Perched towards the top of the city in the 20th arrondisement, Pere Lachaise Cemetery dates back to 1804. It’s a sprawling area of trees, quiet, and yes, about 70,000 permanent resters whose grave markers that range from tall headstones to mini-palaces bigger than…
Archives for October 2011
fall windows
Since I last told you about our Indian Summer in Paris, the weather has bypassed cool for cold. Getting reaccustomed to gray skies, I believe we are now settling in for the season. In this leaf-littered street season, I”m enjoying the fall windows around town….
october 4
A year ago today, I woke up with the realization that the day before, I had been accepted to graduate school in PARIS. In the spirit of growth and perspective, I’ve written Caitlin2010 a note to tell her a little…
who needs fashion week
when you can make your own? Spotted outside the Tuileries Gardens, this catwalk offers the alternative to Paris Fashion Week, starting on the Concorde Metro steps and sashaying all around Place de la Concorde.
#1 escalator ride in the world
I have to admit, often times, modern art is lost on me. I love the creative spirits of others and the crazy, wondrous things their minds make up, but more than usually, my reactions at modern art museums are a befuddled…
october favorite
I’ve long since declared October to be my favorite month. Something about the roundness of the O, something about its profound position as fully in fall but still far enough from winter, something about rich, warm colors melding in my…