20 May 2011
Monaco Grand Prix - the Stands
Not long now and these stands will be jammed with Formula One fans. The construction goes on for months - I can't remember when it started but probably in March. Here's a list of what has been installed:
1100 tonnes of stands
900 tonnes of terraces
33 kilometres of security rails
20,000 square metres of wire netting
5000 protection tyres
500 fire extinquishers
32 surveillance cameras
10 cranes
19 May 2011
Monaco Grand Prix - Here we go again...
In less than a week the Formula 1 teams and their cars will arrive in the Principality.
If you look carefully at the smaller photo (this is Boulevard Albert 1ere) you'll see the road has been re-surfaced and fine lines have been drawn - soon we'll see the markings for the Starting Grid here.
As for pedestrians, they have to walk really carefully around Monaco at the moment.
18 May 2011
The Princess and the Ceramist
Princess Caroline spoke to all the exhibitors - here you see her chatting with Stéphane Montalto, a local ceramist of great renown. He was recently awarded the 'Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2011.' Do take a look at his website to see the beautiful art he creates.
Stéphane not only makes stunning pots but does historical restoration work and creates architectural pieces for some of the famous houses and gardens along the Riviera, such as Villa Cyrnos, the Empress Eugenie's villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu. He's also done work for Bono at his villa in Eze-sur-Mer.
I've featured Stephane's work before - you can see it on Menton Daily Photo HERE. You'll find his atelier in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin or you can see and purchase his work on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month in Menton market.
17 May 2011
Garden Dreams - Princess Caroline
16 May 2011
15 May 2011
14 May 2011
Garden Dreams - Signs
13 May 2011
12 May 2011
11 May 2011
10 May 2011
Garden Dreams - Elegant Ladies
09 May 2011
Garden Dreams - the Velvet Elephant
You want an eight-foot velvet elephant or a friendly cheetah (perhaps it's a leopard?) then you've come to the right place although I can't quite work out how either would cope in the rain. Perhaps they are simply on display as part of this year's theme at Garden Dreams which is an hommage to Africa.
08 May 2011
Garden Dreams
07 May 2011
06 May 2011
05 May 2011
Hidden
04 May 2011
Charlie's Feet
You may well ask the reason for a photograph of a seagull's rear end.
The best I can do is tell you that I was waiting for FNAC, a shop in the Metropole Centre to open - so I wandered down to the area below the Casino and, having nothing better to do, stood there snapping the gulls. This one's feet reminded me of Charlie Chaplin...and he always made me laugh - or cry.
03 May 2011
Grand Prix - the Barriers Go Up
02 May 2011
Roses for Lunch
An spray of roses over your lunch table? This is the Pacific Restaurant in the Metropole building on Avenue des Spelugues.
01 May 2011
Mailboxes
It's not easy to find a private mail box in Monaco. Eventually I found these three in a small street at the back of the Hotel Hermitage.
More usual are rows of mailboxes inside the foyers of apartment buildings (which can't, of course, be photographed) or private mail boxes in Monte Carlo's post office which you see left and below.
Please click here to see how others around the world have interpreted today's theme.
30 April 2011
29 April 2011
'Cloclo' - the new Claude François film - the Extras
28 April 2011
'Cloclo' - the new Claude François film
Monte Carlo's famous casino and square was taken over yesterday morning by a film crew who are making 'Cloclo' based on the life of Claude François.
Claude François was an incredibly popular singer in the 1960s and '70s in France. His formula for success was adapting British and American rock and roll hits for the French market. If you've never heard of him, then think of the Frank Sinatra classic 'My Way' which he co-wrote with Jacques Revaux. The song was known in France as Comme d'habitude (As Usual). Paul Anka supplied the words to My Way.
In March 1978 he's returned from a gig in Switzerland to in his Paris apartment in order to appear, the next day, on 'Les Rendez-vous du Dimanche' with TV host Michel Drucker. While standing in a filled bath, he noticed a light bulb that wasn't straight, tried to straighten it with his wet hands and was accidentally electrocuted. His tragic death at only 39 years of age brought a wave of public sympathy for a French national treasure.
The part of Claude François is played by Jérémie Rénier (seen coming out of the casino in this photo) who bears a remarkable resembles to the late singer. However, despite is pretty boy look, Francois was a tortured soul and not always the nicest of people. Well, we'll all have to see the film, won't we?
27 April 2011
26 April 2011
Mas Provençal - the Dancer
25 April 2011
24 April 2011
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