One Night in Paris... Idaho
Why get caught up in the bustle, rustle and hustle of France’s City of Light when you can engage in the quality middle-of-nowhereness lifestyle Paris, Idaho so warmly provides? With 576 people in this Idahoan town there are plenty of interesting people to meet and things to see. Who needs Montmartre when you can go to Harry’s Antiques? Why check out the impressionist paintings at the Musee D’Orsay when you can go to the Paris City Hall and take in historic pictures of the irrigation plowing for potatoes and sugar beets? No need to cross the Atlantic to visit the famous Red Light district and watch a show at the Moulin Rouge when you can admire Parisian women showing off their skills for The Bear Lake Pageant at The Paris Tabernacle. Sure the French food at Aux Lyonnais or Chez Jenny is exquisite and world-renowned but you can’t beat good old traditional Mormon cooking at the Sandstone Pioneer.
The two can make for a rapturous argument about how great the differences in similarities and similarities in their differences are; but the bottom line is the towns of Paris are prestigious and beautiful in their own ways. These morsels of propitious municipalities should be seen as places to visit in one’s lifetime whether you’re on a road trip through America’s potato land or exploring through Le Hexigone.
Bon Voyage!
1 comment:
I've walked those steps in Paris. There's actually an incline next to it, so you don't have to climb UP them. I'm afraid it's much more impressive than Paris, Idaho. Although I'd like to visit Idaho...Coeur d'Alene for example. I like the sound of it.
Las Vegas has Mini Paris. Lame.
Paris is exhilarating and romantic.
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