Be-jewelled #2

A side view. The artist, Jean-Michel Othoniel, works with Murano glass from Venice. His fountain installations can be seen at the Palace of Versailles.

Be-jewelled

Behind a kiosk near the Louvre a multi-colored art construction that serves as a métro entrance sparkles in the morning light. As you descend, even more colored glass decorates the walls inside.

View across the Seine

 

A view from the banks of the river made possible because traffic was diverted for the annual "beach" scene, Paris-Plages. On the right, Notre-Dame Cathedral's towers.

Ready & waiting

A café on Place Colette, named after the writer who lived nearby, ready for its first customers of the day.

LVMH steps out

Once again Fashion Week will descend on Paris in September with endless parties, poseurs and Pretty People. Here, luxury bag brand Louis Vuitton struts samples from its shoe collection. That's right. Shoes. 

Water wall

It's early at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, and the only sounds as the city awakens are from this sparkly fountain.

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.