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A street in Marseille with lots of antiquity shops? A tomb stone in the Saint Pierre cimentary in Marseille? Until this evening Edmond Rostand was only a name without a face nor a profession. However, Simone Herault (the voice on the SNCF) gave a delightful...
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Saturday evening was theatre evening. Under a heavy rain I ventured into the 10th arr. where Théâtre Antoine is currently showing the play Inconnu à Cette Adresse. I had obtained tickets on www.billetreduc.com and was sitting in the second row with a...
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It sounds like one of those jokes which are impossible to answer, "What has Haute Couture and the Resistance got in common? The simple reply is that there are currently two exhibitions about Haute Couture and the resistance movement in Paris during WW2...
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Since I saw the theatre play Oh, les beaux jours (Happy Days in the original English version) I have been trying to figure out what to think of the play. Catherine Frot, known by some perhaps from the film Odette Toulemonde (based on a shortstory by Eric-Emmanuel...
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- and a naked pair of men's buttocks! It had been a long time since I had seen a real pair of men's buttocks, but as I was sitting in the third row in the local theatre on Friday night, I had a good look. I think that I even saw a little more than the...
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The other day I found a flyer in my postbox inviting me to the opening of the square Moro-Giafferi in the presence of the mayor of the 14th arrondissement. The square has been undergoing a make-over which I have been following close-up as I pass there...
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The calendar might show that it is spring as from today, but the reality is a different story. Whilst the winter is dragging on, the organisers of cultural events are trying to make us believe that spring is here. It has just been Printemps du Ciné where...
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Along the Seine on the boarder between Asnières-sur-Seine and Gennevilliers lots of wasteland is being converted into office and living spaces as industries are closing down. Between the RER line and the former Citroen plant the margarine plant Astra-Calvé...
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Judging from the tomb stones in the animal cimetary in Asnières-sur-Seine the favourite pets of the French would be a poodle called Kiki, a boxer called Ulysse and a cocker spaniel called Cochonette ("piggy" in English). In 1898 a law was passed to allow...
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Paris' dream of hosting the summer Olympics 2012 was crushed in July 2005 when a majority of 54 against 50 elected London. Most had been convinced that Paris would win the right to host the games because, among others, "The Olympic Village would provide...
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