Stand-up Saturday

 Summer heat, chilling out.

Sit-down Saturday

 Taking advantage of autumn sunshine.

 

Tattoo Tuesday

 A tattoo shop tucked into a corner on the Left Bank.

Irish twins

 

A local boulangerie is called Les Deux Frères, the two brothers.

Boulangerie Les Deux Frères 

111 rue Caulaincourt 75018

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Irish twins: "'Irish twins' are only those siblings born within 12 months (or less) of each other. The phrase originates from the United States and Britain of the 19th century and was a disparaging term used to describe siblings from large, and mostly poor, Irish immigrant families." - IrishCentral.com

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Saint Patrick's Day 2023

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Deux frères, born eleven months apart, died eleven months apart. 

And hardly anyone noticed.

Street colors

 

 

A splash of color cheers up this street in the Marais district.

A place on the place

 

A small walkway off Le Pont Neuf leads to the tranquil Place Dauphine.

Night bike

 Bicycle parked on a ledge outside a gate for the night.

Maskless

Masks not required bicycling or jogging.

Cornered

A bicycle beneath a window.

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Autumn in Montmartre

Café at a slant

 

 A café terrace from a stairway.

Paris by the sea #3

 

In the evening we'd join locals at a popular meeting spot where apéros are brought out on wooden planks specially made to grip the sea wall.

 

Above: pichet of icy rosé w/panoramic view

 

Below: seafood rillettes starter with more rosé at the wall; after, steamed prawns w/frites maison on the terrace; rent-a-bikes at La Flotte

 

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Next week: more Île de Ré

Paris by the sea #1

La Flotte, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Clément-des-Baleines, Ars-en-Ré, Les Ports-en-Ré, Loix... Just some of the villages that dot this island.

 

 Above: a harbor just after daybreak; seaside coffees w/pastries on a brisk morning

 

Below: mix of photos; bicycles, best way to get around

 

Farewell to le métro

...And bonjour to bicycling, walking and, when necessary, taxis, Ubers and buses, until the virus is under control - or better, disappears altogether when at last we can say, "Farewell le Covid." - BPJ

A safe and beauty-filled weekend to one/all.

Shakespirit

Shakespeare and Company. bookstore and café, has re-opened.

Be sure and check out Aussie Oliver Gee's book, "Paris On Air," as breezy as biking through Paris on a crisp June morning.

Oasis

Marcel's on Avenue Junot has become a new daily stop, just up the stairs from our usual hangout.

Fleurs du bien

If you feel, as I do, that flowers are an achat de première nécessité (as per the famous attestation as a legitimate reason to be outside), they can be found in local supermarkets.

Above: flower shop on Place de Fürstenberg before the lockdown

Café and bicycle

A Paris cliché.

Bicycle bliss

 A back street in the Latin Quarter, from a bicycle.

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Vélib' Métropole: Paris' self-service bike hire

 

A Paris morning

Fountain square off Place Colette.

3 hours (or less) from Paris: Amsterdam #2

Above: a floating tulip garden; an early café créme on a quiet square; anyone for chess?

Below: no visit to Amsterdam is complete without feasting on rijsttafel (traditional Indonesian multi-dish "rice table"), sampling Dutch cheeses at a street market or hopping on a bicycle....

 

 

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PARIS - AMSTERDAM  

 

Several direct flights daily

Total flight time: 1 hour 20 minutes

By train: Thalys from Paris Gare du Nord - 27 trains per day

[shortest travel time: 3 hours 17 minutes direct into Amsterdam Centraal]

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