Floral Friday

 

Fiery red blooms and matching awnings steal the show on a sunny day in June.

 

Soaring Saturday

 

L'Église Saint-Eustache de Paris, where gothic grandeur meets heavenly heights.

 

Flee market Friday

A whimsical sculpture inside the magnificent L'Église Saint-Eustache commemorates the departure of the legendary "Belly of Paris" market in old Les Halles.

 

Quartier Les Halles

 

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

 

A corner café

Spring is in the air.

Fashion (fooding) week #2

A convivial evening was had by all at this casual Les Halles bistrot, overseen by Alain Ducasse, which I'd written up as part of a "Paris restaurant marathon" piece.
[also posted here Extreme Fooding: Champeaux]

Above: poulet en crapaudine with its silky purée en cocotte (a house specialty); plump fresh codfish atop white Tarbais beans; creamy coquillettes laced with smoky ham and black truffle

Below: after-dinner Cognac is siphoned then deposited into glasses
 

 

 

Champeaux

Forum des Halles La Canopée 75001

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Tomorrow
It's Greek to me

Wall street

A gigantic mural brightens up a corner on rue Étienne Marcel.

Chef spotting

 

Dating to 1820, this famed chefs' stop was Julia Child's favorite cookware shop.

E. Dehillerin

20 rue Coquillière 75001

 

 

French onion soup

A simple workers' after-market soup that utilizes throwaways (stale bread, cheese, onions) and meat stock, soupe à l'oignon traveled outside the French border to become a gourmet sensation.

Rain or shine

Time out for a café in the old Les Halles quartier on a rainy afternoon.