Couples Therapy in the Cour d’Or Museum in Metz
I wouldn’t have thought that a museum could be so romantic. In Metz of all places. I didn’t expect to encounter so many couples in city’s Cour d’Or Museum.
The Mona Lisa of the Champs-Elysées (How Le Cat Killed Curiosity)
Paris seeks herd immunity against curiosity by installing 20 monumentally insipid bronzes of Philippe Geluck's Le Chat on the Champs-Elysees.
Eisenhower, de Gaulle and the Wild Rabbits at the Invalides
Late on a drizzly afternoon, having learned nothing and felt little from reading about and watching videos of the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in Normandy, I went to visit the wild rabbits that inhabit the lawn of the Invalides.
Paris tongue in cheek: From the butt plug to the giant colon
Some travelers are so focused on the pleasures of good food and drink in Paris that they aren't aware that the powers that be are equally concerned about the other end of the digestive tract. As a reminder, Paris is giving a lesson in colon care on one of the major squares of the city.
The Paris Interlude Issue
May 2014—The search for proper balance between explorations in Paris and elsewhere in France weighs on the minds of many travelers as they plan...
Je ne suis pas un touriste
April 2014—The announcements, invitations and press kits arrive daily in early spring, as they also do in September and then again in January, to...
Egypt and the Opera
Feb. 14, 2011. With the winds of change blowing across North Africa and the Middle East it’s only natural to notice a slight breeze...
Van Dyck portraits at the Jacquemart-André
I’ve always confused Van Dyck with Titian and Velasquez and El Greco. I'm a bit clearer about Van Dyck after visiting the exhibition at...