Grabbed this as part of a journalistic stroll looking for street names evoking working class professions of times gone by.

Found rue de la Ferronnerie (iron-workers' street) but wasn't expecting this crazy rainbow of colours, much more interesting than the street itself.

It's one of the the gaiest streets in Paris, bordering the heart of the Marais in the soon-to-be-redeveloped Les Halles district.

While I was soberly seeking hints of heinous crimes past, such as the multiple stabbing, in this congested street, of King Henry IV in his traffic bound carriage by Ravaillac there's a plaque to commemorate it and everything...

Up crept the Banana Café, an' blew my breath away!