Moving to some place new has a way of tuning your senses. What's otherwise unremarkable is novel, interesting. Here are just a few things that are part of the landscape in DC and Paris, the kind of things that are essential to a properly functioning city but perhaps unnoticed in the hustle and bustle of daily life.

Trash cans for public use

Trash bins for private use



Parking meters



Oh the details that divide and unite us.