Cool art #1

Spacious Palais de Tokyo with its eclectic collection of modern art makes a refreshing escape from Paris' current "heat wave" - in quotes because next to Arizona where it gets so hot that skin sticks to the car seat it's almost refreshing

Palais de Tokyo

13 avenue du Président Wilson 75116

The baker's bike

Bicycle parked outside a bakery early a.m.

House with heart

Spotted on a side street in the 11th arrondissement.

Lavender season

From fields to markets, right now Provence is brimming with lavender.

PARIS - AIX-EN-PROVENCE (via TGV fast train) 2 hrs 53 mn 

Just married

Summer sees newlywed couples posing for photos all around the city.

Lane remnant

Besides buildings untold numbers of tiny lanes went the way of the horse-drawn carriage during the 19th century Haussmann Renovation.

Daily breads

Some crunchy reasons to get going in the morning.