A few more photos taken the last time I was in the Marais. (I am actually there quite often. It’s just a short metro ride from our place).

A cute elephant hanging over a Thai restaurant.

A tea pot perhaps done by the designer who did faces on pillows and plates.

Part of an ancient sign left from a boulangerie on a shop that now sells clothing.

This is the most famous and well-known place to buy falafal. It’s on Rue des Rosiers. There are several other places selling falafal on the same street but they never have people standing in line to get in. A guy across the street was saying, “No waiting here!”

During an excursion to the Marais, I happened to see a lot of red:

The awning of Breakfast in America where I had lunch. Some of my meals there have fallen short but the hamburgers always look good.

What more do you need besides crepes and wifi? They should have added wine too.

Cute little ballerina in the Repetto window.

What a great red. I bet they were good to eat too. They call them grenades here.

I walked past a window and noticed all sorts of Indian gear in the window and took this photo and then noticed that most of the other gear was for S&M, you know, naughty things. I guess it’s the thing to do-dress up like an American Indian-which you get out the whip and handcuffs for those adventures.

Around the corner from Notre Dame is this pretty little restaurant. It always has very creative decorating on the outside and the inside is full of ancient furniture and architecture. The food can be very good or just okay and the service is sometimes bad so I don’t go there anymore but I always stop to look at the outside when I’m in the neighborhood.

I like the color of paint they used this year.

Part of a church font perhaps?

Little baskets hanging from the wysteria ready for Easter.

Around the corner from there is another place. I like their sign. It’s called The Reserves of Quasimodo, being near Notre Dame.

This and that seen in the Marais:

Some samples of lotion on the outside of a shop selling it. I always try lotion samples.

I guess you could call this grafitti although it’s made of moss.

This cafe’s speciality is foie gras. They had all sorts of dishes featuring it. Didn’t eat there but the menu looked good and the owners seemed really nice.

I liked this display of scarves tied around a pole in a clothing store.

If you like loose clothing with that hippy look, this is the place for you. Rather expensive though.

Cute window display.

The Left Bank is full of photo ops:

This table and chairs are in the front of a very good restaurant with the unfortunate name of Schmuck. The owners once asked a friend of mine why people stood in front of the restaurant and had photos taken while pointing to the name. I think it is a good name in German but in the Jewish dialect, not so much.

These were there too-so lovely.

The side of a building painted to look like windows.

Some chess sets in the window of an antique shop.

And an old wooden train.

Next to Notre Dame is a very ancient hospital called Hotel Dieu (built in 651!). They have a very nice garden there and, in fact, you can even rent rooms there if they aren’t already given to the families of patients. Maurice was even taken here years ago after being hit by a car in a cross walk-he wasn’t hurt if you can believe that. Come to think of it, he often will walk into the crosswalk in front of an approaching car without stopping saying, “They have to stop for you.” “Yes, I reply, but that doesn’t mean they will!”

The exterior. You can walk right in and enter the garden and no one will yell at you asking what you are doing there.

Some fancy boxwood plantings. A lady once told me that she hated the way they smelled, like cat pee to her. I had never consciously registered the odor but now I always notice and I think she may be right.

The rest of the garden stretching out occupying the center of a courtyard with a walkway all around.

This statue of a doctor is painted every year in a different style by medical students.