Street-side Sunday

 

Coffee croissants and color on a Paris market street.

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At Maison Jeffrey Cagnes (73 rue Montorgueil) re-imagined viennoiseries and pastries join the street chaos: a must-try Paris-Brest, standout chocolate tarts, éclairs, and a Black Forest gâteau w/its playful "red hat" (and yes that beret really was that bright). - BPJ

 

Floral Friday

 Flowers, a staple at open-air markets throughout the city.

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A June Jaunt

 

 3 hours (or less) from Paris

 

Where to stay

Where to eat

What to see

 

Fruity Friday

Seasonal fruits piled high at a local maraîcher.

Window Wednesday

A flowery corner on rue Montorgueil.

 

Fruity Friday

 An outdoor fruit stand on the Left Bank. 

 

Floral Friday

A snowy feel to a flower shop behind rue Poncelet market street.

 

Mouffe Monday

 

The rue Mouffetard winds down from Place de la Contrescarpe to l'Église Saint-Médard.

 

Peachy keen

 

Peaches (and cucumbers) are back in season.

 

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Cueillir your own fruits / vegetables / flowers 

Best farms and orchards near / around Paris

Front row seats

With narrow sidewalks and chairs that face outward, people watching in Paris can get up close and very personal.

Straw baskets

Baskets for sale on a Montmartre market street.

Asparagus season

It's asparagus season and asperges seem to be putting in an appearance on every menu.

Wake-up colors

A bouquet of flowers bursts with color at an early morning Left Bank market.

April roses

Inside, wooden crates of rose petals for sale for the Sunday lunch table.

Morning chair

Bright chairs on a market street chair up a drizzly morning.

Loaves, cheeses, sausages

Farmers from the countryside shout out to passersby on the Rue de Buci street market.

Marché staple

Cool mornings, early to market, whether street, roving or covered. In Paris - and all over France, even in the smallest villages - markets will always have flowers for the table.

Café-journaux ritual

As much as the internet and TV have become main sources for news, for me, nothing compares to getting installed at a café on a market street with the morning papers.