Bread basket

Fresh baguettes, as much a symbol of Paris as the Eiffel Tower.

Blur of lights

Frenzy of traffic and shoppers on the grands boulevards as stores stay open later for the holidays.

Boulevard Haussmann

- Printemps -

- Galeries Lafayette -

Froth art

A café crème gets la touche finale by a talented barista.

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Café Craft
Holybelly
Le Peloton Café
Fragments
Café Cuillier
Matamata....

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Touch of red

A splash of Christmas on a terrace atop the Pompidou Center.

Royal entry

 

Entrance into the Palais du Louvre's pyramid courtyard from rue de Rivoli.

All thumb

An enormous bronze thumb by French artist César Baldaccini in front of the Centre Pompidou.

"The mandrill indicates with thumb

Auroraborealic bum!"

Michael Alexander, British author, explorer, poet

(of the infamous "Prominente" at Colditz Castle WWII)

R.I.P.

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"César: La Rétrospective"

 

 Ends March 26, 2018

Centre Georges Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

In flight

Pigeons and seagulls take flight at the Porte Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement.