Café des fleurs

 

Left Bank café on a Sunday morning.

Keeping cool

Ice cold gazpacho at a local café, just the thing to take the edge off a hot day.

Born to shop

The much anticipated summer sales are finally here.

Les soldes d'été end August 7, 2018

Temps des cerises

  

It's cherry season and market stalls are overflowing.

Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #2

 Marc Chagall's rotund ceiling in the theater teems with musical allegory.

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris
8 rue Scribe 75009

- More photos in upcoming July newsletter -

Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #1

Recently I was invited to a behind-the-scenes look at Charles Garnier's Second Empire masterpiece and setting for the 1910 novel, The Phantom of the Opera.

Below: section of the infamous see-and-be-seen grand staircase's grandeur

 

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris

8 rue Scribe 75009

Café on a square

A café seems to glimmer on a beautiful day in the 19th arrondissement.