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Rue de Montparnasse for crepes!

If you like crêpes and the Breton specialty, buckwheat…

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A few good etiquette tips for tourists…

While to some the French may seem snooty, the…

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Cafe Medicis (19 rue de Vaugirard) is…

Unfortunately, the Sénat has retaken control over the Musée…

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Une femme/une fille d’un certain age

This dressing your age thing is tricky, for myself…

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Don’t drink the water!

It’s been some thirty plus years since there were…

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The near-Paris village of Vaugirard

Does anyone know more about the village of Vaugirard,…

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Air quality balloon hovers over Paris

Why is now that it seems every other country and city comes up with bigger ideas than we see in America? This big weather balloon in Paris changes color with…

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We’ve all been there!  It’s either a new word that gives no hint to gender, or some bete…

Promenade Plantée vs. High Line

Ok.  I thought New York City’s High Line was an original.  Then I discovered that idea of elevated…

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From our favorite daily French newsletter Time To Sign Off. Finally, here is the skinny on why certain…

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April Fool’s day is said to have French origins. In 1564, France reformed the calendar, changing the beginning…

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Adding to the list of wonderful things a hop, skip, and jump from our apartment is the second…

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Movie Love for Paris, City of Klieg Lights – NYTimes.com

ByPaulAug 13, 2010

We will be in Paris next week. I can hardly stand the long times between being there, the…

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Bad news on apartment rentals

ByPaulAug 2, 2010

To the dismay of everyone in the travel industry other than hotel executives, Gov. David Paterson of New…

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Standards versus diversity in top French schools admissions – NYT

ByPaulJul 1, 2010

The movement to more aggressively change admissions standards and affirmative action strikes at the very heart of what…

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Can you believe this inflation in Paris: postage, gas, electricity

ByPaulJun 30, 2010

Wow! This is like post-war inflation, just when the European economy can least afford it. When I see…

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Climbing wall on Seine? Really in Paris? (VIDEO)

ByPaulJun 25, 2010

Wall and rock climbing in Paris, along the banks of the Seine? Is this just at Paris Plage…