Christmas Around The World

Tara Bradford

writes from the City of Light
Paris Parfait
Christmas in Philadelphia

New York

Paris

Barcelona

The giant tree at City Hall, Philadelphia, USA.

Το τεράστιο χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο του Δημαρχείου στη Φιλαδέλφεια.

Κτίρια στη Φιλαδέλφεια των ΗΠΑ. Philadelphia.

Anthropologie store in historic building, downtown Philadelphia.

Christmas tree, Rockefeller Center. Το χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο στο Κέντρο Ροκφέλλερ.

Ice hockey at the Wollman Rink, Central Park.

Χόκεϊ στον Πάγο στο Σέντραλ Παρκ.

The red ornaments in front of 1251 Avenue of the Americas.

Τα κόκκινα στολίδια στη Λεωφόρο Αμέρικα.

Oasis of calm near Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).

Μια όασης για ξεκούραση κοντά στο Μουσείο Μοντέρνας Τέχνης στη Νέα Υόρκη.

Taxis and giant red Christmas balls, Sixth Avenue.

Ταξί στην Έκτη Λεωφόρο, προσπερνώντας τα τεράστια κόκκινα στολίδια.

Angels blowing trumpets, Rockefeller Center.

Οι Άγγελοι με τις σάλπιγγες τους στο Κέντρο Ροκφέλλερ, Νέα Υόρκη.

Εντυπωσιακά καταστήματα και βιτρίνες στη Νέα Υόρκη.

Ice storm, Saks Fifth Avenue.

Χριστουγεννιάτικες διακοσμήσεις στην Πέμπτη Λεωφόρο.

Browsing at Tiffany's. Visiting St. Patrick's Cathedral. Rockefeller Center, both before and after the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.

Old-style Hollywood glamour, with halter gowns.

Evening gowns and party frocks at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York.

Holiday vitrine, Paris. Εοραταστική βιτρίνα στο Παρίσι.

Jordana. Η κόρη της Τάρα.

Boulevard Hausmann, Paris.

The figure-eight mirror on the papyrus-strewn floor of a Paris department store holiday vitrine...

...reflects a tulle-wearing mannequin suspended from the ceiling.

Metro in Paris. Ο υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος στο Παρίσι.

Sagrada de Familia towers, Barcelona, Spain.

Η εκκλησία της Αγίας Οικογένειας, Μπαρσελώνα, Ισπανία.

Barcelona, Spain. Μπαρσελώνα, Ισπανία.

My cousins Pam (left) and Jenni (right) and my daughter Jordana in July in San Francisco.

Buildings reflected in ornaments on the Christmas tree at City Hall, Philadelphia.

Προσέξτε το κτίριο που αντικατοπτρίζεται στο μεγάλο χριστουγεννιάτικο στολίδι.

Για περισσότερα, δείτε την ιστοσελίδα της δημοσιογράφου

Tara Bradford : Paris Parfait

"I can still make a differencewith the words I write,pry open some closed minds,fill ravaged hearts with hope; sing songs of possibility, right some wrongs."

from the poem "I can still..." copyright 2006, Tara Bradford
Tara Bradford is an American living la vie Parisienne since 2001. Currently she is writing a novel and working on two photography books. A former newspaper and television reporter and Middle East correspondent, Bradford is a freelance writer, poet, photographer and author of the Paris Parfait weblog. Her photographs appear in the 2008 edition of the Blue Guides book "Art/ shop/ eat Paris." Her photographs also appear in the February 2009 issue of The English Home and in Chez les filles, Paris.

In 2008, Paris Parfait has been the focus of study for two courses at universities in Georgia and Arizona. Paris Parfait has been featured in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Albuquerque Journal, Crooks and Liars political blog, CNN.com, Univision.com, Redroom.com and Open Salon, as well as numerous other websites. Paris Parfait was featured in the Women, Power and Politics online exhibition at the International Museum of Women.

All photographs by Tara Bradford were taken with a Sony Alpha DSLR-A350, a Nikon D80 or a Konica-Minolta Dimage.

Bradford closely follows politics in the US, Europe and the Middle East and is optimistic about changes coming with the election of Barack Obama.

Bradford enjoys searching for antiques and collectibles in brocantes and flea markets of France, England and Spain. She has been known to sell the occasional treasure, for want of space in her bijoux Paris apartment (and to make room for her next discovery).
Bradford has lived in New York, San Francisco, Santa Fe, London, Paris and Amman, Jordan. She has studied Spanish in Seville, Spain.

Self-portrait April 1, 2008 Paris. Front-page banner design by Brian Rowan; photographs of Paris department store vitrine by Tara Bradford. About page masthead art by Vanessa Valencia.