Articles tagged with "history"
A Chicken in Every Pot and an Electric Car in Every Garage: Open Letter to President Sarkozy
By Parisgirl | April 22nd, 2008 |
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Monsieur Le President:
In your campaign promises, you included the development of alternative energy sources as one of your goals. You want French citizens to be able to... [Read this entry]
Notre Dame By Night
By Parisgirl | March 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2008
It’s true that you can only appreciate the beauty of Notre Dame’s stained glass windows during the day - which is part of the... [Read this entry]
Paris en Couleurs
By Parisgirl | February 7th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Robert Capa’s photo of the ‘New Look’ (greatly enlarged as an exhibition advertisment in front of Hotel de Ville)
The photo exhibition at Hotel de Ville (Paris’s City Hall) is... [Read this entry]
Paris Lovers Reunited: Gerda Taro and Robert Capa
By Parisgirl | January 31st, 2008 | Add a Comment »
At a photo lab in Rochester, New York, negatives of pioneer photojournalist Robert Capa are in the process of being restored and will once again be brought to the... [Read this entry]
Birth Control for Paris Pigeons
By Parisgirl | January 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2008
In Parisian ‘argot’ or slang, a ‘pigeon’ is a gullible mark. Paris pigeons have been the topic of heated coop, that is... [Read this entry]
Napoleon’s ‘Eye’-Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon
By Parisgirl | January 11th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Every day hundreds of tourists rush toward the Denon wing of the Louvre, rarely bothering to wonder about the man for whom this museum wing was named.
Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon... [Read this entry]
Delving into Musee d’Orsay
By Parisgirl | January 4th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
After the Louvre Museum, the Musee d’Orsay, is perhaps one of Paris’s most popular museums with visitors. Representing French artists and sculptors’ works produced between 1848 to 1914, ... [Read this entry]
Who is your Hero?
By Parisgirl | December 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
How many of your heros are French? How many of your favorite movie actors, singers, composers, writers are French? You might be surprised to know how many... [Read this entry]
Sebastien Chabal - Vercingetorix Reincarnated?
By Parisgirl | August 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
He’s been nicknamed ‘The Cave Man’ but maybe Vercingetorix might not be a bad comparison either. Vercingetorix is known by practically all French school kids as the fearless leader... [Read this entry]
American Embassy in Paris: Embarrassing Address!
By Parisgirl | August 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Levi Morton US Ambassador to Paris 1881
So what do you do when you’re invited to set up your legation at a new address in the venerable City of Lights... [Read this entry]
