Articles tagged ‘Beyond Paris’
Sarkozy Sought ‘L’Amerique Profonde’ - Come again!
By Parisgirl | August 31st, 2007 |
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Keuka Lake
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
Upstate NY Wine Country
PHoto by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
Norman style chapel and crypt at Keuka Lake
French influence in Upstate NY
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
It’s the last day of summer and of all the French visitors to the US, how many were lucky enough to have stumbled upon [...]
Impressionists Then and Now: Part II
By Parisgirl | August 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Waterlillies by Claude Monet (as seen at the Marmottan Museum in Paris)
Boat Slip 2 by Rick White
So you love the impressionists? So, do I, what I like even better is discovering the impressionists of today as opposed to the impressionists of yesteryear. If you are tired and exhausted of the ‘impressionist merchandising’ boom, [...]
New Cheap Flight Route to Paris
By Parisgirl | August 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Featured in The Da Vinci Code as Le Bourget airport of yesteryear, the Art Deco era Shoreham Airport (Brighton) is SKYSOUTH’S home.
As of August 1, 2007 SKYSOUTH has added twice-a-day weekday flights from Brighton (Shoreham-by-the-Sea), England to Paris (Pontoise). Skysouth has a fleet of twin engine PA-31 Piper Chieftains which have been shuttling passengers from [...]
London Copycats Paris Plage
By Parisgirl | August 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Londonlogue reported on the 10th that London may soon have bike rentals resembling Paris’ Velib program.
Not only that, London will also have it’s very own Paris Plage with palm trees (of course it won’t be called Paris Plage).According to Londonlogue, the new London Urban Beach will be opening the 13th of August [...]
Le Coq de la Maison Blanche - not just Calf’s head
By Parisgirl | August 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
You may remember that i mentioned in a previous post that finding Paris restaurants that feature traditional French dishes - is not as obvious as you might think. So, although I haven’t as yet made the trek to St. Ouen, just north of Paris to try out Le Coq de la Maison Blanche, it’s [...]
More Tete de Veau
By Parisgirl | August 12th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
First, I should probably offer some apologies to any vegetarian Parislogue readers (I know you are out there) and if you would prefer to skip these entries all together - I’ll understand. That being said, for those of you who are still curious about the Calf’s Head delicacy, you can also check out Jancis [...]
Paris Train Travel
By Parisgirl | August 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s so easy to take a train from Paris. The trains normally leave on time. It’s easy to get to most train stations by using the Metro station or bus lines.
The SNCF, France’s rail service has been making train travel even more enticing this summer with some sweet deals on their new TGV [...]
French lesson on vacation
By Parisgirl | August 6th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Je suis venue chercher l’Amerique profonde”, says Nicolas Sarkozy during today’s press meeting, reports Le Parisien
That would translate to “I was looking for the real America, the back country.”
I think it’s time somebody should break the news to President Sarkozy. Lake Winnipesaukee is a really nice place - but it sure [...]
En Vacances-French Vacation
By Parisgirl | August 6th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
“Learning to vacation a la francaise”
Photo by Reme Aldana
There’s no vacation like French vacationing. It doesn’t really matter if you cross oceans or trek out of Paris for a quick week-end in Normandy. But if you want to vacation French style, there are certain essential elements (as Nicolas Sarkozy so aptly described):
You [...]
Never on Sunday
By Parisgirl | August 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You’d think at least France’s president could have a quiet swim in the lake surrounded by family and friends - without the paperazzi - but here’s what I don’t understand: As early as August 3rd, AFP photographer Don Emmert’s of the president boating at Lake Winnipesaukee had already hit the press (IHT’s story), so [...]
