La Tour Saint-Jacques

The Saint-Jacques church was built in the 16th century.  The church itself was later demolished, leaving only the tower still standing.

The tower is less than 200 feet tall, but it's very prominent since it stands all alone in the park.

Le Centre Pompidou

A groundbreaking piece of architecture.  It kind of looks like a refinery that got a makeover.

The windows of Notre Dame

I didn't get any decent pictures of the stained glass windows last time I was at Notre Dame because of foul weather.  Good thing it was sunny this time around.

Tower lightshow

The tower sparkles every hour on the hour as usual, but now there's also a lightshow afterwards, sort of like a giant version of winamp.

Lazy blogger

First post since August. I don't know how other people are able to post new stuff almost everyday.

It's been now a year since I've moved to France. I’ve pretty much settled down and life has become extremely ordinary by now. It takes an overjoyed tourist to remind me that I’m in Paris. Or the fact that I haven’t driven a car in a year.

Some recent pics of the city.

여름이다!!! Summer's here!!!

Summer is in full swing in Paris. The weather has been exceptionally good lately, enough to almost let me forget LA weather. As droves of tourists invade the city, most Parisians are fleeing on vacation. Most of the office is on vacation too. Right now, as I’m writing, there’s only one other person on the entire floor. And a lot of stores in the city are actually closing for the entire month. The three French bakeries around my place – all closed! No croissants for a month!

Here are some recent pictures I took:


Call me crazy but, as I was taking these pictures, I was thinking how much I would love to be back home so I could get in my car, go to an In-N-Out drive thru, and get myself a juicy Double-Double combo and a strawberry shake…

Everyone go get a burger on your way home today!
Maybe I can somehow cosmically project myself so I can enjoy it from over here... :)