Va-nu-pieds: The Spirit of the Bastille
Va-nu-pied, the Barefoot Photographer, feels the spirit of the liberty at Place de la Bastille.
The Weatherman, a poem
The Weatherman, March 3, a poem about early springtime in Paris by Gary Lee Kraut.
Teach a man to order a brownie and he’ll save you two steps?
A Dane and an American walk into a bakery in Paris, one orders a pistachio crumble, the other a brownie. The baker says... Read this sad tale of French service in which the author is berated for ordering a brownie inefficiently.
A Francophile East Coast U.S. Road Trip (2): Richmond, Virginia
History, monuments, and Francophilia in Richmond, Virginia. Lafayette, Washington, Stonewall Jackson, civil rights, and a Belgian baker of great French pastries.
Congénies Quaker House: Peace, Friends and Dogs
Photos by David Kashoff of the Quaker House and village of Congénies, France, located between Nimes and Montpellier in the Languedoc region.
Teach a man to print stamps and he’ll communicate with the world
Service at my local post office has improved over the years, but as this recent experience shows modernizing and privatizing a French post office doesn't necessarily modernize and humanize the employees.
Va-nu-pieds: Notre Dame de Paris
Va-nu-pieds says, "Victor Hugo’s novel has forever colored my vision of the cathedral Notre Dame de Paris..."
Crepes, tourtisseaux, groundhogs
Today is Crepe Day in France as well as in other countries with crepe traditions, such as Belgium and Switzerland. Americans think of it as Groundhog Day. Crepes and groundhogs both mark the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The day’s Catholic name is la Chandeleur in France, in recognition of the candles (chandelles) that are/were brought to the church in remembrance of the day when baby Jesus was first brought to the Temple.
Crêpe Tournament in Providence, Rhode Island
The Alliance Francaise de Providence, Rhode Island, holds a crepe tournament. Bring crepes, will nuke.