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.