The greek puzzle.

 Richard Davis. is our" honorable correspondent" from Whidbey Island , Washington. ( For beginners:  not Washington DC, where Obama is staying, but Washington, Northwest, whith Seattle as main city ). Back from a trip to Greece he shares with our small frenchy blog  these pictures of a facade entirely covered with mosaic ....

   But ..this time, it's no temple floor..

   And  no ancient spa ...

  It's the front of a printing and reprographic trade, probably from the 50s.

What an uncommon spotI like the frsh and somewhat naïve look of the characters and machinery .

 Many thanks to Richard

Inspired

At Decize, the real estate agency took over the premises of a "mini supermarket" with a lovely Art Deco decor mosaic created by D'Andrea, an Italian mosaic master ...

A close up ... Hum..we can see i a pattern lotus leaves .... It is rare in the area.

Looks like those ones...

Sante Vallar

Here , we are in a closed and discreet place .... L 'Etoile Bleue, it is not a supermarket, but .... an old and chic brothel in Tours! ... This design is the work of  , a fellow of D'Andrea: their families are almost ofthe same village of Friuli, a northern region of Italy.

We found where your inspiration came from ...... Little rascal, we 'took  hand in the bag!

Rigolettes.

 This beautiful blue mosaic storefront, from the 1930s, was once Charles Bohu's  confectionery. It is located rue de la Marne in Nantes. The "rigolette"is a candy shell filled  with a fruit pulp  (pineapple, blackcurrant, lemon, raspberry and tangerine). This candy is named after Charles Bohu own cat, Rigolette, itself an  homage to the famous  Verdi's opera: Rigoletto . 

 The "rigolettes" were so  successful that, in 1930 Charles Bohu could contract  the famous  Isidore Odorico Italian mosaist to decorate the facade of his shop .

 The candy is no longer made here,  but the beautiful blue and golden façade has been preserved.