I published this post at the beginning of my blog, over four years ago, and it is another example of how art evokes emotions and feelings from me. I ended up going back to Louvre, which I prefer to do in bits and pieces at my leisure. That way I can absorb and reflect on whatever …
With so many fabulous museums in Paris to choose from, the decision can be a tough one, on the first Sunday of each month. I had been putting off going to the Musee Picasso for various reasons that I will explain below. If it’s between October and March, I will generally gravitate returning to the …
Paris was on the brink of widespread flooding, which did occur in one part of the city and in several places in France. Despite this catastrophic menace, the French seemed more concerned about keeping up their resistance to the new labor law by multiple strikes and continued protests. Besides the rising Seine and other rivers …
These little birds must be some classy chicks! Falco tinnunculus, aka kestrels have been coming back to roost in the spires of Notre Dame for eons. The view must be absolutely magnificent overlooking the Seine and the garden behind Notre Dame Cathedral . Frankly I had never heard of them, but any birds that love …
Lord knows they have tried once again to make up for the sacrilege destruction of the revered stomach of Paris, Les Halles de Baltard, that proudly stood in the center of Paris for over a hundred years till 1971. But sadly this second extremely expensive renovation attempt it is nothing more but a blasphemous architectural …
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Deborah de Robertis has done it again. Visitors at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris Saturday got more than they bargained for under Eduard Manet’s Olympia. The performance artist stretched out nude below the painting with a camera in hand in order to record people’s reaction. Security agents quickly closed the special exhibit of Splendour and …
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Last week I talked about the symptoms of collective trauma, and they are already playing out with many Parisians. The city has not gotten back to normal yet, which I do not think is surprising, but some doomsayers are wondering if it ever will be the same. There are tangible figures indicating that the city …
Despite all the terrible injustices going on the world, and there are many that have garnered my utmost empathy, I nevertheless also have sympathy for Les Dames Pipi of Paris losing their job. These ladies, who the majority are over 60 years of age, were let go, not because they weren’t doing a good …
As a proud American living in Paris, I just wanted to applaud and thank these very courageous men, Alex Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, Mark Moogalian and Chris Norman, along with an anonymous Frenchman who all earned the highest medal of honor in France, the Légion d’Honneur. Their daring monumental tackling and subduing of the …
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It’s nice to have something to feel good about after multiple tragedies these past weeks. With the United States Supreme Court guaranteeing that same sex couples will have the right of legal marriage in every state of the union, the United States of America joins the ever expanding list of other countries who have done …
In was one of those early spring mornings in north Louisiana, full of sunshine, where the air smelled fresh and new and full of promise. As I walked up the small hill towards the hospital, I enjoyed smelling the slight perfume given off by bright pink and purple azaleas in full bloom. I was to …
This horrific catastrophe has weighed heavily on my mind, plunging me into a wave of grieving over such an immense loss of life. The chilling revelation that this was seemingly a deliberate murder of 149 innocent human beings made it worse. When I first heard that the chief pilot was locked out of the …
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