Paris Pride

It takes some time to soak up the beauty of Paris. It is shockingly fantastic. Over-the-top fantastic. Girls-in-high-heeled-shoes and boys-with-languorous-eyes fantastic. Plus cute dogs.

Paris Gay Pride had the entire city rocking for hours. Straight people -- families, even, with tiny Parisians in baby carriages, and middle-age men and women in couples -- were everywhere, watching the parade, circling the Bastille. And thousands and thousands of gay people, from teenagers to incredibly sweet old lesbians. Maybe even more than 700,000 people.

Let's give a honorable French salute to the city street sweepers who swept the city streets after that big party. Whoa.

The Dickinsonian oracle is on vacation.