Mae Travels

Hundreds of films feature action that takes place in Paris. I think you could do an entire tour of the city. I find that the following stick...

Filling in the second eye of Daruma -- a fun Japanese custom for celebrating the beginning (with the first eye) and end of a project ...

Len's new book

Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, & the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure by Don and Petie Kladstrup offers a very readabl...

Modern Paris offers just a few clues for visualizing the city as it was in the Middle Ages. Always rich and vibrant, Paris was constantly be...

The Atlantic yesterday published a beautiful series of photos of Paris from the air, all taken on Sunday, Bastille Day. My two favorites of ...

Versailles, 2013 Versailles, 1976

Yesterday at the Ann Arbor Art Fair 2013: Mona Lisa promotional t-shirts and give-away fans at See's Eyewear The Louvre, 2013: Mo...

A collection of posts about Paris, posted for Bastille Day last Sunday: "25 Famous Authors' Poetic Descriptions of Paris" ...

Pictures of the Eiffel Tower -- so ordinary! Everyone sees it from everywhere in Paris. Our friend Michelle sees it from her window. We had ...

We've been staying in a hotel near Montparnasse, a neighborhood with lots of activity until late at night, a variety of appealing r...

This morning we started at the Marmottan Museum, which has a remarkable collection of Monet's own paintings that were willed by Miche...

We had an extremely pleasing visit to the Louvre today. To start: we were concerned that we would have a very long wait in line, but the act...

On the Metro

On the Manege (merry-go-round) in the Champs du Mars that's been there for 100 years. Going for the Brass Ring has a literal meaning h...