A Sunday breakfast

A steamy cafè au lait and custard-filled croissant aux amandes.

Coquillages

Seafood lovers will be heading to Montmartre's annual Fête de la Coquille all weekend as Paris celebrates shellfish in all its forms.

Above: a Sunday lunch

 

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Merci Marcel 

 

 

January 26 - 27, 2019

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Morning snowfall #3

Another photo of this week's ephemeral blanket of snow.

Morning snowfall #2

By afternoon all traces of snow had disappeared.

Winter courtyard

A secret courtyard, in winter.

Louvre to myself

Anyone who's ever visited (or tried to visit) the Musée du Louvre, the most famous if not biggest museum in the world - formerly a royal palace - knows about the endless crowds, the lines, the mayhem, the coveted skip-the-line tickets.

But last week, thanks to an unexpected invitation, I found myself in the surreal position of being practically alone roaming its vast halls, galleries and sumptuous rooms and, as in the epilogue to The Da Vinci Code, "adorned in masters' loving art."

Photos: the Louvre Museum as few will ever see it
 

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Palais du Louvre

More photos in February newsletter

Tiny trees

A tiny Christmas tree is attached to each of these rainbow parasols in the Marais district.

Below: a street view