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If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin’s egg.
-- Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World
Triadou Haussmann restaurant
Le Sainte Honore
Cafe du Temple
Madame Pampa cafe, Montparnasse
mature heath, Parc Monceau
mature juniper, Parc Moncreau
girth, Parc Monceau
heirloom tomatoes, Marche Alimentaire Saint Germain
figs at market
mushrooms, Marche Couvert Saint-Quentin
mushrooms, Marche Couvert, Saint-Quentin
La Sinistrose street art, Rue Denoyez
placid street art, Rue Denoyez
shit-world street art
building art in Chinatown
we all grew up in a woman's body, Espace des Blancs Manteaux
child as beauty ideal
new life for books, Librairie du Passage, Passage Jouffroy
Creperie Pinocchio, Rue Mouffetard
beauty supplies store as artwork, Santa Maria Novella
beauty supplies store as artwork, Santa Maria Novella display
perfume store as sculpture
Grand Palais roof detail
floral security gates, Caisse des Depots et Consignations
Bibliotheque Nationale de France Richelieu reading room
Lavirotte Building balcony
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann dome from above
Galerias Lafayette Haussmann dome from below
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann arcade below dome
La Samaritaine
La Samaritaine top floor
La Samaritaine ironwork detail
La Samaritaine champagne display
luxury is showing that you have some of the most expensive retail space in Paris and do not use it, Prada, Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
luxury is showing that you have some of the most expensive retail space in Paris and do not use it, Christian Dior, Galeries Lafayette Haus
high fashion for infants, Tartine et Chocolat, Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
construction site as billboard, Ile de la Cite
Citroen's modest attempt at luxury
fancy facade along Coulee Verte Rene-Dumont
Pont Neuf beyond the fairytale
Shakespeare and Company
Art Formel after hours
one-third of the chocolate-bar selection at hypermarket
metro advertising frame, Pont Marie
metro tunnel
Chapel of the Virgin dome, Eglise Saint Sulpice
Eglise de la Madeline inside
Eglise de la Madeline altar
Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal altar
Paroisse Saint Paul Saint Louis facade detail
Paroisse Saint Paul Saint Louis side-altar detail
Eglise Saint Severin arches
La Basilique Notre Dame des Victoires altar
Saint Eustache Church flying buttresses
Saint Eustache Church front chapel
Eglise Sainte Elizabeth de Hongirie orange stained glass
Eglise Sainte Elisabeth de Hongirie organ
Eglise Saint Augustin
Eglise Saint-Augustin altar
Eglise Saint Etienne du Mont separation between first class and economy
Eglise Saint Etienne du Mont central arch
Eglise Saint Etienne du Mont organ detail
Cathedrale Saint Alexandre Nevsky
Cathedrale Saint Alexandre Nevsky altar
Eglise Melkite Saint Julien le Pauvre altar
the pearly gates of Notre Dame
Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris inside
Basilique Cathedrale Saint Denis altar
Bourbon Chapel stained glass, Basilique Cathedrale Saint Denis
Tomb of the Dukes of Orleans, 1500s, Basilique Cathedrale Saint Denis
Tomb of Louis XII, 1500s, Basilique Cathedrale Saint Denis
400-year-old graftiti, Tomb of Louis XII, 1500s, Basilique Cathedrale Saint Denis
Partheon's newest inductee
Partheon inside
dome of Napoleon's Tomb
Hubert Lyautey, army general and colonial administrator, Napoleon's Tomb
Cimetiere de Montmartre in November
unknown, Cimetiere de Montmartre
Alphonse Baudin, Cimetiere de Montmartre
Famille Kamienski paid from 1860 through eternity, Cimetiere de Montmartre
Goltzmann headstone detail, Cimetiere de Montmartre
moss on tombstone, Cimetiere de Montmartre
