Author: admin
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Style Moment | La Tour Eiffel
“I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.” Galen Avery Rowell (1940-2002) American photographer
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Weird but Wonderful | Horse of a Different Color
It’s 15 degrees Fahrenheit, so cold that the Paris flea market is deserted except for the hard-core antique dealers…and mounted horse patrols? What a peculiar sight among the antiques.
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Eye on Design | Paris Flea Market | Everything is Illuminated
It takes a keen design eye to spot an old post by the side of the road and and envision it with a glossy green and red lacquered lampshade on top.
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Extremes
Exactly two weeks ago I was in Paris, with temperatures so cold it made your face hurt.
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Style Moment | Happy Valentine’s Day, Paris
“Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.” Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter
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Just One Suitcase
“He who would travel happily must travel light.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944) French poet One carry-on suitcase. That’s all I take, regardless of destination or length of trip.
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Eye on Design | Paris | From Wall to Wall
Last fall I was having lunch in the Latin Quarter when a girl walked into the café with a bucket, a long-handled paint roller, and a shopping bag that was filled with large, folded up pieces of paper.
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Weird but Wonderful | Frozen Solid
It’s freezing in Paris. FREEZING.
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Before You Go
Even if you’re the most organized person on the face of the earth, you can run into brain overload when you’re getting ready for a trip. In my new “How To Travel” category, I’ve come up with checklists for my packing systems. The first one is called, appropriately, “Before You Go.”
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Weird but Wonderful | Investment in the Future
“Speak Wall Street English” ad on Paris Metro
