20 January 2011

Black Cat for Luck


We are a couple of streets north of Monaco in Boulevard de la Republique in Beausoleil. Cats are so agile, aren't they? This one had no problem in walking along a narrow ledge and then jumping onto the railing.

19 January 2011

Right foot forward...


Right foot forward...at Larvotto. A family in step with each other.

Regrettably more fur, but you'll always see real fur in Monaco - perhaps this coat isn't?

18 January 2011

Garnier's Casino


The back of the beautiful Casino building. It was designed by Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opera House. Construction of this beautiful Belle Epoque building started in 1858 and finished in 1863.

17 January 2011

Fans and Feather Boas


The Lanvin windows in Monaco are 'happy' and fun too - male mannequins with fans and feather boas - all great fun.

16 January 2011

Photographers


There's always something or someone to photograph in Monaco...

15 January 2011

The Faux Poivrier


As you see, the rain has gone - we had glorious sun for two days (well, a part of each day) but we are now back to overcast skies - in fact more overcast than this. We are on the terraces below the Casino - it's lovely to walk here and sit under a False Pepper Tree if we want. That's Cap Martin in the background and beyond is Menton and then Italy.

14 January 2011

Phone Call...


Sometimes a photo can be cropped and used twice! This is the right-hand half of a photo you've seen before... click HERE.

13 January 2011

What the Stars Foretell...


Seems Monte Carlo ladies read magazines on astrology.

12 January 2011

Niche


There are so many sculptures in Monaco - this one is above the entrance to the opera house in the Casino building.

11 January 2011

Brassed Off


Are some banks in Monaco a bit too grand?

10 January 2011

Spring already?


These two think it's Spring with much wooing going on...but what's he doing with his head inside her beak?

09 January 2011

View from Moods


The photo was taken from the gardens outside Moods, the nightclub at the back of the Café de Paris. On the right you see the Fairmont Hotel. In the distance, we are looking at Cap Martin.

08 January 2011

Lady in Black


She came to me one morning,
one lonely Sunday morning,
her long hair flowing in the midwinter wind...

07 January 2011

The 'Coco' Chanel Classic Suit


Don't you just love these dolls in the Chanel shop? Each one is wearing 'Coco' Chanel's classic 1950s suit.

06 January 2011

Reina Mariana


Queen Mariana in silhouette. She stands below the Casino and was sculpted in 2004 by Manolo Valdés, the well-known Spanish artist who lives in New York.

05 January 2011

Pole Vault


The roots of this magnificent tree in the Casino Gardens make a temporary home for some wooden poles - or perhaps they are a permanent support for the tree?

04 January 2011

Through the trees darkly...


Whilst waiting for the sun - when will it return? - at least the clouds make interesting patterns over the back of the Casino building.

03 January 2011

A Not So Pristine Monte Carlo...


The morning after New Year's Eve in a normally pristine Monte Carlo - broken champagne bottles on the terrace below the Casino.

In the smaller photo - neatly stacked: two empty bottles and a couple of glasses. Bet they woke with a headache...

And below - well some people were obviously reduced to paper cups! These had been stuck in an olive tree outside the Hotel de Paris.

02 January 2011

The Morning after the Night Before


The small courtyard of The Living Room - a piano bar/night club in Avenue des Spélugues - the morning after New Year's Eve.

It must have been a good night!

01 January 2011

Theme Day - Favorite Photo of 2010


On the first of January each year, bloggers in the City Daily Photo community post their favourite photo of the previous 12 months. Here's mine - a shot of the magnificent Oceanographic Museum, seen through the legs of Damien Hirst's enormous sculpture 'The Virgin Mother.'

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and peaceful 2011 and thankyou SO much for your visits to Monte Carlo Daily Photo.

Please click here to see other bloggers' favourite photos of 2010.
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