Yesterday marked the culmination of a week-long effort that has subsequently left me drained and en-cold-ed.

I will have more to say about yesterday's protest later when I'm more recovered, but I awoke this morning to some incredible Twitter coverage, an article in CitizenSide France with a remarkable photo gallery, and an appearance in the BBC ( Read more... )

On Quai d'Orsay, if you walk from Place du Canada down Pont des Invalides, you hang a right, go a block or two and the South African embassy towers over you to your left. To the right, through a veil of trees, is the shimmering Eiffel Tower with a spotlight shooting out of its top, spinning a soft arc through clouds that hover like a halo around ( Read more... )

Godfuckingdammit.