A Year in the MERDE

For the last several months I have been seeing Stephen Clarke's book A Year in the Merde everywhere. It's as though this book was following me. I have befriended a few authors in Paris and inevitably their copy of the paperback would boldly stand out amongst all the other books crammed on their shelves.

A Beach in Paris?

It's a hot summer day and you are longing for the sand and sun that a beach provides, but you find yourself in Paris, miles away from the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Will you fight traffic to get to the beaches of Normandy to find your repose? You could; but if you are here in late July through

LE TOUR de FRANCE

You know it’s that time of year again when all you see on television is Lance Armstrong hanging out with one well-known actor or another. This famous 7-time winner is both the darling and the adversary of the cycling world and is clearly the showman of the sport. Be that as it may, he is one

BASTILLE DAY

The Americans had a Revolution and the French followed suit with their own a few years later. Over two centuries have passed and the remnants of this fight for freedom still remain. One cannot miss the ubiquitous French motto "Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité" screaming to the high heavens on many

MOVIE, ANYONE?

For those of us movie-aholics or for anyone who simply has a hankering for some buttered popcorn and a chance to see Johnny Depp on the screen, don't despair that you won't be able to get your fix while in Paris. Thankfully, many theaters host American and other English speaking films in our