As temperatures soared again this morning, the south side of Eyre Place looked deliciously cool and inviting.
Pierre Victoire's al fresco seating arrangements were brightened by tricolour balloons in advance of tomorrow's Bastille Day celebrations.
In Paris, the President of the Republic will enjoy a military march-past on the Champs Elysée.
Something rather less elaborate is proposed in Edinburgh restaurants involving snails brought in especially from the Hebridean island of Barra. A slime-past, perhaps.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the barony, Broughton's drouthy dogs have been spoiled for choice today in Bellevue Place.
In the shade of the Council planter, a pavement notice chalked by some kindly resident reads 'DOGGY DRINKS!' Beside it is a bowl of refreshing water.
Above it – for the discerning pooch – is a half-empty can of Irn Bru.
Readers may remember how in 1998, manufacturer AG Barr's billboard campaign featured an elderly gentleman with two dogs at his feet. Women's groups branded the poster 'humiliating and insulting' for its caption: 'I love Irn Bru and so do my bitches'.
Perhaps Barr were onto something after all.