Profiling

A small terrier stands his ground.

Crêpes on a roll

Rolled-up buckwheat crêpe appetizers with different fillings: chorizo, camembert, goat cheese, smoked salmon; tarama dip; chilled brut apple cider from Brittany.

Breizh Café

"La crêpe autrement"

1 rue de l'Odéon 75006

Cool art #2

Palais de Tokyo

13 avenue du Président Wilson 75116

Below: entry to the exhibition is through an enormous doll's house

Cool art #1

Spacious Palais de Tokyo with its eclectic collection of modern art makes a refreshing escape from Paris' current "heat wave" - in quotes because I once lived in Arizona where it gets so hot that skin sticks to the car seat.

Palais de Tokyo

13 avenue du Président Wilson 75116

The baker's bike

Bicycle parked outside a bakery early a.m.

House with heart

Spotted on a side street in the 11th arrondissement.

Lavender season

From fields to markets, right now Provence is brimming with lavender.

PARIS - AIX-EN-PROVENCE (via TGV fast train) 2 hrs 53 mn 

Just married

Summer sees newlywed couples posing for photos all around the city.

Lane remnant

Besides buildings untold numbers of tiny lanes went the way of the horse-drawn carriage during the 19th century Haussmann Renovation.

Daily breads

Some crunchy reasons to get going in the morning.

Reception

A small wedding party gathers at the foot of a Montmartre stairway.

Sacré blanc!

On the steps of the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur a statue-mime works the crowds.

 

Back to back

This weekend saw two big reasons to celebrate:

1) Bastille Day Saturday July 14th

 2) France's exciting Coupe du Monde win on Sunday

Above: café Le Bastille just outside Bastille métro station 

 

- More photos in upcoming August newsletter -

Beating the heat

Icy drinks in the shade at sophisticated Monsieur Bleu with views of the Eiffel Tower through trees across the river.

Monsieur Bleu

20 avenue de New York 75116

Books and more

The Musée d'Art Naïf at Halle Saint-Pierre always has something unusual, and usually wonderful, going on.

Halle Saint-Pierre

- bookstore / coffee shop / museum -

2 rue Ronsard 75018

Pop-up flea market

A neighborhood street becomes a blocks-long antiques market.

Left turn

The old Left Bank harbors a maze of enticing narrow streets.

New day

France happily wakes up to victory, well on its way to a World Cup win on Sunday. 

Above: the Eiffel Tower quietly holds its own after all-night celebrations

Calm before storm

A pre-game light dinner in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

If the French team wins, the streets will be filled with noise and chaos. If they lose, the streets will be filled with noise and chaos.

Above: San Daniele-draped burratas; grilled Mediterranean veggies; avocado crab; Aperol Spritzes with fresh mint

Le Hibou

16 Carrefour de l'Odéon 75006 

 

 

Almost ready

Since early morning pubs, cafés and restaurants have been setting up for the big match tonight.

Allez les bleus!

The excitement in the city is palpable as France gears up to fight Belgium in tonight's World Cup semi-final game. 

Above: chocolate footballeurs created by Arnaud Larher

Over head

An atrium ceiling of dizzying design.