Friday, June 29, 2007

air orchids

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a Zagat survey has named the Georges V Hotel in Paris as number one in the world--a good excuse to throw a party! so they did. i was lucky e...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

jazz fleas

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after a great brunch with US authors Katy Yocom and Sena Jeter (in town for the Spalding University Creative Writing program), i headed over...
Monday, June 11, 2007

reading

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tonight i'm madly rewriting part of a story set in the Klondike, so that i can read it on Wednesday here in Paris. normally i would read...
Thursday, June 07, 2007

the window swallow

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the Grande Halle of La Villette is a gorgeous example of an iron-structured market building, but it has been under wraps for two years duri...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

at the Grand Palais

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went to see Anselm Kiefer's exhibition at the Grand Palais--the kick-off show for a new annual series called MONUMENTA which invites a c...
Monday, June 04, 2007

refreshed Louise Weiss

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the contemporary gallery strip of rue Louise Weiss in the 13th is a great idea--invigorate an under-served corner of the city with art--but ...
Friday, June 01, 2007

museum guide

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since i started working on the Fodor's Paris Guide a couple of years ago, i've noticed a fair number of travellers wandering the ci...
Thursday, May 31, 2007

manufactured landscapes

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last night i was at the Canadian Cultural Centre here in Paris for the opening of a show of Edward Burtynsky's photographs. i've see...