ever felt in any other place in the world -- so far :)
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Where are some places that you are inspired to write?
I am inspired everywhere in Paris including McDonald's... so it's hard to say, but I love writing at the Les Arènes de Lutèce, in the 5th (a Roman gladiator arena that's now a beautiful park), on the terrace of Café Pasteur (in the 15th) looking at the Eiffel Tower.
Café de la Mairie at Saint-Sulpice is also very très special and inspiring creatively, in general for life ~ it sits to the side of my favorite fountain in Paris ~ partly because it's so quiet that I feel like I'm in the country! I'm in love with it and one night in the blink of an eye when no one sees...I'm swimming under the fountain's waterfalls surrounded by its enormous stone lions...in front of yet another astonishing, historical church (that The Da Vinci Code was inspired by or based on)...Vive La France!. Also anywhere along the banks of the Seine is inspiring. And a secret spot—place de Breteuil at the Louis Pasteur statue, with the Eiffel Tower to my left (I call her Madame Tour Eiffel, among other things as one name is too small for Her) and Les Invalides to my right. It's magic. I have to force myself to go home or I'll sleep there all night.
What monument do you like in Paris?
Well... I love all the monuments (how can you not?), but I have a specific affair with Madame Tour Eiffel. I can't look at her enough, and especially at night when she shimmers on the hour. Or searches with her beam of light. Although some people think it's a monsieur ~ but for me it's like Cher dressed as a glamorous superhero. She's my best friend-shaman-superhero-love. But...I'm also partial to Notre Dame. I don't want to be cliché, but they just excite me on every level, and I can't imagine my life without a gaze of them every day. The Jardin du Luxembourg is my favorite garden. I like to write there. I like to drink rosé wine there. I'd love to live there. I would like to be lost there and never be found.
What is your favorite thing to do in Paris?
Eat cheese and bread and drink wine. Give me a glass of St. Emilion or something from the Languedoc region and I'm in heaven on earth. And...a slab of Camembert or a soft chevre cheese or Roquefort and I could just die....even though I haven't written my will.
What is your favorite thing to say in French?
There are so many words that end with a vowel (she laughs) and I find the language very dramatic and theatrical, so it's festive to say anything in French including hamburger. However, I adore saying, j'adore, je deteste, and jamais (much more fun than never!)....also pourqoui pas is fun! Et chouchou is mignon!
What do you find extraordinary about Paris?
I think for me, in addition to the freaky-cinematic-beauty, what's most extraordinary about Paris is that I truly feel like anything can happen at any moment - more than I've ever felt in any other place in the world -- so far :)
View of Les Invalides from the place de Breteuil.
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