Sumptuous Saturday

Her designs were eccentric, uniquely glamorous. Think Mae West, Salvador Dalí, Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli

 Musée des Arts Décoratifs
 107 rue de Rivoli 75001

Ends January 22, 2023

 

 

 

Floral Friday

La Toussaint is marked by flowers, predominantly mums, which are sold for days after.

 

Toussaint Tuesday

 Today France celebrates La Toussaint, a solemn holiday when those who departed are remembered.

 

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La Toussaint: All Saints' Day 

1st November

 

 

 

Jacques-O-Lantern

 

 

Though Halloween is not a French holiday it is celebrated with enthusiasm nonetheless.

 

 Above: a giant carved pumpkin keeps watch over the city from the top of the butte

 

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- Happy Halloween 2022 -

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Tout en croûte

 

French bread the way French bread used to be made.

(click to enlarge) 

Du Pain et Des Idées

- 1875 - 

 

34 rue Yves Toudic 75010

 

Above: "pain des amis" - bread among friends

 

 

 

Floral Friday

Flowers decorate an outdoor café-restaurant atop the butte on a late October afternoon.

 

A winding road

Fall colors accent a Montmartre side street that leads to the last vineyard in Paris.