14 December 2024

Sit-down Saturday

 
 
Chairs nicely arranged in the middle of a street with the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in the distance.

 

13 December 2024

Find-a-gift Friday

 

With no lack of shopping options and the holidays swiftly upon us shoppers head for off-radar small boutiques to find that unique something.

Above:

Galerie Vivienne
4 rue des Petits-Champs 75002

 

12 December 2024

11 December 2024

Window Wednesday

 

Holiday window displays are taking over Paris department stores, many with moving parts.
 
Above:
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
24 rue de Sèvres 75007
 
More:
Galeries Lafayette
 40 Boulevard Haussmann 75009
 
Printemps Haussmann
64 Boulevard Haussmann 75009

Le BHV Marais
52 rue de Rivoli
 
Samaritaine
9 rue de la Monnaie 75001
 
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10 December 2024

Tower Tuesday

 
 
This year's Christmas decorations at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche are all about the Eiffel Tower.

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 Below: breathtaking dance performances
 
Ends December 31, 2024
 
Entre Chiens et Louves

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
24 rue de Sèvres 75007
 
 


 

7 December 2024

Celebration Saturday

 

Paris and all the world rejoices today as the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris celebrates its re-opening, with many heads of state and dignitaries in attendance. But not the Pope.

Above: photograph of the cathedral taken from Square René-Viviani before the fire of April 15, 2019

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On the face of this ancient queen of our cathedrals, beside each wrinkle one invariably finds a scar. - Victor Hugo - Notre Dame de Paris / The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

 

 

6 December 2024

Floral Friday

 

A full head of flowers reflected in a mirror at a Marais hat shop.