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• FAQ: What Not to Do at Paris Farmers' Markets

  

  Went to the marché, or farmers' market, this morning and got a little carried away on the flowers-- €49 later, I came home with some peonies, Easter lilies... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Anomalies of French Life: Familiarity with the Arab World

  

  Americans are not very familiar with Arabs and Muslims, on the whole, and tend to regard them as foreign and possibly threatening. But that is not the case in... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Armenian Demonstration

  

  It's finally nice weather, and in Paris that means... demonstrations! This week, besides the usual daily manifs, we had big pro- and anti-gay marriage... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The American Hospital in Paris

  

  Last weekend I visited someone I know at the American Hospital (they're fine). Did you know that the only hospital outside the U.S. that is fully certified to... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Anomalies of French Life: Loving Jazz

  For many years I've been reading about how jazz is dying. It seems to stay alive, but it's definitely not one of the top music genres in the U.S., even in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The CRS Sympathize

  This week there have been two big demonstrations in Paris pro- and anti-gay marriage, as the French Senate has passed a gay-marriage bill called "Mariage pour... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Spring is Coming

  

  A marronnier, or horse-chestnut tree. They line the streets of Paris. Today was a beautiful day in Paris, and in spite of some problems I have had a little... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• King Louis and the Virgins

  

  The wise virgin The foolish virgin Busy this week... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• McDonald's in Paris

  

  I never eat there, or at least not since C read Fast Food Nation, but I think McDonald's is a very well-run corporation compared to other fast-food places. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Back Soon

  

  A sign on the wall at the Parc des Princes, home of the Paris-Saint Germain football club and also stadium of French international rugby matches (which feature... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• France Google Doodles

  

  Did you know that Google doodles change according to the country you're in? I recognized this picture of Baudelaire, did you? Today is his birthday. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT

• The Cowardice of the ... Americans

  

  For once, I have nothing to say. I just find this too annoying, stupid, boring, and wrongheaded for words.Considering how every further intrusion into Americans... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Canceled Flight and the Killing Fields

  

  This morning I left my warm bed at the crack of dawn and made my way to the airport to take a flight home to see my mother and brothers and sisters and my... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Les Racines (the Roots)

  

  As I've said before, I often have to drag myself to the farmer's market, or marché, in my neighborhood when it happens twice a week. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Ceremony at the Arc De Triomphe

  

  There's no snow there now. This is from a week or two ago. A and I were walking to the Champs-Élysées on an errand... the ignoble reason was to buy some makeup... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Most Parisian Flea Market: Puces De Vanves

  

  My Italian friends, who visited Paris in January to attend two design fairs, were especially crushed that a snowstorm kept them from going to the Puces de... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• La France Online: Bilan Pas Terrible*

  

  Perhaps it is not altogether a bad thing that the French, in general, are not very branché Internet. It may be because they are close to their families and... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Want a Paris Postman's Calendar?

  

  Actually in my case it is a postwoman. The calendars are sold by the French post office workers (facteurs) before Christmas and I have two of them, one with fis... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Nice Blogger

  

  While surfing around the web procrastinating a few days ago, I came across a blog by a woman I actually know. In fact I know her well. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Anomalies of French Life: Exams on Holiday

  

  For many, many years, the École de Ski Français had a monopoly on ski instruction in French ski resorts. The program to become a ski instructor at the ESF,... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL