On November 25th, 2011, JEAN DUJARDIN…
…’where have you been all of my life?’ is what I was asking myself – surprised I had never heard of him and being such a French film…
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On August 22nd, 2011, GRAND APPETIT…
…the simple casual homey delicious macrobiotic Marais cafe established in 1980, where you feel like you are dropping by your very cool exotic earthy French aunt and uncle’s…
On August 21st, 2011, ARTAZART DESIGN BOOKSTORE…
…on Canal St. Martin in my new favorite Paris neighborhood of Bellevue is a welcome find this afternoon – again biking my way to all corners of town…
On August 20th, 2011, PLACE DES VOSGES…
…in the Marais is just around the corner from where I’m staying, so I like to bike (having subscribed to the Vélib’ bikeshare program I am spending all…
On August 19th, 2011, PLAGE ON THE SIENE IN PARIS…
…is the ambitious summer civic project involving sandy beaches, colorful umbrellas, a swimming pool, striped cabanas, exotic palm trees, lounge chairs, and all of the August seaside pleasures…
On August 18th, 2011, A LITTLE HUT AND LITTLE DOCK…
…on this little lake in the woods nearby, where we are spending our days in the sun and water, are each big enough for one – maybe two…
On August 17th, 2011, A SMALL PURPLE MUSHROOM…
…which we are later told might perhaps be edible, stops me on my afternoon hike from the lake, down the hill, through the woods, a shock of subtle…
On August 16th, 2011, A SNAIL ON MY PATH…
…this morning is slowly making it’s way from one side of the boardwalk to the other and catching my eye – as I am drawn to smaller and…
On August 15th, 2011, FAST AND SLOW TRAINS TO HAUTE SAONE….
…took me from Amsterdam to Paris Gare du Nord in a speedy comfy fancy wified Thalys ride, then to a quaint modest pokey regional car out of Gare…
On September 16th, 2010, THE FRENCH ACADEMY’S VILLA MEDICI…
…is one of my favorite places in the Rome – where I’m lucky to have some French friends of friends in residence who I can go visit –…
On May 22nd, 2010, DONNE-MOI LA MAIN…
…the 2008 film by Pascal-Alex Vincent featuring handsome twin brothers Alexandre and Victor Carril, which I just watched last week is a very slow picturesque film with almost…
On April 29th, 2010, JULIETTE BINOCHE…
…in The Unbearable Lightness of Being reminded me of how awesome she is – and now I’m having a Juliette Binoche moment – watching Damage (1992), Le Voyage…
On February 4th, 2010, CRUSH FANZINE…
…is a classy romantic publication by French New York photographer Nicolas Wagner (who shot the sexy images for the Animal Scores cards for the 2008 Whitney Biennial Animal…
On January 8th, 2010, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, again…
…is still on my mind, and I’m now finding older material, like this video for “If” with Etienne Daho, from which I have been memorizing the French lyrics,…
On January 7th, 2010, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG…
…has a song on the IRM (MRI en Francais), her just released collaboration with Beck, called Voyage that I have been listening to all afternoon, and this morning…
On January 2nd, 2010, LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR…
…the 2007 musical French film by Christophe Honoré, made me so happy with its singing cast including three of my favorite young French actors, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, and,…