TWO-SIDED CITY

Paris

Every city has two sides. Even Paris. Especially Paris.
It's amazing how quickly your opinion of the city can change. One moment it's exciting, alluring, inspiring, and the beauty of its Hausmann giants glow, reflected in the midnight water of the Seine. But then this feeling disappears. You begin to notice the grey, dark, depressive hum that doesn't stop. The city becomes lonely, abrasive, a pair of snapping fingers telling you to wake up and look at reality in the eyes.

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THE SCHOOL OF LIFE

London

The basic instruction for life couldn't be simpler: live it. But sometimes the apparently most simple guidelines are the hardest to follow: they can be interpreted in many ways. Life is similar. When there seem to be various paths to take, so many ways to live, and none that seem right for us, we seek answers. This is where a place like The School of Life comes in...

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THINGS PARISIANS ADORE: PART II

Paris

 

Smoking

"I wonder how much lung cancer I've accumulated in the two days I've been here." 

This is what my best friend who was visiting asked randomly while we were going on one of my out-of-the-way kind of walks through Paris. At first I was confused...  

"You know, from all the second-hand smoke," she clarified.

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SOUTHBANK MARKETS

London

Sundays have always been "market days" in my mind. I don't know why exactly, but the two words just kind of  go together... Sunday market. While I didn't go to any markets on this St. Patties Sunday, I'm reminiscing a trip I made two weeks ago to other now-distant markets... Those on London's Southbank.

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THE BROKEN ARM

Paris

 In crossing my neighborhood park one day, I paused in front of the boarded up mint green windows of what is now this cool, clean, fresh concept store: The Broken Arm. They've only been open for 2 weeks, but are already the hippest kid on the block in NoMa (Northern Marais).

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SUNDAYS ARE FOR...

Paris

Waking up late, reading the New York Times supplement you never have time for during the week, drinking coffee slowly - taking your time to savor it...

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