Métro Saint Jacques: Audrey Hepburn, Compostela and Art Nouveau Associations

It is a metro stop that I found attractive from the first time I saw it. The touch of art nouveau Horta style, its’ name, the atypical sandwich box structure that covers the entry/exit – on line 6, Metro Line 6 is perhaps one of the metro stops that I find among the ‘coolest’. After…

Saxophone at Métro Nation

Had a gorgeous night out with friends last night. But prior to that, really loved entering Métro station “Nation” to the sound of two really good saxophonists. #smallpleasures

Le Métro : The ideal vs. the beautifully flawed reality

Friday evening and the Paris metro could not be more of an acute opposite to this beautiful and gloriously well-shot ‘Sub-city’ video by Sarah Klein and Tom Mason. In reality, the metro is a cacophony of life stories written on the faces of an interesting and ever-changing cast of commuters. Borugeois, BoBo, Banlieu- bound ……