Both are the Port de plaisance, Paris Arsenal, near Place de la Bastille.

Best cheap lunch in Paris- 4 euros for a grec. Off Boulevard St. Michel

What Marcelle calls "Our faithful Boulangerie.

Regular patrons at our faithful pub. Motley lot---no?
Actually, anyone familiar with the art scene around the Marais will know the gentleman on the right, the lady on the left is deceased, so this picture will no longer aid the cops to find her, and the gentleman in the center I do not know.

The boucherie on Ile St Louis. All the round plaques in the window are awards for the quality and presentation of his products- earned at a competition, like a state fair in the US, that I don't entirely understand.

"Rioting student hooligans", according to Le Figaro. I call these evil-dooers  "Sausagistes"- hungry grevistes eating free sausage at Quai de la Rapee, across from the port Paris Arsenal, during the CPE strike.

Children's carnival at Bassin de la Villette- Jerome will remember this, perhaps. Littlest Sax player. Probably an illegal image- underage sax.
He played well.

On the way to school, at the end of Ile St Louis. My neighborhood  is incredibly rich in culture and people, and I am grateful to fate and my family for making this dream real.

"Daddy, I know what I wanna be when I'm big!"
What's that, my dear?

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.