Thursday threesome

 

Deep in discussion outside a small coffee shop in the 2nd arrondissement.

 

Window Wednesday

Watercolors on a storybook street. 

 

Table Tuesday

 

 

Tables set out for tastings in the back of a small Left Bank wine shop.

 

Special Sunday

🌸 Happy Mother's Day 🌸 

 

Fête des Mères / Mother's Day in France 2026:

Sunday May 31

 

Above: spring blossoms light up the Latin Quarter
 

Sit-down Saturday

Suddenly this little photo booth just got a lot more interesting.

 

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Vintage-style analog photo booths - fotoautomats/photomatons/fotomatons - have become very trendy in Paris. They produce classic black-and-white (sometimes color) photo strips, and the most iconic are operated or restored by Fotoautomat, which revives old machines (usually €4–6 per strip) 

 

Worth a detour: 

 

Most popular/most crowded: 53 Rue des Trois Frères, Montmartre 75018 (metro Abbesses): Go early. A color booth around the corner on Rue Androuet. Inspired by film “Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain” (2001) 

 

Photo booth Palais de Tokyo 13 Avenue du Président Wilson 75116 (metros Iéna/Alma-Marceau): No need to buy an admission ticket to access; just inside entry

 

Bonton (Marais) 5 Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire 75003 (metro Saint-Sébastien-Froissart): Inside a kids'/lifestyle store

 

Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées: 60 Avenue des Champs-Élysées 75008 (metro Franklin D. Roosevelt): 1st floor, near stairs. Central and easy to combine with other sights
 
Printemps Haussmann 64 Boulevard Haussmann 75009 (metros Havre-Caumartin/Chaussée d'Antin-La Fayette/Saint-Lazare): In the Opéra area 

La Samaritaine: 9 Rue de la Monnaie 75001 (metros Pont-Neuf/Châtelet - Rue de Rivoli entrance): Luxury department store setting in central Paris near L'Hôtel de Ville

Le Centquatre (104) 5 Rue Curial 75019 (metros Riquet/Crimée): In a vibrant cultural center

Pavillon Puebla / Parc des Buttes-Chaumont 75019 (metros Butte Chaumont/Botzaris): Scenic setting inside the park
 
Philharmonie de Paris / Cité de la Musique 221 Avenue Jean Jaurès 75019 (metro Porte de Pantin): Music/culture fans 

Citadium 56 Rue de Caumartin 75009 (metros Havre-Caumartin/Haussmann Saint-Lazare): Multi-level urban/streetwear store. Distinctive Memphis-style booth on 1st floor

 

- Sometimes machines are out of order

- Squeezing in as many as possible is ok

 

See:

Fotomaton Friday    

  

Floral Friday

Charm on two wheels, Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

 

Streets of Paris

 

The Marais district