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The Bells of Notre Dame Are Ringing!
To tell the truth, today I am content to listen to the newly resurrected bells (a trial run), or to classical music, or to small kids playing in the park. It grates, though, to hear the repetitive lamentations and blame-throwing, or American tourists in Paris who chatter and whoop… as if. As if anything. Leave […]
All Quiet Along the Seine
Paris feels uncharacteristically subdued these days. Even the demonstrations (Women’s Day, Palestine) are less raucous. Are we holding our collective breath in anticipation of the JO—Jours Olympiques? Going to be a long wait to exhale. Some predict chaotic crowds, while others argue that most Parisians will flee, leaving empty streets to the athletes and happy […]
L’art est mort, vive l’art, vive le Fiac!
The Fiac (foire internationale de l’art contemporain) opened on Thursday for four packed days of visual exploration, ego inflation, and explosive excess under the enormous vaulted glass roof of the Grand Palais. From its start in 2003 this annual Paris art fair has gained steadily in size, quality, and respect, and spawned concurrent events all […]
POINT de VUE: PARIS 
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