Last sitting

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern.
This photograph was taken six weeks before her death.

Musée Maillol

59-61 rue de Grenelle 75007

Toussaint

Yesterday was La Toussaint, an important holiday when family and friends pay their respects to departed loved ones.

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Over this Toussaint holiday:

Vincent Van Gogh as you've never seen...
Ends January 5, 2020

ATELIER DES LUMIÈRES
38 rue Saint Maur 75011

 

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Halloweened

 

Ghouls and goblins roamed the streets (and métros) of Paris last night.

Above: a friendly skeleton

 

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- Happy Halloween 2019 -

🎃

 

La Toussaint: All Saints' Day 

1st November

 

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Halloween 2019, French style: four parties and a (fake) funeral

 

November newsletter

Sitting pretty

Posh leather high chairs await les petits at a Left Bank tea room.

Among les vignes

Rare view from inside Montmartre's gated vineyard after its grape harvest with former artists' cabaret the Lapin Agile in background.

Below: soaring views from among the vines; leafy maintenance hut used for wine tastings

 

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 Merci à La Commanderie du Clos Montmartre

Rainy morning

 

Finishing up a café crème at the Café Cassette.

 

Love in the afternoon

What was meant to be a simple late afternoon apéro turned into a meal.

Above: jambon persillé de bourgogne with crusty corn pain maison

Below: the création of the day was impossible to pass up - extra thin slices of ventrèche concealing cèpes and seared foie gras; our pistachio-coated fromage de chèvre paired with an excellent wine

- Chef de cuisine Yves Camdeborde -

[cheese: Laurent Dubois]

L'Avant Comptoir du Marché

14 rue Lobineau 75006