Cheese please

To every season its cheese, and right now Paris fromageries are stocking up on Vacherin-Mont d'Or, so luscious and creamy that each is sold with its own wooden spoon for scooping.

Below: two exquisite goat's milk cheeses, one honey-coated then rolled in toasted crushed pistachios, the other teamed with avocado oil, pine nuts and whole pistachios

Basketball court

Geometric lines and bright colors evoke Mondrian on a Pigalle back street.

Cat on a sill

Kitty finds a comfy spot on a windowsill in the sun.

Céréal-isme

A delightful "cereal bar" complete with sofas and healthy (and not-so-healthy) choices on the tiny street where we used to live behind the Picasso Museum.

Céréal-iste

10-12 rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais 75003

Just look up

Don't miss stunning artwork decorating residential buildings.

Façade, rue Jacob

Flying pig

 

 

Cochon rouge. Vin rouge. Zero gravity. Living the dream.

 

Above: inside chef Yves Camdeborde's exquisite French tapas wine bar at Saint-Germain's marché couvert

 

Below: pigs under a wine glass on front door

- Camdeborde is famously credited with launching foodie trend "bistronomy" (la bistronomie) by combining the culture of bistros with gastronomy in the early 90's -

L'Avant-Comptoir du Marché
14 rue Lobineau 75006

 

 

 

Rue Barbette

A display of off-the-radar designer bags on the corner of rue Barbette.

Jamin Puech
68 rue Vieille-du-Temple 75003