Odds & Ends

A small collection of miscellaneous Paris.

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At a bus stop across from Musee l'Orangerie.

  

Walkers, roller-bladers, and cyclists along the sidewalk.

And a scooter.

Along the way to St. Chapelle and the Conciergerie.

Some fun shops by name and by sculpture.

And always and everywhere, the cafes.  I think this is what I will miss most.

Last, a film crew shooting a movie.

St. Germain des Pres

Just strolling around St. Germain.

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The Delacroix Museum

  (This would've been a great shot...a woman standing in the window on her cell phone...but she spotted me before I could shoot it and retreated.)

I know, I know...touristy.  But I love them.  Les Deux Magots and Cafe de Flore -- Hemingway, Sartre, Camus, Picasso, de Beauvoir, James Joyce.

Lunch at Ralph Lauren

Marcel, Next Door

I have a favorite little restaurant next door to our apartment, in which I took meals maybe half a dozen times.  Sometimes I made small talk with the owner;  sometimes I just took a book, read, and people-watched.  Usually, I ordered the English breakfast (not a fan of white flour and sugar for petit dejeuner) but once for dinner I risked nachos, French-style.  Really good.  And some chocolate creation (though the worse for wear when I got it home) with whipped cream for dessert.

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By the Seine

Just a few miscellaneous shots by the Seine.  One to show architectural beauty, one to show tourists and a unique river eatery, and two as a study in contrast.

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The beauty of the Louvre.

Tourists and an eatery we didn't get to.

The fortunate, lovers.

The unfortunate homeless.

Stuff I Do Not Need to See in Paris

Really don't need to see this stuff, but it's all over the place.

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(Although this 50's diner was cute.)

Rue Cler, Again.

Another visit to Rue Cler Market earlier in the day when there are actually shoppers here.  It is busiest in the morning, but this is lunchtime.  The first time we were here was late afternoon and it was virtually empty, many shops closed.

It was cold today with windy low 60's and no sun.  But Parisians still eat outside under heat lamps.  I must admit, the lamps really made our day.

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This guy came running from behind me to photobomb the picture and was so funny we asked him to pose in front of his restaurant with his coworker.