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12 Days of Paris: Day 5

11/28/2017

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To get this photo, you have to cross to the middle of the Champs Elysé́es and wait for the light to turn green.

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Are you the Ti?

11/27/2017

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When we moved to Paris, we joined a big, old, formal Presbyterian church. The building has stone floors, stained glass, a cavernous vaulted ceiling, a steeple, rooms for every purpose, real wooden pews, and bona fide catacombs. The choir wears robes. The clergy wears robes. There is an organ with pipes the size of a drive-in movie screen. It’s the real deal.

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The Truth about Paris Style

11/20/2017

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Style tip--match your clothing to nearby artwork

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Too Bad Harvey Weinstein Never Watched M*A*S*H

11/8/2017

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If those guys had watched M*A*S*H, they would have noticed the male characters’ gradual evolution from womanizing, philandering, harassing playboys to civilized men.  In M*A*S*H’s early years, most of the male characters were lovable serial adulterers. The fact that they were so lovable tells you where the humor lay: sexual misconduct was viewed as harmless and entertaining if the situations and dialogue were funny.  Those characters were gradually replaced over the years by devoted family men.

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