Passage Jouffroy - IIIn the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.Passage Jouffroy10-12, boulevard Montmartre 9, rue de la Grange Batelière 75009 Paris …
La Cour du Petit PalaisAmidst the beautiful architecture of Petit Palais sits this serene octi-circular courtyard, filled with trees and plants, mosaics and paths. Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Art Museum Avenue Winston Churchill 75008 Paris Black and white has been suggested... what do you think? …
Montmartre Café - Le TroubadourFrom the street view looking down, the café scene on this Saturday was one of families and friends framed with green and a blue sky (not shown).Le Troubadour4, rue PoulbotMontrmartre75018 Paris…
Parc de Monceau - ennuiMétro, boulot, dodo...C'est lundi encore...(Commute, work, sleep - It is Monday again)Parc de MonceauBoulevard de Courcelles27008 Paris…
Église Saint Pierre de MontmartrePlaying second fiddle to Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre is not too bad when you have a perfect Cavaillé-Coll organ. This former abbey became a place of music in the late 17th Century during the years when Renée de Lorraine was abbess. Although not as large as many of the Paris organs, its tr…
Carrousel - Place des AbbessesColorful, fast, and trendy...Enjoyed immensely by the children, butNot my favorite carrousel à ParisZoom-zoomCarrousel (Counter-clockwise)Place des Abbesses75018, Paris…
Printemps - le refletA dress of pale blue feathers and fringed silk tweed, a backdrop of trees, and a wistful glance down the boulevard. Printemps64, boulevard Haussmann75009, ParisTo see more reflections visit James' Weekend Reflections…
Musée GrevinDid you know that there was a wax museum in the center of Paris? Musée Grevin was founded in 1882 and now contains some 300 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. Its baroque architecture includes a mirrored mirage room based on the principle of a catoptric cistula…
L'Entracte -- café en rougeL'Entracte's small terrace is dressed in rouge vif looking fresh for the season.This tiny café's English translation means "the intermission" and is located across the street from Palais Garnier, the site of the L'Opéra de Paris.L'Entracte1, rue Auber75009, Paris…
Happy Hour at Le RicauxI am not sure whether this gentleman is looking for a friend or if he is just looking cool.Le Ricaux44, rue Chaussée d'antin75009, Paris…
Église Saint-Étienne du Mont - IVÉglise Saint-Étienne du Mont sits among some giants in the Latin Quarter, just across from the Pantheon on Place Saint Geneviève. It is difficult to choose a favorite church in Paris, but this would surely be high on my list.Bon dimancheÉglise Saint Étienne du Mont1 place Ste-Geneviève75005, Paris…
Père Lachaise - Thomas CoutureThomas Couture was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his "Romans in the Decadence of the Empire" found today in Musée D'Orsay at a grand 472 x 772 cm (15 feet by 25 feet).He was critical of the moral decadence of France under the July monarchy (the ruling clas…
L'homme à tête de chouWell, this "gentleman" seemed to be looking for someone?This drole caricature is of Serge Gainsbourg, the reknown and often infamous singer, whose lyrics and songs were filled with puns and references to sex. He did look familiar in the salon window, but I could not quite place him. (Thanks to Malys…
Avec l'amourIn the hours just before twilight, the pace of the day slows and gives way to more tender moments. Jardin du Palais Royal…
Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?If it seems that I am sug…
Stepping out of the shadowsOn the cobbled narrow Rue Cortot, we find this prince stepping out of the shadows of Musée de Montmartre. He may have disappeared by now.Musée de Montmartre12, rue Cortot75018, Paris…
Le chat du caféI wonder if he is there for a beer or a smoke. Hummmm? Perhaps just for the warm lap and the ambiance.Rue LepicMontmartre75018 Paris…
Saint-Pierre Church - ChartresSaint-Pierre Church in Chartres is not as well known as the Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres, but this 13th Century church is a Gothic masterpiece with some windows surviving from the 14th Century.Built outside the original fortress walls of Chartres, it was built to withstand the assault of aggres…
Epicerie BastilleI snapped this petite shop from across the busy Boulevard Beaumarchais. It is narrow among many larger offerings on this wide street at the edge of the Marais, but there was as much activity in and out as a hive of bees.Bon weekend…
Bécassine - the storyBécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern bande dessinée inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.These books were se…
Marché d'Aligre - le dimancheIn a busy, crowded market shoppers were buying everything from fish and seafood to fruits, nuts, and cheeses. Vegetables of bright colors were hawked competitively across the stalls.One solitary man is buying flowers. I have more questions than answers.Marché d'AligreRue d'Aligre et Rue Beccaria…
Une prison ou une maison?There was a tiny crack in the boards behind the bars. If something had moved, I was prepared to bolt! Found: In an unnamed, narrow street of Montmartre.…
Le MusicienThis musician may have been working for coins but he appeared to be playing for the music within his soul. The street (and Métro) performers seem to be a notch better than I hear in the United States. I found the same to be true in Seville last fall witnessing a string quartet for which I would glad…
Café de la Paix -- au matinEarly one April morning Marie and I found this gentleman just beginning his daily routine, arranging the café chairs on the terrace of Café de la Paix. It was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of Palais Garnier which sits just over your shoulder. I would love to stop there this Monday morni…
Église Saint Jean de Montmartre - l'angeThis unusual church made of reinforced cement between 1894 and 1904 sits at the foot of Montmartre across from Place des Abbesses. The organ was built by the famous Cavaillé-Coll in 1852 for a church in Lyon and later moved here. This Art Nouveau style church was one of the first to use concrete, b…
Repetto VIIA trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to Repetto on Rue de la Paix. Although there was an expectation of an exquisite display*, the single poster of Danseuse Étoile, Marie-Agnès Gillot, features a beautiful and talented ballerina.Although the tickets are très cher, I would love to see a ba…
Place André Malraux en rouge et bleuI have walked past this fountain many times of the day and night but on the last evening in April, mild with a rising full moon, it seemed especially vibrant and colorful... just one of the reasons I must return again and again.Bon weekendPlace André MalrauxRue St. Honoré etAvenue de l'OpéraSee more…
Must be a French girl -- VIIIOh definitely, and M. Cycliste thinks so too!Blvd de Courcellesat Parc de Monceau…
Le coiffeur et le véloA narrow street in the 2ième arrondissement boasts this perfect blue door, offset by the single vélo. Please disregard the graffiti.7, rue Tiquetonne…
Galerie C. T. Loo & Co.This beautiful mandarin pagoda is an island in the midst of Hausmanian architecture very near Parc de Monceau. It was built in 1926 by the french architect Fernand Bloch for the chinese antics dealer Ching-Tsai Loo. "Starting his business in Paris, Loo was almost single-handedly responsible for intr…
