Standing watch

 

A statue of Sainte Geneviève stands guard at what was once the edge of the city. To her right, windows of starred restaurant La Tour d'Argent overlook Notre Dame Cathedral and Île de la Cité beyond.

The baker's bike

 

 

A local boulanger's motorcycle parked where he can keep an eye on it as he finishes up for the day.

Mellow yellow

Graffiti wall on a Paris side street.

Still home

 

So far café/restaurant terraces and some museums are scheduled to re-open 15 May.

 

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  - En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil, et en mai, reste enfermé? -

Old French saying, w/a personal twist

 

 

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Love on the butte

 A gallery atop the butte Montmartre.

 

Street disco

 An impromptu disco streams dance music into a square from an upper floor balcony.

Essential

 

During this latest confinement businesses deemed essentiels included chocolate shops, cordonneries, bookstores, bakeries, hairdressers, tabacs (?) and absolutely, florists.