Sunday, July 21, 2013

J'aime le pouvoir des mots écrits à la machine à écrire!








According to this blog, a Hermes 3000 is (or was) available for public
use at Shakespeare & Co. I didn't spot it -- maybe it was in the upstairs area
where I didn't venture, or maybe it was obscured by the mob. (There
is a queue to get into the bookstore and you can barely move once in.)

(Yes, that's my arm sticking into M. L'Héritier's eye. This was a big ad on the side of a kiosk. 
The subtle name of the magazine is Winner.)






Remington 2000, photo altered from an Etsy listing:



At least there's evidence that the French are hip to hipsters:


Adopteunmec.com (Adopt a Guy)







7 comments:

  1. You are quite artistic Richard. I have enjoyed your sketches. Good to hear you are enjoying your trip and that you and your family got to spend time in Paris.

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  2. ...reminds me of my own trip there in aught-seven. My traveling companion also favored 1664 beer.

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  3. Wonderful type-travelogue, great drawing and photos. You seem to have a very full and rewarding trip.

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  4. Did you get caught up in the end of the 100th edition of the Tour de France? That looked spectacular.

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    1. We glimpsed a bit of it on the news, and there was also a large contingent of Scandinavian cyclists (some with horns on their bike helmets) who rode past us with a police escort. I am not sure they were part of the Tour, but they must have been connected to it in some way.

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    2. The guys in the 2009 photo look like they are discussing whether to stick with typewriters for "just one more year" or sell-up and move to the country.

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