Paris and Beyond

Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis Tucked in a corner of this beautiful and storied church sits this confessional, obscured in sem...

Window boxes  On the second floor of this building in the Marais the bleeding heart flowers and masses of red blooms first ca...

In the orangerie of Hôtel de Sully you will find this ornate stone lattice  against a backdrop of green.... Green, in the s...

Patches, paint, patina... the old door has seen many pass through its portals the stories it could tell bon weekend...

Robert Combas A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City. This painting was created i...

Crossing Paths There were actually three photos of this mother/daughter pair  walking down Rue Saint-Paul in the Marais.   ...

    le Marais       A door, old and weathered, patched and painted and patched again, massive and imposing.     I...

Number Twenty-Five I think that if I lived here I would not give an address for visitors  but would say instead, " Sous ...

A box of heather This rustic display of heather in full bloom  was seen at Sylvine fleurs on Rue Beaubourg in the Marais. ...

Antiques in the Marais If you are a visitor in Paris,  you might find the perfect memory to carry home  in a shop like this...

A private courtyard One never knows when a door will be left open... Virginia (Paris Through My Lens), Peter (Peter's Paris...

A pink bicycle No, this is not one of the bikes from Le Tour de France,  but a bright statement of maman and her little one. ...

Pink shoes... Seen walking down Boulevard Beaumarchais It was a "sweater day" in late spring,  but this perso...

Boulangerie St. Antoine The window was filled with tempting pastries,  but we opted for baguettes for our spring soirée.   ...

Frédéric Garrigues artisan florist The objects in this Marais window caught my eye,  but when I looked on the website at h...

An odd window in the Marais A plastic lobster and starfish, a small world globe, a jar of coral, two cast metal crawfish,...

Ma Bourgogne       No matter the season or the weather, this bistrot in the heart of Place des Vosges attracts both the locals...

Bicycle for two! There are many bicycles on the streets of Paris and in the parks.   Even the smallest of children are rid...

Gwen Choc It is nearly impossible to find a "bad" boulangerie in Paris and each artisan boulangerie-patisserie has a ...

Motorcycle and flowers Only a block from Place Igor Stravinsky I rode the Vélib  to avoid the traffic and stumbled upon this co...