Dispatch from Metz

Details of statues in Paris... Faces on the Pont Neuf , allegedly caricatures of Henry II's advisors Louvre frieze, along the Seine ...

Details of the Jardin du Luxembourg...

Details of Paris tables, over and under... Brocante, near the Cité Universitaire Les Editeurs, before lunch La Palette, before dinner

Some more details from Paris, this time from the stained-glass windows Abbey of St-Germain des Prés.

Le Louvre, Paris

While some patissiers may have more elegant or ornate displays, and others perhaps have finer pastries, this pastry shop shows its wares in ...

Any visit to the Louvre that would do justice to the museum and its collections would, necessarily, not be brief. The Louvre ranks as one o...

All kinds of details of Paris catch the eye. Here are a few details in stone. Bas-relief on an apartment building Column at the Pantheon Bas...

Galeries Lafayette, Paris

Susie, Sheldon, John and I ran across something entirely unexpected during our walk through the Jardin du Luxembourg: beekeepers. All those ...

One morning Susie and I went to the marché at the Place Monge, both just to see the market and possibly to find a hat for me to wear while w...

Galeries Lafayette, Paris

As near as I can tell, the city of Paris is not an official "ville fleurie." Nevertheless, some parts of Paris have spectacular be...

Paris

As a child I lived in Paris for three years corresponding to the academic years 1953-54, 1962-63, and 1967-68. Of the first year I, understa...