Paris recommendations pls

[kaberett]

Because I have left planning this trip awfully late: anyone particularly want to recommend anything in Paris for me to do? Vegetarian food esp. appreciated. I am already planning to take full advantage of the free queue-jump at all the museums and galleries (I particularly want to stare at the Impressionists some more but recommendations for bullshit optionally-ceramic sculpture very much appreciated); A has been Informed that I will be going to visit État Libre d'Orange (so that I can smell some of their more horrifying perfumes without having to buy them); and depending on the weather I intend A Stroll Through Some Gardens. Any other requests?

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[kindkit]

It's been twenty years since I was in Paris, so I can't recommend specific places. But there are experiences I remember fondly.

My suggestions:

See Notre Dame at night as well as in the daytime. The way it's lit up is beautiful, and the nearby neighborhood around the Blvd. St. Michel gets lively. It's also nice to hang out by the Seine at night and watch the tour boats go by.

Buy a crepe from a street vendor, with Nutella or whatever suits your fancy. Also get roast chestnuts if they're still available when you visit; they're mostly a winter thing. And there used to be a great ice cream place, um, somewhere on the Ile de la Cite, but I haven't a clue if it's still around.

Browse the bookstalls along the Seine (which are in the same area as Notre Dame).

Go to a farmers' market. You should be able to find out locations and times online, but at least when I was in Paris, they were held right in the center city, often near Metro stops.

Try a North African restaurant (as I recall--I was a vegetarian when I lived in Paris--there are usually vegetarian options, but of course it'll depend on the individual restaurant).

If you have the time and inclination, a visit to one of the suburbs, where there are many more working-class people and immigrants than in central Paris, can be enlightening. I lived for a little while in Montreuil, and among other things I vividly remember the competing posters for the Communist Party and the National Front.

[kaberett]

Yep, North African very much on the default food-to-eat list, and I know the markets! How much time we spend wandering around outside is somewhat dependent on my energy levels and how much it's raining, but thank you enormously for the suggestions :-)