Portes de Paris III
Périphérique bridge at Porte de la Chapelle The Portes list is updated, and is much more extensive than I first thought. They lie in wait, and I’ve got to get … Continue reading
Portes of Paris II
I will have to update the Portes listing since it seems like I don’t have them all, and in spite of what I said previously, they seem pretty evenly distributed … Continue reading
The Porte Walks
In the main, the Portes lie clustered on the North, East and South sides of the city, with a scattering to the West. A certain license of interpretation has been … Continue reading
Oblique
Rue de Turbigo It is the contained-ness of Paris that is remarkable. You can walk across it in half a day or less. The central parts are formed by obliques … Continue reading
Walking Through The City
We have taken a lot of walks. We have walked through the city every day. Some of the walks have had a specific destination. The destination might have been a … Continue reading
Un Regard Moderne
I made my periodic visit to Jacques Noel’s little cave on Rue Git Le Coeur. In spite of shedding a few pounds recently, I still stood no chance of getting … Continue reading
Bookshelves
The apartment is full of books. There are hundreds of books. Probably it is more like thousands of books. There are books in Danish and in English and in French. … Continue reading
Fine de Claires No.3
I shall miss the oyster sellers being on the street everyday. They have been positioned near the supermarket all through the holidays. Christmas Eve was busy, but by New Years … Continue reading
Occasions for Drinking
I’ve not drunk alcohol for eighteen months . I thought I might test it this winter, just to see how I remembered it, red wine especially. In my abstinence I … Continue reading
A Homemade Museum
We read the listing and we saw that the exhibition was about to end. There was no time to waste. We set off after lunch and walked uphill. We walked … Continue reading
notes from an urban hibernation 