Porte Zéro
The last weekend came in wet and windy, making the prospect of a last Porte walk seem unlikely.It was perhaps time to call it a halt for this visit. We … Continue reading
Safety Flip-Flop
With different kinds of times spent here, things are always returning as both familiar and new. I know I keep saying this but I keep experiencing it, so I cannot … Continue reading
Shavings
We have known the Japanese artist Takesada Matsutani for many years now, and I have a growing respect for his work, but even more especially for the resoluteness of his … Continue reading
Beyond Porte Dauphine
We went off early on Sunday morning under bright blue sky to Poissy to finally visit Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye. Rain and cold and this and that had caused us … Continue reading
Streets
The Passage d’Enfer, off Boulevard Raspail near Montparnasse, is very famous, so much so that there is even a perfume named after it, but was unknown to me. Imagine coming … Continue reading
Not every A
It is not fair to imply that the letter A always gets turned into an Eiffel Tower, but it happens more often than I think is a good idea. EVH
Publishers Shops III
A clutch, my favourite collective of the moment, of Coracle titles at La Corderie, the crowded and discoverable shop of Susan Brett at 65 Rue Charlot, just around the corner.There … Continue reading
Saint Gervais
Early on in our stay, we were reminded by a friend of the beautiful evening singing at Saint Gervais. It is so easy to forget things when first arriving in … Continue reading
18. Porte Maillot 19.Porte des Ternes
The idea was to take a friend to the Ryanair bus at Porte Maillot bus station and then walk back through the city. ‘Paris’ seems to me to be the … Continue reading
Absent frames
I was waiting my turn at the framers shop. There were plenty of things on the walls to look at while I waited, and there were more things on the … Continue reading
notes from an urban hibernation 