Always in Love in Paris

I’m always in love when I’m in Paris. Not because I’m always in love. That would be just too simple an explanation. It’s because Paris is the ultimate lover. Let me explain.

There’s good reason Paris is considered the world’s most romantic city, although I doubt you’re aware of the reason. In fact, it took me years of contemplating the question of WHY Paris is so romantic, that I finally stumbled across the answer.

Thousands of authors have devoted their creative genius to the question, have written volumes on where to go, what to visit, what to eat, and so on, to have a romantic experience in Paris. And I realized, that you don’t have to follow any of their suggestions to accomplish that. Just being in Paris IS a romantic experience.

In fact, not long ago, a group of friends together were discussing what restaurant would be the perfect romantic spot for one son’s marriage proposal venue and we couldn’t come up with any we could agree upon. In the most romantic city in the world — no really romantic restaurant? How could that be possible!? It was a hilarious debate, a mix of French and Americans, all concluding that the tables were too close, the noise level too high, the smoke too dense, the food too whatever, etcetera, etcetera, to come up with a really suitable venue. All those thousands of authors are sure to disagree with us — they’ve listed dozens of restaurants they think are romantic, but we couldn’t come up with even one we really felt lived up to PARIS itself!

So, why is Paris the most romantic city in the world. One reason, one word: PASSION.

Passion is everywhere. The French are the most passionate people you will ever come across. They are passionate about their language, their culture, their history, their wine, their cheese, their literature, their everything.

They are famous for being the finest lovers in the world. Goethe, who was never without a passion, expressed his affection for Gretchen “with all the fervor of French phraseology.”

When the French make a product they are passionate about, it’s usually the best in the world. Honoré de Balzac said “Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.”

There is no end to the proof I can muster up to support these statements. You all know what I say is true. Paris is the most romantic city in the world and the French are the most passionate people in the world.

So, now you ask WHY…why are the French such passionate people? It may take me years to answer that one, and perhaps our cultural crossings gurus such as Polly Platt (author of “French or Foe”) and Ruth Mastron (author of “Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French”) will have some answers for me.

For now, I look forward to Valentine’s Day knowing Paris is my passion.

A la prochaine…(from New Orleans!)

Adrian Leeds
Editor, Parler Paris
[email protected]

P.S. Scroll down to the Community Calendar to “Where to Find Romantic Paris” for Valentine’s Day happenings.

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Special Notices
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You still have a chance to register for the Living and Investing in France Conference at a savings of up to $600. To allow everyone the opportunity to register at this discount, we’re extending the offer to all Parler Paris readers. Visit /frenchproperty/conference/LIF_NOLA/LIF_NOLA_home.html for more information.

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Reminder: If you’re in Paris, don’t miss meeting other readers at Parler Paris Après Midi next Tuesday 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at La Pierre du Marais. Visit /parlerparis/apresmidi.html for more information.

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Legal advisor Jean Taquet’s February Q and A Column is now online to read in its entirety at /parlerparis/practicalanswers.html

Jean Taquet is a French jurist and associate member of the Delaware Bar Association, specializes in civil, criminal and commercial law. He frequently gives courses about the legal system in France and speaks regularly at the Working, Living and Investing conferences sponsored by Parler Paris. He is also well known for his informative Q and A columns in past Paris Voice magazines, which can now be purchased in one document as “The Insider Guide to Practical Answers for Living in France” (http://www.insiderparisguides.com/answers/index.html)

To subscribe to his monthly newsletter, email Jean Taquet at [email protected]

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Further resources:
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* Getting a mortgage in France is easier than you think. Let us help.
/frenchproperty/insider/mortgage.html

* Get to know the Parler Paris Professionals who can help you make your dream to live in France come true. Visit /parlerparis/ser

vices/index.html

* Great meals in Paris don’t have to be expensive. Parisians do it every day and Adrian Leeds tells how to pay less, eat better, enjoy Paris more. Learn how.
http://www.insiderparisguides.com/restaurants/index.html

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Calendar #43
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Paris, France
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If you wish your community announcement to be listed in the Parler Paris Previews, continue to please provide the text in ENGLISH just as you’d like it to appear and send it to Lynda Sydney at [email protected]?subject=Calendar_Listing We reserve the right to edit as necessary.

