Fashion Friday

 Spring may seem far away but Paris boutiques are gearing up even as winter sales are still going strong.

 

 Soldes d'Hiver 2025

Ends Tuesday February 4

 

Throwback Thursday

 

During le Covid some businesses placed large stuffed bears in windows, outside on chairs or on rooftops, a reminder that good times lay ahead.

 

Window Wednesday

Cooks at a kitchen window frantically prepare for the arrival of first customers.

 

Tasting Tuesday

A perfect lunch on a wintry day.

Above: simple sharing entrée of radishes, sausages, cornichons; tartine of smoked salmon w/walnut cream cheese, hearty stuffed cabbage, a specialty of the Auvergne 

 

Le Chai Saint Germain

rue de Bourbon le Château 75006

Mocha Monday

 

 

Morning papers, morning coffee to the news of the Los Angeles fires splashed across pages.

 

 

Night stroll

 

 

 A starry night, an after-dinner promenade.

 

French connection Friday

A small plant shop in Montmartre.

 

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Window Wednesday

Steamy window at a local butcher shop on a cold day.

 

 

Table Tuesday

 A cozy setting, a table for two.

 

Magi Monday

 

No sooner have New Year celebrations come to an end it's time to celebrate The Feast of the Magi, or Epiphany, and all over France the galette des rois is king.

 

Above: galettes signed Arnaud Larher

 

Café calling

 

Atop the butte a café's warm glow calls on a cold wet night.

Floral Friday

 

 

A counter inside a homey Montmartre café.

 

Baskets and bags

 

 

Baskets and tote bags for sale are usually a sign that a market is nearby.

 

Bonne Année

 

 

It's a New Year as the bells of newly re-opened Notre Dame Cathedral peal out from across the river.

Joy, prosperity, health, peace

- Bonne Année / Happy New Year 2025 -

 

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