Francine Walls

in fog, sepulcher white, barely formed, the façade emerges from the mist each statue takes his place above the arches the flying...

In 1968, students barricade Place Maubert tearing up the cobblestones stoning police that march shoulder to shoulder toward them. The...

we will meet someday again in this smoke-filled room of laughter, and toast, Salute! as the cameras flash their language of truth and...

Can 3.73 million people be wrong?  That’s how many folks visited the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2013.  The art is great!  The building is...

“There couldn’t be a more splendid world, and here I am existing in it.” —      Mary Oliver from her poem, “I’m feeling fabulous,...

“I never travel without my diary.  One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”  Oscar Wilde   (On the bags...

Bus #69. After the Palm Sunday service, we started to look for Bus #69 which is the scenic route to Pere Lechaise, the 30 acre cemetery...

Macarons.  Macarons.  Walking around Paris, many of the sweets shops feature these dainty circles in many flavors.  Even Martha Stewart...

If you come to Paris, if you love art and music, you must attend an evening concert at Sainte Chapelle.  Imagine sitting in a high Gothic...

imagine dining in style at Le Caveau de l’isle, a traditional French restaurant, in a 17th century building on Isle de Sainte Louis....

Today, I made the trek to Porte de Clingancourt for Les Puces, the flea market.  The last few times I was there I had a favorite area, a...

The Picasso Museum just opened an exhibition Of 240 sculptures and a few ceramics thrown in.   The exhibition is housed in Hotel Sale...

My seatmate, Kathy, had a dual career as a beat cop in Seattle and Santa Monica as well as a stunt woman in the movies.  She started by...