I’ve been overseas for the past few weeks, and the weather in Paris, Brittany, and Normandy went like this: rainy, cold and humid, windy, drizzly, a sun tease, rainy again followed by rapidly moving clouds, then a sudden dark sky, then a downpour. The “put a bullet in my head” weather, however, did not stop me from exploring some wonderful French neighborhoods and stoops in the cities and the countryside. The photos here are themed around French rain and puddles (I also snuck in a few dry ones). Paris is “The City of Lights,” spectacularly beautiful at night, but it also earned my own personal moniker “The City of Puddles.” I went through three umbrellas, yet the views I discovered were worth it. France is a wet, gorgeous country with kick-ass cereal and fantastic cheese that makes this mouse cry for joy. Sing it John!
Over next few weeks I will put up many photographs. The sun makes several brief appearances!
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Thomas Pryor has been featured on A Prairie Home Companion and This American Life, and his work has appeared in the New York Times. He curates City Stories: Stoops to Nuts, a storytelling show at the Cornelia Street Café on the second Tuesday of the month (next one May 8th). Check out his blog Yorkville: Stoops to Nuts.
