Walks in Paris~ Grenelle Sunday Market

Today you get to walk with me through the Grenelle Sunday Market!

(All photographs copyright: Kirsten Steen)

My morning started with the market and my camera while The Chef

did the shopping!

My favorite spots tend to be the honey and spices.

Always such an array of beauty and promise.

Last week we bought a large batch of

mushrooms and a to-die-for wedge of fresh butter

and sauteed them to go with our meal.

Couldn't resist a shot of this little goat next to the chevre.

A lovely little French family patiently (and with a smile)

let me slide in for the shot.

Some things I simply have to photograph

just for their color!

And these rose-shaped filets reminded me of the many fleurs of the market.

One of the things I love (though oysters are not my thing-as witnessed in the last post)

is how the oyster stalls try to make you feel as if you are on the coast

attesting to the freshness of their shelled product.

Some of the stalls, besides just these large posters,

have recordings of seagulls and waves

so you can practically feel the salt on the wind!

Shrimp is much more to my flavor preference.

And of course there are always the many varieties of

luscious fruit tarts.

Last week we made it to the Robert Doisneau exhibit

at the Foundation de Henri Cartier-Bresson.

And while it wasn't the best exhibit of his work that I've seen overall,

I still found a couple of photographs

that were some of the best I think I've come across.

His eye for detail and juxtaposing images

(even if he admitted to posing his subjects, as someone recently told me)

is stunning.

And at the very end of the market near La Motte Picquet

were several books I would have loved to take home.

Sunday in Paris is never complete without a walk through Le Marais

and the Historic Jewish Quarter

which will be photos for another post!

Until then, a bientot!

(All Photographs copyright: Kirsten Steen.

No copies may be made without permission from the artist.)