Tag Archives: Paris

Bookstore Tourism: Paris

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

Founded in 1826, Librairie Jousseaume is a Parisian treasure hidden inside Galerie Vivienne. Tucked away from the usual tourist crowds, inside the glass-roofed elegance of Galerie Vivienne, you’ll find Librairie Jousseaume, a nearly 200-year-old bookshop. Founded in 1826, this antiquarian … Continue reading →

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Sur Le Pont

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

French street artist JR has transformed Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, with an inflatable cave-like installation that pays homage to the work of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Named La Caverne du Pont Neuf, the giant installation will officially open to the public on  June … Continue reading →

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We’ll always have Paris

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

I am genuinely ambivalent about AI applications. But occasionally I have run across some AI-generated content that seems to deserve our attention. One of these sources is Majestic Studios, which recreates daily life iconic cities as seen through time. The … Continue reading →

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Really Interesting (ok maybe interesting) stuff

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

Check the time with NYC Street Clock — telling the time using more than 20,000 Google Street View images found around NYC . I can be an infinite bore when it comes to giving travel advice. Over the years I’ve learned to … Continue reading →

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Shape of Paris

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

The Shape of Paris is a balletic short film of skateboarder Andy Anderson zooming, grinding, spinning, and floating around Paris in the summertime. It is also beautifully shot by Brett Novak; Paris has never looked better. NB: if the video does not open in … Continue reading →

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Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel is a book that contains 36 lithographs by Henri Rivière printed in 1902. These lithographs reflect the social, political, and artistic changes that had occurred in Paris by the end of the nineteenth … Continue reading →

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Paris 1970

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

I recently learned about an amateur photography contest called ‘C’était Paris en 1970’ (‘This Was Paris in 1970’), whose roughly fourteen thousand participants produced seventy thousand black-and-white prints and thirty thousand color slides of the capital in the midst of … Continue reading →

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Paris, 1964

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve always been a big fan of Dionne Warwick and a fan of Burt Bacharach & Hal David tunes. So what a treat to stumble upon this YouTube clip of Dionne singing her Bacharach hit “Walk On By” on the … Continue reading →

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How 19th century literature can help survive autocracy

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I must admit that I was never a big reader of 19th century French literature, other than Jules Verne. And, I somehow didn’t read Stendahl’s The Charterhouse of Parma. However, I was intrigued by a New York Times article that suggested … Continue reading →

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Tout le monde aime la Tour Eiffel

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I’m always chuffed to run across a copy book that I sold many years ago in a random blog post. in this case, the book in question is Les Tours Eiffel de Robert Delaunay : poèmes inédits / [Guillaume] Apollinaire. … Continue reading →

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