You probably know it if you visit several European daily photo blogs (like yesterday's photo in London or Dijon), we are currently experiencing a terrible heat wave in Europe. Paris makes no exception... Today, for the first time, I saw a café terrace on which they installed two massive spray water fans. Really cool! If you are in Paris and want to experience this, go to Le Concorde, at the corner of Bd Saint Germain and rue de Courty.
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Nice B/W.It is very hot here in California. We go up to 90(32c) on the coast and over 100(37c) inland.Hot!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is why i try to end my day on the beach, only one hour or less sometimes but feels really good because temperature goes down a lot when near the ocean, ups Paris don't have ocean around, sorry Eric:)
ReplyDeleteNice composition! I love trying to peek at the patrons at the cafe through the moving fan.
ReplyDeletePraying that the heat decreases and cooling breezes decend quickly, weather wise and otherwise for our friend in areas of conflict. Even Seattle at L47 is to have 32C/90F and above temps this weekend.
-Kim
Although water-spray fans sound tres cool, I have curly hair and a fine mist of water mixed with the heat would send my hair into a gande boucle mess. My curly hair and I are patiently awaiting a break in the weather.
ReplyDeleteI love this photo Eric, it really does seem to be hot everywhere! At least its raining here and that provides some releif.
ReplyDeleteAnother heat wave in Paris?!! Damn! You poor things... It must be a global trend... it's too hot everywhere these days, even in the Bay Area ... pffffff....
ReplyDeleteHang in there!
Run around Paris: I know what you mean!!! ;)
They have the same system in fornt of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the opposite corner of this design bar all in white (I cannot remember the name)
ReplyDeleteFirst time I experienced that was in a trendy restaurant in the christian quarter of Aleppo (Syria). Glad it comes to Paris !
ReplyDeletewell it is hot here in Jakarta all year round...dusty and humid too!!
ReplyDeleteI hope this system doesn't turn café terraces into a wet t-shirt competition type scene! Yeah, it's hot everywhere, my place was like a steam bath yesterday. Al Gore is definitely right.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the North Hemisphere is having a high fever......stay cool everyone ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut dont you have air con' ?
ReplyDeleteI would like to add that I love dolphins, and that war is really a terrible thing on this planet we should try to eradicate.
ReplyDeleteGive peace a chance.
In France air conditionning is very limited. Prior to those heat waves we did not really need it except in the south.
ReplyDeleteOn top of that, in a big city like Paris, with very old buildings, it's unthinkable to install window units, because it would deface the facades.
Only recent offices have air conditionning...
Genre GG_j_me_la_pete : "so déjà vu, moi j' ai déjà vu ca en Syrie". qu'est ce qu'il faut pas entendre !!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the relationship between dolphins and the war???
ReplyDeleteBUT IS BRIGITTE B REALY B.B. I'M THINKING OF????
ReplyDeleteanyway - fake or real BB - doesn't make any sense.
greetings from a boiling Milano at 40° c becoming 42 tomorrow they promised!
It's hot all over. There were water mist fans at an outdoor Bastille Day celebration last weekend in Minneapolis, though we were standing in the street rather than sitting at a cafe. It was 90F(32C) and very humid, all week last week. Let's all toast a cold one to the heat! Sante!
ReplyDeleteNasty Fred : LOL. Et t'imagines pas tout ce que j'y ai vu d'autre !
ReplyDeletePS : Don't you dare use my pseudo !!!
;o)
Make love, nor war.
ReplyDeleteOuais - comme quoi c'etait bien la peine d'aller en syrie... t'aurais tres bien pu rester au cafe concorde...
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be the best posting string I've seen here in a while.
ReplyDeleteA photo of a fan has stimulated everything from curly hair, wet t-shirt contests, dolphins, war (still don't understand that one), Syria, christian quarters, etc. etc.
LOL!
Michael: it's the heat!
ReplyDeleteJ'ai comme l'impression que la chaleur a fait disjoncter quelques neuronnes :) je m'amuse bien !
ReplyDeleteyeah, all north hemisfere is really hot, it must be a signal of the world for us. what are we doing with our home? what are we ding with our planet?
ReplyDeletegreetings from peru.
Tomate, you're right...and nobody even mentioned Zidane so you know we're delirious from the heat!
ReplyDeleteMichael : amazing all these new bloggers suddenly appearing because of a fan… We should think about organising a fan-club on PDP.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, you saw that beloved zizou got three suspensions, and the italian jerk two.
ReplyDeleteFinally some justice...;-))
GG, LOL! Too punny! Michael, you're right: it's amazing what this photo sparked. As so many are experiencing the same thing, we feel united, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteHey everyone, come over to my place for a cool one to beat the heat!
-Kim
If I could blow in across the miles, I'd join other fans for a cool one: just breeze in, as it were (weather in Seattle or Paris!). I confess, I'm confused about the dolphins and the war, but c'est la blog.
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled upon this...this may be my new favorite blog.
ReplyDeleteThat explains all! Here is where our summer heat has gone. :-)
ReplyDeleteIn Greece we have one of the coolest summers ever. About 30 degrees during daytime (10 degrees down the usual July-August temperature) and much less in the evening. I have just returned from dining out and we just couldn't stand the chilly weather.
Although we are always hot this time of year in Florida, this year the rains are coming at the right time of day to cool things off in the evening and making it quite pleasant. More typical weather here than we have had in years past. We saw similar contraptions when we were in Las Vegas. Really helps in the high heat/low humidity climates. But we have more than enough humidity here! I think living in FL during the summer is only possible with A/C although I lived without it for 7 years! Stay cool!
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ReplyDeletei love this photo. Only u can take a simple fan and make it into art.great shot. where is this?
This is a superb shot. Chic, sophisticated, clever. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteHere in Portland Oregon it was 105 degrees yesterday (40.55 celcius). We could have used some of these fans near the train stations.
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