Tail feather Tuesday

 

 

A man decked out for the day in his finest plumes.

 

Mirror Monday

 A beautiful mirror at Café La Palette on the Left Bank.

 

Flashback Friday

 

Feuille morte: a favorite photograph

 Paris Photo Week - November 2017

***

 ...Toi, tu m'aimais et je t'aimais


Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble,


Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
Et le vent du Nord les emporte
Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
La chanson que tu me chantais

 

... 

 

...You, you loved me and I loved you
And we both lived together,
You who loved me, me who loved you

 

Dead leaves are collected with a shovel

You see, I haven't forgotten

Dead leaves are collected with a shovel

Memories, and regrets too
And the north wind carries them away
In the cold night of oblivion
You see, I haven't forgotten
The song you sang to me

  

From Les Feuilles Mortes by Jacques Prévert / sung by Yves Montand

 

 

Squaring off

 

 

Every year Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche gives carte blanche to a contemporary artist, and this year it's Daniel Buren of the renowned Palais Royal black-and-white-striped columns.

Exhibition:

Aux Beaux Carrés: Travaux In Situ

Daniel Buren

 

Ends February 18, 2024

 

 

Window Wednesday

Rain streaks the window of a small coffee stop in Montmartre.

 

Tier Tuesday

 A Montmartre stairway descends many levels before reaching the bottom.

 

Mollusk Monday

 

Belon oysters fresh from Brittany to Paris, with love.

Accompagnements: black bread/butter, lemon wedges, mignonette (red-wine vinegar shallots sauce), glass of Pouilly-Fumé

Above: at the seafood bar at La Grande Épicerie

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche 

 ***

More:

Bulot Bulot

 Huîtrerie Regis

 L'Épouissette 

 Les Maquereaux

 Joysters

 Brasserie Cézanne

 Huîtres et Saumons

 Istre - NY style oyster bar

 Gaya - Pierre Gagnaire (comptoir)

 Seulement Sea

 Huguette, Bistro de la Mer

 Oyster Club