Thank you, Adrian

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Where to Find Romantic Paris
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Paris: City for lovers, lovers of fine food
By SUZY PATTERSON
Associated Press Writer
South Bend Tribune
http://www.southbendtribune.com/

Taillevent, Temple of Elegant Dining: This renowned monument to gastronomy near the Etoile-Arc de Triomphe is a perennial winner with guidebook gourmets and well-heeled honeymooners. Service is elegant, never condescending. Menu is a la carte. With a glass of good wine, plan to spend $65 to $100 a person; several courses and better bottles will run $130 a person. Location: 8 rue d’Anjou, Paris.

Les Arts, A Garden Haven: This elegant restaurant housed in a former club for engineers, near the Guimet Oriental Museum and the Trocadero, boasts a peaceful terrace for balmy summer days.The classic indoor rooms are spacious and chic. Service is discreet, friendly and efficient. With wine, prices range from $50 to $100 a person. Location: 9 bis, Ave. d’Iena, Paris.

L’Espadon Bleu, Latin Quarter Charm: L’Espadon Bleu (which means blue swordfish) offers delicious food in a small yet spacious restaurant between the Seine and the Odeon. It belongs to Jacques Cagna, famous for his Michelin-guide starred establishment a few doors away. Prices are $50 to $90 a person. Location: 25 rue des Grands Augustins, Paris.

Le Clos Des Gourmets: Gourmet Thrills: This small and cheery restaurant near the Eiffel Tower offers friendly atmosphere and excellent food with some new twists, such as juicy Colvert duck topped with spiced honey, warm quince with cinnamon and celery. A three-course menu at lunch is $43 a person, wine extra. Totals can range from about $50 to $100 a person, depending on wine. Location: 16 Ave. Rapp, Paris.

Romance On The Scenic Seine: Hold hands, sip and taste, as you cruise by the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Several tour barges cruising the Seine offer sound-and-light candlelit dinners, a good way to sample Paris by night, though food quality may vary. The well-known Bateaux Mouches has a special evening menu with music, wine and service included, for $160 a person. Special lunches (weekends, holidays only) cost $65, wine and service included.

The Capitaine Fracasse line offers “gourmet” dinners for $50 a person weeknights or $76 Saturdays, wine not included.

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Tying the knot in France
Expatica France
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?channel_id=4&story_id=3600

As everyone knows, France is a romantic place. But not all are aware it offers two different ways of tying the knot; one is a traditional marriage contract while the other allows a legally-recognized union, including for same-sex couples.

A church ceremony can only take place after a civil marriage.
Foreigners can marry in France, either with a French spouse or between each other, or they can engage in a legally recognized union open to couples of the same or different sex.

All marriages in France must first be performed by a French civil authority before any religious ceremony can take place. The civil ceremony is held in a village, town or city hall, called la mairie, in front of the mayor. The completion of the civil ceremony establishes the couple as husband and wife before the law.

The choice of mairie must be one where one or both of the couple to be married has resided for at least 40 days. Under French law, marriage banns must be posted at the mairie no less than ten days before the date of the marriage ceremony. For a marriage involving one or more non-French nationals, they can only be posted after one of the aspiring spouses has resided at least 30 days in France.

It is the civil marriage ceremony which establishes a couple before the law. The mayor can be substituted to perform the ceremony by the deputy-mayor, or a city councilor.

If they so choose, they may then go on to celebrate a religious ceremony, and this is quite common in France. The clergyman performing the ceremony will require a certificate of civil marriage before it can take place.

Couples married in France receive a livret de famille. This is a legal booklet which records the marriage and subsequent events in the family such as births, deaths, divorce or name changes. It is often required for official purposes, not least during a child’s progress through school. A marriage certificate can be obtained from the mairie where the marriage was performed.

What you need before you marry

* A valid passport or a French residence permit
* Proof of a French home address (such as a phone bill)
* A birth certificate (less than three months old)
* A certificate of celibacy (less than three months old) which can be established in France at your country’s consular office.
* A statement by a lawyer or equivalent certifying that the non-French national concerned is free to marry in France.
* A medical certificate (less than three months old)
* A certificate by a French solicitor, called a Certificat du notaire, if the marriage is to include a a prenuptial legal contract.

The Pacs

The Pacs is an alternative legal union for heterosexuals and homosexuals.

There is an alternative legal union in France for both heterosexual and homosexual couples, which is called Le Pacte civil de solidarité, commonly known as Le Pacs. While it falls well short of conferring the legal rights which marriage spouses enjoy, it has a legal status which offers both official recognition of the union and a number of rights for both individuals. It does not have any legal bearing over questions such as the adoption of children.

The Pacs is established before a local magistrates’ court for civil cases, called a tribunal d’instance. The parties can draw up a document specific to themselves which defines their engagement concerning financial matters, such as the equal share of household finances. The Pacs can be signed between two unmarried people, regardless of nationality or sex, who are aged 18 or over.

