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July 4, 2015

• Weird and Cool: Filming locations from Amélie all around Montmartre

July 4, 2015

• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris

May 13, 2015

• Weird and Cool: Creepy baby doll head display at Tombées du Camion
• Weird and Cool: Ape head in the window of Makillages

May 12, 2015

• Practical Stuff: My fellow Americans
• Practical Stuff: Basic info about taking taxis in Paris

April 28, 2015

• Practical Stuff: My survival guide for the long overnight flight to Paris
• Weird and Cool: Cool centaur statue in the 6th arrondissement
• Weird and Cool: Medusa carving on a door in the Marais
• Weird and Cool: Skeleton street art, Boulevard Raspail
• Weird and Cool: Beautiful Russian nesting dolls at Peterhof
• Weird and Cool: Tiny sassy dude hiding on the Fontaine Saint-Michel
• Weird and Cool: Dalida bust at Place Dalida
• Weird and Cool: Beehive sculpture on a building at Les Halles
• Weird and Cool: Square Georges-Caïn

April 25, 2015

• Practical Stuff: Some basic etiquette for Paris; la bise, etc.
• Practical Stuff: Don't fall for the stupid ring scam in Paris!

April 20, 2015

• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Cool and weird street art in Paris

April 19, 2015

• Practical Stuff: Checklist for your trip to Paris
• Practical Stuff: Watch out for the taxi strike scam at Charles de Gaulle airport.
• Practical Stuff: Taking the RER (regional train) from CDG airport to Paris
• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Cool and weird street art in Paris

April 13, 2015

• Cool and Weird: Espace Dalí
• Cool and Weird: Le Musée de l'Érotisme
• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris

April 11, 2015

• Cool and Weird: Le Cimetière de Montmartre

April 9, 2015

• Cool and Weird: Breathtaking stained glass at Sainte-Chappelle
• Cool and Weird: Wallace fountains — providing clean drinking water to Parisians for over a century

April 5, 2015

• Cool and Weird History: The archeological crypt at Notre Dame
• Stuff to do: A lovely Paris stroll from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe
• Practical Stuff: Pharmacies in France
• Practical Stuff: Le tabac

August 22, 2014

• Practical Stuff: Updated: Paris hotels and other accommodations

May 5, 2013

• Cool and Weird Sights: Giant thumb at La Défense
• Cool and Weird History: Medieval houses on Rue François-Miron
• Big Stuff: Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides

May 1, 2013

• Cool and Weird Sights: Le départ des fruits et légumes du coeur de Paris, le 28 février 1969

April 29, 2013

• Restaurants: Le Procope
• Restaurants: La Rotonde
• Restaurants: Au Petit Budapest

April 28, 2013

• Restaurants: Chez Svetlana
• Restaurants: Breakfast in America

April 27, 2013

• Big Stuff: Le Moulin Rouge
• Cafés: Café des Deux Moulins

April 15, 2013

• Weird and Cool Art: Fake doorway on Rue Chapon

August 30, 2012

• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris

July 27, 2012

• Weird and Cool History: Le Musée de l'Armée

July 24, 2012

• Weird and Cool History: Paris' coat of arms

July 5, 2012

• Weird and Cool History: La Conciergerie

June 19, 2012

• Weird and Cool Art: Le Passe-Muraille

June 12, 2012

• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris

June 11, 2012

• Weird and Cool History: Place de la Concorde

May 26, 2012

• Practical Stuff: What to wear during your stay in Paris
• Practical Stuff: Paris weather

February 3, 2012

• Weird and Cool: Deyrolle — legendary Parisian taxidermy shop

January 7, 2012

• Cafés: Café Noir
  

December 28, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Le Cimetière des Chiens — the Dog Cemetery in Asnières-sur-Seine

December 13, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Le Musée des Arts Forains — The Museum of Carnival Arts

September 29, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Le Défenseur du Temps — the Defender of Time

September 22, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Musée de la Magie — The Magic Museum
• Weird and Cool: Musée des Automates — The Automata Museum

September 21, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Métro Arts et Métiers — cool subway station with steampunk decor

September 2, 2011

• Day Trips: Provins, a medieval French village near Paris

August 24, 2011

• Cafés: L'Imprévu Café
  

August 23, 2011

• Weird and Cool History: 7th-century Roman columns at Saint-Pierre de Montmartre
• Weird and Cool Art: Updated: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris
• Restaurants: Gang Seng
• Restaurants: Creperie Lepic Assiette

August 17, 2011

• Weird and Cool: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

November 22, 2010

• Weird and Cool: Photo gallery of pixel art mosaics all over Paris

October 29, 2010

• Weird and Cool History: Stand in the spot where Henri IV was assassinated

October 21, 2010

• Weird and Cool Museums: Le Musée des Vampires - the Vampire Museum (updated!)

