Bicycle rack

A flower bed outside a shoe shop has been turned into a bike rack.

Wall street

A gigantic mural brightens up a corner on rue Étienne Marcel.

Two saints

 

Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, gateway to the Marais.

A place in the shade

A man sits under a parasol enjoying the afternoon on rue des Abbesses.

A bouillon in Pigalle

Bouillons were after-market soup kitchens in days of old and this one lives up to the tradition of elegance, simplicity, great prices, great food.

Above: herring w/its potato salad; pot au feu w/spinach walnut side salad

 

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Bouillon Pigalle

22 Boulevard de Clichy 75018

Bushy wall

A wall covered in bushes in the 2nd arrondissement.

Baroque

A stunning façade on a quai near the tip of Île Saint-Louis.