Arc de Triomphe the day after Christmas |
Feeding seagulls at the Buttes-Chaumont |
The bridge to the "Temple" at the Buttes-Chaumont |
Street art on Quai de Jemmapes |
Tribute to the dead at Le Petit Cambodge from kids at the College Sainte Marie |
Winter light on "La Jeunesse" at Trocadero |
Bartholdi's "Liberté" overlooking the Seine from Ile des Cygnes |
The dome of Les Invalides seen through the legs of the Eiffel Tower. There is only one out of the way place I have found where you can get this perspective. |
New Year's Day, the sun tries to break through the clouds. |
Christmas Day dawn at the Arc de Triomphe |
Christmas Day dawn on the rue de Courcelles |
Cultural Chernobyl |
Woman looking at the memorial notices in front of Le Carillon, one of the the cafés hit by terrorists on November 13 |
Oud player in the Paris Metro |
Strollers near Rue de Mouzuaïa in the 19th. A wonderful forgotten corner of Paris |
On top of the world, or at least of Paris, in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont. Now very gentrified, it was once the training ground for Al Qaeda terrorists. |
On the same plane with Sacré Coeur from the Buttes-Chaumont |
Still a little nervous at Café Bonne Bière, the first to reopen after the massacre |
Shaken but not sunk. A skateboarder in Place de la République in front of the motto of Paris that has been with us since the 15th century |
Songwriting by the lake at the Buttes-Chaumont |
Raising a glass on the Quai de Jemmapes at the Hotel du Nord |
Repurposing Doisneau's "The Kiss" next to the scene of the massacre at Le Carillon |
French flags and halal cuisine on the way to Place de la République |
Wedding photos being taken at the Eiffel Tower. |
A few days after Christmas, the crowds came out! |
Librairie Farfouille in the Passage Verdeau |
Looking up rue Laffitte at Sacré Coeur |
Doing the books in the tent out front of Les Caves Augé on Boulevard Haussmann |
Approaching "Liberty" from the back on the Île aux Cygnes (also Île des Cygnes) in the Seine. |
I love this photograph. There's so much going on in it as the couple hold still for what I presume is a wedding photograph. Do they know the Eiffel Tower is right behind them? |
Bateau mouche with diners passing under the Pont de Grenelle |
Books for sale in the Passage Verdeau |
Imperial storm troopers in a Christmas window at Galeries Lafayette. |
3000 years of standing around. Rue de Sevres. |
Souvenir sellers, all from Africa, at Trocadéro on New Year's Day |