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intriguing sculptures. In many cases, thing about meandering along crum-
they also provide your best oppor- bling walls and imagining the scenes
tunity to get up close and personal witnessed by those centuries-old
with celebrities (albeit dead ones) stones. The whispered conversa-
without having a restraining order tions by a fireplace. The secret as-
issued against you. signations on a spiral staircase. The
arrows that might have flown from
The first time I visited Paris, I dragged those window slits. The…oh crap…
my poor beleaguered husband to ev- did I just step in a wad of gum?
ery repository of human remains in
the city, including the granddaddy of And so, sometimes, Mom, I also find
them all, Pere Lachaise. There you’ll myself shopping for a new pair of
find Jim Morrison, his grave marked shoes.
by flowers, empty liquor bottles and
tiny plastic cups filled with…well,
how the heck do I know? I certainly Glass lamps are big at the Istanbul’s Grand
wasn’t drinking from them. But the Bazaar . Opposite top: Oscar Wilde’s tomb at
true rock star is Oscar Wilde, buried Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Opposite
beneath an Egyptian effigy that is left: The ruins of Corfe Castle in Dorset, You can find Amy at WWW.AMYLAUGHINGHOUSE.
covered with red lipstick kisses ev- England COM and on Twitter @A_LAUGHINGHOUSE.
erywhere. EVERYWHERE, people.

My other great indulgences are ruins
and castles. Give me a ruined castle,
and I’m in heaven. There’s just some-

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