K&G Go To P&B part deux

Hey folks, I meant to get this up last week but I got a last minute job to shoot Annette Bening and the full cast of The Female of the Species for the cover of Backstage West! Woohoo! So now I bring you day two of our trip. Please enjoy and remember to click on an image to see it enlarged.


We began day two with a trip to the Musee D'Orsay. This is the clock just inside the front entrance to the main hall. Before its reincarnation, this building was the main train station in Paris.


This is the most realistic painting of a vagina I've ever seen. There were tons of people crowded around this one. Hilarious


This is a view from the far end of the main hall. This is also where the trains would come through.


I believe that this is the worlds first horizontal headshot. I would totally cast this guy!


She is very sad because she is trapped in a marble slab


I don't remember the name of this one so I call it tiny dancer






When one looks upon these sculptures, it is hard to comprehend that they are not real people. The detail and emotion in their faces is stunning.


Ok, I don't mean to offend anyone, but as near as I can figure... this is the gay Jesus! Okay, okay thats what I thought until I deciphered the placard which called this "The School of Plato." However, if you google "the gay jesus painting at Musee D'Orsay," you will find others who thought the same thing. Hmm...


This is the grand ballroom which was once part of the hotel that was attached to the train station.


After we left the Musee D'Orsay we grabbed a quick bite to eat and then walked across the bridge to the Jardin des Tuilleries which is the park between the Louve and the Musee de l'Orangerie. At this point it was about 3:30 in the afternoon, in other words, the night sky was approaching!


This is the Arc de Triomphe du Carousel


The Louvre


The Hotel de Louvre on Rue Rivoli


The next day we visited Monmarte and our first stop was Sacre Couer.


Your typical street scene in the Montmarte area



We found some cool steps down the hill that took us past this tiny theatre about half way down


Once we got down off the "Mont" we made our way over to Moulin Rouge. Apparently, if you want to see a show at Moulin Rouge it will cost you 150 euro. So instead we went to the "Erotic Supermarket." Next door was the Porn Warehouse.


Next we headed to the Marais district and I caught these folks walking down a side street with what I'm assuming was there grandson.


Marais street scene


Place des Vosges, yeah pronounce that.


We finished our day in the Marais. Tomorrow we leave the city on a day trip to Rouen in the Normandy region.