Street-side Sunday

 

Coffee croissants and color on a Paris market street.

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At Maison Jeffrey Cagnes (73 rue Montorgueil) re-imagined viennoiseries and pastries join the street chaos: a must-try Paris-Brest, standout chocolate tarts, éclairs, and a Black Forest gâteau w/its playful "red hat" (and yes that beret really was that bright). - BPJ

 

Table Tuesday

 

 

Grab a blanket and claim a chair.

 

Above: lunchtime on lively market street rue Montorgueil

Backstreet bike

 

An orange bicycle leans against a fence off rue Montorgueil.

Stand-up Sunday

 

From her retro hairdo to her polka-dot heels she might have stepped out of another era. Except for the phone.

 

Table Tuesday

 Café culture on the rue Montorgueil.

 

 

Window Wednesday

A flowery corner on rue Montorgueil.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

Everything's OK.

Frenchie Caviste

 9 rue du Nil 75002

 

 

Le retour

 September marks La Rentrée all over France when life returns (almost) to normal.

Above: on lively market street rue Montorgueil

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Rentrée scolaire / back-to-school: September 4th

 

Monday blues

 Familiar blue façade of café/resto Au Rocher de Cancale on rue Montorgueil.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

Your wine is served: house red for three to go with lunch in the Quartier Montorgueil.

Floral Friday

A splash of floral at a street market.

Go figure

  

Seasonal figs at a Paris street market.

Below: cut in half and grilled w/goat cheese, cashews, drizzled w/honey

 

 

Lézard Café

A favorite café on rue Tiquetonne.

Rocher de Cancale

Now a regular café-restaurant this was writer Balzac's go-to place for fresh oysters from Brittany.

Au Rocher de Cancale

78 rue Montorgueil 75002