Wheels Wednesday

 Vintage blue… One cobblestone at a time.

Above: a Bugatti Type 35 (or high-quality replica) steals the scene
 

Music Monday

 

 

Golden notes drift across the cobblestones on Place des Abbesses.

Tight Tuesday

A Citroën 2CV makes its way through a Montmartre alley with room to spare.

 

Walking Wednesday

 A beautiful walk through atmospheric back streets of the Left Bank.

 

Table Tuesday

 

 

Grab a blanket and claim a chair.

 

Above: lunchtime on lively market street rue Montorgueil

Rain shower

  

The sun emerges and tabletops glisten in an ancient passage where time slows down with every drop.

 

Table Tuesday

 An art gallery along a passageway off Place de la Bastille.

 

Sit-down Saturday

 

 

Chairs nicely arranged in the middle of a street with the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in the distance.

 

Quartier Les Halles

 

 A bicycle stand outside l'Église Saint-Eustache in the Les Halles district.

 

Café royal

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

 

Autumn colors

Autumn light bathes a cobbled square.

 

Walkway Wednesday

One of the prettiest walkways in Paris.

 

Floral Friday

 Buds and blooms put in an appearance in Montmartre.

 

 

Passage of time

Morning light floods a historic passage on the Left Bank.

 

Wet Wednesday

 

On rue du Trésor in the Marais district.

Mouffe Monday

 

The rue Mouffetard winds down from Place de la Contrescarpe to l'Église Saint-Médard.

 

Block head

 

A cobblestone has been placed atop a dress mannequin at a construction site.

Leaving

 

As 2020 leaves, for many, the coming New Year is faced with both trepidation and optimism. In Paris, with an 8 p.m. couvre-feu in place, New Year's Eve celebrations and dîners du réveillon will be limited to small groups of no more than six.

 

Here's wishing a much better year this time around, filled with only good things. No, great things. - BPJ

Above: golden leaves carpet a Montmartre square

Below: same square swept clean; green cleanup truck in the distance

 

Social distancing

In a cobbled passageway behind the Bastille.

Quiet walkway

The serenity of a cobbled walkway.

Above: a stairway leads to Place Dalida and Allée des Brouillards