Street scene

Book stalls, bicycles, and much activity as I exit much-loved Left Bank librairie, Taschen.

On a curve

Mild August evenings see side streets lined with tables chairs and locals.

Le Jardin d'en Face

29 rue des Trois Frères 75018

Perfect match

This gentleman's shoes and jacket perfectly match his favorite café.

Market café

 

First un ti café, then shopping....

 

Fauvist feast

Café scene at the foot of a Montmartre stairway reminiscent of colors of Gauguin.

 

Turquoise door

 

 

A beautiful old door that has become one of my favorites.

Cooling off

A refreshing stop near the river Seine along a medieval walkway.

Café terrace

Afternoon leisurely neighborhood café scene.

Soggy Paris

After some welcome sunshine Paris braces itself for more wet weather.

Left Bank kiosque

It's early and a kiosk bulges with newspapers and magazines.

Halfway there

To decorate this already Christmas-y red and green café all that was added was a small tree, a few penguins, and voilà.

Empty and waiting

Usually this café, heat lamps on, gets so busy at lunchtime that it has to turn customers away.

Headliner

A gigantic mural of Ali, whose funny, fake attention-grabbing headlines as he makes his rounds selling newspapers in Latin Quarter cafés has turned him into a local legend.