The guy with the orange polo shirt.

Is it the blond kid with the yellowy tan shirt and brown shorts.

Guy with the light blue button down shirt, sleeve rolled up, tan pants and tennis shoes?

I'm grasping at straws here.

Johanna

StCirq, you win the prize!

(What is the prize???)

ok the last guess, the guy in the denim jacket.

Aw man, I was going to pick orange polo shirt guy next! This was fun, Kerouac!

Johanna

Drat! That was my very first guess, then I second- and third-guessed myself.

What IS the prize? If it's something big and expensive I can pick it up in Paris in July or August

The prize is dinner at McDonald's with the orange polo shirt guy. I know exactly where to find him.

I guess the orange polo shirt guy's wrapped-around sweatshirt helps conceal his hands.

I have noticed that lots of loose clothing is a major tool of such people.

And good running shoes.

Good pickpockets rarely need to run.

The sloppiest seem to be young (college age), and they like to wear those nasty jeans anywhere.
These people look like tourists everywhere - mostly taking snapshots. Also, FEET, (or COMFORT of feet)is about the most important thing after a certain age - not how you look to a bunch of strangers. I WISH I had the nerve to wear my comfortable Nikes or New Balances to walk around Paris! But I don't.

Congratulations St Cirq.
Now keruac, let's see s picture of yoyu

Thanks. I appreciate the way you gently (or at least more gently than I) point out that being a tourist is nothing to be ashamed of.

Sigh... and I've always bitched because my husband insists on dressing like he does at home (Brooks Bros, etc... he has a special "travel suit".) We used to be addressed frequently in the native language of any country we were visiting .. in Northern Europe, that is. However .. I think I've blown our cover because now I have to wear Reeboks for my bad feet -

I'm with tuscanlifeedit. I'm surprised the subjects look as good as they do.

I've been to DisneyWorld.

I'm really bummed that I'm not in your photo essay!

Really, I don't think your subjects look half as bad as I expected.

I would never have guessed the pickpocket.

Paule

The photos could have been taken on Michigan Avenue as well - a tourist is a tourist is a tourist! Actually, I've seen much worse on the Mag Mile....

Well, I am so glad that I was not included in those photos. Though, they seem to have been taken recently, and my stay in Paris ended at the beginning of April.

Kerouac, I have to disagree with your contention that those are all photos of tourists. For example, the woman in the long denim skirt - I did see some Parisians dressed like that. And she's carrying a purse and not wearing a backpack or fanny pack, so I say she's French (et oui, je sais, elle est un peu grosse, mais...il y a des Parisiennes qui ne sont pas minces. Peut etre deux...).

Also, I saw many Parisians rolling suitcases on and off of the Metro. Some of those suitcase-toters were too nicely dressed to be tourists (at least, American tourists).

I'll never dress like a Parisian, and I'll never speak French like a Parisian, but I'm going to keep coming back! So keep your camera charged. I'll be the one wearing a Chanel jacket with bermuda shorts