Your article as always lifts up my spirits during these Covid, Sabre rattling Putin, and democracy in decline times. Speaking of trash…now I see discarded Covid masks instead of cigarette butts.
I enjoyed reading this very much. I have been to New York, but many years ago. I have never been to Paris, so all of this was interesting to me. I live in a small town and my only big city living was in one of only 450,000 people.
Paris has a magic that just grabs you! And you capture that and express it with such feeling! In spite the "smell of urine under a bridge that spans the Seine or the omnipresent, lung infecting clouds of smoke or the appalling litter of Gaulois butts, there is always style, elegance and beauty in the City of Lights. However, I have to admit that whenever I am in Paris, I always wish that I had a lot more money! To add to the smells and dirt, everything seems to cost so much unless you know where to look. But the truth is that I can't help it, as Frank Sinatra says it: "I love Paris in springtime...in the fall-- when it drizzles...and it sizzles. I love Paris every moment...every moment of the year...!" Many thanks for reminding me. xoxoxo Wissie
Well, I have to admit... I looked at Hannah Almassi's WHOWHATWEAR photo piece on street fashions seen in Paris, and the prevailing look--the wide, flaring, long garments, really doesn't do anything for me. Nor, really does the minority approach, of short to zero skirt lengths and long bare legs, look especially appealing. Oh well... I've not been hanging out much lately on the streets of Paris, anyway...
Je suis amusé! France being totally psychotic, there's no surprise here. I'm sharing this with my beloved ex-wife in Montpellier, who is a Paris enamorata.
Your article as always lifts up my spirits during these Covid, Sabre rattling Putin, and democracy in decline times. Speaking of trash…now I see discarded Covid masks instead of cigarette butts.
You write so well .
I enjoyed reading this very much. I have been to New York, but many years ago. I have never been to Paris, so all of this was interesting to me. I live in a small town and my only big city living was in one of only 450,000 people.
Paris has a magic that just grabs you! And you capture that and express it with such feeling! In spite the "smell of urine under a bridge that spans the Seine or the omnipresent, lung infecting clouds of smoke or the appalling litter of Gaulois butts, there is always style, elegance and beauty in the City of Lights. However, I have to admit that whenever I am in Paris, I always wish that I had a lot more money! To add to the smells and dirt, everything seems to cost so much unless you know where to look. But the truth is that I can't help it, as Frank Sinatra says it: "I love Paris in springtime...in the fall-- when it drizzles...and it sizzles. I love Paris every moment...every moment of the year...!" Many thanks for reminding me. xoxoxo Wissie
Well, I have to admit... I looked at Hannah Almassi's WHOWHATWEAR photo piece on street fashions seen in Paris, and the prevailing look--the wide, flaring, long garments, really doesn't do anything for me. Nor, really does the minority approach, of short to zero skirt lengths and long bare legs, look especially appealing. Oh well... I've not been hanging out much lately on the streets of Paris, anyway...
Je suis amusé! France being totally psychotic, there's no surprise here. I'm sharing this with my beloved ex-wife in Montpellier, who is a Paris enamorata.