Articles tagged ‘Tips and Tidbits’
It’s almost Halloween in Paris
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 |
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Several years ago, Halloween was virtually unknown in France. Nowadays, it seems like parties and pumpkin are popping up everywhere. If you haven’t check out www.parisinfo.com, the official City of Paris website, now is the time to do say. Many of the parties going on at nightclubs, [...]
Les Bienveillantes - Jonathan Littell
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Flabbergasting. Incroyable. That an American might win the Tour de France - this doesn’t seem so extraordinary. But to receive one of France’s highest literary awards - bestowed by the highest of high: The French Academy of Literature - this should make headlines on the New York Times, The Washington [...]
Paris Weather Report
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
In case you hadn’t heard, Paris experienced its mildest September on record since 1975. October has proved to be similar. I haven’t heard any statistics, but here on this second to last day of October, the sun is shining and people are wearing light sweaters and jackets. I am more convinced [...]
November is Photography Month
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you love photography, you should be in Paris in November. Especially the 14th Arrondissement.
The Mairie of the 14th Arrondissement is sponsoring 46 photo exhibits throughout the arrondissement. You can start for example at the Mairie annexe for the November 6th inauguration at 6 pm.
Metro: Mouton Duvernet, 12 rue Durouchoux (but the [...]
If you can’t stand the heat - get out of the kitchen
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As I was cleaning up the dishes last night after a dinner for nine at Montparnasse, I wondered if the U. S. military should seriously begin studying French organizational skills in the kitchen.
“Technique! You lack technique,” Eric chided me. (you may remember, from a previous post, Eric and Lila who [...]
Also in Friday’s Figaro:
By Parisgirl | October 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Segolene Royal gets flak from a specialist. Yesterday’s Figaro reports that Segolene Royal has made statements about pesticides being the origin of breast cancer and OGMs having an impact on the foetus. To which a ’specialist’ replies, Luc Multignier, an epidemiologist, specializing in these sorts of questions at the National Health [...]
November tensions
By Parisgirl | October 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This past Wednesday, Bus 258 departing from la Defense, stopping at Clemenceau in Nanterre, in the Paris suburbs was torched. Passengers exited the bus - just in time. This isn’t really news at this point. Certainly most of the major TV stations have reported the events i.e. CNN and BBC [...]
Taxis- a Political Issue?
By Parisgirl | October 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Imagine how surprised I was to read in yesterday’s Figaro (27 Oct, Page that the ‘dearth of taxis’ is often an issue taken up by the UMP and UDF elected reps. The day before yesterday, Paris’s mayor, Bertrand Delanoe talked about augmenting the number of available taxis at rush hour. I [...]
Grand Palais - the show we didn’t see
By Parisgirl | October 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Thursday night, we decided to amble over to the Grand Palais to have a look at the recently finished restoration project. We rushed up to the door to buy our tickets (the line wasn’t very long, surprisingly), but we found out the reason why: 20 Euros per person to get into the [...]
Persistence Pays
By Parisgirl | October 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Buying a ticket to the opera never seems easy, especially when it’s the opera performed at Palais Garnier, and especially when it’s Mozart. The moral of this story is ‘Never give up.’
I started at the FNAC bookstore which sells theater and concert tickets (Rue de Rennes). The salesclerk told me that the opera [...]