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SUNday, FEBRUARY 1

3TH VALENTINE’S EVE

Thirza Vallois will be talking at Shakespeare & Company in Paris
at 4:00 p.m.
37, rue de la Bûcherie, 75005

And once more in the evening, at Patricia Laplante’s Happy Hour and Dinner Salon (starts at 6:30 p.m.).
Slides and French songs will accompany the talk.
14 rue St Louis en LíIle,75004

Call or e-mail Patricia to reserve your place
Tel: 01.43.26.12.88
[email protected]

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Strictly Entertainment:
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ONE WORLD ACTORS PRODUCTIONS-2004 English Theatre presents
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare in English
directed by Kim-Michelle BRODERICK
Mondays at 8 p.m.
Studio-Theatre de la Comédie Française
Carrousel du Louvre, entrance 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Métro: Palais Royal-Musee du Louvre

Tickets still available for:
February 16 (complete) & 23
April 12, 19 , 26
May 3, 24, 31
and June 14, 21

Mondays & Thursdays at 8 p.m.
at UNESCO,7 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris
Métro: Cambronne
March 15, 18, 22, 25, 29
April 1 & 5

Entry Fees: 40 Euros, 30 Euros, 20 Euros (Reduced/groups 10 or more: 15 Euros)
By reservation only: phone 01.48.28.09.26
or by email at [email protected]

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V-day Paris joins global effort to stop violence against women and girls. In association with the V-day 2005 college campaign, the Ulip Theatre Society is proud to present, a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s

“THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES”
Cafe de la Gare
41 rue du Temple, 75004, Paris
8 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Tickets are 12 euros or 8 euros for students and may be purchased (or reserved) by phoning 01.43.35.31.19.

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MOVING PARTS
Play Readings

Carr’s Pub and Restaurant
1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris
Métro: Tuileries

Always on Sundays, always at 7:30 p.m.

Plays in English:

20th February Rachel Ollagnon “Coupling”
6th March Kenneth Hickey “The Train Set”
13th March Paul Delmont “The Interrogation of Miriam of Nazareth”
20th March Mary Bruton-Sandifer “Hunting Season” (2nd reading)
17th April NC Heikin “Femail”
1st May Robert Watson Barr “Sixty”
22nd May Kenneth Hickey “The Train Set”
29th May Thomas Dooley “Discretion”

Plays in French:
6th February Michael Diantonio “Epidaéo”
3rd April Romain Bisseret “Mariage d’Amis”
1st May Pascal Loison “Intimités”

Contact Stephanie Campion at 06.14.67.18.58 to book a reading of YOUR play. June 2005 onwards dates available.

Latest version always available on the website: http://www.scamparis.com
or send an email to Stephanie [email protected]

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ROBYN HITCHCOCK and PETER BLEGVAD In concert
February 6 and 7 at 8:30 p.m.

Hôtel du Nord
tickets at the door: 22 Euros

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Dan Antopolski
Hôtel du Nord
Mon 21 & Tues 22 February
20 & 17 euros
reduced rates if you get their in time at http://www.anythingmatters.com

Tom Rhodes
Hôtel du Nord
Tuesday 1 March
20 & 17 euros
reduced rates if you get their in time at http://www.anythingmatters.com

j2999h Rouse & band
Sunday 6 March 8 p.m.
Le Trabendo Parc de la Villette, Paris
tickets in advance 22 euros (go to website to book)

booking all shows 01.53.19.98.88

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Musical Interludes
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February 17, 2005 at 8:30 p.m.
Concert exceptionnel au palais de l’UNESCO.
Salle no. 1 des conférences. 7 place de Fontenoy Paris 7ème arr. Métro: Ségur, Cambronne.

Le Choeur Européen de Paris and its orchestra under the direction of Hugues Reiner will perform: Mahler’s 10th Symphony and the Mozart Requiem.

(Over 150 artists and a cast of soloists around the famous soprano Sandrine Piau)

Tickets are 30 euros. This benefit concert will be given for the humanitarian action of Espoir sans frontières in Sri Lanka (which works with the association Green Hope, active there for over 30 years). Out of each ticket sold, 15 euros will go directly to this association.

Tickets can be purchased at:
FNAC-Carrefour 08.92.68.36.22
Virgin Mégastore, Auchan, Leclerc, Galeries Lafayette, Cultura, La Samaritaine, Le Progrès de Lyon,
Le Choeur Européen de Paris 01.43.87.49.80
On site à UNESCO the evening of the concert after 7:30 p.m..

