March beauty

A tree, still bare, rises from a freshly blooming flower bed.

Tuileries Gardens by André Le Nôtre (1613 - 1700)

The Paris effect

Heated terraces fill up at the slightest signs of spring.

She's cake

A small pastry shop with a few tables specializes in individual cheesecakes in assorted flavors, both sweet and savory.

Above: banana rum vanilla bean

She's Cake by Séphora
37 rue du Roi de Sicile 75004

Leg up

A sculpture of a man's legs juts from a wall overhead on a narrow Montmartre street.

Bikes and bags

Bicycles against a window of a shop of brightly colored handbags.

Man dog books

A man and his dog pause before a small bookshop.

Sisters

 

A stroll on the Left Bank in identical fur coats, bags and shoes.