Café-journaux ritual

As much as the internet and TV have become main sources for news, for me, nothing compares to getting installed at a café on a market street with the morning papers.

The right to vacation

In Paris, getting away in August is considered so essential that each year the city sets aside a sizable budget to create Paris Plages along the banks of the Seine, a bogus but fun "beach" set up for those who stay behind.

 

Paris Plages 2015

Hold the marshmallow

Le Vrai Paris, a popular Happy Hour café on rue des Abbesses, tops off its cocktails with a marshmallow.

Tip of the island

A secluded corner on the Île Saint-Louis overlooks quais of the Seine, the river, bridges, and beyond, the Right Bank.

Art couture

 

This jewelry boutique bills itself as a gallery, and from the artistic and exquisite pieces on display within, it is.

In her thoughts

The reflection of a man on a gallery window superimposed on a portrait of twins makes it appear as if one of them is thinking about him. He may be thinking of her too.

Un-loved locks

Gone are the Love Locks from the Pont des Arts that became too weighty for safety and had to be removed. A tourist tradition, couples attach a padlock to a railing then throw the key into the river to "seal" their romance.