Sit-down Saturday

 

Scrolling away the morning in a Paris café.

 

Festival Friday

  

All this weekend:

 

Live music, dancing, street food, wine...

 

 Place des Abbesses 

 Montmartre 

 

Seafood lovers 

 Fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques and Saint Vincent 2026

 

January 24 - 25 

 

INFO

 

 

Thursday threesome

 

 Candlelit secrets.

 

Below: three masterpieces by Georges de La Tour

Le Nouveau-né / The Newborn (c. 1645–1648); Les Joueurs de dés / The Dice Players (c. 1650–1651); Le Jeune Fumeur / The Young Smoker (c. 1646)  

 

 

Musée Jacquemart-André

 158 Boulevard Haussmann 75008

 

 

 Georges de La Tour

 Ends February 22, 2026

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Anyone who's ever come across the dark paintings of Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) won't forget his work, and today he stands as one of the most captivating and enigmatic figures of French Baroque painting.

Born in the small town of Vic-sur-Seille in Lorraine, La Tour spent much of his career in nearby Lunéville, where he achieved considerable success, and even earned the title "Painter to the King" under Louis XIII. After his death he fell into near-total obscurity - ironically the same obscurity that had become his trademark - only to be dramatically rediscovered in the 20th century when in 1915 a German art historian published a groundbreaking article identifying several unsigned or mislabeled works as La Tour's, pulling him (literally) back from the shadows.

La Tour’s name is synonymous with chiaroscuro and tenebrity. His nocturnal compositions, illuminated by the soft glow of a single candle or hidden light source, combine profound realism, an almost meditative stillness. Far from the dramatic theatricality of Caravaggio (whose influence reached him indirectly), La Tour’s somber luminosity creates an atmosphere that feels deeply intimate. - BPJ

 

Window Wednesday

The cat sees everything but says nothing.

Treeful Tuesday

 

 

Paris, where the Christmas decorations outlast your New Year's resolutions. 

Mocha Monday

Expresso yourself... One macaron at a time.

 

Sit-down Sunday

 

 

Keeping cool under the heat lamps of a Left Bank terrace.

Maison Sauvage
5 rue de Buci 75006