The Paris Traveler

July 11th, 2008

How To Ride The Paris Metro

Friends, lamenting the fact that they paid $4.17 a gallon for gas this past week, generated  a conversation over dinner of how the US, aside from a handful of major urban areas, lacks so significantly in good public transit.  The town I lived in for the last 12 years is so un-pedestrian friendly for both […]

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April 25th, 2008

Paris Haiku: 2nd Edition, Part Deux

Put your pencils down people.  You have had plenty of time to try and figure out how my mind works….if indeed you have figured that out, please let me in on the secret, ok?  So, answers to this week’s haiku:  
 little eye contact, even less personal space, get me out of here

 Here you have a […]

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April 18th, 2008

Peinture Serielle

This would be a Paris métro ticket–it has been serving the purpose of a bookmark for me these last couple of weeks which accounts for the bit of coffee stain. So not only will it get you anywhere you might want to go in Paris for about $1.50, it serves other utilitarian purposes once the […]

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December 18th, 2007

How about a capsule of coffee?

     I love coffee–after brewing an 8 cup pot in the morning I will drink at least three-quarters, if not more of it before I am out the door.  That is why when I first arrived in France (this applies to all of Europe for that matter) I laughed at the little shooters of […]

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July 1st, 2007

Ticket T+

Great news! Starting today there’s a new means of transportation in and around the City of Lights. For 1€50 you can now travel between buses and the tramway on the same ticket for an hour and a half. It may not seem like much of a deal to you, but believe me progress has been […]

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June 7th, 2007

Physically Challenged - Don’t Let That Stop You

I never noticed how helpful and friendly Paris and Parisians are to the physically diabled. I guess it’s just something you don’t notice until you, or someone you’re with, is in need of special attention. That was the case when my mom decided to see Paris for the second time in her life.
For some reason, […]

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May 24th, 2007

Lalique Exhibit

I love the Luxembourg Gardens and I love Lalique, so it was a nice surprise when a friend and I were walking through the Gardens and happened upon an exhibit by René Lalique at the Musée du Luxembourg. Lalique is known as the inventor of modern jewelry and was very influential in the Art Nouveau […]

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February 3rd, 2007

The Paris Métro

I love the Métro in Paris.  Probably because I fell in love with a French guy down in the Métro the very first day I arrived in Paris.  It was love at first sight for both of us and made my three day visit turn into a 35 year odyssey!  But, enough about my stroll […]

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