Festive

 

A village festival in the Auvergne region of central France?

Not quite: MONT-AVEYRON's weekend-long fête on Place des Abbesses.

 

Above: a local heads towards the scent of roasting sausages

 

Below: booths and stalls; dancing in regional costume

 

A sunny table

 

 A Montmartre morning.

 

Throwback Thursday

 

Paris wakes up.

 From the Basilica of Sacré Coeur, the highest point in Paris

 

 

On a rue

 

A cobbled street in the old Jewish Quarter.

 

Fishy Friday

Apéro of crispy accras de morue (dried salt cod fritters), calamares with homemade mayo and a bottle of Chardonnay on ice.

 

 Huguette, Bistro de la Mer

81 Rue de Seine 75006

 

Strawberry Sunday

 

Strawberries are in season.

 

Above: at the pastry counter of La Grande Épicerie

 

Below: w/raspberries and blackberries, also in season

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche

 

 

 

Floral Friday

A Mother's Day bouquet.