Va-nu-pieds: Springtime in Paris (Printemps)
Va-nu-pieds encounters springtime in Paris during a barefoot walk on the city streets and recalls a line from Sofia Coppola’s “Lost In Translation."
Glass Memories: Quinn Jacobson at the Centre Iris
"Glass Memories," intense and haunting portraits by American photographer Quinn Jacobson, at Centre Iris... pour la photographie in Paris, spring 2010.
Paris, the world’s largest image
March 13, 2010 - Paris is now officially the world's largest image, in pixels that is. It's 26 gigapixels are sure to be beat in the future as the pixel race continues (Paris took the title from Dresden), so enjoy it now while you can still say you saw the world's biggest. Take a virtual interactive tour here
Va-nu-pieds: The Spirit of the Bastille
Va-nu-pied, the Barefoot Photographer, feels the spirit of the liberty at Place de la Bastille.
The Weatherman, a poem
The Weatherman, March 3, a poem about early springtime in Paris by Gary Lee Kraut.
Teach a man to order a brownie and he’ll save you two steps?
A Dane and an American walk into a bakery in Paris, one orders a pistachio crumble, the other a brownie. The baker says... Read this sad tale of French service in which the author is berated for ordering a brownie inefficiently.
A Francophile East Coast U.S. Road Trip (2): Richmond, Virginia
History, monuments, and Francophilia in Richmond, Virginia. Lafayette, Washington, Stonewall Jackson, civil rights, and a Belgian baker of great French pastries.
Congénies Quaker House: Peace, Friends and Dogs
Photos by David Kashoff of the Quaker House and village of Congénies, France, located between Nimes and Montpellier in the Languedoc region.
Teach a man to print stamps and he’ll communicate with the world
Service at my local post office has improved over the years, but as this recent experience shows modernizing and privatizing a French post office doesn't necessarily modernize and humanize the employees.