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Girl Sends Letter to Mom in Heaven, Gets Fined 2008-03-07 05:49:01 From AFP:
A letter of love sent by a French 13-year-old to her late mother, addressed to “Paradise Street, Heaven
,” was returned to sender with a postage fine slapped on, a report said Thursday.
On the second anniversary of her mother’s death the young girl from central France, named as Anais, wanted to send her a “message [...] Read more:Letter
Don’t Die Here - or Else! 2008-03-06 04:48:52 From Reuters:
“The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.
In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that “all persons not having [...]
Get a Massage in Provence 2008-03-05 03:14:34 Maybe, just maybe once during your trips to France, you will venture out of “the comfort zone” of your little Paris. Yes! There’s a whole ‘nother world outside of Paris that might amaze you even more than looking at the teeny tiny, glass-enveloped, security guarded, popularity queen, The Mona Lisa, which could quite possibly be [...] Read more:Provence
, Massage
Where is Nuclear Waste Going? 2008-03-04 11:07:03 From chiefengineer:
“Thousands of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world’s most nuclear-energized nation lie, silent and deadly, beneath this jutting tip of Normandy. Above ground, cows graze and Atlantic waves crash into heather-covered hills.
The spent fuel, vitrified into blocks of black glass that will remain dangerous for thousands of years, is in “interim storage.” [...] Read more:Going
, Nuclear
The One and Only British Mayor in France 2008-03-01 01:37:39 From the belfasttelegraph:
“Saint Céneri could hardly be more French and yet its rich history has been shaped, for good and ill, by foreign missionaries and invaders. The small settlement, just within lower Normandy, was created in the seventh century by an Italian saint and hermit – Saint Céneri himself – who conjured up springs and [...] Read more:Mayor
, British
, France
Pilgrimage from Britain to India is Foiled by the French 2008-02-29 10:03:24 From Timesonline:
“Mark Boyle was a man with a dream. He was so convinced that a world without the evils of money is possible that he set out to walk from Britain
to India
without spending a penny in order to prove it.
But Mr Boyle, who hoped to reach Gandhi’s birthplace within two-and-a-half years, had reckoned [...] Read more:French
, Foiled
, Pilgrimage
Dollar Drops to a Historical Record Low 2008-02-29 05:30:52 Usually in the news, they say that the euro has risen to a record high, but I see it more like this: the dollar has plummeted to a record low, it’s never been this low. Ever. It’s like the peso! This means one euro equals $1.52, and that means one dollar equals about 66 (euro) [...] Read more:Record
, Historical
, Drops
, Dollar
French Pastries 101: Tarte au ch’uc (sucre) de ch’nord 2008-02-28 11:16:18 Since last week’s early release of the new movie (Bienvenue chez les ch’tis) about the particular group of northern French
people, Les Ch’tis seem to be the new black in France even before its official opening yesterday. We went to the movies at Cité Europe in Calais (the north) where there are 12 movie theatres. [...] Read more:Pastries
Are Cookies Catching on in France? 2008-02-27 08:50:19 This photo is from a “fancy” bakery’s window display in Wimereux, a dingy yet upscale beach town in the north of France
- because cookies are starting to pop up here and there. It’s disorienting. Why? While these are cute, they aren’t necessarily enticing and who would choose cookies over French pastries…which RULE?
Not knocking cookies. [...] Read more:Cookies
Fort Mahon 2008-02-26 09:51:18 I grew up in the beach communities of L.A. so when strolling along the bike path or on the sand, it wasn’t often (or ever) that I’d come across anything like a 400 year old fort. It’s different if you’re on the beach in France, especially in the north.
That, to me, is the beauty of [...]
2008 Paris Prêt-á-Porter / Fashion Week- Schedule 2008-02-25 04:41:56 Paris Prêt-á-Porter
/ Paris Fashion
-Week.htm">Fashion Week
Monday 25 February
10.00 Atsuro Tayama Salle Pleyel
252 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
11.00 Véronique Leroy Espace Pierre Cardin
1/3 Avenue Gabriel
12.00 Gaspard Yurkievich Le Carrousel du Louvre
99 Rue de Rivoli
13.00 Robert Normand Le Carrousel du Louvre
99 Rue de Rivoli
14.30 Christian Dior Espace Ephémère Tuileries
Jardin des Tuileries
15.30 Isabel Marant Espace Eiffel
Quai Branly
16.30 Sharon [...] Read more:Schedule
, Paris
A President’s Diplomatic Ways 2008-02-24 01:53:42 Already blazing throughout the internet, here’s a video of Sarkozy greeting people at the Agriculture Salon in Paris where he meets a man who doesn’t want to shake his hand. It makes us laugh so hard.
Man: Ah non, touche moi pas / oh no, don’t touch me.
Sarko: Casse-toi alors / Then get lost.
