The Perfect Market

During my studies, I always had difficulty to have a full grasp of the perfec…

The Haunted Sports Center

It is not the ressonance of the steps that brought me the ghosts. One expects…

Liberty, the Bar

I find it comforting that one of the most used names for a bar in town is &qu…

A Peaceful Yard

I always found amusing and somewhat reassuring that the main tourist attracti…

Around Here

When arriving in a new neighborhood, everything is fresh to the eye. The stre…

The Metro Station as a Reminder of Tyranny

As one wanders through the Metro galleries, it is easy to forget how eventful…

Candia Street

Sometimes I go to the market through Candia Street, specially if I have to st…

Of Kites and Hope

Since I moved here, some ten years ago, I never saw a kite in the sky. Everyt…

The Metro Gambit

To arrive in this area there are plenty of options. This town has a well dese…

The White House in the Corner

Little by little the old houses give place to modern buildings. The new build…

Open Skies

The further away from the boulevards, the narrower the view we have from the …

The Sleepy Bookstores

When I arrived here, one of the pleasant surprises was to discover that the a…

Main Street

It is difficult to be exact about what I call my neighborhood. Historically, …

The Five-Stones Abbey

“You won't be able to take a picture of all of them together.” the old ma…

The Tools Shop

It is difficult to define from what the people around here live. There are ce…

Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire

When one goes in the direction of the train station, the way of choice is the…

The Squeezed Church

Squeezed between two buildings, down through a small road, sits this small lo…

The 3 Story Slide

If you are a kid, six years or older, and you live in the neighborhood, you c…

The Statue in the Square

In front of the quarter's City Hall, as it is usual it central places, th…

Tartempion

What is now called “Patisserie Poncet” was some years ago the “Tarte Tempion”…

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