29 December 2024

Sweet Sunday


 Chocolate-laced rugelach take center stage on the counter of a bakery in the Marais district.

 

25 December 2024

Peace on Earth

 

May this Christmas be blessed with great happiness, health, prosperity and peace on earth.

 Above: magnificent crèche de Noël inside the church of Saint Paul

Below: the Christmas tree 

 

 

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Some of the best Nativity-scene hopping in Paris right now:

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre

Église de la Madeleine

Église Saint-Pierre du Gros Caillou

Église Saint-Eustache

Èglise Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Èglise Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle

Église Saint-Leon

Église Saint-Francis-Xavier

Église Notre-Dame de Nazareth

Église Saint-Joseph Artisan

Paroisse Sainte-Marie des Batignolles

Paroisse Saint-Paul Saint-Louis


21 December 2024

A small reward

 
 
A classic dating from the 1600s Profiteroles derives its name from "profit," a type of small gratifying reward that arrives at the end a large gratifying meal. - BPJ
 

Below: hot melted chocolate is poured over choux pastry filled with vanilla bean ice cream create a chaud-froid sensation

 

 
 

19 December 2024

18 December 2024

16 December 2024

Mocha Monday

 

An espresso and café crème from a back street coffee shop behind Place Clichy.


14 December 2024

Sit-down Saturday

 
 
Chairs nicely arranged in the middle of a street with the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in the distance.

 

13 December 2024

Find-a-gift Friday

 

With no lack of shopping options and the holidays swiftly upon us shoppers head for off-radar small boutiques to find that unique something.

Above:

Galerie Vivienne
4 rue des Petits-Champs 75002

 

11 December 2024

Window Wednesday

 

Holiday window displays are taking over Paris department stores, many with moving parts.
 
Above:
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
24 rue de Sèvres 75007
 
More:
Galeries Lafayette
 40 Boulevard Haussmann 75009
 
Printemps Haussmann
64 Boulevard Haussmann 75009

Le BHV Marais
52 rue de Rivoli
 
Samaritaine
9 rue de la Monnaie 75001
 
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10 December 2024

Tower Tuesday

 
 
This year's Christmas decorations at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche are all about the Eiffel Tower.

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 Below: breathtaking dance performances
 
Ends December 31, 2024
 
Entre Chiens et Louves

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
24 rue de Sèvres 75007
 
 


 

9 December 2024

Magic Monday

 
 
Understated holiday elegance meets fine dining at L'Hôtel Meurice, rue de Rivoli.
 

7 December 2024

Celebration Saturday

 

Paris and all the world rejoices today as the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris celebrates its re-opening, with many heads of state and dignitaries in attendance. But not the Pope.

Above: photograph of the cathedral taken from Square René-Viviani before the fire of April 15, 2019

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On the face of this ancient queen of our cathedrals, beside each wrinkle one invariably finds a scar. - Victor Hugo - Notre Dame de Paris / The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

 

 

6 December 2024

Floral Friday

 

A full head of flowers reflected in a mirror at a Marais hat shop.

 

5 December 2024

Columns

 

An irresistible passageway leads into the gardens of the Palais-Royal.

 

4 December 2024

3 December 2024

2 December 2024

Mocha Monday

 

Deux cafés, with a splash of village church please.

3 hours (or less) from Paris


 

1 December 2024

Sunset Sunday


Bracing cold and a glorious sunset on the French Atlantic coast.

3 hours (or less) from Paris