Place Saint Médard

Café tables and chairs just after a downpour.

Red is for radish

Springtime means radishes, and Paris market stalls are brimming.

Below: with homemade mayo, a twist on the classical French way of eating radishes (w/salt, butter and baguette)

About face

Another of street artist Mr. VOul's striking faces on the butte.

Straw baskets

Baskets for sale on a Montmartre market street.

Bourbon Sours

This no-frills drink, or rather its sibling, the Whiskey Sour, became my go-to in-flight cocktail years ago thanks to a sweet older English lady seated next to me on my way from London to Arizona. She said she "always had one for luck" whenever she flew, and I thought it a great idea. You'll feel like you're flying too after a couple of these. - BPJ

Bar 228 Le Meurice Hôtel
 

Live jazz / piano nightly

 

Chasing the blues

Live music adds to a weekend antiquing experience at the Marchés aux Puces in the north of Paris, just outside the péripherique.

Look for:

La Chope des Puces
(mostly gypsy jazz / jazz manouche, a style started by Romani guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in Paris during the 1930s)
122 rue des Rosiers 93400 Saint-Ouen
Tel: 01 40 11 28 80

Le Picolo
58 rue Jules Vallès 93400 Saint-Ouen
Tel: 01 40 11 11 19

Chez Louisette
(songs of vieux Paris; blues, jazz, spontaneous dancing) 
136 avenue Michelet 93400 Saint-Ouen
- inside the Vernaison flea market -
Tel: 01 40 12 10 14

Fragments

Exquisite Roman antiquities. Where are they?

(hint: not a museum)

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