Morning toast

A pink Champagne "Welcome To Paris" toast from the window of a Montmartre apartment.

Café fleuri

Bright flowers at this Left Bank corner café cheer up a winter's day.

Café Cassette
73 rue de Rennes 75006

Tartine lunch

Simple, light, beautiful lunch entre Parisiennes on the Left Bank.

Above: jambon cru, house mayo on grilled Pain Poilâne; miso soup starter

Hello dolly

An antique doll in a storefront window in the Marais district.

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Tonight and every Wednesday:

Live music starting at 7 p.m.
Le Grand Comptoir d'Anvers
2 Place d'Anvers 75009

Then, and now

Back wall in local café-restaurant before its overhaul.

Below: same wall, after

Farewell, Monsieur Bleu

Yesterday saw the funeral of Michou, a living legend whose cabaret on rue des Martyrs was a Montmartre fixture since 1956 and inspired the film, "La Cage aux Folles." 

 Below: Michou's portrait precedes his hearse painted in his trademark sky blue; mourners arriving; crowd at cemetery door

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  From "Out On The Town: Best Offbeat Performance” - USA Today Paris City Guide
by Barbara Pasquet James

Best Offbeat Performance - Chez Michou. Ancient drag queens cavort in a tiny, elegant and expensive boite de nuit on a tiny, elegant stage. The show is decidedly French, and, depending on who’s up when you go, you’ll see everyone from Edith Piaf to Sammy Davis Jr. who incredibly morphs into Shirley Bassey mid-number. Phone: 01 46 06 16 04, 80 rue des Martyrs, 75018. (Métro: Abbesses or Pigalle)

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Adieu Prince Bleu de Montmartre

Place de la Concorde

In January.
 

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