Floral Friday

 Flowers and coffee, two favorite subjects, one magical setting.

Elle Était Une Fleur

11 rue de Médicis 75006

 

(facing Luxembourg Garden) 

 

 

Table Tuesday

Your café crème awaits.

 

Today begins La Rentrée.

Welcome back, Paris. 

Sit-down Saturday

 A medieval backdrop enhances coffee and conversation.

Mocha Monday

 

 

Looking back: first light, first coffees and sea air on a French port. 

Thoughtful Thursday

 

Paws and ponder.

Above: contemplating life's big questions... and maybe dinner

 

Terrace Tuesday

 

 

In the red... with fringe benefits. 

 

 

Table Tuesday

 

 

A lineup of tables red-y for smokers.

Sunrise Sunday

Early birds get the best seats.

Above: the Tour de France is hours away but fans are already streaming up the butte

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 Tour de France

 Arrival in Paris: Sunday July 26, 2026  

 

🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️  

 Montmartre schedule

Sit-down Saturday

 A quiet get-together off the man drag.

Frenchie Friday

 Tell me you're French without telling me you're French.

Above: whatever the temperatures café life goes on

 

Sit-down Saturday

The sun-dappled sidewalk terrace of a local boulangerie.

Table Tuesday

 Your coffee awaits.

 

Sit-down Sunday

 

A beret, a baguette, a café crème.

 

Tuesday terrace

 Sunny with a chance of daydreams.

Temperatures and terraces return to normal. Until they don't.

 

Mona Monday

  

She's ditched the bulletproof glass for headphones, tattoos and a café crème.

 

Mocha Monday

 

Beating the heat with cafés glacés, for the asking even if not on the menu.

 

Window Wednesday

 A lifetime of stories.... One rendezvous at a time.

Thursday threesome

 

Deep in discussion outside a small coffee shop in the 2nd arrondissement.

 

Special Sunday

🌸 Happy Mother's Day 🌸 

 

Fête des Mères / Mother's Day in France 2026:

Sunday May 31

 

Above: spring blossoms light up the Latin Quarter
 

Window Wednesday

 Café life hums late into the night beneath a blushing window.