About Cool Stuff in Paris and Manning Leonard Krull

It says there should be some sort of tower around here somewhere.

Cool Stuff In Paris is a website collecting information on all of my favorite stuff in Paris. My name is Manning Leonard Krull, and I'm a 34-year-old American freelance web designer, illustrator, writer, et cetera. I first moved to Paris in early 2005, and after five solid years of Parisian life, I'm now splitting my time between Paris and New York City (maybe you've heard of it). I live with my beautiful French girlfriend and two very handsome French rabbits.

It probably goes without saying that Paris is my favorite city in the world. And I've been around a bit; I've visited about 23 countries in the last few years. While I've fallen in love with a lot of big cities around Europe, Paris always remains my favorite, and it always feels like home when I come back here. Paris really earns its reputation as the most beautiful city in the world, as well as having some of the best cuisine, some of the most fascinating history, some of the best shopping, et cetera.

Every article on this site is written by me, based on my everyday experiences wandering, sightseeing, dining, and drinking in this fabulous city. I feel extremely lucky to have had the chance to live here, and it brings me a lot of happiness to share my knowledge of Paris with people who're interested in visiting, and also with people who live here who may not have noticed some of the weird little details I've noticed. This site really started out as a collection of just the weird stuff, but it quickly mutated into a much bigger project, with articles on just about everything. I've tried to give my own personal insight into each subject, and help the reader see Paris, at least a little bit, as I see it myself.

"I love nothing. I'm Parisian."

In creating this site, I wanted to give visitors some insight into what a real person who actually lives here likes to see and do (and eat!). For example, I haven't flooded the Restaurants, Cafés, and Bars pages with every name and address I can find; these are all places that I've tried myself and enjoyed enough to recommend to my closest friends.

All of the articles, photographs, and illustrations on this site are Copyright © Manning Leonard Krull, unless otherwise noted, and may not be used or reprinted without my express written permission. No stealin'!

Feel free to write me with your comments, questions, suggestions for articles, or anything else, at manning@coolstuffinparis.com. I'd love to hear from you! Probably!

Some other places to find me on the web:

• CoolStuffParis on Twitter — add me to see tweets about new articles as they go on the site
• My professional portfolio site; my web design, illustration, and Flash work; please hire me!
• My photo galleries from my travels in France and around Europe
• My personal blog, covering my life in Paris and other assorted fun stuff
• My Twitter, often about life in Paris, but better for the reader because I can't go on and on
• Toxic Sonic Zombie Massacre, a game I made about fighting zombies in Paris; culturally important!

Thanks for visiting! Safe travels,