Moulin Monday

Night view: Le Moulin de la Galette

 

National Croissant Day

 

How does one celebrate National Croissant Day? By indulging in croissants, of course....!

Above: first-thing-in-the-morning freshly baked croissants

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Pyramides

 

Pyramides du Louvre by I. M. Pei.

 

Musée du Louvre

Throwback Thursday

The welcoming warmth of Carette, Place du Tertre.

 Takeaway coffee, chocolat chaud à l'ancienne, viennoisseries and, not usual, made-to-order crêpes at early hours.

 
Open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. every day

Castle in a window

A Christmas tradition originating in Kraków, szopki are ornate castles that showcase nativity scenes.    

 Above: a gleaming szopka takes up the entire window of a Polish bookshop on Boulevard Saint-Germain

Golden globes

 

Entrance to an underground shopping mall in an enclosed atrium with tropical plants.

Crêpes at Christmas

Crêpes are a festive option with visitors whatever the occasion or time of year.

Above: Breizh Café

 

Moon walk

 

The first full moon of the year shines on streets and squares.

 Above: Place du Tertre

Below: rue des Abbesses

 

 

 

 

Paris-Athens

The birth of Modern Greece 1675-1919

 The exhibition, organised on the occasion of the bicentenary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, aims to highlight the links between Greece and European culture, with a particular focus on the relations between Paris and Athens.

 Paris-Athènes

Musée du Louvre

Ends February 7, 2022

Window stopping

 

  

A couple stops to look in a shop window on the Left Bank.

 

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Annual winter soldes end February 8

A chef's salad

Chef Yves Camdeborde's irresistible salade gourmande: 

green beans, artichokes, more, topped by a slice of foie gras

Le Relais Comptoir
9 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006

 

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In February newsletter:

Some dishes from my childhood

 

Tripes à la mode (de Caen)

Légumes farcis à la provençale

Bacalao (salt dried codfish) w/bananes plaintain

 Omelette aux herbes a.k.a. "Daddy's green omelet"

Pied de porc en gelée

 Fromage de tête

Beef tongue w/pickles

 Tête de veau

Rognons de veau

Hasenpfeffer w/juniper berries

German Rinderrouladen

 

 More....

 

To my Father

 

 

Bear down

A couple of bears get in some down time in the Marais district.

A castle in winter #1

Leaving Paris behind for a few days we rang in the New Year with friends at their magnificent château in Normandy, one of France's most beautiful regions. On the menu: exquisite Oaxacan made-from-scratch abuela recipes, from tortillas and mole to soups, sauces, almond horchata and even Mexican white cheese.

 

Above: the castle at sundown

 

Below: walks w/the dogs; sumptuous sitting room w/its 16th century fireplace; resident horse through a window; shadows lengthen as evening falls

 

 

 

Café magic

 

Le Café Marly at night.

Pyramide du Louvre

Umbrella sky

Another Patricia Cunha visual extravaganza.

 At Bercy Village

Ends January 16, 2022

City of light

 

Twinkling lights will make the season bright until the end of January.

 

 

 

Cakes for a King

 

Today is the Feast of the Three Kings.

 Who will get the fève?

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Above: frangipane (sweet almond custard) galettes des rois w/apple cider from Brittany (where else?) tempt from a bakery window

Where croissants glisten

Walking in a pastry wonderland.

(click to enlarge)

Portrait on demand

Portrait painters await customers at the top of the butte.

 

Blue hue

Illuminated in blue the Hôtel de Ville with its Christmas village on the square ends today.

Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville (Mairie de Paris)

75004 Paris 

Joyeuses Fêtes

 

 

 

Une Très Belle Année 2022