Man: Tu me [...] Read more:President
Chocolate Tintin 2008-02-24 00:31:34 We’ve been in search for a gift for one of my friends, a Tintin fan. Tintin is not really in style in France at the moment so related gifts are hard to find. We lost hope after looking nearly everywhere - until we went to this chocolatier/patisserie in Boulogne-sur-mer. Along with some yummy pastries, [...] Read more:Chocolate
Sarkozy wants French Food to have a UNESCO World Heritage Listing 2008-02-23 12:32:43 From news.com.au:
“FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy
said he wants
to see French
cuisine listed as a world heritage item by the United Nations.
“Agriculture and the jobs which produce it every day are the source of our country’s gastronomic diversity. It is an essential element of our heritage,” Mr Sarkozy said at the opening of France’s huge [...] Read more:Heritage
, World
, UNESCO
The French Chernobyl 2008-02-23 11:18:44 I’ve been wanting to write about the toxic and polluted Rhone River that scientists are calling, “The French
Chernobyl” but I’ve been way too busy. LUCKILY, The Guardian wrote about it:
From a wooden jetty, Cédric Giroud gazed out over the wide bend of the river Rhône, a picturesque, dark blue expanse dotted with swans. “At [...]
Sarkozy Should Pay for Napoleon’s Vandalism in Venice 2008-02-23 03:13:09 From Timesonline:
“Venetians reconstructing a gold-covered barge used by the doges of Venice
until it was reduced to ashes by Napoleon
have appealed to President Sarkozy
of France to contribute to the cost “by way of reparation”.
The foundation behind the €20 million (£15 million) project wants France to make a financial contribution to compensate for what [...] Read more:Vandalism
New: Special Edition Silk Covered Moleskine Notebooks 2008-02-21 11:41:51 Just released! These Moleskine
Van Gogh SpecialEdition
Sketch Books are normally only available at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam but now you can get them at Amazon.
Just like the Moleskine notebooks that famous artists uses, each book is covered in colored silk and features 40 sheets of heavy duty off-white drawing paper. [...] Read more:Notebooks
, Covered
, Special Edition
My Smelly Valentine 2008-02-20 11:47:08 These heart shaped cheeses (it doesn’t say which kind of cheese it is) must have been leftover from Valentine
’s Day over at Philippe Olivier’s. They were on sale for 3.95 euros. ($5.78) Read more:Smelly
Philippe Olivier Cheese 2008-02-20 03:36:07 If you find yourself walking down rue Thiers in the heart of Boulogne-sur-mer (northern France) and don’t happen to see PhilippeOlivier
’s famous cheese shop, you will surely smell it. I’m not gonna lie: it stinks, and we were just there yesterday so imagine what summer smells like!
Philippe Olivier knows cheese and his family [...] Read more:Cheese
You can breathe a sigh of relief: Napoleon wasn’t poisoned by the British 2008-02-18 12:16:50 From reuters:
Italian scientists say they have proved Napoleon
was not poisoned, scotching the legend the French emperor was murdered by his British
jailors.
Napoleon’s post-mortem said he died of stomach cancer aged 51, but the theory he was assassinated to prevent any return to power has gained credence in recent decades as some studies indicated his [...] Read more:relief
, breathe
The “Kings” of France - and What’s Happening in Neuilly 2008-02-12 04:57:37 From nyt:
“He is a lieutenant so loyal that President Nicolas Sarkozy personally rewarded him with the party’s nomination for mayor of the affluent Paris suburb that Mr. Sarkozy himself long governed.
But now, David Martinon, the president’s spokesman, has abruptly withdrawn from the race. And it was the president’s own son Jean who forced him out.
“The [...] Read more:Happening
, France
Teaching Stereotypes to Kids: Mr. Rude is French and Stinks 2008-02-12 02:39:29 From AFP:
“Mr Rude, a new Mr Men character with a French
accent and a flatulence problem, is threatening to put the wind up Anglo-French relations, reports said Monday.The new bright orange cartoon is the first with a foreign accent to join the children’s book and television series, whose more traditional characters include Mr Happy and [...] Read more:Stereotypes
France’s Smoking Ban: Now with more B.O.! 2008-02-11 12:09:59 From EUROC:
“Another unforeseen outcome of France
’s smoking ban. That blue haze of cigarette smoke didn’t just add to the atmosphere of the nightclubs of Paris - it kept them smelling good, too.
For what is a nightclub, if not a place where hundreds of people gather, dance and get sweaty into the early hours? When half [...] Read more:Smoking Ban
, Smoking
18 Year-old Running for Mayor of Florac 2008-02-10 02:48:54 Margot Wallstrom, the communications commissioner (and 2nd in command in Brussels) recently said that she is fed up with the reign of old men governing the EU. I couldn’t be more in agreement with her.
So when I read that 18 year-old Diane Serrano is running for mayor of Florac, a village of 2,000 inhabitants in [...] Read more:Mayor
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