Mon 31st Jul, 2006, Gauguin, Rousseau

Safaris in the Rue Cuvier


Until the Israelis got into another fistfight and spoiled the summer, Washington was basking in the promise of a much simpler slap-down with Iran and a visit by Henri Rousseau the scam artist.

The old customs officer’s sojourn at a DC museum had caused a considerable buzz that even my own newspaper in Bangkok picked up on (although we also delved into Paris Hilton’s first record album at the same time, so the point is moot).

What I found most interesting about the See the rest.