The French National Swim Team not only didn't embarass their country like that other sports team, they actually kicked some European butt at the European Swimming Championships last week...
Tag - France
France and the US may have a lot more in common these days, but there are still a few sights we're used to in America that you'd never see in Paris...at least not yet!
Ceci est un verre. Yes, a glass. Really. And it's not just half full, but filled to the top with one of the the tastiest substances on Earth.
If you were on the east side of Paris this afternoon, you may have witnessed over a thousand tractors parading through the streets, honking their horns and waving signs...
Les Soldes can’t come soon enough for Parisian shoppers, who will be out in full force at dawn on Wednesday to get the best deals at all of the fashionable (and less fashionable) boutiques around town. If you’re smart, you’ll have tried...
While the rest of the world queues up to buy medical masks as the swine flu spreads, the French are worried about something completely different. That is, if you're the boss...
Sure, there are plenty of classical and jazz festivals in France. But for those of us who like our music loud, here are some noteworthy outdoor festivals featuring a mix of international headliners and local talent...
The twice-annual sales throughout France, known as les soldes, begin Wednesday January 7 and last through February 10. Despite the many faux sales disguised as “promotions” in the past few months, nothing matches the frenzy that the soldes produce...
I like some of Britney Spears‘ music, but I don’t follow her career too closely. So I was probably the last person to know she was making a come-back. But yesterday her face was everywhere in Parisian news since her new album, Circus, launched in...
Who knew? Certainly not my first grade teacher. Because as it turns out, the first settlers in the present-day United States did not come from England in 1620, but from France in 1564. Mais oui. The French Huguenots, escaping the wars of religion in France...
Last Saturday I was invited to Katia & Kyliemac’s Parisian “coffee table studio” for episodes 183 and 184 of their hilarious (and highly informative) podcast. We chat about Naughty Paris, French men, Parisian women, anglophone drinking...
Mix Master Mike warms up the crowd. The sixth annual Rock-en-Seine Festival at the Parc de Saint Cloud started last week, Wednesday August 20, with Rage Against the Machine headlining. The weather was perfect, slightly overcast but dry (after a very wet...
