Crèche hopping

  

A favorite outing during the Christmas season is visiting Nativity scenes / crèches de Noël - each unique - set up in churches all over the city.

Above: inside l'Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartre

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More:

Église Saint-Roch

Église de la Madeleine

Église Saint-Eustache

Église Saint-Joseph Artisan

 Église Sainte-Marie des Batignolles

    Église Saint-Léon

Église Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle

Église Saint-Pierre du Gros Caillou

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

Église Saint Sulpice

Église Saint-Jean de Montmartre

Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont

Èglise Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

 

Marché de Noël

 Today is the last day to visit this magical artisan Christmas market in the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Above: stalls selling everything from toasted marrons and macarons to arts and crafts

Below: hot soups by the bol; Santa spotting on a nearby corner

 

Square René-Viviani
79 rue Galande 75005

All good things

 Gingerbread trees and houses and chocolate presents... 

Soon it will be Christmas....

 (click to enlarge)

Theater Thursday

 

Caroline Rochefort, Mikaël Chirinian and Salomé Lelouch's adaption for the theater of Valérie Perrin's "Fresh Water for Flowers" is sure to warm hearts over the holidays.

 In French.

Changer l'Eau des Fleurs

 Théâtre Lepic 

1 Avenue Junot 75018

Deck the hall

Paris' main town hall, l'Hôtel de Ville, ready for the holidays. 

Below: chestnuts roasting on an open square; Christmas market

Picture perfect

 The brightness of a painting made even brighter by a wintry backdrop.

Bistro bliss

As Christmas approaches the whirl of dining out with family / friends has begun.

On this night, simple yet warming classic French fare par excellence at a local Michelin bistrot that's become a favorite.

 

Above: fresh sea bream atop Tarbais beans; duck in two servings; rognons de veau (veal kidneys - not shown); cochon de lait w/purée

 

Below: two of our entrées (fricassée de girolles; ballotine de foie gras de canard maison); settling on a wine

 

 

 Remerciements: 

Chef de cuisine André le Letty, former sous-chef at La Tour d'Argent

 

Le Bistrot Du Maquis

 69 rue Caulaincourt 75018