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• 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

• Anomalies of French Life: Long School Holidays

  

  French schoolchildren have some of the longest school days in the world, I believe; some of them start at 8h30 in the morning and don't finish till 17h30 in... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Anomalies of French Life: the Dictée

  

  If you have a child in a French school, you will soon discover the dreaded dictée. This is a dictation, fiercely corrected (stay in the margins or else!) and... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 EXPAT, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Paris Cops

  

  Did you know there are two kinds of cops in Paris? The gendarmes, who are part of the army, and the Paris police, who are unionized. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Big Hair Versus Paris Hair

  

  Today's post is inspired by a photo of Kristen Stewart on the red carpet at the Oscars last night. No, I didn't watch-- that would have been a wee-hours affair... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• George Washington in Paris

  

  Years ago I bought the magazine cover on the left in an antique mall in Mobile, Alabama. I recognized that statue on the cover. It's the handsome one of George... Read more

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

• Paris Dog Poop. Yes, Again

  

  The sign says, "We can do the maximum, but not the impossible. The cleaning workers are cleaning behind us. Let's avoid soiling behind them." Pretty weak... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• World War II in Paris: the Hotel Meurice

  

  This is the Hotel Meurice on the rue de Rivoli. It's really something, isn't it? One of the great things about hotels is that they are open to the public. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Welcome to France!

  

  I went to Spain for the weekend to see an old friend and we had a great time. The entire weekend, spent being a typical tourist, I never heard one angry or... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Feet of the Zouave

  

  It has been raining and even snowing a lot in Île-de-France, the Paris region. As a result, the Seine is much higher than usual and you can see big waves i... Read more

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

• Gall and the Japanese Tourists

  

  Two polite Japanese women, very well dressed, were waiting patiently in front of me to pay in a chic boutique in the centre-ville. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 EXPAT, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL