Continuing to relive my recent Paris trip, here are some photos, in no particular order, starting with this one of Notre Dame on a cool and drizzly day in early May:

(That’s moi in the foreground, in the polka-dot raincoat.)

Inside Le Grand Colbert, the restaurant featured in the 2003 Diane Keaton film Something’s Gotta Give:

A niche in the wall at Place St. Germain des Pres:

The giant stained glass dome inside the Galeries Lafayette department store:

A perfect Parisian rose, rivaling those in my hometown Portland OR, known as the City of Roses:

A theater lover’s delight: seeing Juliette Binoche in an English language production of Antigone:

Street scene snapped while riding on a city bus:

One of the most iconic images of Paris:

Inside E. Dehillerin, the famous cook’s supply store frequented by the likes of Julia Child and the Barefoot Contessa:

A delicious grocery store discovery:

Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee served in a French mug:

Strolling along the Seine admiring the chestnut trees for which Paris is justly famous:

(Here you have to imagine Ella Fitzgerald singing “April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees . . .” And yes, I took that photo in April.)

And finally, since this is primarily a sewing/quilting blog, my final shots are of images I want to reinterpret as quilt blocks:

The sights, the sounds, the smells . . . Paris was a feast for the senses. I feel so fortunate to have spent three weeks there.