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 First published 16 June 2018 

Hits from the Bong

So, after visiting the Café Bong are you hungrier than before entering? 

And yes I know I'm being sophomoric.  Tell you what though, the what I think was called Hanoi coffee, with sugar and concentrated milk, was one of the oddest-tasting coffees I've ever had....Not bad, mind you, but unusual for this palate....

Reminds me of the old urban legend that Taco Bell once had an ad that said "At the sound of the bong make a run for the border."  I wish it were true!

City of Glass: 20 years of the Louvre Pyramid

Came across an article on "Le pied carré"--a Quebec-based architecture and building website--about the previously (& very briefly) discussed Louvre Pyramid:

"20 years ago the Pyramid of François Mitterand saw the light of day from within a swirl of controversy. Today, far from being polemical, it has become one of the unmistakable symbols of the museum aside the "Mona Lisa" and the "Winged Victory of Samothrace". The glass construction nevertheless continues to arouse passions and fantasies about, among other things, diabolical numbers, "princely whims" and the Freemasonic triangle. Oh, the mysteries of the pyramids!"

The article goes on to discuss the controversies surrounding the pyramid, the multiplication of esoteric interpretations and the long history of the "princely whims" of French Presidents and their pet architectural projects, "in the tradition of the builder kings...."

Funny article if you can read French. We'll try to translate it soon for your edification.