Cravings

A woman stops to admire pastries as her dachshund tugs on its leash.

 

 

 

 

Procaffeinating

In the heart of the old Marais district a café at the back of an offbeat bookstore looks onto a vegetable garden.

La Mouette Rieuse
(The Laughing Seagull)

17bis rue Pavée 75004 

Dinoseine

Life-sized chrome replica of a T-Rex skeleton adds zing to a stroll along the river.

High-end antiques

Rare and distinctive antiques are a hallmark of the rue des Saints-Pères.

Magic meringues

Multi-flavored meringues in a Left Bank pâtisserie said to reverse negative wishes, spells, curses, hexes, you name it, back onto the sender.

 

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See post Spirit of Paris

 

Hermès, Paris

Horse and rider atop the Hermès building, a reminder of the brand's equestrian beginnings.

Hermès (main shop)

24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008

Interior refresh

Creative furnishings fill the upstairs loft at this Marais concept store.

MERCI

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 75003

The purple hour

 

 

It's early and hardly anyone is awake as a café gets ready to open.

 

Twizy

"Twizy" Renault's all-electric two-seater can zip around narrow Paris streets.

The boulanger

Proudly he stands, and rightly so, in front of the day's labors.

Fed up

This street sign in the Latin Quarter says, "Non-smoking sidewalk."

Sudden café

One of my favorite subjects to photograph is cafés, and I came upon this one completely by surprise despite visiting this quartier often.

Louvred window

View from a window inside the Louvre Museum of its great Pyramid.

 

Back-to-school

The stately Université Sorbonne embodies the spirit of this week's rentrée scolaire.

On the Île

Evening falls and the Île Saint-Louis springs to life.

Rocher de Cancale

Now a regular café-restaurant this was writer Balzac's go-to place for fresh oysters from Brittany.

Au Rocher de Cancale

78 rue Montorgueil 75002

Dead fish

Scrawled onto peeling wallpaper, "Only the dead fish follow the current."

Paris when it drizzles

 

 

Waiting for the rain to stop.

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Next stop: Pigalle
Don’t let Pigalle’s naughty reputation stop you from visiting this up/coming quartier’s cocktail bar sensations like Lulu White....

Nouveautés

Dior #3

A ball gown to beat all ball gowns.

Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
 107 rue de Rivoli 75001

Until January 7, 2018

Dior #2

More Dior

"Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve"

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
 107 rue de Rivoli 75001

Until January 7, 2018