In France, staying put in July and August is a bit like asking for ketchup with your snails. Ça ne se fait pas. But with la crise, more and more French families are opting for dépaysants day trips over month-long holidays. Luckily marooned Parisians have it especially easy with a slew of outdoor pools, like the Josephine Baker, at their doorstep--not to mention Paris Plages. If only commerçants would get into la crise spirit and not close shop all of August, Parisians could continue that favorite of of all vacation pastimes: le shopping.Homemade swimming pool for steelworkers' children, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Arthur Rothstein, [Online image] 1938.
