Le Grenier de Notre-Dame

Le Grenier de Notre-Dame

I eat enough vegetables and fruit to be a vegetarian but do eat

meat in moderation.  However, I can clear the table eating seafood.

Le Grenier de Notre-Dame

18, rue de la Bûcherie

75005, Paris

Pont de Sully

Pont de Sully

This is one of the few cast iron bridges
remaining in Paris today.  Built (rebuilt, actually) by
Haussmann in 1876, Pont de Sully is actually two bridges
connecting the eastern tip of Ile Saint Louis
with the banks of the 4th and 5th arrondissements.

Pont de Sully

Paris, 75005

Les balcons fleurissent

Balconies ornate with 

flowers

I could be quite content with a corner

of this building in the cinquième, close

to the Seine with an exquisite view.

Paris

75005

La Tour d'Argent - les lumières

La Tour d'Argent

Although I have not dined at La Tour d'Argent 

and would love to explore their wine list

one can enjoy the aesthetics of the wrought iron lamp posts

and the Guimard awning over the entrance door.

La Tour d'Argent

15, quai de la Tournelle

75005, Paris

diptyque - parfumerie

diptyque

This is a charming shop on boulevard Saint-Germain

specializing in perfumes and also scents for

the home.  Even if you already have a favorite there

are scents which are not available elsewhere.

Plan a visit to the original diptype store.

This small shop is big on friendly customer service and

I have always been well-received on my visits.

diptyque

34, boulevard Saint-Germain

75005, Paris

Les vitrines de jouets - CDP Theme Day

Looking out of a store window at the winter

landscape, the tin toys resemble paper silhouettes 

against a palette of neutrals.

The theme for the City Daily Photo Bloggers

on this first day of March:  A photo that is in color

but appears almost as a black and white shot.

Click here to see the selections of other City Daily photographers

Avanti la Musica (unique toys and music boxes)

73, quai de la Tournelle

75005, Paris

Les ombres

Stained glass windows 

sunlight reflected on the

Gothic walls of the church

Paris church

75005, Paris

Christian Bassoul

Christian Bassoul and his group of fellow musicians,

singers, and dancers pass out the words (les paroles) to the old 

French songs and invite you to sing and dance along 

with them.  It has been a tradition on almost every Paris trip

to gather in the street at the base of rue Mouffetard on Sunday morning.

Come, sing, dance, laugh, 

and transport yourself back

in time 100 years.

(Oh, and buy the CD)

Christian Bassoul on rue Mouffetard

75005, Paris

Rue de l'Estrapade

With the photo taken through an impressive gate, 

I wondered what it would be like

to call this place home.

9, rue de l'Estrapade

75005, Paris

Place de la Contrescarpe

Place de la Contrescarpe

Bicycles, fountain, café terrace, shade trees,

and sometimes on Sundays a white haired

piano player.

I wonder how he gets that piano up the hill?

Place de la Contrescarpe

75005, Paris

Église Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet

Église Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet

The early morning sun 

casts long shadows 

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet

23, rue des Bernardins

75005, Paris

Dubois - depuis 1861

Dubois

depuis 1861

This establishment has been 

providing fine art materials

to the artists of Paris for over 150 years

The sign is beyond charming...

Dubois

20, rue Soufflot

75005, Paris

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

Perhaps one of my favorite churches in Paris, 

and I discover a new detail with every visit.

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont

Place Sainte Geneviève

75005, Paris

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Shadow and Highlight"

Jardin des Plantes

Today I join city daily photo bloggers around 

the world for Theme Day:

"Shadow and Highlight"

Please take a look at the theme interpretation

of other photographers here.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Jardin des Plantes - un perroquet vert?

Jardin des Plantes

One would think that this green parrot (?) had escaped

from an enclosure, a pen.  However, we sighted 

an entire flock of them, numbering 12 or more.

They enjoyed the November berries immensely.

Is Paris temperate enough to support

what I imagine to be a tropical species?


UPDATE:
"If you have ever spotted apple-green birds the size of a turtledove with bright red bills during one of your strolls around Paris, you are neither colorblind nor sleepwalking. You merely sighted one of the many rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) that have made Paris and its vast suburbs their home."
You can read more here. 

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée

Paleontology Museum

I have seen the photographs and peered through the impressive 

windows, but sadly I have never been inside to see the skeletons

It is on my list to accomplish this year

Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

City Daily Photo Theme Day - The Beauty of Simplicity

The Beauty of Simplicity

Only a few days after the November 13 bombings in Paris

we found this simple phrase with a scattering of wet leaves.

I could not have staged a more poignant shot.

Today I join City Daily photobloggers around the world

in Theme Day. Click here to see their take on

"The Beauty of Simplicity"

Rainy Paris street

75005, Paris

Rue Mouffetard - les danseurs

Rue Mouffetard

the dansers

Every Sunday around 11am (no matter the weather)
you can enjoy the music of accordianist Christian Bassoul
and dance and sing along with the locals.  If you do not know the dance
you will led by a regular with experience, and if you do not
know the song, sheet music is passed through the crowd.


You will find all ages and it is always
a favorite Sunday activity of mine.

Rue Mouffetard at Église St. Médard

75005, Paris

  

Paris, au soir

Paris at night

In temperate weather

an evening stroll gives a 

different perspective.

Geraniums in window boxes

are a common sight

Hôtel Abbatial

46, boulevard Saint-Germain

75005, Paris

Métro Maubert Mutualité

Des chiminées et des ombres

Chimneys and Shadows

The buildings on this street are interesting

with varied patterns and colors of brick.

The sun adds a design touch with 

a shadow...

Rue Georges Desplas

75005, Paris