June 8, 2010

• Big Stuff: Le Centre Pompidou

June 6, 2010

• Big Stuff: The Panthéon

June 5, 2010

• Weird and Cool History: Les Arènes de Lutèce
• Big Stuff: Notre Dame

June 4, 2010

• Weird and Cool Museums: Museum of the History of Medicine

May 12, 2010

• Practical Stuff: Paris hotels - some basic advice
• Practical Stuff: Making phonecalls to and from France

May 11, 2010

• Weird and Cool Art: Les Enfants du Monde

November 5, 2009

• Weird and Cool History: Saint Denis — the decapitated guy you'll bump into all over Paris
• Big Stuff: La Basilique du Sacré Coeur

November 4, 2009

• Big Stuff: La Place de la Bastille

November 3, 2009

• Weird and Cool History: L'Hôtel de Ville — a great place for an execution!
• Practical Stuff: BHV, le Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville
• Restaurants: Alladin
• Restaurants: Ta Sushi

November 2, 2009

• Weird and Cool History: Unfinished statue of the Virgin Mary, buried for eight centuries
• Cafés: Le Café Tournesol
• Cafés: Les Deux Magots

October 30, 2009

• Weird and Cool Museums: Le Musée des Vampires - the Vampire Museum

October 28, 2009

• Stuff to Do: Bat watching (and more) at the Promenade Plantée

October 27, 2009

• Weird and Cool History: Le Café de L'Enfer
• Weird and Cool History: The Wolves of Paris

October 25, 2009

• Big Stuff: Getting the most out of the Louvre
• Restaurants: Caffè Vito
• Restaurants: Khatag
• Cafés: Cannibale Café
• Cafés: La Fée Verte
  
• Bars: Café Baroc

October 24, 2009

• Cool and Weird History: Mysteries of Paris - The Paris Ghost Tour

October 22, 2009

• Stuff to Do: Halloween in Paris
• Big Stuff: A bird's-eye view of chaos at the Arc de Triomphe
• Practical Stuff: The arrondissements - Paris' twenty districts

October 21, 2009

• Weird and Cool Art: A photo gallery of weird public art all over Paris

October 19, 2009 (website launch)

• Weird and Cool: Le Musée des Égouts de Paris
• Weird and Cool: Les Catacombes de Paris
• Weird and Cool: Avion III
• Weird and Cool: La Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
• Weird and Cool: Musée Grevin
• Weird and Cool: The Statue of Liberty in Paris
• Weird and Cool: Julien Aurouze and Co.
• Weird and Cool: Oscar Wilde's death at L'Hôtel
• Weird and Cool: George Washington statue in Paris
• Weird and Cool: Cannonball in the wall of the Hôtel de Sens
• Weird and Cool: Looking for Andre the Giant in Paris
• Practical Stuff: Tipping in France
• Practical Stuff: Pickpocketing and other crime
• Practical Stuff: Using the Paris Métro (subway)
• Practical Stuff: Money! Euros, ATMs, the exchange rate, etc.
• Practical Stuff: Watch your step! Dog... stuff
• Practical Stuff: A general note about cafés, bars, and restaurants
• Practical Stuff: Using your American electrical devices in France
• Big Stuff: The best view of the Eiffel Tower
• Restaurants: La Gare
• Restaurants: Dans le Noir
• Restaurants: Crep Story
• Restaurants: planet Sushi Café
• Restaurants: Pain, Vin, Fromages
• Restaurants: Le Bistro des Deux Theatres
• Bars: Ne Nous Fachons Pas
• Bars: Les Furieux
• Bars: Le Politburo
• Day Trips: A pilgrimage to Mont Saint-Michel