{"id":629,"date":"2018-01-28T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T11:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/?p=629"},"modified":"2018-01-28T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T11:20:01","slug":"paris-notions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Paris notions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris notions<\/p>\n<p>What do a gas station and a notions shop, both in Paris, have in common? There are hardly any of them left! On a recent stroll, I saw, and snapped a picture of, a gas station, thinking it would be nice to have a trace of this part of the Parisian scene which is fast becoming a relic. Why? \u00a0There are only one hundred or so gas stations in Paris now! On a different walk on a different day, while accompanying a friend who sews and knits (I do neither, unfortunately) to a &#8220;mercerie&#8221; (French word for notions shop)I took pictures of another fast disappearing &#8220;service&#8221;. \u00a0This particular notions shop was \u00a0located inside a charming courtyard on the Francs-Bourgeois in the trendy Marais. \u00a0There used to be hundreds of these little stores all over France. In small villages, they were often tended by a lone woman with a cat to keep her company. In them, you find needles and thread, buttons and ribbons and zippers and bolts of material. \u00a0The upscale store in the Marais, my friend told me, is one of the few that remain in Paris. You can still find them though. \u00a0 Should you find yourself in need of pretty French ribbons or bows, here&#8217;s a link to the 84 notions shops \u00a0in Paris, classified by neighbourhood:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.yelp.fr\/search\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-630\" src=\"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gasstationParis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gasstationParis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gasstationParis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gasstationParis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gasstationParis-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-631\" src=\"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notionsstoreParis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notionsstoreParis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notionsstoreParis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notionsstoreParis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notionsstoreParis-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-633\" src=\"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/attaches-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/attaches-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/attaches-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/attaches-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/attaches-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-632\" src=\"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cabinetandbuttons-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cabinetandbuttons-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cabinetandbuttons-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cabinetandbuttons-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-634\" src=\"http:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rouleaux-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rouleaux-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rouleaux-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rouleaux-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris notions What do a gas station and a notions shop, both in Paris, have in common? There are hardly any of them left! On a recent stroll, I saw, and snapped a picture of, a gas station, thinking it would be nice to have a trace of this part of the Parisian scene which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harrietweltyrochefort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}