Throwback Thursday

 

A long chat along the river.

From Paris Plages 2023

 

Waffle Wednesday

French gaufres, crêpes, crème brûlées, coffee, hot chocolate and old friends warm up a winter evening.

 

Travel Tuesday: Savoie-faire

 

 

 

Melting snow meets melted cheese high in the Haute-Savoie region of France.

 

 

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Recommended: fly/drive

 

PARIS - GENEVA

 Direct flight (1-hr 5 min) + car rental (1-hr 10 min drive to Haute Savoie)

 

3 hours (or less) from Paris

 

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Ski stations Haute-Savoie

 

 

 

Mocha Monday

 An espresso brought to the counter balanced atop a café noisette.

 

Sunday driver

 

Once again classic and vintage cars in top condition converge on la butte.

Above: the driver has stopped for a café

 

Snow moon Saturday

 

February's Snow Moon is the last full moon of winter.

 

 

Over the roof

Breathtaking sunset views over Paris rooftops.

Throwback Thursday

 

Chinese New Year festivities in the 13th arrondissement.

2024: Year of the Dragon

 

Window Wednesday

 

 

How much is that eggplant in the window?

 

 

 Chez Marianne

2 rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais 75004

Table Tuesday

 A table set for wine, oyster, and seafood sharing in the middle of a market in the 18th arrondissement.

 

Mocha Monday

Un bon café.

 

Café royal

Empty café tables at the Palais-Royal on a winter morning. 

 

Fish soup Friday

In France, fish on Fridays is a given on restaurant menus throughout the year, but now that Carême (Lent) has arrived Friday fish consumption in all its forms will shift into high gear until Easter Sunday. Look for this bisque-like soupe de poisson with its traditional accompaniments - baguette croûtons, grated gruyère-like cheese and rouille, a Provençale sauce made by pounding together red chili peppers with a good amount of garlic and other ingredients into a mayo-like texture - a favorite sure to be showing up on both menus and dinner tables more than usual. - BPJ

Throwback Thursday

 A beautiful day in June at Maison Sauvage.

 

Window Wednesday

 

Night view overlooking the square of Place du Tertre in Montmartre, "the most romantic part of Paris."

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Joyeuse Saint-Valentin

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V is for Valentine

 

Arnaud Larher's scrumptious Valentine's Day chocolate chocolate cake layered with fresh blackberries.

Le Love Supreme

 

Tail feather Tuesday

 

 

A man decked out for the day in his finest plumes.

 

Mirror Monday

 A beautiful mirror at Café La Palette on the Left Bank.

 

Sweet Sunday

 

Whose turn to go out and pick up the breakfast pastries?

 

Above: fresh and warm from the oven on a drizzly morning

 

 

Flashback Friday

 

Feuille morte: a favorite photograph

 Paris Photo Week - November 2017

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 ...Toi, tu m'aimais et je t'aimais


Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble,


Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
Et le vent du Nord les emporte
Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
La chanson que tu me chantais

 

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...You, you loved me and I loved you
And we both lived together,
You who loved me, me who loved you

 

Dead leaves are collected with a shovel

You see, I haven't forgotten

Dead leaves are collected with a shovel

Memories, and regrets too
And the north wind carries them away
In the cold night of oblivion
You see, I haven't forgotten
The song you sang to me

  

From Les Feuilles Mortes by Jacques Prévert / sung by Yves Montand

 

 

Squaring off

 

 

Every year Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche gives carte blanche to a contemporary artist, and this year it's Daniel Buren of the renowned Palais Royal black-and-white-striped columns.

Exhibition:

Aux Beaux Carrés: Travaux In Situ

Daniel Buren

 

Ends February 18, 2024

 

 

Window Wednesday

Rain streaks the window of a small coffee stop in Montmartre.

 

Tier Tuesday

 A Montmartre stairway descends many levels before reaching the bottom.

 

Mollusk Monday

 

Belon oysters fresh from Brittany to Paris, with love.

Accompagnements: black bread/butter, lemon wedges, mignonette (red-wine vinegar shallots sauce), glass of Pouilly-Fumé

Above: at the seafood bar at La Grande Épicerie

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche 

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More:

Bulot Bulot

 Huîtrerie Regis

 L'Épouissette 

 Les Maquereaux

 Joysters

 Brasserie Cézanne

 Huîtres et Saumons

 Istre - NY style oyster bar

 Gaya - Pierre Gagnaire (comptoir)

 Seulement Sea

 Huguette, Bistro de la Mer

 Oyster Club

 

 

Holiday holdout

 

Paris can't seem to get enough of the holidays.

Place du Tertre

 

Crêpes out

 

Today France celebrates the day of the crêpe or La Chandeleur, Candlemas in English, an ancient tradition where feasting on crêpes guarantees luck and prosperity.

 

Happy crêpe-ing - BPJ

 

Floral Friday

Flowers spill over the awnings of this corner café on the Left Bank.

 

Throwback Thursday

 

Crêches in churches are removed on the last day of January and signal the end of the Christmas holiday season.