Sun spots

The late afternoon sun cuts a dappled path through trees in the Palais-Royal gardens.

Vins du jour

 

A café ardoise gets an update of the day's wines.

Madeleine and tea

No, not Proust's "madeleine moment" but view from an elegant Russian café-pâtisserie-salon-de-thé overlooking the Church of the Madeleine.

Café Pouchkine

16 Place de la Madeleine 75008

 

Fashion for all

The French femme is renowned for staying active and chic even with age.

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 Magret on the menu:
No matter how it's prepared... duck is my favorite fowl

Where to find it: 5 great addresses

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Beached

Photograph in a métro station of Paris Plages, the city's annual pseudo riverside beach set up on quais around Île Saint-Louis.

Ends Sunday September 2, 2018

A corner table

Parisians prefer cafés on corners.

Ceviche & pink champagne

 

My very first address in Paris was on rue de Seine (a 6th-floor walk-up atelier belonging to a French comtesse that did wonders for my backside), a street and neighborhood to where I often return.

Above: celebrating Life with a beautiful friend and equally beautiful daughter -

 3 ceviches (tuna, salmon, cod); breads w/seaweed butter; our icy bottle of Laurent-Perrier Champagne Cuvée Rosé Brut

Huguette, Bistro de la Mer

81 rue de Seine 75006