It’s New Year’s Eve, or ‘la Saint-Sylvestre’ in Paris and in keeping with tradition, there are a few things to expect of tonight/today – the eating of New Years’ Eve staples – foie gras, papillotes and the drinking of mulled wine along with crucial, sparkling white alcoholic beverages to usher in 2011! There is no…
Month: December 2010
"In the Papers"
http://www.france24.com/en/sites/all/modules/maison/aef_player/flash/player.swf …of tax increases in 2011, “Become Outraged” and New Years Eve cocktail ideas
Pivotal Paris Politics – 2010 France in Retrospect
It’s the enf of yet another year – and in keeping with the season, lonely editors and reporters, and dedicated ones too – take this down time to pull together the highlights of the past year. often compelling them into the “best of…’ whatever it is books, movies … whatever it is …of the year….
Rising River Seine
France 24 among others reports on the river Seine recording exceptionally high water levels – apparently the highest since 1910. There isn’t much evidence of any official acknowledgement of an imminent flooding of the Seine’s banks (or any apparent bursting of the river toward the streets of central Paris!) – but should it happen, that…
Paris’ "Most beautiful metro stops"
‘Why Go :Paris ” , a brilliant travel website, gives beautiful pictures of some of the most stunning Paris metro stops. Click here for a link to a set of ‘sweet’ images of some of the city’s pretty, pretty interesting and interesting-looking metro stops.
"Metrostop Paris" by Gregor Dallas
I recently picked up an entertaining read that I knew would be interesting from line one of Chapter one which reads “The best time to visit Metrostop No. 1, Denfert-Rochereau is in the morning of Paris’s first day at work, which for most people in Paris is on a Tuesday.” Call it love at first…
J’♥ Le Plomb du Cantal, Paris
Revisited a restaurant introduced to me by a good friend – “Le Plomb du Cantal” for hearty South Western France cooking. There are simply no words to describe how delicious and divine the food is here – I am even a bit weepy out of sheer joy and pleasure. The address to this delicious cure…
Concert: Notre Dame de Paris
Cathedrale Notre dame de Paris – Puer Natus Est Highlight from George on Vimeo. A highlight from ” Puer Natus Est” a concert in medieval latin hosted by Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris. Well, my highlight video here is as grainy and unclear as they come – but suffice to say the concert was a…
File – Save As – Christmas 2010. File – New – Save As – Bienvenue 2011 :-)
Paris Christmas, Favourite Things from George on Vimeo. New Year celebrations are quite a significant time of the festive season here in Paris where well wishes for a “Bonne Annee” are exchanged throughout the month of January, according to an old Parisian I know. So, it’s time to quickly file and save the beautiful memories…
Anon's Paris 