Photography as a hobby is something I picked up during COVID. Though I have always been into art since I was a little kid, capturing images on a camera, editing, and posting are all relatively new skills I figured out Continue reading Process of Photography
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What with the long holiday weekend, I found myself looking for something to go out and do. Since buying souvenirs has recently been on my mind, I began searching for markets and found Les Puces de Vanves, a flea market Continue reading Visiting the Flea Market
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A few thoughts to begin with: And our first week in Paris is complete! I’m honestly surprised by how well (or not well) I have adapted to staying in a foreign nation. My travel history, while extensive, is almost entirely Continue reading First Impressions
Before going on this trip, I was already briefly aware of the existence of guerrilla artists in international cities. There are many anonymous street artists who aim to provoke political and social commentary, make you take a second guess yourself, Continue reading Street Art in Paris: Invader and Ememem
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In 1977 Val Ripley and her sister, Pam, found a collection of 170+ years of their and their mother’s old dollhouses and dolls in the attic of their recently deceased mother. Within the collection were furnished dollhouses of “every period from 1840 … represent[ing] a complete social history.” In addition to this collection, the sisters … Continue reading “Dollhouses Donated to a Museum”
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While visiting the Paris Opera House the ceiling in the auditorium caught my eye as it seemed quite out of left field. Given the piece’s break with the style of the rest of the building, it was quite clearly not original. While the Palais Garnier opened in 1875, the current ceiling by Marc Chagall was […]
While in Provins I got to talking to Anika from Micefa about castle construction and she mentioned something that got me very excited. What she mentioned to me was Guédelon Castle, a castle being built as if the year was 1229; and I don’t just mean the style, the tools and methods are all those […]
After visiting Parc Monceau on one of our final days in Paris, I became quite curious about all the strange structures that were scattered around the park and decided to find out how they came to be. The park was created as a garden in 1778 by Philippe d’Orleans, the Duke of Chartres. He wanted […]
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During our lovely trip to the Eiffel Tower this past week I learned what a funicular actually is. A funicular is basically an elevator/train combo that moves diagonally via some tracks and some cables, and one such machine took us from the base of the tower to the first platform. Previously, my only encounter with […]
While walking through Notre Dame, I noticed that in one of the chapels the ceiling was painted with gold stars on a blue background. This struck me as a bit odd, considering that most of the paint work in Notre Dame had a quite visibly religious theme. At the end of the day I was […]
