It was never made clear how the divide began. But for those still arguing that there is equality or “sameness”… Read more The Corner Where Straight Men Go To Atrophy
Tag: Paris
The Architect’s Worst Nightmare Realized
The architect’s worst nightmare realized, believe it or not, has nothing to do with The Fountainhead constantly being brought up… Read more The Architect’s Worst Nightmare Realized
No Such Intimacy As This Franprix
When you are a shut-in, the slightest insult can feel heightened upon entering the outside world. This is, in part,… Read more No Such Intimacy As This Franprix
Picture This
“I don’t know, I just can’t picture you in Paris,” she noted with her usual tinge of passive aggressiveness. That… Read more Picture This
Maison de Victor Hugo
You never particularly liked Victor Hugo. Thought he was too “grandiose” in his maudlinness. Though you had to admit there… Read more Maison de Victor Hugo
More Bombs Than A Bakery
Around the corner from the Folies Bergère, there is a bakery. Nothing special. Nothing profound or meaningful for its historical… Read more More Bombs Than A Bakery
The Glorified Airbnb Host
He had come to inhabit the apartment by, like all good things in life, luck and chance. The man who… Read more The Glorified Airbnb Host
King Falafel Palace
There is a corridor in Paris where the falafel flows freely. It exists in that strangely melancholic area near Le… Read more King Falafel Palace
The Crude With the Crudités
In France, specifically Paris, the French restaurants are even more prétentieux than they are in the U.S. Or, one supposes, than… Read more The Crude With the Crudités
Fleurs Jetées
There are flowers on the ground everywhere. In Paris. In all states of “aliveness,” in all colors. Kind of like… Read more Fleurs Jetées
