If you were born after 1960, just move on. This bit of nostalgia, mixed with [...]
By way of an update, I report that Mom is still with us. We celebrated [...]
When the weather outside is frightful…and when my nose started to run, this was a [...]
Hommage à Rudolf Noureyev : le reprise du ballet ‘Raymonda’ à l’Opéra de Paris Comment [...]
Generosity comes to life. Again. It’s always amazing to me how inanimate objects are capable [...]
The new rug required a few moments of adaptation. Biscuit has now taken full possession. [...]
Just from the oven, this warm apple crisp (for some reason called “apple crumble” elsewhere [...]
Comparative literature With my morning coffee I had just reread the poem by Pierre Corneille [...]
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While I could talk today about my grandfather William Zillman, and how he led heavy [...]
Le Salon du même nom avait lieu aujourd’hui, Porte de Versailles. J’ai craqué évidement pour [...]
This is a far departure from the blaring bass roles of Mozart, Rossini, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns [...]
This portrait is just one of the high points, for me, of the exhibit. Tonight [...]
The Faubourg St-Denis, Morning, 1895 The neighborhood shown here is just steps from home. Today [...]
Bonbons à la violette, légèrement acidulés, souvenirs d’autrefois Violet hard candies, a specialty from Toulouse. [...]
This little teapot was discovered at a rummage sale, for only a couple of euros, [...]
Jean Cocteau was right on target: « Petit à petit les chats deviennent l’âme de [...]
Several friends have asked me about this vast Leonardo da Vinci show going on here [...]
Un tout petit coin d’un des tableaux appartenant à la collection permanente du Petit Palais [...]
Bronze bust portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Vincenzo Gemito (1851-1929), seen just today at the [...]
Verdi’s ‘Don Carlo’ last night. What a cast! Wasn’t it Rossini who said that the [...]
Wonderful and numerous representations from the outpouring of Greco’s unique creativity, tracing his greatest [...]
Coriolanus: “There is a world elsewhere” (Coriolanus, Act III, Scene 3, by William Shakespeare) [...]
A pleasant surprise, like finding old friends. Changed, but somehow, the same. The most-visited room [...]
Need a laugh? I love this! via GIPHY [...]
The time has come to leave my homeland community of wonderful and supportive friends, and [...]
Summoned to make an urgent flight After endless hours crossing the sea The stillness of [...]
I guess the story began in late May. I was driving around the last bend [...]
Lorsqu’il était encore Maire de Paris, j’ai été reçu à l’Hôtel de Ville. Il m’a [...]
Some of my favorites from the remarkable exhibit which just opened at the Musée Luxembourg. [...]
