Ridley Scott’s Napoleon movie inspires some musings on Napoleon’s final, final resting place in a tomb in a museum in Paris.
Category: Paris
McDonald’s Paris for a Pulp Fiction Royale with Cheese
The burger John Travolta made famous, the royale with cheese, really is on the menu. The Bashful Adventurer experiences a “Pulp Fiction” moment at McDonald’s Paris
The Paris Panthéon
Worshipping the Republic at an Almost Church Like the Pantheon in Rome, the Paris Panthéon has a mixed history, although not one that takes it from paganism to Christianity. Rather, the former Ste. Geneviève Church became, not long after the French Revolution, a tribute to notable secular figures, a number of whom happen to be…
Reading Sonia Choquette’s Waking Up in Paris
A Life-Changing Escape to the City of Lights Long a fan of both Paris and intuitive/psychic Sonia Choquette (to the point where I actually attended a day-long session she gave years ago at the New York Open Center), there was never any doubt that I would make room for Waking Up in Paris in my…
Paris in Four Days
How to Thrive in a Whirlwind Trip to the City of Lights Getting all of the Youthful Adventurers together for a family trip is increasingly challenging given their hectic schedules, so we decide to make our journey to France a quick one. Attempting to do Paris in four days, we appreciate that there will not…
A Rising River Seine
Navigating Paris when the Water Is High In Paris with the youthful adventurers for a quick tour of its mainstream attractions, the first hint we receive that there is a little problem with rising water in the Seine river is while we are standing in a Metro stop waiting for our train. Announcements in…
Living in Paris vs. Visiting Paris
4 Books for Experiencing France for Any Length of Time Part of the joy of visiting any given destination is seeing oneself living there. But living in Paris carries its own special dream. I imagine it is like living in New York, but just a little bit better. Before I lived in New York City,…
Stasis in Sculpture
David Stands, but Unique Forms of Continuity in Space Rocks As much as I love Michelangelo’s David (that stone! that body!), it’s a work of art that’s made to be adored. And indeed it is. David just stands there, commanding our attention. But what I love about more contemporary sculpture is its potential for action….
Notre Dame Then or Now: How Would You Draw It?
Notre Dame Cathedral has long inspired artists. How should the newest version of Our Lady of Paris be drawn?
Le Penseur Two Ways
In New York or Paris, Rodin’s Sculpture Charms What sculpture might be as well-known as the Statue of Liberty? Could it be Auguste Rodin’s Le Penseur (The Thinker), accessible at the Musée Rodin in Paris and, with a contemporary twist (Le Penseur avec Smartphone) on the streets of New York City in the form of…