I like these guys. A friend and I stopped here and ordered fallafels and frites. They handed me a bag and we took off back to the apartment. In the bag were only fries. Off I went back. Huge line when I got there. Went to the front of the line and the guy taking orders said, “Why did you leave without your fallafels? I was running after you but you didn’t hear me.” They made up fresh ones and off I went. Delicious dinner.
After not paying attention to Google’s Deep Dream AI program for two years, I’m back playing with it. The gold accents are what comes from DD. The dimensionality comes from a bump map. Fun stuff!
This was my second time at L’Orangerie. The first time, I was overawed by the Monets that I didn’t realize that there was much more upstairs. Oops. This time, there was a wonderful cubist exhibit.
The guard here had her head down like she was dozing. There must have been two dozen people pointing their smartphones at the Monets. Several times, I was photographing people looking at paintings through their smartphones and not looking up.
This is the Seine in the heart of Paris the day before Easter. The hordes of those pesky tourist have already started piling in. Was really surprised to see this view of calm.
St. Sulpice in Paris
I really didn’t want to go to the Eiffel Tower on March 14. But, I had read that there was to be a “race” of vintage cars starting there. There was no sign of them. I saw some convertible Jags with union jacks covering them which were a tour company. The drivers had no idea what I was talking about. So, here I was.
Really she’s a tourist listening to a guide type. This is in the Palais Garnier which is the Paris opera house that opened in 1669.
In 1981, I saw this clock for the first time. I was amazed and watched it for an hour. The man swung the sword; the dragon climbed; the rooster crowed; the crab crawled. I stumbled across it again last month when I was walking over to Rue St. Denis to see the covered passages. What I found was a beautiful four meter tall mechanical clock that the city of Paris has left broken since 2003. To see how this marvel came about, please see http://www.jacques-monestier.com/fr/reportages/defenseur_crea.php.
Just spent 3 weeks at an apartment in Paris. I hadn’t been there in 35 years. Since I had been to all the touristy places before, I spent a lot of time figuring out what I really wanted to see. Near the top of my list was the Musée d’Orsay which is a former train station turned museum.
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