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Tag Archives: Paris
Help Save a Paris Landmark
I have had the pleasure of visiting Paris many times over the last 40 years. And ever time that I’m in Paris the iconic bookstore Shakespeare and Company is one of my first stops. Even if you have never been … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Paris, Shakespeare and Company
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Halloween Travel Haunts
I have to admit that I was surprised to discover that Larnach Castle in Otago, New Zealand was on a list of 45 haunted travel destinations in a Condé Nast Traveler article on the spine-tingling subject. When I visited the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Asia, Canada, Europe, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Edinburgh, Iceland, New Zealand, Paris, St Petersburg
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Real Art, Fictional Museum
Foundation Kebbi is an imaginary museum created by Paris-based artist and illustrator Yann Kebbi. The fake cultural attraction is populated by the usual crowd of museum goers, tourists, lovers, and time wasters. However, if you look closely, you can also … Continue reading
Drive Time Radio
Drive and Listen is a terrific mashup of city driving videos with the same city’s local radio stations. Pick a city and cruise the streets to tunes, news and talk that you can’t hear at home. Each time you select … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, Film, Photography, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Paris, Seoul, Tokyo
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Discovering the Lost Generation in Paris
Decades ago, I made my first biblio-pilgrimage to the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. These days it’s not quite the same place now that it has an adjoining café that serves American bagels and brownies. And then there are the … Continue reading
Human Hotel
The Human Hotel project was created last year by the folks behind WOOLOO.ORG — an online community for professional artists. The concept is an AirBnB-like service for artistic types who like to travel and meet like-minded people. Visiting creatives get … Continue reading
Unreal City
I rarely post music videos, but I’m a fan of M.Ward, Clémence Poésy (ever since her role as Elise Wasserman in “The Tunnel”), and of course Paris. Filmed on the streets of Paris, the Beatrice Pegard-directed video for M. Ward’s … Continue reading
Not The New Yorker
As an unapologetic fan of Wes Anderson films, I have been looking forward to the release of his upcoming movie The French Dispatch. Although we still have to wait until July 24, 2020 to see it, the trailer and a fun … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, movies
Tagged Magazines, Paris, The New Yorker, Wes Anderson
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Street Smart
Andrei Kashcha’s City Roads tool will draw you a map of just the roads in any city around the world. Beware map geeks: Down the rabbit hole.
Paris: 66 Million BC
I know the big name dinosaurs—Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Velociraptor, etc.—but that’s about the extent of my grasp of Dinosauria. However, my nephew Cameron is a budding paleontologist at the age of two (yes, 2) and he constantly schools me on the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, Photography
Tagged Digital art, Paris, video mapping
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