Articles tagged ‘News’
Oceanspray Cranberry Juice in Paris: It’s Here!
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 |
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You don’t have to go to specialty shops for American food and beverage products such as Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail. I have to admit for years I had trouble coming up with the right translation - canneberge, les airelles, myrtilles, etc. but Oceanspray is on the shelves at Monoprix’s Montparnasse branch:
Metro: [...]
John McCain in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Republican presidential candidate John McCain may not have his memoirs Faith of my Fathers translated into French as of yet, but he’s the first U.S. presidential candidate to be received by France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister Francois Fillon at the Elysee palace for an visit as member of the President Bush’s security commission. [...]
English language Easter Services in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
If you’re in Paris for Easter Sunday and want to attend services in English:
Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
50 Avenue Hoche
Metro: Charles de Gaulle Etoile
Saturday vigil 11 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday Masses: 9:30 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm.
www.stjoeparis.org
American Church in Paris
65 Quai d’Orsay 7eme
Sunday service: 9 am, 11 am. Contemporary service [...]
Obama fascinates France
By Parisgirl | March 21st, 2008 | Add a Comment »
It’s always interesting to see which books written by politicians are the quickest to be translated into other languages. Excerpts of Barack Obama’s memoir “Dreams of My Father” were printed in the daily newspaper Le Figaro this week, and according to Katrin Bennhold’s IHT story “Obama grabs spotlight in Europe, too” (March 21 ‘08) [...]
Protests near the Chinese Embassy
By Parisgirl | March 20th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
This past Sunday, March 16th, protesters gathered not far from the Chinese Embassy in Paris. One Tibetan protester climbed the facade of the embassy to replace the Chinese flag with a Tibetan flag.
You’ll see from these photos the quick police response .
Top Paris Restaurant Loses its star
By Parisgirl | March 16th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Trivia question: How many restaurants in Paris are designated as ‘Five-Star Gourmet restaurants’?
The answer is None.
Michelin, the restaurant guide which can make or break restaurant reputation only awards a maximum of THREE stars.
So, you can imagine when a restaurant loses one of its three stars, that can hurt.
I’m particularly disappointed to learn that [...]
Seine Drowning: Accidental?
By Parisgirl | March 15th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Supermodel’s Katoucha’s disappearance and the recovery of her body about a month after her disappearance leaves many people asking questions. Some of the facts don’t add up.
When police first pulled the unidentified corpse out of the Seine, Metro newspaper’s ’source close to the case’ stated “After several weeks in water, all corpses [...]
Emperors VIP Club in Paris?
By Parisgirl | March 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Because the Emperors VIP Club supposedly operated in Paris as well as New York, London, Washington and Los Angeles, before being shut down in March, 2008, I thought it might be helpful to point out to any U.S. ‘VIPS’ that the exchange of money for sexual favors in Paris, the City of Light, [...]
Writers’ Workshops in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
If you’re a writer - and you’re not in Paris yet, get yourself here! Normally,when I think of writers’ workshops in Paris, WICE’s July workshop is the first place that comes to mind - but if you check out today’s Parler Paris - you’ll see that plenty is transpiring - starting [...]
Bodies found in the Seine River
By Parisgirl | March 6th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2008
With the recent discovery of Super Model Katoucha Nian’s body in the Seine River this past Thursday (February 27th), that is the SECOND corpse to be dragged out of the Seine since the beginning of 2008. Earlier in January, an American man in his mid-forties also succumbed to [...]
