Monthly Archives: March 2017

ANNECY, FRANCE: THE LURE OF WATER

Water!  There’s always something about water that lures us to its presence.  Whether it is an ocean, or a lake, or a river, or a creek, or a trickling spring, we are all automatically hypnotized by and lured to it.  We want to see it, touch it, smell it, and sometimes jump into it.  Add […]

RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! THE “MOTHERSHIP” HAS CRASH-LANDED IN PARIS

Perched in the southeastern corner of Parc de la Villette in Paris, the new Philharmonie de Paris building makes its presence forcefully with its gigantic looming form which many say resembles a crashed spaceship. With its creative and iconic combination of boxy and angled and organic forms, this imposing structure is a fitting new addition […]