Mocha Monday

 

From Anvers aux Abbesses

101 Artistes - 63 Ateliers

  Friday November 15 - Monday November 18

- Montmartre opens its doors -

18th and 9th arrondissements

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 Portes Ouvertes 2024

Painting
Photography
Watercolor
Engraving
Sculpture
Drawing
Japanese Nihonga
Collage
Mosaic
Ceramics
Digital art
Street Art

 

Rainy days

 A waiter at the door of a café watches as the rain falls.

Floral Friday

 Flowers set out on the street outside a Montmartre florist.

 

Autumn eve

Parasols seem to glow in the evening sun.

 

 

Tower Tuesday

 

 

Playful display of Eiffel Towers decorate the windows of Le Bon Marché (Rive Gauche) department store.

 

 

 

Mocha Monday

 A warming café crème on a gray September morning.

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Today begins PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

Ends October 1, 2024 

 

Some of the best people spotting cafés:

 

Café de Flore

 

Café Les Deux Magots

 

La Perle

 

Café Marly

 

Café de l'Esplenade

 

L'Avenue

 

 

 

 

Sit-down Sunday

 On a Sunday afternoon near the Paris Stock Exchange.

 

 

Floral Friday

 A lone sunflower atop a table.

 

Sun spot

 

 

Tables are spread out to take advantage of the autumn sunshine.

 

Throwback Thursday

 Charming street small village south of France.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

 

Evening apéro outside a small Italian traiteur in Montmartre.

Above: La Vie en Rosé

 

Table Tuesday

Table lineup in the shadow of Saint-Sulpice.

Above: gone are the summer lunch crowds 

 

Mocha Monday

 

A terrace table makes a colorful background.

 

Seaside Sunday

 

 

 

Amber evening: peanuts and Pineau, by the sea.
 

Above: the region's celebrated sweet apéritif wine, Pineau des Charentes
 

Paris - La Rochelle
 

3 hours (or less) from Paris 

 

 

Floral Friday

 A garden chair sits among plants and flowers at a fleuriste on the Left Bank.

 

Wine Wednesday

A basket of corks outside a bistro.

 

 

Tasting Tuesday

 

The sharing planche / "Planche à Partager," once a rarity on menus, has taken over Paris.

Best enjoyed outside at a terrace table.

 Above: a planche mixte 

Mocha Monday

Early coffee a brisk morning a small port.

Paris - La Rochelle

3 hours (or less) from Paris

 

Fairytale Friday

An evening repast under twinkling lights at the foot of a Montmartre stairway.

 

Travel Tuesday

 Streets made to bicycle, beaches made to run, tiny ports.

île de Ré

Paris - La Rochelle

3 hours (or less) from Paris

 

 

 

Mickey Monday

 

Life-sized whimsical graffiti on a Paris side street.

 

Sun Sunday

 Early morning on an island off the French Atlantic coast.