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Small bistro with fantastic food and good wine selection..
Parisian Perspectives
I have fallen in love with Paris more than once, and each time the city is harder and harder to leave. What about it makes it so enduring to our hearts?
A family friend and lifelong Parisian, was entrusted with showing me around for a day. He said...
The Bard's Bookstore
Located at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, a stone's throw from the Seine, and draped in a long-cast shadow of Notre Dame, is what should be proclaimed one of France's national treasures: the Shakespeare and Company bookstore. This is actually the second...
Sidewalk PETroglyph in the Chic Sixteenth...
Paris is a city of lovers...of dog-lovers. Yes, there are the couples embracing on the Seine--impossibly romantic and timeless...but anyone who's been to the City of Light also knows that Parisians, even within the constraints of their urban...
Parisian Perfection on Ile de la Cite
My first day in Paris, I was giddy with excitement and lack of sleep. So in the early morning quiet, I stole out of my flat on I'le Saint Louis to explore the empty streets and alleys of I'le de la Cite. With a sense of awe and wonder I meandered...
A street of ever-changing "street art"
Just down the street from the view-inspiring Parc de Belleville is Rue des Couronnes, a street one would never suspect is home to an ever-changing walk of street-art from local artists. It's in the 20th Arrondissement, which is often overlooked on...
Travel More, Work Less
This is a photo I took of the back of Notre Dame in the gardens this June. Seeing this and then walking across the "Love Bridge" while listening to a performer play Parlez-moi d'amour on his accordion- you can't help but love Paris.
The City of Light
During the summer months while camera-toting travelers are lining up and winding around the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and the iconic glass pyramid of the Louvre, most Parisians are packing up and forming their own lines at the train stations,...
Crossing the Seine
The Pont Alexandre III bridge is probably one of the most striking structures to cross the Seine in Paris. It links the quarter of the Champs-Élysées to the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter in a most extravagant fashion. The golden statues of...
