Sitting pretty

Posh leather high chairs await les petits at a Left Bank tea room.

Among les vignes

Rare view from inside Montmartre's gated vineyard after its grape harvest with former artists' cabaret the Lapin Agile in background.

Below: soaring views from among the vines; leafy maintenance hut used for wine tastings

 

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 Merci à La Commanderie du Clos Montmartre

Rainy morning

 

Finishing up a café crème at the Café Cassette.

 

Love in the afternoon

What was meant to be a simple late afternoon apéro turned into a meal.

Above: jambon persillé de bourgogne with crusty corn pain maison

Below: the création of the day was impossible to pass up - extra thin slices of ventrèche concealing cèpes and seared foie gras; our pistachio-coated fromage de chèvre paired with an excellent wine

- Chef de cuisine Yves Camdeborde -

[cheese: Laurent Dubois]

L'Avant Comptoir du Marché

14 rue Lobineau 75006

Pistachios please

Pistachio-heavy vanilla cream tartes.

Autumn red

A lamp post stands out against bright leaves on a Montmartre side street.

In a fog

 

Sweeping breakfast views high from a friend's glorious apartment.