Two ladies

Decorative architectural touches like these make many of Paris' buildings a visual delight.

Headliner

A gigantic mural of Ali, whose funny, fake attention-grabbing headlines as he makes his rounds selling newspapers in Latin Quarter cafés has turned him into a local legend.

Arty dog

An impressive sculpture of a French bulldog guards an entrance to luxury hotel Plaza Athénée, a favorite venue for end-of-fashion-week parties.

Roses skirts

Skirts made completely out of roses decorate the window of a shoe shop on fashion hub rue Saint-Honoré.

French art of tea

One of my favorite stops, especially on rainy days, is Mariage Frères. With over 600 varieties of teas, everything on their elegant menu, even the bread used for the finger sandwiches, has tea as an ingredient.

Brocante

Sunday morning is a good time to rummage through antique shops, this one of many on a hidden street behind the Village Saint Paul.

Small faces

 

A cluster of faces by Gregos, a local artist whose self-portraits reflect his many moods on walls all over the city.