Le Consulat

Many a painter has set up an easel on this corner to sketch the streets where Pissarro, Sisley, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Monet, Zola and Vincent Van Gogh roamed.

King of the Franks

Bare branches seem to be fanning out behind a statue of Charlemagne.

Portraits

Portrait artists add to the winter street scene around the Beaubourg.

Bistro on a square

Bistro on a cobbled square between meal times.

Fontaine des Innocents

The oldest monumental fountain in Paris, dating from 1547.

Café view

Coffee and rain from Shakespeare & Co.'s newly opened coffee shop.

37 rue de la Bûcherie 75005

Grave stones

A small cemetery is the final resting place of writer Marcel Aymé, Impressionists Eugene Boudin and Maurice Utrillo.

Last tree

The holiday season is over but remnants remain until the end of the month.

Bar at the Peninsula

A painting adds elegance to the wall of the wood paneled bar at the Peninsula Hotel.

Still working

An ancient fountain on the corner of rue de Charonne and Faubourg Saint-Antoine has life in it yet.

Two bikes

 

Colors stand out against the fence of an ancient church.

Hidden tea room

Step behind the doors of this lovely hôtel particulier, now an art and cultural center, into a courtyard tea salon, and another world.

Centre Culturel Suédois
11 rue Payenne 75003 

Fit for a king

Galettes des rois are sold throughout the month of January. These are topped with candied orange slices and dried fruit.

Bean bag fashion

Handy with a sewing machine, the owner at this specialty coffee roasting / tea shop has turned burlap coffee bean sacks into an outfit. Live music and tastings on Sunday mornings.

La Brûlerie de Montmartre
66 rue Damrémont 75018

Animal art 2

"Animal art" (1/9/2017) received so many views I thought I'd post these photos as well.

Au chat noir

A bright storefront of a small shop on a Montmartre back street.

 

 

L’Embâcle fountain

What appears to be a street in severe state of upheaval is a bronze sculpture, a gift of the government of Quebec.

Last windmill

Le Moulin de la Galette, one of two windmills left in Paris.

Animal art

A two-day special exhibition on Place de l'Hôtel de Ville.

A good egg

The mossy courtyard of La Maison de l’Europe harbors a giant Croatian Easter egg symbolizing friendship among nations.

Bien vivre

A small dog inside a small real estate agency car that says, "Live well in Montmartre."

Bare wall

Perspective of Montmartre's infamous Love Wall off Place des Abbesses.

Shirty

A sweatshirt at a small Left Bank specialty gift shop.

Gab & Jo
(French Concept Store)

28 Rue Jacob 75006

- Les soldes officially begin January 11th but stores will give discounts now if you ask -

Lunch time

No shortage of places in the Orsay Museum to grab a bite.

Twilight

The Great Wheel, Egyptian Obelisk, Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, from a walkway next to Place de la Concorde.