fig tree, Cimetiere de Montmartre
peach leaves, Cimetiere de Montmartre
Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
Camille Beaurain, 1926, Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
Croce-Spinelli, Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
Famille Durif, Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
Czechoslovakia WWi fighters, Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
Fire Aboard the Kent, 1827, Musee de la Marine
Wind in the Roadstead at Algiers, 1835, Musee de la Marine
Fresnel lens from Hourtin Lighthouse, 1894, Musee de la Marine
Bedouin camel litter, Jordan, early 1900s, Musee du Quai Branly
Sepik-carved cassowary bones, mid-1900s, Papua New Guinea, Musee du Quai Branly
crocodile-figure reliquary, Papua New Guinea, Musee du Quai Branly
women's belt, Brazil, 1900s, Musee du Quai Branly
sperm-whale tooth necklaces, Fiji, mid-1800s, Musee du Quai Branly
Rukiya Brown's white-buffalo-queen costume, Mardi Gras Indians, Musee du Quai Branly
the only thing better than gold is more gold, Palace of Versailles
Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles
Apollo Served by the Nymphs, ~1670, Palace of Versailles
Salon de Mars ceiling, Palace of Versailles
green wallpaper, Palace of Versailles
queen's bedchamber, Palace of Versailles
thatched farm roof, Palace of Versailles
upper gate of farm, Palace of Versailles
Phantom of the Opera lithograph, 1924, Palais Garnier
lobby, Palais Garnier
reception room, Palais Garnier
reception-room ceiling, Palais Garnier
tiled ceiling near lobby, Palais Garnier
side-room ceiling, Palais Garnier
The Pythia, 1870, below stairs, Palais Garnier
ceiling above audience, Palais Garnier
private booths throughout, Palais Garnier
nepotism, Coronation of the Virgin Mary, ~1350, Musee du Louvre
Raphael's 1515 Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, Musee du Louvre
someone's getting boned tonight, Jean Baptiste Van Loo, 1732, Le Musee de la Legion d'Honneur
Eugene Delacroix's 1827 painting of Assyrian king committing suicide with his concubines, Musee du Louvre
Eugene Delacroix's 1830 painting of mob rule, Musee du Louvre
Francois Biard's 1840 painting of northern lights over Magdalena Bay, Musee du Louvre
Renoir's ~1890 La lecture, Musee du Louvre
Grand Salon of Napoleon III's State Department, Musee du Louvre
Grand Salon of Napoleon III's State Department, Musee du Louvre
Shepard Fairey on Hotel de Ville
France: A Family Album show in Hotel de Ville ballroom
Swedish Order of Seraphins, Le Musee de la Legion d'Honneur
Maurice Druon's mini medals, because full-size medals do not fit, Le Musee de La Legion d'Honneur
underside of Adler's 1897 Airplane 3, Musee des Arts et Metiers
Adler's 1897 Airplane 3, Musee des Arts et Metiers
Bibliotheque Nationale de France research room
art-nouveau wrap-around desk, Clemenceau Museum
detail of mid-1700s clock with monkey concert, Petit Palais
fireplace mantle, Maison de Balzac
ivory casket, 1300s, Musee de Cluny
pediment base, Angkor Thom, 1100s - 1200s, Cambodia, Musee Guimet
Ming Dynasty imperial wardrobe, Musee Guimet
inlaid traveling cabinet for Portuguese, early 1600s, Musee Guimet
circular Chinese ivory fan, ~1800, Musee Guimet
high-relief dragon frieze, Musee Cernuschi
Cafe Militaire oak panels, 1762, Camavalet Museum
idiots and gilded child, Louis XV Renouncing Nobility Letters to the City, 1716, Carnavalet Museum
Zyklon B cyanide pellets, Musee de L'Armee
Centre Pompidou
I simply couldn't get used to a normal domestic life. As one correspondent said, there was no common ground between Somalia and coming home to somebody complaining about the toothpaste being squeezed in the middle of the tube.
-- Aidan Hartley, The Zanzibar Chest
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