Sweet Sunday

 

 Sweets for your sweet prolong the Valentine's Day weekend.

 

Above: decadent Paris-Brest pastries

 

La Grande Épicerie

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche

24 rue de Sèvres 75007 

 

 Open Sunday 10 AM - 8 PM

 

 

 

Saint Valentine Saturday

 

Happy Saint Valentine's Day / Joyeuse Saint-Valentin 

 

Fromage Friday

 

Savoring Paris... One cheese at a time.

 Above: at least 10 different fromages de chèvre on front counter of a Montmartre cheese shop.

 

 

Throwback Thursday

 

 

A stern yet festive Nutcracker keeps watch over merry crowds behind Tuileries gates.

Wine window Wednesday

 

A window of a wine shop in the Passage Vivienne.

 

Twilight Tuesday

The fading light of a late midwinter afternoon. 

 

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It's called the golden hour, that light just before sunset while the sun is still visible over the horizon, soon to disappear. Trees cast long shadows and time feels suspended between day and dusk. In the distance, the Palais du Louvre rises like an enchanted château, its turrets catching the last rays. On February 3, winter's midpoint passed without fanfare, one day after Groundhog Day far away in Punxutawney, Pennsylvania. Thanks to Phil The Groundhog, it became official: there will definitely be six more weeks of frost ahead despite intermittent, teasing rays of sunshine, as it turns out that Phil did indeed see his shadow. - BPJ

 

Meander Monday

 

 

A late evening walk through Montmartre back streets.