Au coin du feu

A spot of tea, a cozy fire and good conversation warm up long winter evenings... along with holiday baking.

Below: fresh-from-oven pecan brownies; Vanillekipferl, Austrian butter crescents (mom's version w/crushed hazelnuts instead of almonds)

Christmas market

A small Christmas market outside l'Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

A cocktail in Pigalle

I drink to make other people more interesting.

Ernest Hemingway

Lantern light

Beneath arches on Place des Vosges. Evening.

Watching #4

Last of my photos in this series, Eyes On Paris, of citywide photography installation by JR.
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Above: at station Hôtel de Ville (Line 1)

Below: at station Nanterre-Université (RER A)
 

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Watching #3

Above: at station Pyramides (Line 7)


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Eyes on Paris: I've been getting quite a few emails and texts asking whether it's safe to come to Paris.
 

Here's what U.S. food writer David Lebovitz has to say on the subject, along with some very good travel advice:

Is it safe to come to Paris?

Watching #2

And waiting.

Above: at station Hôtel de Ville (Line 1)