A Radical New Way of Experiencing the City of Light
(Isstories Editorial):- Minneapolis, Minnesota May 8, 2025 (Issuewire.com) – We have seen Paris through the eyes of Hemingway and Balzac, the palettes of Chagall and Delaunay, the excesses of Henry Miller, the menus of Julia Child, the stars of Michelin, and the listicles of Fodors, Frommer’s, and Lonely Planet.
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But until now no one has ever seen it through the singular lens of the world’s fair. Written by Charles Pappas, “Nobody Sits Like the French” (Luster Publishing, 2025) paints a Paris invisible to all but a handful of people on Earth. “Paris is the physical memory of seven universal expositions that took place in the ‘City of Light’ from 1855 to 1937,” says Pappas. “These expos left behind an urban diary of the monumental — the Eiffel Tower, of course, but also the Musée d’Orsay, Grand Palais, and Petit Palais. Every time you sip a glass of Burgundy, drink from Baccarat crystal, admire a Monet or a Gauguin, and even enjoy the benefits of a working sewer system in the “City of Light,” you owe that experience to a world expo there.”
“Nobody Sits Like the French” tells those stories and many more: your suitcase today is an evolution of the trunk Louis Vuitton won a gold medal for at Paris’ Exposition Universelle in 1867. Gourmands eat Roquefort from Laurent Dubois, flâneurs lounge on bistro chairs, and everyone sips cup after cup of coffee at Le Procope and a thousand other bistros all because of a Parisian expo.
“Nobody Sits Like the French” is the second travel guide to Paris you’ll need,” says Pappas. “It really doesn’t matter what the first one is.”
Charles Pappas is a speaker, consultant, and Senior Writer for Exhibitor magazine. His previous books include “Flying Cars, Zombie Dogs and Robot Overlords” and “Expo 2020: The Definitive Edition.”
“Nobody Sits Like the French” is published by Luster Publishing and is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org.
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