On the street right outside the post office, to attach your dog's leash while you pop in to deal with your mail. Not quite sure why this is necessary - dogs are not allowed inside food stores but post offices should be fine - still, it's adorable.
Storefront shutter painted à la Vermeer. All the shutters along this street were painted in the style of a different artist - Gauguin, Klimt, Modigliani and more - unfortunately most have since been graffiti'ed over. The Vermeer style one is the only one left intact. So far.
A chimera in Greek mythology is a fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
For the purposes of this blog, chimera is a cultural and ethnic mutt living in Paris, fond of Marmite and pho.