Mocha Monday

 

A frothy café crème, an espresso and chaussons aux pommes pastries start the week.

Weekend wonder

Notre-Dame Cathedral has resumed its place as the jewel of Western civilization.

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The Relics of Notre-Dame, purchased by Saint Louis in 1238 from the Latin Emperor of the East, arrived in Paris in 1239. Saved from the 2019 fire they include the crown of thorns, a piece of the cross, and a nail.

 

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Note: To reduce waiting time at the entrance, entirely optional online reservations (free access) can be booked just a few hours before visiting the cathedral.

 

Belladonna

 

 

Tatiana Wolska

"Tatiana Wolska’s Belladonna exhibition nestles between the political and the intimate, offering a physical and cognitive experience where drawing merges with sculpture. Witches’ plant, good or magic weed known since ancient times, Belladonna, is both the remedy and the poison reminding us that its use requires subtle handling as well as great knowledge. Through the history of this plant, the exhibition promotes proliferation and dialogue in order to unite the familiar and the strange, lightness and ardor, suggestion and claim."

Curated by Marianne Derrien

Drawing Lab Paris

17 rue de Richelieu 75001

January 24 - April 20, 2025

Window Wednesday

 

 

Light from a Rose Window reflected on walls inside magnificently newly restored Notre-Dame Cathedral.

 

 

 

(click photos to enlarge)

 

 

Table Tuesday

 

Your table awaits.

 

Maison&Objet Monday

Last chance to catch the creativity and beauty that is Paris Design Week.

 Full program 2025:

MAISON&OBJET

 

Ends Monday January 20

  

 

Sunday lunch

 

Since 1908 La Fontaine de Mars near the Eiffel Tower has been serving traditional French dishes with an accent on cuisine from the French Southwest.

 

Below: the charm of a multi-course lunch en famille w/confit de canard, hearty cassoulet, more, and to finish (not shown) French regional cheeses, generous desserts

 

 

                                            photo below: Fontaine de Mars

La Fontaine de Mars

129 rue Saint-Dominique 75007 

 - With un grand remerciement to the staff -

 

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