A Match Made in Paris Loses its Spark

A Match Made in Paris Loses its Spark

Le poids des mots, le choc des photos (The weight of the words, the shock of the photos)      – Paris Match slogan I have been facing an existential crisis: Whether to resubscribe to Paris Match magazine. This is the low point of a 25-year relationship with what...
Sisters Among the Yams and Couscous

Sisters Among the Yams and Couscous

Even though I like to write about Paris’s ethnic neighborhoods, a recent walk showed me that’s not really the right term. It implies boundaries and separation, when in fact many flow into each other, almost without warning. In three-plus hours, my sister...
It’s a Dog’s Paris

It’s a Dog’s Paris

Let’s get one thing straight: The sidewalks of Paris are not littered with dog poo. Hefty fines have curtailed most déjections, as they are called. A while back, a Paris woman who not only failed to clean up after her two Jack Russells but also insulted the cops who...

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