{"id":1137,"date":"2006-10-06T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T18:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/fauxhawk-friday\/"},"modified":"2006-10-06T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T18:33:48","slug":"fauxhawk-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/fauxhawk-friday","title":{"rendered":"Fauxhawk Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Amy said that on Fauxhawk Friday, Musee D’Orsay offers free admission, and I fell for it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They charged for admission, but it was all worth it. Orsay’s a fantastic museum, between the collection and the crazy vibe of an antiquated vision of the future. (In a sense, I suppose that grotesque Centre Du Pompidou provides another of those visions, but it appears to be one circa 1975, a period that should just be avoided.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, we both posted our new pix to our flickr photosets (hers<\/a> and mine<\/a>). They’ll likely be the last pix from this trip, since it’s raining cats and dogs outside, and we’re heading out tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, we got a bunch of shopping done today. I wasn’t able to find great stuff for everyone<\/em> in my life, but we both found some pretty neat gifts (and some nice treats for ourselves).<\/p>\n

How we’re gonna pack all this stuff, I have no<\/em> idea. Thanks for checking in on these posts. I know I haven’t gone off and posted 2,000-word rants on “Paris & Yesterday’s Tomorrows” or anything, but I did receive some illuminations during the trip, which I hope to share with you, dear readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, Amy said that on Fauxhawk Friday, Musee D’Orsay offers free admission, and I fell for it. They charged for admission, but it was all worth it. Orsay’s a fantastic museum, between the collection and the crazy vibe of an antiquated vision of the future. (In a sense, I suppose that grotesque Centre Du Pompidou … <\/p>\n

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