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

Rue des Cinq Diamants - le chef

le chef

On rue de la Butte aux Cailles, the chefs and cooks from

various restaurants gather outside to chat,

have a smoke, and get ready for the busy lunch crowd. 

I have seen this same chef on three trips

and will be taking a photo to him in a few weeks. 

I wonder what he will be serving that day...

Chez Gladines
30, rue des 5 Diamants
75013, Paris
Métro Corvisart

Sillicat s'est perdue

What a precious face

I do hope that Sillicat found his way home!

Rue de la Butte aux Cailles

75013, Paris



Apiculteur parisien

This friendly gentleman with a delightful sense of humor has a boutique, Les Abeilles,

selling honey and other "bee-products" on La Butte aux Cailles. 

You can even buy all that you need to set up as a beekeeper. 

He is an expert in les abeilles, miel, cire d'abeilles, a true apiculture parisien!

A purchase of honey and beeswax candles was made after a delightful visit with him in the petite shop.  Two large vats of honey along with all the other products give the small space a sweet aroma.

Monsieur Schakmundès became my newest Paris friend,

and I will carry this portrait back to him in January.

(for Holly, the Queen Bee)

Les Abeilles
21, rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles
75013 Paris