Toussaint Tuesday

 Today France celebrates La Toussaint, a solemn holiday when those who departed are remembered.

 

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La Toussaint: All Saints' Day 

1st November

 

 

 

Jacques-O-Lantern

 

 

Though Halloween is not a French holiday it is celebrated with enthusiasm nonetheless.

 

 Above: a giant carved pumpkin keeps watch over the city from the top of the butte

 

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- Happy Halloween 2022 -

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Tout en croûte

 

French bread the way French bread used to be made.

(click to enlarge) 

Du Pain et Des Idées

- 1875 - 

 

34 rue Yves Toudic 75010

 

Above: "pain des amis" - bread among friends

 

 

 

Floral Friday

Flowers decorate an outdoor café-restaurant atop the butte on a late October afternoon.

 

A winding road

Fall colors accent a Montmartre side street that leads to the last vineyard in Paris.

 

Marilyn Monday

 

Framed Andy Warhol rendition of Marilyn Monroe at a neighborhood flea market.

 

Canalside

 

View across the water at the Canal Saint-Martin.