30 April 2021
Coffee break
29 April 2021
Throwback Thursday
28 April 2021
Salad season
As the weather gets warmer simple salades composées with accompaniments make satisfying meals.
Above: two salads w/planche of Saint-Nectaire cheese, Iberico saucisson; garlic croûtons on the side
27 April 2021
Jazz on the square
26 April 2021
French toasting
With bars, cafés, and restaurants still closed the tendance for small gatherings to meet for apéros at private homes more than ever before continues.
24 April 2021
Days of books and roses
23 April 2021
Standing watch
A statue of Sainte Geneviève stands guard at what was once the edge of the city. To her right, windows of starred restaurant La Tour d"Argent overlook Notre Dame Cathedral and Île de la Cité beyond.
22 April 2021
The baker's bike
21 April 2021
Mellow yellow
20 April 2021
Still home
Old French saying, w/a personal twist
19 April 2021
Love on the butte
17 April 2021
Street disco
16 April 2021
Essential
During this latest confinement businesses deemed essentiels included chocolate shops, cordonneries, bookstores, bakeries, hairdressers, tabacs (?) and absolutely, florists.
15 April 2021
The way she was
On the face of this ancient queen of our cathedrals, beside each wrinkle one invariably finds a scar. - Victor Hugo from, Nôtre Dame de Paris a.k.a. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Above: photograph of the cathedral taken from Square René-Viviani before the fire of April 15, 2019, two years ago today
14 April 2021
Night bike
13 April 2021
All in a row
12 April 2021
Mona Monday
10 April 2021
In bloom
9 April 2021
Horizon
8 April 2021
Stravinsky lips
7 April 2021
Un bol de café
24 rue des Abbesses 75018
6 April 2021
A touch of nature
Conceived by Stéphane Cachelin chapotelets are placed on already existing posts adding a touch of nature and art to Paris streets.
***
5 April 2021
Easter lamb
This gigot d'agneau, roasted to juicy perfection and served with its traditional flageolets, elicited oohs / ahs as it was placed on the table.
***
4 April 2021
Easter eggs
3 April 2021
Working out
2 April 2021
Your eggs await
1 April 2021
Once upon a vine
Below: in its former glory