Tea and garden

View from café looking onto the resplendent interior courtyard of the Petit Palais art museum.

Grand space

I'm often asked what kinds of exhibitions are shown in the Grand Palais' massive space.
This installation - Anish Kapoor's "Monumenta" - is an example, the largest I've seen there yet.


For Ava

Tied in a knot

Escalators inside Le Bon Marché (Rive Gauche) luxury department store.

Top o' the butte

Most days this lady sings away in front of a café on Place du Tertre.

Hungry as a loup

New on the butte Montmartre this small bistrot has become one of our favorite spots.

- Special thanks to Raphael for extra touches and a perfect wine pairing -

Les Loups de la Butte

41 rue Caulaincourt 75018

Above: coquillettes in cream w/lardons (and off-the-chart surprise parmesan tuiles);

leeks vinaigrette

A thousand photos

Monday will mark the publication of photograph # 1000 on this photo-a-day photo blog since it began in 2015.

Many thanks to Wilf and my fabulous team at World Photo Adventure, as well as my many appreciative and faithful visitors. - BPJ

Lapin à Gill

Previously known as Au rendez-vous des voleurs (where thieves meet) then Cabaret des Assassins, it's hard to believe that the Lapin Agile - named for artist André Gill - on a quiet country-like lane in Montmartre was once a raucous night club.