The Paris Traveler

July 14th, 2008

Sledge Hammers and Champagne

Try to imagine if you can, getting all jazzed up in your “I am so going out on the town and am going to look amazing” outfit, only to find yourself donning a hard hat, goggles and white painters uniform while being handed a sledge hammer in order to smash walls, closets and bathrooms at […]

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July 13th, 2008

Café Dimanche

Enjoy the day!
 

 Le Corburbusier:  the artist’s high-rise, low rent life (timesonline.uk)
 French to shell out over snails (bbc.co.uk)
 Parlez-vous ‘purchasing power’? (iht.com)
 French winemakers abandon the cork (telegraph.co.uk)
 Carla Bruni ‘hurt’ by critics of new album (yahoo.com)

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July 12th, 2008

Bastille Day

 Bastille Day or “quatorze juillet”–July 14th, much like our Independence Day, is France’s most important national holiday.  It is celebrated in honor of the storming of the high security prison by the same name, Bastille, holding political prisoners whose views and subsequent writings angered the monarchy.  While the historic moment freed only 7 prisoners and […]

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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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July 10th, 2008

Link Love: Alexander Lobrano and “Hungry for Paris”

 As you may or may not know, us bloggers have our wily ways of discovering certain things about our blogs:  readership for the day, popular posts, where in the world some of our readers come from and which bloggers have linked to one of our posts in order to make a point or add extra […]

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July 9th, 2008

Paris in New York and Paris

 I am a lover of art in all its forms.  When I step inside the Louvre, I stand in the central court and struggle with which wing to enter first.  I know, no one out there is boo-hooing over my dilemma.  Living in Paris allows one the luxury of taking in ancient Egypt one day […]

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July 8th, 2008

Ferdinand Cheval and his Palais Idéal

 I hold individuals that live life outside the box of what most people’s definition of “normal” might be in high regard.  Those mavericks who listen to their heart and are moved by what it tells them regardless of the judgement of others is a gift.  It may cause them great pain or great delight but […]

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July 7th, 2008

Rue Mouffetard

 For those of you who are foodies and find yourself in the Latin Quarter area, a visit to Rue Mouffetard would and should be the call of the day.  Located in the 5th, this street is a remnant of a Roman road that lead south to Italy and the origin of its outdoor market can […]

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July 6th, 2008

Café Dimanche

Happy Sunday reading. 

 Struggle in Bordeaux (chicagotribune.com)
 Jean Nouvel-the architect as artist (timesonline.co.uk)
 French designer Stark mints new euro coins (reuters.com)
 In the French heartland, the franc lives on (iht.com)
 Hidden Gardens of Paris (nytimes.com)

 
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July 5th, 2008

The Golden Gates of Versailles

More than three centuries after being torn down by revolutionaries, wanting their king’s head, the gates at Versailles have been recreated in all their original splendor.
 This past Monday, officials unveiled these beautiful golden gates that have been painstakingly replicated over the past two years, bringing back to life the Barouque artistry originally created by Jules […]

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