— Le vieux Paris n’est plus (la forme d’une ville Change plus vite, hélas! que le cœur d’un mortel Escúchela, la ciudad respirando In honor of an article I had run in The Classical, “Paris is Earning,” I watched Paris brûle-t-il ? earlier this week. The 1966 movie, with a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola [...]
After my maps of public transportation distribution in Chicago and Paris got a bit of publicity, people started asking for more. Here, I try to consider issues of population density as well as the role of buses.
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When I made my Paris Métro map, the joke was that the next step would be the leap in order of magnitude between subway stations and Vélib’ stations. For those who don’t know what Vélib’ is, it’s the Parisian bike-sharing system that I’ve already described in great detail. But I knew there was no way [...]
Anecdotally, I have felt since moving to Paris that one is never, ever too far from a Métro station. This is in contrast with Chicago, where one can be literally over a mile from an El stop. But I had not, until now, measured it out. Similarly, last year, a friend, who was living in [...]
Sad news. The Sarkozy régime has reduced French culture to “Who’s the Boss?” remakes.
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Outrageous country decadence in this meeting between Bretons and Occitans. Mostly this video is great because of the shots of aligot being prepared on a mass-scale, but note also the “Gâteau à la broche,” or “Šakotis,” as I know it. Now I’…
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Paris is still totally safe to bike in, if you stick to the streets (or street-grade bike lanes). The non-street bike lanes, usually carved out of sidewalk, can be rather dangerous, as I slipped leftward curving on these cobblestones today going at top…
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“Il était un petit navire” is the hit Megan teaches the Draperinos. Clearly, it passes the one truth test of all Western kids’ songs by being either about Jesus or about death.
In my family, we were content with “Frère Jacques” in the chans…
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Members of the CGT sing “L’Internationale” during the French general strike on 12 October.
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Comedy brilliance what relates to rules and regulations in Breton schools. The merging of “de parler bréton et de cracher à terre” into one rule is just straight up genius. The actual article from Rue89 isn’t terribly fascinating, but it does f…
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