Mocha Monday

In their own world.

Wine shop Wednesday

Delectables in a small room at the back of a small wine shop.

 

La Cave des Abbesses

43 rue des Abbesses 75018 

 

 

Graffiti Friday

 Ever-changing street gallery under an archway on rue des Abbesses.

Window Wednesday

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

 

Thursday therapy

Cellphones: the portable therapist.

 

Mocha Monday

 Easter Monday morning treat of Irish Coffees / Cafés Irlandais.

 

Window Wednesday

 

 

Looking out from a café-restaurant onto rue des Abbesses. 

Mocha Monday

Coffee stop rue des Abbesses on a sunny morning.

 

Flowery Friday

 

At Le Vrai Paris, rue des Abbesses.

 

A place in the shade

A man sits under a parasol enjoying the afternoon on rue des Abbesses.

Truly Paris

Mornings at Le Vrai Paris ("the true Paris") feel like you truly are in Paris.

Le Vrai Paris

33 rue des Abbesses 75018

Breakfast on the butte

Large ceramic bowls of café au lait, hearty breakfasts and artisanal breads give this café-bakery the feel of a French country inn.

Coquelicot
24 rue des Abbesses 75018

The cobbler

 

 This mechanical cobbler is a fixture in a cordonnerie window on rue des Abbesses.

 

 

Downhill

The Paris Opera House is an almost direct walk down this sloping street off rue des Abbesses.

Hold the marshmallow

Le Vrai Paris, a popular Happy Hour café on rue des Abbesses, tops off its cocktails with a marshmallow.