Ah, a piece of fresh crusty French bread would really go awfully nice about now.
Author: Pushing Time
I'm an award-winning author who lives and writes in New York City. I'm also an avid photographer that drags not only my laptop, but also my Nikon where ever I go. I have an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Most of my work life has been in the mental health field, though for the last 10 years devoteI have devoted myself to writing fulltime and taking photographs.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
It’s mid December and I’m contemplating taking a walk. The weather, as I look out my dining room window, appears to be quite warm. The sun is shining brightly but I know it’s a trick of nature trying to make…
THE CANAL DISTRICT IN PARIS
It was a brilliant sunny day when we decided to tour the Canal District of Paris. Parts of the waterway — built between 1806 and 1825 to link the Seine with the 108km-long (sorry I don’t know how many miles…
RHODIA, PARIS AND ME
Packing for a vacation is always a hassle. Though I follow the rule, pack only half of whatever it is that I want to take. That’s worked for me over the years when it comes to my clothes, but reading…
WHEN DOVES CRY
There is a significant time difference between Paris and New York. So, for the first couple of days there was some confusion with going to sleep and waking up. Then, the sleeping straightened out and the mornings and evenings fell…
LOOKING UP
Walking the streets of Paris is a dream-like experience. Most of the buildings are old, old, old but very well maintained. Some of the churches date back to the 1200’s so for an American this puts an entirely different spin…
LA MADELEINE
Today was a vacation from the vacation. We’ve been walking our legs off for ten days now checking out everything that was on our list of things to see and do. We woke up this morning to a heavy cloud…
MARCHE AUX PUCES DE ST-OUEN
Today we went to a flea market that boast it is the biggest flea market in the world. It has 2500 stalls broken up into 10 different street areas each with it’s own speciality. Thousands of people come here every…
MONTMARTRE
It was a miserably rainy day but we headed out into the city anyway. Soon the rain stopped and then as we began our climb to the Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur the rain came pouring out of the sky. Luckily there…
LOUVRE
We had rain and the sky for most of the day was dark and threatening. There was quite a bit of wind so we ate in a cafe rather than sitting outside where we could watch people passing by. Then…