Category Archives: france

La Belle France

July 13, 2022 – 4:30 pm

Paris is an amazing city, but it has been renown for the beauty of women living there throughout time. Here is a collection of movie stars. They lit up our lives. Catherine Deneuve Brigitte Bardot Sophie Marceau Marie Trintignan Carole Bouquet Dominique Sanda Isabelle Adjani Of course there’s no mention of Franciose Hardy. The only […]

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Nice 1985

June 21, 2022 – 1:45 pm

The summer of 1985 Albert, Serge, Jacques Negrit and I opened a nightclub in Nice. Our vehicle was Albert’s Chrysler Imperial. The city’s narrow streets were hell on the mirrors. The long black car had class, although we wished it was a convertible. Our villa was covered with grape vines. There was no AC or […]

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THE TEN TOP THINGS TO DO IN PARIS

April 19, 2022 – 11:36 am

Set fire to a historical cathedral. Get entombed in the catacombs Die of boredom waiting in line for the Louvre. Pay a wanker in a beret to paint an unflattering caricature of you. Surrender to an invading force without shot being fired. Protest the rigors of a thirty -hour work wee. Enjoy local delicacies like […]

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Puritan Drinking in France

March 26, 2022 – 11:02 am

Back in 1982 I was driving on the Autoroute du Sud toward Perpignan. I stopped at a Cafe de Relais to a coffee. At the bar several southbound routiers or truck drivers were quaffing afternoon aperitifs. In this case Calvados. Coming from the States I was slightly surprised that the Etat du France sanctioned the […]

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BETTER LUCKY THAN GOOD by Peter Nolan Smith

October 19, 2021 – 3:14 pm

Back in 1990 a greasy nor-easter ruined Columbus Day weekend for New York. I shut my windows for the first time in months and dressed to leave my apartment for breakfast at the Veselka Diner on 2nd Avenue. The shoes and jacket seemed unnaturally heavy after a season of shorts and sandals. Luckily Global Warming […]

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