Credits - July/August 2000 - Volume 7, Number 7

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Editor's Note: Dear Readers, while our writers are always delighted to hear and to receive comments, both about their columns in the The Paris Kiosque, as well as your experiences in Paris, they are unable to answer any requests for travel information. Thank you for your understanding.

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Harriet Welty-Rochefort - Letter From Paris -
Harriet Welty Rochefort is the author of "French Toast; An American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French", published by St. Martin's Press in 1999. Some of the above column is excerpted from her forthcoming book on the French and their food which will also be published by St. Martin's Press this year. For more on the books and on intercultural differences, visit Harriet and husband Philippe's personal Website at http://perso.club-internet.fr/hwelty/

If you've had some funny, startling, satisfying, or dismaying food experiences in France you'd like to share, you may contact Harriet directly at hwelty@club-internet.fr.

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Thirza Vallois - Rue d'Anjou & More -
Thirza Vallois brings Paris to life in a way that enthralls her readers and provides them with a detailed knowledge of the city which exceeds that of most Parisians, while her fast moving style disguises a depth of historical fact that is normally only found in academic tomes. Writer William Boyd wrote in The Spectator: "I think we can safely toss all other Paris guidebooks aside....There can be no higher praise than when I say they come close to the world's greatest guidebook, J. Link's "Venice for Pleasure" and they should soon achieve similar legendary status." The French Ambassador to the UK wrote: "I am convinced that this guide will constitute from now on, for the British lovers of Paris, a reference book which will have the success it deserves." Around and About Paris may be ordered online here.

A long time resident of Paris, she currently lives just three hours outside of Paris in London, and may be contacted via thirzavallois@iliadbooks.demon.co.uk.

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Richard Erickson - Arts & Metiers Open Again -
Living in Paris for the last twenty years, he has been writing about Paris online as long as anyone. He writes prolifically for Metropole Paris where this article first appeared. He can be contacted at erickso@world-net.sct.fr.

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Paul Jensi - Heaven on Earth; The Sainte Chapelle -
In 1990 Paul quit his job in the United States and sold everything he had in exchange for a one-way ticket to Europe and a train pass. Figuring he would ride the rails until his money ran out, he voyaged through most European capitals before marrying the first French girl he met and moving to Paris in November of that year. Since then he published 123 articles and posted 192 of his photographs during his one-year tenure as Chief English writer at AOL France's Digital Paris Web site. His current goal of walking on every street in the city has revealed not only the importance of comfortable footwear but also the splendor of the city he calls his own (despite copyright infringement laws). He currently rents himself out as a guide and is working on ``Paris Misguided'', an unguide that will help him spread this love around.

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Norman Barth - pictured here in the Jardin des Plantes in the 5th - is the editor of the Paris Kiosque, and webmaster/creator of Les Pages de Paris. He can be contacted at nbarth@paris.org