Update on an Indispensible Guide
Superb restaurant critic Alec Lobrano has updated his bestselling book Hungry for Paris.
Hungry for Paris was first published in 2008 to rave reviews and has become an indispensable source for avid foodies combing the city for the best restaurants.
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Categories: Paris France Tags: Alec Lobrano, Bistro, food, Foodie, French cuisine, Hospitality/Recreation, Paris
French Life
I was wondering what things i could see in France. Please help me because i might visist and need ideas. About 10 things or less would be AMAZING. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
Categories: Living in France Tags: Aix, Aix-en-Provence, Alps, Anti-imperialism, Che, Che Guevara, France, Lake Annecy, Marxism, Marxist theorists, Mediterranean, Paris, Pilat, Political philosophy, Politics, Provence, Social philosophy, Socialism
La Fête au Bois | Paris
The traditional Autumn Fair which opens on 28th August 2010 until 17th October in the Bois de Boulogne, is now called the Party in the Woods.
The event, previously known as la Fête à Neu-Neu has been renamed on the occasion of the move from the lawn of Mortemart (behind the Hippodrome Auteuil). Some 100 day rides in the Bois now find themselves on the lawn of La Muette, near the Sixteenth District and along the peripheral .
“We asked the mayor of Paris can get this new site … for economic reasons,” says Marcel Campion, head of the carnival environment, which dominates the festivities of Paris (Tuileries, Foire du Trone, at the Feast Wood). “The previous site was becoming increasingly difficult to reach,” he says.
The cause: l’opération Paris respire (operation Paris breathes), forcing the closure of roads to cars in the Bois de Boulogne on the weekend. Decline in attendance during this operation, visitors to the festival in Neu-Neu were forced to go to the fair and walk back in the evening through the wood, which deterred deter many customers.
A spokesman for the fairground said that Paris respire had strangled the fair; which show steep declines in attendance since the introduction of the programme. According to their organization, the number of visitors dropped from 1.5 million in 2005 to just 300,000 last year.
The transfer of the carnival on the lawn of La Muette has been welcomed by all showmen, particularly as it is now close to transport links:
Metro : Rue de la Pompe
RER : Avenue Henri Martin
Bus : No. 63
Categories: Events, Paris France Tags: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Autumn Fair, Bois, Bois de Boulogne, La Muette, Paris, Rue de la Pompe
Dordogne Gets a TGV Boost
The Dordogne (dept. 24) is placed to take advantage of speedier rail links to Paris and Spain – so enhancing tourism – as strategies for TGV routes for the South West are revealed.
The new proposed tracks for the Lignes à Grandes Vitesses connecting Bordeaux-Toulouse and Bordeaux-Spain could very well cut journey time from Dordogne to Paris to three hours and Dordogne to Spain to four hours.
Categories: France Travel, Living in France, News Tags: Aquitaine, Belvès, Bordeaux, Departments of France, Dordogne, Le Buisson, Paris, Périgord, Périgueux, Spain, TGV
France to Tax Bankers’ Bonus
According to Christine Lagarde, France’s Finance Minister, the French government does not believe that taxing bank bonuses will cause traders and financial operations to leave Paris.
In an interview published by Le Figaro today, Mme Lagarde is quoted as saying that France will enact a law as early as the end of March levying a 50 percent tax on bonuses above €27,500, regardless of whether they are paid in cash or shares; affecting some 2,500 bankers.
Categories: News Tags: AIG bonus payments controversy, American International Group, Business/Finance, Christine Lagarde, EUR, finance, France, French government, London, Paris, Politics, Tax
Drinking and Dancing in France
Business leader welcome the new regulations that allows discotheques across France to stay open until 7:00 am, saying that this will liven up Paris and other French cities.
The regulations attempt to harmonise closing hours for bars throughout France and reduce the number of party goers who drive from one premise to the next looking for another place so as to dance the night away.
Categories: News Tags: Alcoholic beverage, Business leader, Didier Chenet, Disaster/Accident, Discothèque, France, Hospitality/Recreation, Nightclubs, Nightlife, Paris, Politics
English as a Second Language
The majority of English speakers coming to France are a little nervous about speaking French as a second language and one finds a similar reaction amongst French students who are learning to speak English. But some 18 to 25 years old French students are paying up to $6,000 annually to master a second language they all studied for six years in high school before earning their Baccalauréat degrees and entering the job market.
Categories: Education Tags: Baccalauréat, cultural products, Education, Education in France, English as a foreign or second language, English-language education, even advertising, Foreign language, France, French immersion, French language, Julien Petitpas, Language acquisition, Language education, Language schools, Languages of the United States, Modern language, Multilingualism, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, president, Sociolinguistics, USD, wider tool
Biscuit Research in France
Kraft Foods, sells food in more than 125 countries around the world and is opening a facility in France that will research biscuits. The facility, called Biscuit Research & Development Centre, is to be built in a suburb of Paris at a cost of around $20 million.
Categories: News Tags: Biscuit Research & Development Centre, Business/Finance, Cheesemakers, delicious new products, Europe, food, France, Groupe Danone, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Kraft Foods, Kraft Foods Europe, Kraft Foods Inc., Nabisco, Northfield Illinois, Paris, Prince TUC and Mikado, TUC, USD
Lindsay Lohan in France
Photo: Lindsay Lohan Photo Gallery
Lindsay Lohan is in Paris, France, with her younger sister, Ali. The Mean Girl star was recently in Singapore, where she hosted the F1 Rocks event and apparently had a bit of a scene with the one and only Beyonce.
It is said that Beyonce was upset that LiLo had the larger dressing room and as the “Single Ladies” singer was the bigger star at the event, she felt she deserved the bigger room.
Of course Beyonce got what she wanted (who’s going to say “no way” to Jay-Z?) and now Lindsay is in France for the Ungaro fashion show. So it looks like she’s put the whole dressing room mishap behind her.
Categories: Famous France Tags: Ali, Beyoncé Knowles, Entertainment/Culture, France, Human Interest, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan Photo Gallery Lindsay, Paris, Singapore, singer, Single Ladies, Ungaro
High Speed Living in France
The very first TGV (Train à grande vitesse) departed on its journey between Paris and Lyon in 1981, since when, living in France has sped ahead of the rest of Europe in the race to build a fully functioning high speed rail network.
Currently having almost 1,250 miles of specially built lines linking many of its major cities in service, France is looking for new ways to extend its lead.
Categories: France Travel, News Tags: EUR, Europe, Eurostar, France, French government, French national rail authority, Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV, Guillaume Pepy, high speed rail network, High-speed rail, High-speed trains, Jean-Marie Guillemot, LGV Est, Loire Valley, London, Lyon, Montpellier, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nîmes, Paris, president, rail infrastructure, Railteam, short-haul air travel, SNCF, Strasbourg, TGV