Warmly

Blankets cozily cover backs of chairs outside a small coffee shop near Bastille.

Flower hour

A flowering plant on an autumn morning in botanical garden Jardin des Plantes.

Tai chi

Early morning Tai Chi in the Jardin des Plantes.

Chocolat chaud

Chocolate nibs fill a porcelain cup in a window.

Fashion fronds

Exotic colors and plants decorate a window on rue Cambon.

Souvenirs

Iconic Paris souvenirs at a bouquiniste stall, with Notre Dame Cathedral beyond.

Politics for lunch

A regular at a Left Bank café holds his own knowing he won't be judged for his views or opinions.

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If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell

Fig heaven

Tartes in a local pâtisserie loaded with fresh figs, a perfect Thanksgiving dessert.

- Happy Thanksgiving 2018 -

["Thanksgivings Past": much-viewed post from 2015]

Leaves

Golden leaves on a Montmartre stairway.

Quaiside café

A café-restaurant along the Seine.

Chez les voisins

An impromptu casual dinner at the neighbors'.

On the menu: crab avocado verrines, roasted lamb, platter of farm cheeses, heavenly dessert

Below: pre-dinner apéritif w/chilled pink champagne

Fowl play

Fabric playfully turned into chickens in a Left Bank store window.

Reflective

Woman seated on the métro.

Sax relax

Jazzing it up on a bench in a small Montmartre square.

La muette

A seagull perches on a wall near Notre Dame Cathedral.

Carpe Diem

A quiet café on a quiet afternoon in the 1st arrondissement.

Deck the malls

Christmas cheer takes over Paris department stores.

Above: inside Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche

November newsletter

Nouveautés

Cook in a window

A cook busy at work on a Montmartre side street after dark.

Autumn square

The beauty of one of the city's many hidden places.

Life is pain

French pain....

Macaron cheer

Macarons in bright flavors on a gray afternoon.

Caricatures

Caricaturists atop Montmartre on Place du Tertre display their skills.

Champagne shopping

Champagne: one of the perks shopping here.

 

CHANEL

31 rue Cambon 75001

Sans mousse SVP

What can happen when you forget to say, "Sans mousse s'il vous plaît!" (no foam please) ordering coffee at a Paris café.

Art brut Japonais

Worth a detour.

"Art Brut Japonais II"

Ends March 10, 2019

Musée d'Art Naïf
Halle Saint-Pierre

2 rue Ronsard 75018

Passage couvert

 

One of many covered passages in Paris, this one off Boulevard Sébastopol.