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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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11-11-1918

November 10, 2021 – 10:49 am

Tomorrow I will toast the millions of sad sacrifices of men to imperialism. I also thanked the stars that I’ve never had to fire a shot in anger. The truce between the Axis and Allies was signed at 5am, but ceasefire didn’t take effect, until the 11th second of the 11th minute of the 11th […]

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The Fears

March 30, 2020 – 1:53 pm

Last night I read Poe’s MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, despite having promised not to delve further into the literature of death. The opening paragraph portrayed a world lost to the plague. “The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and […]

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