The Big Café On the Avenue, Not On l'Ile -
Richard Erickson -
The Ile de la Cité
is dominated by Paris' Palais de Justice, the Hôtel Dieu
de Cité hospital, the central police Préfecture and the headquarters
of the Police Judiciaire on the famous Quai des Orfévres.
Plus, of course, there is the Notre Dame cathedral, the
Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle church.
Secrets of the 10th Arrondissement -
Thirza Vallois -
Paris has some unsuspected secrets that even most Parisians have never
heard of.
One such place is the Hôtel de Bourienne (open to the
public on Saturday afternoons, between 2 and 4 pm only). If you want a
peaceful experience away from the madding crowds of the Louvre or the
Musée d'Orsay, why don't you
treat yourself to an
astonishing and little known place in a neighbourhood once studded with
palatial homes?
(This piece is excerpted from Thirza Vallois' book Around and About Paris.)
Letter From Paris -
Harriet Welty-Rochefort -
There's something about writing the last Letter From Paris of the century
that kind of chills the bones - somehow one thinks that whatever is written
should be momentous, earth-shaking, something future generations can look at
and exclaim over as a precious document of an American's view of Life in
Paris at the end of the twentieth century - Forget it.
Getting Papered In Paris -
Richard Erickson -
Nobody ever talks much about getting their papers -
'Green Card' - or the French 'Carte de Séjour,' because
it is more painful than going to the dentist. I
don't know why it is an unspeakable subject. It is
a process full of anxiety; sometimes tragedy or comedy, and
it can be very literary too, because it can make
you think of Kafka's administrators.
The Paris Kiosque 2 Years Ago - December 1997:
Room With A View -
- Françoise Giovannangeli
Funny
things can happen in Paris - politics and scandals asside,
simple daily life in the City sometimes writes a script
more bizare than we could have dreamed up on our own.
The Paris Kiosque 3 Years Ago - January 1997:
Images of Paris
A small collection of some of our favorite perspectives
of the City of Paris.
The Paris Kiosque 3 Years Ago - December 1996:
La Mouffe! Rue Mouffetard -
- Norman Barth
Six hundred metres of street packed
with at least twice as many years of
history. Not as well known, as
flashy, or as elegant as the Champs
Elysées, La Mouffe out does it by far
when it comes to character.
French History - December -
Events:
France wins first Davis
Cup title in 59 years 1.12.1991; The
Battle of Dreux 18.12.1562; Van
Gogh cuts his ear 23.12.1888;
Charlemagne crowned 25.12.800.
Births: Georges Seurat 2.12.1859;
Jean-Luc Godard 3.12.1930;
Gustave Flaubert 12.12.1821; Jean Genet 19.12.1910;
Gerard Depardieu 27.12.1948.
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