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(c) Matt Green Every city has its secrets, it’s just a matter of finding them… On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look. Despite its impeccable brickwork, number 58 Joralemon Street is not like the [...]
Is man faster than the metro? Obviously not … right? Vincent Mulard took upon the challenge to exit a Paris Metro train at Cluny La Sourbonne, then run to the next subway stop at Odeon and get back onto the exact same train. I used to take this exact metro train and it seems pretty impossible [...]
Thank God it’s Friday. Because if you were on your Monday morning commute in Tokyo right now, the day probably wouldn’t be getting off to the greatest start. I had never before seen this practice of “stuffing” people into subway cars. I also had no idea subway staff are hired to do just that… This [...]
All aboard the Badoit Express! Just a few weeks ago on the RER line C commuter train into Paris, the sparkling water brand Badoit decided to surprise tired commuters on their way home with an astonishing and unusual gastronomic treat. Two-star Michelin chef of the Paris Mandarin Oriental and judge of the French version of [...]
Few of us like to linger in the Paris metro, as charismatic as it is compared to other city’s subterranean transport, however this photo kind of stopped me in my tracks and gave me a new sense of respect for it. What might at first glance look like the belly of a great warship is [...]
We all have it; that itch for exploring, to discover what’s behind the closed doors of our cities, under our feet and overhead. Urban environments hide buried secrets of the past all around us and if curious enough, we can find them. For a while now, I’ve been following the online imprint of a small [...]
I‘ve been won over by the shoe that’s in every French coquette’s closet. Is it that generously-thick white rubber sole that does it for me? The tomboy colours? The fact that they instantly de-slutify the most teetering-on-the-edge-of-sluttydom outfits? Or is it just that ‘je ne sais quoi’ that a French girl brings to a pair [...]
Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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Alright, so you might have noticed I have a weakness for French real estate p0rn. [Sigh] I
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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I had you at ‘Free Wine & Cheese‘, didn’t I? If you’ve been umming and
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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