Holy history

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, perched on a hill behind the Panthéon, was started in 1492, the year Christopher Columbus completed a perilous gamble across the Atlantic and landed in "The New World." 

 

Window Wednesday

Running a-fowl at a Left Bank fabric shop.

 

Table Tuesday

 

A table invitingly set for two, inside the Galerie Vivienne.

 

Mocha Monday

 

A café noisette to the sound of church bells on Place des Petits-Pères in the 2nd arrondissement.

 

On a slant Sunday

 Coffee on a slant is not unusual in hilly Montmartre.

 

Sipping Saturday

 

 Wickedly delicious chocolat chaud starts the day at Café de Flore.

 Saint-Germain-des-Prés

 

 

Floral Friday

 

Fiery red blooms and matching awnings steal the show on a sunny day in June.