The Paris Traveler

L’Hôtel de Ville de Paris, one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, would be considered the equivalent of a “town hall” in North America.  I don’t know about you, but the one I go to in my town is circa 1960’s cinder-block: metal folding chairs, fading linoleum, a few vending machines.  Nothing like this Cinderella’s castle. This photo is magic but in real life it will take your breath away.

 It is home to many things including wonderful exhibitions, specifically dealing with photography.  These are free to the public (read lengthy wait lines) but oh, so worth it once …read more

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Do you sometimes get into a rut and have nothing to say? Or you think that whatever you’re planning on saying just isn’t important enough to write? Today is one of those days! I’ve started several posts and stopped after a few sentences, not feeling the subject like I usually do.
Okay, so what to do? Well, I decided to just let you feast your eyes on some more great images by Ann Forcier and Rita Crane until I’m over it,… but it was bound to happen after 136 posts!
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Rita Crane
 
 

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A few days ago I received an e-mail from Arnaud Contreras and Alain Dister about their homage to the American writer, Jack Kerouac, who coined the term, “Beat Generation”. I was asked if I wanted to contribute something (a poem, a drawing, a song, etc.) to participate in this exhibit entitled, Memory Babe, A Tribute to Jack Kerouac. This is a celebration of the 50th year of Kerouac’s best known work: “On the Road“. The exhibit will take place on September 23, 2007 in Paris at the Cabaret Pirate in front of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France).
I, for one, …read more

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