Street band

 An impromptu group plays jazz outside a metro station.

Floral Friday

Flowering potted trees outside a Marais boutique.

Fashion touch

 Red rubber gloves decorate the back door of a small Left Bank boutique.

Riding Rivoli

 Scooters and bicycles have this usually congested main street all to themsselves.

Old standby

 

Old habits die hard as neighbors continue to meet up for coffee, standing, despite the recent re-opening of terrace seating.

 

Street terrace

A narrow Montmartre back street as an outdoor café terrace.

L'apéro du jeudi

Radishes are back in season.

 Above: w/bacon-wrapped prunes, piment d'espelette chips, AOC French cheeses

Drinks: kirs bretons (crème de cassis + chilled apple cider)

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 Today is National Cheese Day (March 27 in France) 

The cheese snuggled into its tiny box (below) is Le Petit Gaugry, a delectable raw milk discovery I made years ago staying in a village in Burgundy. Despite its size, it packs a punch, possessing all the character of the region's heady Époisses, but ripened for weeks in Marc de Bourgogne, an eau de vie distilled in oak vats, giving it an amber hue. - BPJ