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Paris
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And so we end 140 days. "London is a riddle," wrote the English novelist G.K. Chesterton. "Paris is an explanation.”
In a city with a per capita lingerie-to-woman ratio that boggles the mind, scantily-clad possibilities always beckon.
Five minutes in the vicinity of Foucault's pendulum is mesmerizing and should put most psychiatrists out of business.
An architectural glory of the Second Empire, Galerie Vivienne faded from view with the rise of all things Haussmann.
"The telephone is made for telephoning." A prime example of Parisian graffiti — elegant, philosophical, meaningless.
To the left of a sign for a school for boys lies the irrefutable evidence of the fact that, well — boys will be boys.
No, not a White Christmas in most places today, but if your family surname is "Neige" you're at least halfway there.
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A Pharmacy reimagines a door in the form of the classic druggist's cross, while a Tabac sign hangs nearby, unchanged.
At the Musée de la Chase et de la Nature, peacock feathers are arranged on the floor, a pantomime of pretend liquids.
Real books: fabric swatches used to indicate texture, hand-cut tabs used to aid navigation, and not a pixel in sight.
From the “promenade plantée”, a row of Parisian rooftops feel like Ludwig Bemelmans could have drawn them, yesterday.
Harvested hair is reimagined as many things—a shooting star, a majestic crown, a baby's crib—not just for Victorians.
Supergraphics before supergraphics: giant type on a façade reads like a poster, carved into smooth, French limestone.
At the Bibliotheque Nationale — no light on the books or photography in the reading room. But both in the stairwell.
A happy little mechanical toy at the Musée des Arts et Metiers. (This is what technology looked like before iPhones.)
Dancing letterforms meet loopy window frames in an otherwise undistinguished building. Somebody had a sense of humor.
Below a grey unforgiving winter sky on the Rue Montorgueil, a glimpse of French Colonialism that should be long gone.
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