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FRENCH PRESS IN THE MORNING AND RICK STEVES HISTORY

September 19, 2019 by

I noticed the French press in the sidewalk restaurants one Paris local said cost $100K in fees for table rights. Tight stadium seating from one place to the next looked formidable, but not to Rick Steves fans. Stadium seating? All eyes forward in most cases, but what’s to see? Traffic, on foot and in cars, […]

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BOOMER LOCKDOWN: TALKING ‘BOUT MY GENERATION

September 16, 2019 by

The saying of ‘you get a better look at America from the outside’ has never been more true for the coming boomer lockdown. I’m on the outside, the France side, and I finally found the right look I’ve been searching for. What I see is the Eiffel Tower showing it’s dazzle, like the biggest continual […]

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WHAT TOWER TOWERS OVER EVERYTHING? ONE GUESS

September 8, 2019 by

Some Guy said he ate lunch underneath everyday because it was the only place he didn’t have to look at it.

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TIME MOVES ON WITH A DEGREE OF SADNESS

August 30, 2019 by

Time moves on when you see is a collection of kid bikes, the same collection Toys R Us sold. The same bikes the rich kids rode, the hand-me-down bikes, and the bikes kids rode into teen hood. Lots of bikes going one place: The scrap yard.

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WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT JAY GATSBY?

August 28, 2019 by

The Great Gatsby patrols the modern world with Jay Gatsby walking point. (Just finished Hemingway’s Movable Feast. Scott Fitzgerald came in at the end. He and Papa were buddies in Paris before Zelda slipped a gear. In 2011 Paula McLaine wrote a novel called The Paris Wife about the same time. Read both books for […]

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OLD MAN TALKING ELDER HEALTH IN GYM

August 26, 2019 by

An old man, older than me, saddled up on the stationary bike next to mine. I’ve skipped the bike a while but now training for the prospects of pedaling around Paris. Together, the old man and I were biking Beaverton from 24Hr Fitness. My usual question if someone older looks chatty is, “How are things […]

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UGLY BUILDING IN PRETTY CITIES, PT 1

August 23, 2019 by

An ugly building grows on the people who see it every day. Living near ugly architecture doesn’t make anyone ugly, but it’s not wonderful reflection, either. Imagine seeing the same eye sore every time you went to town. You’ve got one where you live? There’s at least one for every city. Portland has one, Paris […]

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FASHION FORWARD: HOW TO DRESS AMERICA

August 15, 2019 by

Lady Liberty greeted my in-laws when they sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from England to Canada showing them how to dress America. She wore the same frock then as she does now with diagonally draped material pinned to her left shoulder and her bare right arm raised overhead holding the torch of liberty. It’s been […]

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STAYING GUN SILENT IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT

August 5, 2019 by

The idea of gun silent goes against the grain. Guns are not silent, just the opposite. The only gun silent people I know are gun people who share the idea that the only person who needs to know if they have a gun will know. They aren’t into the show and tell, the technical talk, […]

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ART HISTORY BASED ON THE GYM HUSTLE

July 31, 2019 by

Art history is a funny place to start a post, especially when it’s not about art or history. A man working out with women said: Nude male bodies are sort of gross, all hairy and lumpy, not like women who are smooth and sleek. The guy got some kudos from the ladies for his observation, […]

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