{"id":14921,"date":"2014-12-23T00:06:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chefmorgan.com\/?p=14921"},"modified":"2014-12-23T00:52:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T08:52:22","slug":"adieu-2014-bienvenue-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chefmorgan.com\/engine\/adieu-2014-bienvenue-2015","title":{"rendered":"adieu 2014; bienvenue 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chef<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

adieu 2014; bienvenue 2015<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine\u00a0le juillet<\/i> every day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 is almost here. 2014 has gone faster than a Yule log at a hungry table.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rather than another holiday recipe, I wanted to post a little feast for your eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

Some of my favorite things this time of year are those \u201cyear in review\u201d specials summarizing the year’s events. It is always the photographs that are particularly poignant\u00a0because they\u00a0instantly transport\u00a0us to that<\/em> moment, visually and emotionally.<\/span><\/p>\n

My daughter and I were looking through photographs of\u00a02014. We reminisced and had our own little \u201cyear in review\u201d reflecting on our favorite moments in 2014. There were many.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One event was le 14 juillet<\/i>, Bastille Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On that night, we walked from\u00a0our apartment to a neighboring street which has a direct view of the tower. It is barricaded off at the end, the \u00a0end closest to the tower, so that traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, cannot enter. On this street, residents and those that have caught wind of our secret, sit in the street. Families, couples, friends, and children running around partout<\/em>. Some lay blankets on the ground and eat their dinner with candles and Champagne (which they are told to put “away”, usually interpreted as “drink faster”).<\/span><\/p>\n

As we say adieu<\/em> to 2014, I want to share with some photographs\u00a0of le juillet, 2014, for a few reasons.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

First, the light and firework show over the tower was the most beautiful and artistically orchestrated firework display I have ever seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then there was the music…<\/span><\/p>\n

Every year the music is different. This year it was classical, perfectly timed with the lights and fireworks, and then the music changed and\u00a0John Lennon\u2019s Imagine<\/em> <\/span>sounded throughout the Parisian night air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And everyone sang. <\/span><\/p>\n

Together. <\/span><\/p>\n

On that Parisian street.<\/span><\/p>\n

I cannot think of a nicer (or more timely) message\u00a0this holiday season; A message of peace and community now and for 2015.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine<\/em> that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

To play John Lennon’s\u00a0Imagine<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>while viewing the photos below, copy this: (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs<\/span>), open a “new tab” in your browser, paste the youtube site,\u00a0and once the piano begins click on the tab to return to this page and scroll through the photos with the music. Enjoy. B<\/em><\/span>ises,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>LM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

Imagine there’s no heaven
\nIt’s easy if you try<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

No hell below us<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAbove us only sky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine all the people<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLiving for today…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine there’s no countries<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nIt isn’t hard to do<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nothing to kill or die for<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAnd no religion too<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine all the people<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLiving life in peace…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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You may say I’m a dreamer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nBut I’m not the only one<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope someday you’ll join us<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAnd the world will be as one<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine no possessions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI wonder if you can<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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No need for greed or hunger<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nA brotherhood of man<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine all the people<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nSharing all the world…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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You may say I’m a dreamer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"chef
\nBut I’m not the only one<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

I hope someday you’ll join us<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n

And the world will live as one.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"chef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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