Mocha Monday

  

Stacked receipts behind my café noisette on the zinc counter of a local Paris café.

 

Floral Friday

Inside a private courtyard on île de Ré.

 

Sun Ré

 

We lucked out with sunshine every day, not always the case on the Atlantic coast.

Above: simple Ré-past (sharing apéro) of beet falafels, baked camembert w/honey and fresh herbs, local oysters, terrine maison; village square dining; morning markets

Mocha Monday

 A great way to begin the week.

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This Week In Paris

 

Matching colors

This woman's colors perfectly match the surroundings.

 

Wine Wednesday

 A bouquet of fresh spring flowers sets off shelves of wine bottles.

 

 

Mocha Monday

Waking up in the French countryside to an espresso and a foamy café au lait.

 

Mothers Day

 

A very Happy Mothers Day to mothers everywhere.

 

🌹

 

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Mothers Day 2023 in France: June 4 

 

Floral Friday

 Buds and blooms put in an appearance in Montmartre.

 

 

Café calm

 

Paris cafés are more than a place to sit down to enjoy a coffee. They are a way of life, a part of what makes the city so special.

 

 

Abbey road

 A former medieval abbey once home to the powerful bishops of Cluny, now a museum, is accessible from a small street in the heart of the Latin Quarter.

 

 National Museum of the Middle Ages

 28 rue du Sommerard 75005 

Sausage Sunday

 

Saucissons at a butcher shop flavored w/hazelnuts or sea salt.

Floral Friday

 A vision in pink this small fleuriste in the Sentier district is ready for spring.

 

Wine Wednesday

 A casual evening of tasting: good food and fine wine

 

Above: l'art de vivre in a Paris apartment

 

Below: surrounded by the work of our host, a local artist, who paints with wine

 

Graffic

 

Graffiti art brightens a Montmartre street corner.

On the wall:

That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger - Friedrich Nietzche

 

Mocha Monday

 

Espressos, tea and a neighborhood flea market on a weekend morning.

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 - Happy Fête du Travail -