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 This pedestrian tunnel beneath the train tracks is, apparently, below the level of the water table post-rainfall. Huzzah for water pressure...

 I was out on a walk and noticed this free-range sink, hooked up to the exterior of a building: Just so you know, you can't park here. T...

Things I miss about Europe (month 1, withdrawal edition). Accents, and the mental work of untangling them. Beautiful and old architecture...

It feels vertiginously large and expansive. The sky above the city is fantastic. This post's theme word is mullion, "a ver...

An era comes to a close with the end of the month. It's weird to experience a life event with the full awareness that, in the mythology...

While in a post-exercise fugue state of relaxation, I wandered into this dystopian-movie-style skyscraper vista. All very clean, and complem...

During intermission, the top exterior-facing balcony of the Opéra Bastille building provides wonderful views across Paris, thro...

I was surprised to see this giant bronze woman holding a sonic screwdriver, wielding it quite fiercely at a (bronze) parchment in front of ...

There now exists a Lego store in Paris. The two things that delighted my constructor-child's heart were: (1) it is possible to buy Lego...

I revisited the royal   chapel today with my favorite PhD tour guide. The usual flair for historical detail and neat technical observation...

The weather today was clear and cool, an invitation to emotionally open up, to start anticipating spring, to remember that not all  shirts ...

I saw a concert at the Musée d'Orsay last night as part of a weekend-long celebration . The music was a nice selection --- all in Frenc...

Let's take a moment to appreciate Parisian winter. It is mid-January, and currently raining. Paris is warm and tropical --- compare wit...

The day is clear and crisp, like an autumnal day, full of promise and energy. The sky is full of clouds that are worthy of a fresco. T...

The nighttime lighting on this church's gothic façade is dramatic. It nearly evokes lightning from the sky, except that it was cold and ...

I live a life of sumptuous luxury. (Alternating with canny poverty, so that it all averages out.) Last night was a brief dart into the extra...

The contrasting sharp lines of the crisp sidewalk and the crane-filled horizon are nicely offset by the autumnal gradient of trees. This ...

This tunnel near my office is illuminated with pillar-streetlights outlined by sculptural elements. They are vaguely reminiscent of DNA he...

Arts et Métiers not only has the coolest museum, it has the coolest subway stop. It's like the inside of a Jules Verne novel. Apologi...

I'm culturally immersed, is what I am, and so often things happen around me which I find unusual, surprising, unexpected, and notable. ...