What You Need to Know About Vélib, Paris’ public bike share

Bikes and sharing. Two things I love, and two things that could be perfect together, especially in summertime Paris.

Vélib public bike sharing, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

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Museum of Letters & Manuscripts, Paris: Keepers of the Letters, Frail Histories of our Lives

Before electronic communication, we wrote letters. Now that most of our communication is online, we can access old letters, sent or received, anytime with a simple search. But what happened to those real, physical letters you sent to friends, family and maybe even a few pen pals or chain letter recipients pre-1996? Where are those pieces of paper, those little frail histories of our lives?  Continue reading “Museum of Letters & Manuscripts, Paris: Keepers of the Letters, Frail Histories of our Lives”