Tag: 11th arrondissement
Paris Street Talk: Chadors, Communists, Cannibals
Some call it a no-go zone full of potential Islamist terrorists. Others pretend that the neighborhood is just one big hipster playground. What's really going on at the eastern end of Jean-Pierre Timbaud? Here, in a two-part illustrated vignette, is what two American travelers discover as they explore eastern Paris after brunch one Sunday afternoon.
Paris Street Talk: The Wall of 3 Crowns
Having survived an encounter with chadors, communists and cannibals in part 1 of this two-part vignette, two American visitors in eastern Paris encounter a graffer, a gardener, a homeless shelter and cheerful graffiti beyond the Wall of 3 Crowns. But first they have to get past the dog.
Green Paris: Smoking Is Out, Sparkling Water Is In
While Paris is test banning smoking in some of its parks and gardens, a new garden, Jardin Truillot, has been opened in the city's least green and most densely populated arrondissement.
You Love Paris But Does Paris Love You?
Yes, you love Paris, but does Paris love you? You’ve read the articles, the books and the blogs telling you how to be one with the City of Light. Do this, they say, and Paris will accept you, Paris will embrace you, Paris will love you as much as you love Paris. Yet...