Lila Prime

 Accumulated on various scraps of paper, which apparently is my brain's preferred mode of operation. D: "I'm not just  a talkin...

There were a lot of landscapers cleaning up this yard, but I walked by too late to see what must have been an incredible Flamingo Setup Peri...

 These chickens were just out on the sidewalk. Chicken run? More like chicken, lightly wander around. This post's theme word is rutilant...

 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...

Can you spot it? Yes, I realize this is an instance of "translated to preserve the sense", but I am amused to think that the ...

"I thought that dessert was pretentious, and it couldn't decide what it was ." "I thought that comment was pretentious....

Exactly that: I saw a freight train, loaded with cars of industrial equipment (?), pass through a subway station.     It was not prece...

The sign itself  was not slippery, it merely indicates the quality of slipperiness. (Which concept --- slipperiness --- indeed often arises...

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

It seems like it is every week with these races in Paris. They congest the streets, and delay the subways as select stations get paused a...

In further developments on the Easter-season chocolate window-display front: chocolate chickens? Check. Covered in buttons? Check. ...

The seasons are observed here primarily by fashionable footwear and window displays. We are now solidly into the "absurdities construc...

Paris storefront windows put up special Christmas-themed displays. Lots of what you expect: snow, pine trees, something cartoonish or child...

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

I appreciated this chalk-graffiti inside the frames that some enterprising artist put there before the ads could be installed: It's v...

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

This hill mysteriously appeared in a courtyard at the Louvre. I suspect it was some marketing gimmick, but it ignited my imagination nonethe...

Public campaigns are often dour, lots of carrot and not much stick. But this one to reduce garbage is magnificent: each public garbage can ...

I am completely naïve and didn't realize that the perfection of sitting in a Parisian café, drinking coffee and eating a croissant, was...

The Louvre was once a royal castle, but not fortified [citation needed]. I think this addition will not help defend against invaders. For...