Courtyard cluster

A small passageway connects hidden courtyards in the heart of the Left Bank.

Tea-rex

A poster on the wall of a shop that sells coffees and teas.

“Art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.”
Saul Bellow

Time pileup b&w

Yesterday's photograph in black and white.

Time pileup

Close-up of Armand Fernandez' clocks sculpture installation at Gare Saint-Lazare.

 

(click to enlarge)

Ruskin knew

 

 

You, who have ever been to Paris, know....

 John Ruskin 1835

Un jour parfait

Hockney at the Pompidou, sunset drinks on the Seine, then a late dinner of cassoulet (address below).

David Hockney Retrospective

 

Ends October 23, 2017
 

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

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Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie
34 rue Montmartre 75001

Bien-être on the block

First a "health bistro" for lunch, then café glacé at a trendy coffee shop a few doors away.

Abbatoir Végétal

61 rue Ramey 75018

Café Pimpin

64 rue Ramey 75018
(also has light healthy lunch choices)