Man in black

Dressed in black from head to toe he cuts a poetic silhouette on a back street in the Bastille district.

Mao Tse Tongue

 

This sculpture takes up much floor space in this contemporary art gallery, one of many near the rue des Beaux Arts.

Butterfly bouquets

Small bouquets of white, gold and blue butterflies seem to flutter inside the window of a Left Bank parfumerie.

 

Annick Goutal

12 Place Saint-Sulpice 75006

 

 

Brioches in a window

Sugar-studded brioches teasingly await adoption in a window of a small cake shop on a Left Bank side street.

Early a.m. café... and cigarettes

Ashtrays set out for the daily invasion of terrace smokers.

 

Since 2007 (law implemented in January 2008) smoking inside cafés and restaurants has been verboten in France.

Les bouquinistes

Paris' reputedly testy bouquinistes get the best views across the river. A centuries-old tradition of selling used books and manuscripts along the quais continues uninterrupted.

Classic Charlie

  A vintage car bearing the sticker, "Je suis Charlie."