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I LOVE BRIGITTE: a collection of short stories by Peter Nolan Smith

July 21, 2016 – 9:22 am

The Cote d’Azur stretching along the Mediterranean from Ventimiglia to St. Tropez has been populated since before the Bronze Age, but the French actress Brigitte Bardot renewed interest in the Riviera with her debut appearance as a sultry teenager in the 1956 film ET DIEU…CREA LA FEMME. That summer the blonde sensation adorned every magazine […]

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Loch Ness Monster A Ile St. Louis

June 5, 2016 – 5:11 pm

The Seine has been in flood for two weeks. The water reached twenty feet above the normal flow level. Back in 1984 the Seine rose to inundate the rapid quais. Thankfully the waters receded then and now. But I’d love to see IM Pei’s pyramid underwater like that Tom Cruise movie EDGE OF TOMORROW. The […]

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Vive La Bataclan

November 20, 2015 – 1:57 pm

Back in 1989 I worked the door at the Bataclan nightclub in Paris. Every Sunday for Serge Kruger. We all went there. It was a place for everyone and I let anyone in who was looking for a good time. There were a lot of us. Better the Bataclan than any house of worship. And […]

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Le Ville Des Lumiere

November 20, 2015 – 1:51 pm

Last week Paris was systemically attacked by a gang of Islamic militants from the French and Belgium ghettos. Three teams armed with AK-47s and explosive suicide belts struck the Stade de Paris, the Bataclan nightclub, and several cafes in the 11th arrondisement. Paris was a battle zone for several hours until the police had killed […]

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Edwige Belmore RIP

September 22, 2015 – 7:17 pm

Edwige Belmore arrived on the Paris scene in 1978 to become the doorperson at La Palace. Blonde, punky, and lesbian her haughty demeanor put the Parisiennes in their place and served as Jean-Paul Gaultier’s muse in that age of chaos. I met her in 1982 when I worked the door at lE Rex. Her friends; […]

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