I cannot possibly know every café in Paris but I must say there's no other cafés in City of Light that looks so patriotic than this one, Le Bonaparte.  Their blue-white-red awning, bright against grayish-colored walls, looks just like many French national flags sewn together.  However, I notice their blue stripes are much wider than the other colors.

And that makes me think of how the tricolor used to be.  Three stripes of the earlier French flag were not equal in width, either, with blue being the thinnest and red the widest.  Who changed that to make each stripe equal?  It was Napoleon I.  Coincidentally, this cafe has Napoleon's name in it.  Is there any historical relation to these facts?  Or, could this be some kind of witty humor the French people love to enjoy?  Well... I must be tired, after walking around too long in Paris, if I start being too obsessed with something like this.  It's time to sit on the terrace of a nice cafe to relax.

Le Bonaparte sits opposite Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Pres, the oldest church in Paris.


Paris Café XLI

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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 6 x 10 in.
Mat Size: 10 x 15 in. (mat color: white)
Purchase: Sold

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