Credits - September 1999 - Volume 5, Number 9

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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 -
Letters From Paris: Weddings and School Leavings
Harriet Welty-Rochefort, a bona fide Midwesterner from Iowa, visited Paris for the first time while in college. She became so completely enamored of France that she stayed - and has been there ever since. Married to a Frenchman and the mother of two Franco-American boys, Harriet Welty-Rochefort writes on business, lifestyle and travel for major U.S. publications. Her book - French Toast - is a lighthearted look at French manners and mores. Writes Leslie Caron: French Toast includes the most delightful barbs at France's subtle but deep-rooted codes of behaviour...I read the book on the EuroStar between Paris and London and wished the train had not reached its top speed of 300 kph! Reviewed in the Los Angeles Times on January 2, 1998, French Toast is published in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press.

You may contact Harriet directly at hwelty@club-internet.fr.

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Thirza Vallois - A Bit of Revolutionary History -
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 -
A Tapestry Factory and Sunshine On Montmartre -
Living in Paris for the last twenty five years, he has been writing about Paris online as long as anyone. He writes prolifically for Metropole Paris where these articles first appeared. He can be contacted at erickso@world-net.sct.fr.

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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

The Paris Kiosque extends a special thank-you to Lisa Beal and Niklas Schneider for helping make this double issue possible.