21 Sep The Stories in a Cemetery
Yesterday may have been my favorite day in Paris. My two Atlanta friends and I decided to hike from our apartment to the Pére Lachaise. We had tried the evening before...
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15 Sep Should Form Follow Function? Or Vice Versa?
I started college majoring in architecture. I remember clearly the Golden Rule of my first instructor: Form follows function. In other words, design it to function properly first. Then make...
13 Sep Buy Cheap Wine In Paris
I choose my wine by how beautiful the label is . . . and of course, by the price. As most of you wine connoisseurs know, the wines in my...
13 Sep Funny Tourists in Paris
This one just brought a big ol' smile to my face! A group of American tourists are following their tour guide is who explaining all about the Notre Dame. The wives are...
10 Sep A Letter from Paris
I have a ritual I do when my creativity is blocked. When I need to design a new logo or website and nothing comes to mind, I will venture out...
08 Sep One of Paris’ Secrets – in the 13th
[caption id="attachment_3715" align="alignleft" width="300"] { click to see detail on building }[/caption] Wandered through the 13th arrondissement yesterday. Overall it feels like a good, working class neighborhood that holds Paris' newspaper...
07 Sep Lose Weight Eating All the Butter You Want
I figure I'm walking on average of 10 miles per day – at least. Several days I've pushed 12 or 13. Accordingly to sources online, Paris is about 9 miles east...
06 Sep Ooh là là ~ French Men!
"Oh, those Stapleton women!" It's been a phrase I've heard passed around my father's side of the family for years. The Stapleton men – 4 brothers in all – were...
05 Sep The Louvre or Not?
The following article was published by Huffington Post on the front cover of their Living Fearlessly section.Excuse me, but I'm going to be a bit sacrilegious for a moment.I'm walking...
05 Sep Airing Dirty Laundry about the French
Phew. Traveling is not all a bed of roses especially when you've got dirty laundry.Yesterday I spent the entire day strolling through the 1st and 2nd arrondissement. There is such...