What else could I share with you this day?  My hope for all of you is that you have a year filled to the brim with love, peace, contentment...

Entrée des Fournisseurs , in the Marais, specializes in buttons, ribbons, yarn, felt and trims, and much more.  I snapped this display sho...

This is a very special one that I've kept since last June.  The Marais district of Paris is known for it's cultural diversity, e...

Late one afternoon as I snooped around the Village St. Paul , they were bringing the chairs in for the evening.  I snapped these delightf...

French Stranger #71 Last summer ma chère amie Mary took me on a wild goose chase ( I have no idea what THAT would be in French) to the 20...

Today I share one of my very favorite photographs.  Église St-Paul-St-Louis Church in the Marais is a church I've visited many times i...

Galeries Lafayette Joyeux Noël to each and everyone of my dear readers near and far. You have all touched my life in so many wonderful ways...

Le Basilique du Sacré -Coeur Wishing you a peaceful Christmas Eve

Today I take a break from the holiday photos on my Birmingham blog and thought I'd do so here as well. I found this little café at the...

Today, not one but two lovely examples of how Paris dresses herself for the Christmas season. Everywhere, neighborhoods have the most wonde...

Admittedly, this is from my November 2008 visit,  but I wanted to share it once again as I thought the windows at the fabulous Galeries Laf...

Last year ( and I'm assuming this year as well), the city of Paris created a giant ice rink in front of the gorgeous Hôtel de Ville ( P...

Oh I've brought you here to the Église Saint- Séverin with me many times. I love, love this beautiful church.  Today one more little ...

Last June, Place de la Bastille was my "hood"!  I snapped this shot after coming up from the Métro one afternoon. I think I need...

Taken from the window of the Musée d'art Moderne , a view I can never resist.

One of the things I love most about this blog is that often I receive personal emails from readers.  Many times they are headed off to Pari...

Well would you look....here we are at the Palais Royal again!!  Last year these wonderful evergreens were lined up along the arcade at the ...

Pardon, but I have a few more photos from last January to share.  As most of you know, it was such  a magical time for me to be in Paris. T...

Last January, as Mary and I walked through the new fallen snow to Place des Vosges. Ma Bourgogne had stacked up the chaises and outside sea...

NOTRE DAME 

Perhaps this needs some explanation.  Last January's snowfall found us strolling the streets of the Marais.  We went right to * Merci...

Galerie Vivienne Nobody does Christmas windows like Paris! My thanks to Allie Baker, author of the Hemingway Project blog. She has kind...

A photo from last January's snowfall at my favorite........the Palais Royal of course.  Paris got a lovely snowfall this past week.  My...

The windows and stores are a delight at Christmas but don't forget to look up!  So many of the streets are strung with the most amazing...

...aime Paris, bien sûr!   My dear blog friend Daryl in NYC , sent me this great book. Well the truth is, she sent it to Meeps from her tw...

The white stuff is flying in Paris according to my Paris amis as well as our dear Genie from  Paris    and Beyond.  As she and I chatted o...

The Basilique du Sacré-Coeur is one of my favorite places to visit. Sitting at the highest point in Paris, it allows the most marvelous pan...

Monsieur et le sac rouge  Montmartre is one of the most charming neighborhoods in Paris.  Oh yes, it can be very touristy, but take the rue...

Galerie Vivienne J'adore Paris at Christmas.  Do you blame me? 

 la Grand Roue, Tuileries Today my dear friend Genie and daughter Holly touch their toes on Paris soil for their annual trip to the city th...

Sometimes my friends are kind enough to point out a potential photo op that I appear to overlook.  This one I'd have missed if Peter ha...