There is nothing that tells me that I have arrived in Paris like sitting down in a café for that first cup of Parisian coffee. The French take ...
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Mona Lisa Crush
The Mona Lisa, sometimes also known as La Gioconda (It.) or La Joconde (Fr.), is a woman of mystery. So many myths surround her that the only way to ...
Art History: Gisant
The gisant of Louis, son of Louis IX One of the best places to find examples of this type of funereal sculpture is in the Basilica ...
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Photo Of The Day: Paris Door And Paris Wall
This photograph above might be recognizable as one of the images I've used in the header of this site. I love this photograph. The colors and the age ...
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Food For The Table: Classic Tarte Tatin
I haven't made a Tarte Tatin in ages. Even though making a Tarte Tatin was the whole reason why I bought the 8-inch All-Clad Master Chef Fry Pan on ...
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Fontainebleau
What is it about wandering around the long connecting hallways and galeries, snooping in corners, and oggling at furniture and artwork in the homes of ...
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Photo Of The Day: Point Zero
The plaza in front of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris seems to be always full of people. People walking. People standing. People meeting. People ...
Today’s Birthday: Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883 On the Beach Manet embarked on the canvas after being challenged to give the Salon a nude ...
Musée Rodin
François-Auguste-René Rodin November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917 Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, ...
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A Day In Beauvais
Arriving in Beauvais around 11:30 in the morning, my chest puffed up like a proud hen's. So pleased with my self for having made like clockwork this ...