November 13, 2004
paris update
Paris still rocks.
The Parisians have this quality not found in the English speaking world: the ability to be both really chic and really laid back at the same time. In New York, LA, London, it's usually one or the other. Teeth-grinding fashionistas or grungy hippies. Not so in Paris. Everyone is beautiful. Everything is demain, demain ('tomorrow, tomorrow'). I still can't get used to it.
The bars are open till 6 or 7 here. And most people remain sober in spite of that. As a half-Scot I find that utterly unbelievable.
Paris lacks the intensity of New York or London. Everyone walks slowly. It's hard for me to reconcile the idea of a world-class city being so sleepy.
Again, still can't used to it.
Me? I have a few projects I'm working on. Will go public later this week, maybe.
Posted by hugh macleod at November 13, 2004 12:26 PM | TrackBackim going to new york tomorrow, and im staying in the same YMCA you stayed in i think.. shall i check under the bed for business cards? im sure you'll get used to that chilled out'ness pretty soon, good luck with it x
Posted by: nat at November 14, 2004 2:59 PMYour blog is very nice, i like it pretty much. You're so creative, creativity was a right theme for you to write a book :)
I drew on the back of cards too, but now i just use a notebook :)
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