Tag: USA Revisited
The American apology: “Sorry for trying to be perfect”
Every culture has a way of offering a public apology while keeping their fingers crossed. The American way, the Hewlett-Packard example...
A Francophile East Coast U.S. Road Trip (3): Croissants in Carolina
Crossing into North Carolina and discovering the South's best croissant at La Farm Bakery in Cary, NC.
3 French Sculptors Met at the Met: Carpeaux, Rodin, Bourdelle
Considerations on coming upon narrative sculptures by three great French sculptors, Carpeaux, Rodin, Bourdelle, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York .
Arbor Day and the Award-winning Travel Writer
On becoming a double award-winning travel writer on the occasion of Arbor Day, despite the demise of the silky dogwood.
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.
Crêpe Tournament in Providence, Rhode Island
The Alliance Francaise de Providence, Rhode Island, holds a crepe tournament. Bring crepes, will nuke.
A Francophile East Coast U.S. Road Trip (1): French Bakeries, American History
Part of a week-long, 1400-mile European-style road trip from New Jersey to Florida, with stops at Philadelphia, Richmond, Raleigh, Charleston, Savannah and Orlando and south Florida.
My Dear General: the relationship between Lafayette and Washington
The Marquis de Lafayette first met George Washington in Philadelphia in the summer of 1777. At 19, the marquis had left his wife and baby in France to pursue his heroic dream of helping to win America’s freedom. From almost his first meeting with Washington, Lafayette claimed the general as the father he had never known.
Republican U.S. Senator Declares an End to Freedom Fries
May 2009--Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee declared an end to Freedom Fries last week when he converted to Francophilia.
On April 25 Senator...