Sunday, August 22, 2010

Façade




Before brunch today we tracked down Les Spécialistes, a building façade installed by some conceptual artists and discussed here. Looks like someone took the doorknob.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Paris Plage



Sur les pavés, Paris Plage.

Yesterday was the last day of Paris Plage. Notice the enormous foosball/baby-foot table in the first picture: six a side!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Professor Tournesol


Professor Calculus is called Professor Tournesol in the original French versions of the Tintin comics.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Musée des Plans-Reliefs





The Musée des Plans-Reliefs in the Hôtel des Invalides (the final picture above shows the most deliciously named 17th century fort, Fort Paté).

Saturday, August 07, 2010

Sapience


Above the entryway to the part of the ENS containing the cognitive science department and the Institut Jean-Nicod.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Box of Philosophy Books


As mentioned before, I packed up all but one box of philosophy books that I anticipate using this year. For a couple of days I was irrationally afraid that it was lost in the mail, but it finally arrived.