Night portrait

High above the city a portrait artist on Place du Tertre works into the night.

French onion soup

A simple workers' after-market soup that utilizes throwaways (stale bread, cheese, onions) and meat stock, soupe à l'oignon traveled outside the French border to become a gourmet sensation.

Bar of sighs

It was from this terrace crooner Jacques Brel would sit every day looking with longing at a certain window across the street.

Au Rêve

89 rue Caulaincourt 75018

Klimt cups

Gold-lined demi-tasse cups of artworks by Gustav Klimt in a Montmartre shop window.

Cemetery path

Soon this small cemetery will be filled with relatives of the deceased bearing flowers in observance of All Souls Day.

 

Fall foliage

 

Spectacular autumn colors of the Tuileries Gardens.

Le Gabin

 

Multi-colored tables and chairs brighten up the sidewalk terrace of a Montmartre bistrot named for iconic French cinéma star Jean Gabin.