I snapped these signs at the corner of the Rue Jean Méro and the Rue Meynadier in Cannes. The road to instant zen, they seem to say, is far shorter than the one you must travel to seek relief of a more mundane nature. In reality, the sign to the right advertises L’instant Zen (The Zen Moment), one of those trendy well-being shops that appear to be popping up all over the place, providing useful services, such as carcinogenic ultraviolet tanning sessions, or Shiatsu, apparently a Japanese hands-on “therapy” (and here I thought it was one of those tiny Tibetan dogs). Call me an old fart, but I don’t hold with this type of new-age baloney. When the need arises, my well-being needs are served more than adequately by what is found 300 meters in the direction of the green sign.