Lyon

Drawing at Daniel et Denise--if ever in Lyon, do not miss this restaurant--tout est magnifique!

Rodin II

The Burghers of Calais...Helen Keller declared it the saddest sculpture that she had ever touched...



a sketch from another Rodin piece:

Victor Hugo Musée

Victor Hugo and his son:

Victor Hugo's Chinese Room:

Victor Hugo's daughter who was drowned shortly after her marriage:


Victor Hugo's pen and ink drawings:

Paris Pompidou

Paris Montparnasse

Art, music, literature, the visual and the verbal, along with the audible, particularly jazz, permeate this section of Paris...even with all the commercialization of the better known cafés, it is still an inspirational place to be...bookstores still abound, and the cafés host the serious students and the less-serious students with equal capacity...