Category Archives: France

salut

je suis allé voir le film Paris 36. bah.
en fait, maintenant je suis tellement dans un ‘feeling’ français, que je n’avais pas avoir depuis si longtemps. et je l’aime, beaucoup.
comme même, si vous ne comprenez pas ce que j’écris, utiliser un translater ou qqch comme ça. http://translate.google.com/ marche très bien. (très bien mais pas complètement parfait)
donc. pourquoi je suis [...]

bravo, france

les manifestations

Lefigaro image. 
Woot, huge student demonstrations in france, apparently over autonomy of universities. If only I was there, would be so fun!

Chinese bidder says will not pay for relics bought at Paris auction

CNA news
what a remarkable turn of events to the already remarkable auction which everyone thought was done with. wow. they sure know how to create negative publicity for themselves. so this foolish Cai Mingchao guy thinks that by doing this they will gain something? that perhaps they will relent and give them the relics? fat [...]

obscene auction

from Artinfo
The second evening session of the now historic auction of the Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, elaborately staged at the Grand Palais by Christie’s in association with Pierre Bergé & Associes, took over five hours, and yielded results even the most experienced dealers couldn’t comprehend.

But Simon Andrews, director of 20th-century decorative art [...]

Breizh Café

as Le Figaro says:
Genre : Régional
Cuisine : Bretonne
Spécialité : Bio, Crêpes, Poissons – Fruits de mer
Traditionnel mais tendance, sous-titré non sans humour « La crèpe autrement », c’est le concept du Breizh Café, le coin breton à la mode fraichement débarqué en 2007. Ici pas de rustique mais plutôt du bois clair. En cuisine, on utilise [...]

Fête de Fierté | Gay Pride

la gay pride. in a city as gay as paris, how bad can it be. it was about the celebration of gay-ness, anti-discrimination, anti-AIDS and stuff like that. jumped in at ST-Michel and caught the parade going throug the streets. what a noisy street party. the funny thing is, i’m so used to manifestations that [...]

taboo

25june.
went to Ile St Louis, finally. also finally got to exit from Pont Marie métro. little tiny island with old shops, and lots of icecream. there’s Berthillon and Amorino. both oh so expensive.
Summer sales have started. realised they had late-daylight shopping. the crowds everywhere make everyday look like saturday. the sales are very good though. [...]

catacombs

I am whoppingly impressed. On an online form, I saw the following options under “Profession”

Agriculteur
Artisan, commerçant, chef d’entreprise de moins de 10 salairiés
Cadré supérieur, chef d’entreprise de plus de 10 salariés
Profession libérale
Profession intermediare (cadre moyen, technicien…)
Employé
Ouvrier
Etudiant
Homme / Femme au foyer
Journaliste
Autres

That is so WOW. I like seeing agriculteur, i like seeing artisan, i like seeing profession [...]

Fête de la Musique

it’s my favourite day in France. well I haven’t seen 14 juillet but Fête de la Musique is so cool. A huge celebration of music everywhere in the country. You get to see all types of music, all levels of professionalism, and it’s all fun. You get local bands, small groups, professional orchestras, singers, buskers, [...]