Tag Archives: Paris

That’s Just So Sad (MBTA Edition)

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

It’s never good when Boston compares itself to major-league cities, especially in the rapid-transit category. But here comes the Boston Globe’s Derrick Jackson bragging on the MBTA’s planned Night Owl experiment in his op-ed column yesterday. The T’s chance to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barcelona, BART, Beverly Scott, Boris Johnson, Boston Globe, Derrick Jackson, Hamburg, Hindenburg, London, MBTA, Night Owl, Orange Line, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Stockholm, The T, The Tube | 4 Comments

Why The WSJ Is A Great Newspaper (Picasso Sculpture Edition)

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The Weekend Wall Street Journal devotes three full pages to a piece chronicling the quest by one of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughters to catalogue the more than 2000 sculptures created by the 20th Century’s greatest artist. A PICASSO HEIR’S EPIC HUNT … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Artnet, bildungsroman, Carmen Gimenez, Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Dora Maar, Grand Palais, Guggenheim Museum, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Musée Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Picasso sculptures, Sotheby's, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Travels With The Missus On The Côte d’Azur

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to the French Riviera for our 30th wedding anniversary (and to walk in the footsteps of Alicia Markova in advance of the Missus’ forthcoming book), and here’s how it went . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AC Hotel Nice, Air France, Alain Jacquet, Alicia Markova, Arman, Azur Alive, Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Bella, BNP Paribas, Brand Zombies, Cannes, Cannesterprise, Côte d'Azur, Côte of Arms, Christian Estrosi, Cimitière du Château, City of Light Service, Cocteau Chapel, cubism, David Ogilvy, Dejeuner sur l'herbe, Duke Ellington, Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa & Gardens, Eze Village, French Riviera, Henri Matisse, Jardin Maréchal Juin, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Garibaldi, L'Atrium, La Comédie Humaine, La Tête Carrée, Lignes d'Azur, Lionel Hampton, Lomography, Lonely Planet, Louis Armstrong, Manet, Marc Chagall, Miles Davis, multi-schmucker, Musée Chagall, Musée D'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée Masséna, Musée Matisse, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, Orly Airport, Palais Lascaris, Paris, Place Masséna, Promenade des Anglais, Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Robert Delauney, Roissy Charles de Gaulle, Sacha Sosno, seven statues, Sol Lewitt, sports facility, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, stay.com, The Making of Markova, Tina Sutton, tram system, tubism, Utrip, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Virus Compris, Wall Street Journal | 8 Comments

‘After I Kind Of Straighten My Tie’

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Ever since WGBH (We’ve Gotten Bone Headed) dumped Eric in the Evening, the hardlistening staff has been tuning into TSF, the Paris jazz station we favor in the City of Light Service. Tonight, we heard Nat Cole’s version of “Walkin’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged City of Light Service, Eric in the Evening, Nat King Cole, Paris, TSF, Walkin' My Baby Back Home, We've Gotten Bone Headed, WGBH | 1 Comment

Dear WGBH: This. Totally. Blows. (III)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

So it’s 12:10 am and the hardworking staff is listening to some opera thing on Classical New England 99.5 FM and trying to write and it’s JUST NOT RIGHT. (Before you Cosi fan tutteniks get all lathered up, it’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 89.7 FM, 99.5 FM, Bob Tapioca, Classical New England, Cosi fan tutteniks, Jazz with Bob Parlocha, Paris, terrestrial radio, TSF JAZZ, WGBH | 5 Comments

The T Is Like Somebody’s Hobby

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I decided to trundle down to the South End Open Studios yesterday, so we went to the Green Line’s Brookline Village station about 1:30 to catch an inbound trolley. And we waited. And waited. And waited until … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brookline Village station, Copley, D.C., Green Line, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Amateurs, MBTA, Munich, New York, Paris, South End Open Studios, The T, transit systems | 6 Comments

Quelle Horreur: No More Franc Exchanges For The French

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Sad news (or quel fromage, as we say at the Global Worldwide Headquarters): The storied currency of France is now officially defranct. From Sunday’s New York Times: As Old Francs Expire, France Makes a Small Mint PARIS — Greece may … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2002 conversion, afford the appetizers, defranct, French franc, New York Times, Paris, the euro | 7 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Corp. Town (Manet At The D’Orsay Edition)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Some of the hardworking staff’s friends (yes, we’ve got friends) have proudly proclaimed that they’ve dumped the Boston Globe in favor of its kissin’ cousin New York Times because “there’s nothing worthwhile in the Globe.” Not so fast, dropniks. Case … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art, Michael Kimmelman, Musée d'Orsay, New York Times, Paris, Sebastian Smee | Leave a comment

Banner Days For European Museums?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Monday’s New York Times: European museums are reeling from culture shock these days. Long reliant on government subsidies, they avoided the layoffs, salary cuts and ticket increases that struck American museums hard in 2009 when the endowments upon which … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bulgari, Chanel No. 5, Doge's Palace, Musée d'Orsay, New York Times, Paris, Venice, Vulgari | Leave a comment