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Notre Dame was not just a church
When the cathedral was inaugurated in the 13th century, its size met the needs of a prosperous city, but it was far from being the first religious building on the eastern tip of the 脦le de la Cit茅 (main island in the middle of the river Seine). It was also far from being just a […]
Notre Dame: An Open Book
When you visit Notre Dame, what do you see? How old are the stones, the paintings, the stained-glass windows? After the terrible fire of April 2019, the recent renovation in no way restored or reconstructed the medieval cathedral “identically.” Over the centuries, numerous alterations had indeed transformed the original appearance of a building that was […]
In the Basement of Notre-Dame
The cathedral itself is a composite monument, whose various structural and decorative elements date from the 12th to the 21st century. But its basement holds many other surprises, notably revealed by the work of archaeologists working on the renovation of Notre-Dame following the fire of April 15, 2019. The spire culminating in the crossing of […]
Wolfs? Hmm, Wolves? Hmm, Do I care?
You just want to love that Clooney and Pitt are back together again with their charisma, charm and talent. OK, you really want to and should love it, but, alas and alack, there really is no there there. We start with the very talented Amy Ryan delivering what we expect to be a central […]
A Gentleman in Moscow – Triumph over Adversity
Paramount+ scores a perfect 10 out of 10 with its brilliant A Gentleman in Moscow, starring the wonderfully talented Ewan McGregor. In his role as Count Alexander Rostov, the unrepentant aristocrat sentenced to life imprisonment under house arrest in the grand Metropol Hotel by the Bolsheviks, he is at once witty, cunning, charming, deceitful, industrious […]
The Fall Guy or How Film Editing Failed
OMG, David Leitch’s The Fall Guy is SO SO long, it is painful. Do we blame the editor, who should have recognized the incredibly repetitive scenes, or the director, who insisted on the final cut? The 2 hours and 6 minutes could easily have been encapsulated into a mere 90 minutes of glorious fast-action stunts, […]
Elsbeth is Columbo in a Skirt
Carrie Preston in the new show “Elsbeth” starring as lawyer turned super sleuth Elsbeth Tascioni is nothing short of brilliant as the 2024 version of Columbo but in a skirt and with a plethora of shopping bags in lieu of a dirty trench coat. (you just have to love a run-on sentence – LOL) We […]
The 4 Keys to Seeing All the Sights on Your Next European Vacation
Though speed-running the major sights in any city you visit is not the recommended way to enjoy your travels, sometimes we only have a set amount of time and want to make the most of it. On a recent trip to Europe, that was exactly the situation for not one, not two, but three cities […]
Killers of the Flower Moon? More like Killers of the Hours
OMG could Martin Scorcese get himself an editor? And I am asking politely. Three hours and 26 minutes to tell this primary story of greed, corruption and betrayal is, IMHO, 30-45 minutes too long. True, there are numerous subplots, but really Martin? Your viewing audience is not dense. Once you have established a fact, let’s […]
History, 麻豆APP Olympics, Sports
Ceremonies, medals and all that stuff
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games must take place on the Seine*. An exceptional fact because, since the restoration of the modern Olympics, this event generally takes place in a stadium. The medals, for their part, will be three in number (gold, silver, bronze). But do we know that the rewards have not […]
Why it鈥檚 impossible to be a better parent without healing your inner child
As parents, we’re all trying our best in this demanding role. But sometimes, we notice ourselves falling into old habits from our childhoods. Despite promising to do things differently with our kids, we find ourselves reacting in ways that remind us of our upbringing. It’s like a switch flips, and suddenly, we’re hearing our own […]
My 5 Favorite Stops for Road Tripping the Southern United States
I鈥檝e taken the trip between my current home in San Antonio, Texas, to my home town near Atlanta, Georgia, at least five or six times. It鈥檚 safe to say that by now I have seen a good bit of that journey through the southern U.S. over the course of the last few years, and yet […]
