City Daily Photo - "Where I Belong"

Theme Day for the City Daily Photo group

this month is "Where I Belong." Although I have many 

favorite places in Paris, my happiest times are spent 

with family or friends at a café terrace.  Although I have sat in 

winter months with a drizzling rain and a lab robe for warmth,

this spring scene with blue skies and warm sun is perfect.

See where other CDP photographers feel they "belong"

Pain et Chocolat

16, avenue de la Motte-Piquet

75007, Paris

 

Tu veux du thé?

You would like tea?

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and you could

really impress with Nina's tea on this service tray.

Nina's  was founded in 1672 when Pierre Diaz

created "La Distillerie Frères." It was the first company

to distill lavender essential oils in France and became

known for their art of creating fragrances.

Nina's

29, rue Danielle Cassanova

75001, Paris

Le Café des Chats - un chat

One of the many cat residents displays

the mood and character of this salon de the.

All of the cats have been adopted from shelters and

are under the care of veterinarians.

The 'house rules' are simple: do not wake a sleeping cat;

wash your hands before petting the cats; no feeding the cats; 

and, this is my favorite, no cat has to do anything s/he does not want to do.

Sounds like a great life to me.

Here is the link.

Le Café des Chats

16, rue Michel le Comte

75003, Paris

 

La Journée de Pi

Pi day of the century

π - not pie actually

(a pun)

Saturday, March 14, 2015 is Pi Day, a celebration of the irrational number 

that describes the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference. 

Pi is approximately 3.141592653, but it continues at random to infinity. 

No matter how many numbers after the decimal place you use, 

the only way to get it exactly is to use the symbol pi (π)

March 14, 2015

3.14.15 at 9:26.53am

I love math and numbers as well as pie, 

so treat yourself to a slice of pie (or tart, if you will)

La Petite Rose

11, boulevard de Courcelles

75008, Paris

Buveuses de thé

Tea drinkers

On a brisk afternoon we found we found 

these women enjoying tea in the winter sun.

I wonder if they knit as well?

L'Oisive Thé

Salon de Thé et Tricot

8 bis, rue de la Butte aux Cailles

75013, Paris

Chocolat Foucher - chocolatier confiseur

Foucher

Maison de Chocolat depuis 1819

Rue du Bac is a meandering shopping street just behind Bon Marché.  

This may be the "home" boutique for these fine chocolats, 

and it even offers a salon de thé for a quiet respite from the holiday shopping.  

I could imagine finishing the gift list with selections of chocolates 

and then settling in for a chocolat chaud for myself.

Chocolat Foucher

134, rue du Bac

75007, Paris