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Literary Events
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ALESIAN LITERARY SALON By Toby Brothers

Bleak House- Charles Dickens- Monday Evenings 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. The Sound and the Fury- Tuesday afternoons 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
The Sound and the Fury — Tuesday Evenings 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Website: http://literarysalon.free.fr
Call 06.85.13.81.27 or email [email protected] for more
information.

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Bonnes Soirées and Great Gatherings
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PARLER PARIS APRES-MIDI /parlerparis/apresmidi.html

Next Meeting: February 8th, 2005 and Every Second Tuesday of the Month 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This is your opportunity to meet every month, often with local professionals who can answer your Working and Living in France questions. You are invited to come for drinks and share your questions and comments about what it takes to create a life here, own property and enjoy what France has to offer. It is also an opportunity to network with other Parler Paris readers.

Upstairs at La Pierre du Marais
96, rue des Archives at the corner of rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers

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PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL

Guest speaker every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Cocktail Buffet. Make contacts for business, career opportunities, self-development. Bring lots of Business Cards to exchange with others. You must bring a card.

Wednesday February 2nd – 18h30 to 20h30
Our guest speaker will be:

Lydia Haferburg, Health Coach And Trainer

ENHANCING YOUR PERFORMANCE

Food is a magic source of energy and is a motivator. Lydia will show us how we can eat to have our bodies and brains functioning at their
hi

ghest levels. That way we can be more successful at everything that we undertake. It’s a question of getting motivated, and then eating in a way to sustain greater clarity, feel better and stronger, be healthier, overcome stress and achieve longevity.

In her work, Lydia has often been inspired by the Japanese way of eating.

Please visit: http://www.eat-clever-slim-forever.com (As of 2 February) ADDRESS: At Patricia’s apartment on the Ile St. Louis: 14 rue St Louis en L’Ile,75004 Paris. The Métros are Sully-Morland (closest) and Pont-Marie. Farther away is St. Paul.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.

Thanks for reserving via return email! If you don’t receive an email
confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia’s Tel: 01.43.26.12.88, email: [email protected]

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PARIS SOIREE DINNERS
Every Sunday

Patricia Laplante-Collins has international dinner parties on the Ile St-Louis. There is always a Guest speaker, perhaps a Writer, Actor, Historian — you name it, Patricia hosts them all. Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge our circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

Sunday February 6th At 18h30. Paris Soirées Dinner: Featuring Intuitive Rachael Frances Gordon: “The Symphony of the Soul”. Rachael shares her special healing process. I’m sure that she’ll be as fascinating as always. (First there’s Happy Hour. Then there’s Dinner. Then the presentation.

BUFFET: GOOD WINE. INTERNATIONAL CUISINE.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
Thanks for reserving via return email! If you don’t receive an email
confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia’s Tel: 01.43.26.12.88,
email: [email protected]

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27 Years Of Dinner Chez Jim Haynes

Jim’s atelier becomes a salon every Sunday night where about 70 people from all over the world meet, dine, drink and enjoy themselves. Telephone on Saturday or Sunday for your invitation, directions and the door code.

Jim Haynes
Atelier A2
83, rue de la Tombe Issoire
75014 Paris
01.43.27.17.67, email [email protected]

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The newest arts salon in Paris takes place in a Bastille gallery. Artists and experimental/electro DJ Wet.
Call 06.17.40.82.04 for information or email [email protected]
Every Thursday from 7p.m. to 11p.m.
25 rue Keller, 75011 PARIS
Métro: Bastille

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Services
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Have your portrait painted by American Portrait Artist, Kathy Burke
For samples of her great work, visit /parlerparis/art/index.html

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Make your health and fitness dreams a reality

Keep fit and toned with cardiovascular, resistance and
core training. Qualified English personal trainer,
aerobics teacher and life coach available for one to
one motivation and group work. Telephone coaching for
general life coaching/specific nutrition and fitness
goals.

Contact Wendy 06.31.17.46.45
[email protected]

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Knowledge is Power — Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
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IRAN: FROM WOMEN TO NUKES

Bernard Hourcade, Director of Research at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), who will discuss internal developments

Sheila Sarem, member of Young Democrats, who will speak on the status of women in Iran

Bruno Tertrais, Researcher at the Fondation de la Recherche Stratéque (FRS), who will address the nuclear issue

Vivian Walt, reporter just returned from her third trip to Iran, on assignment from Fortune, who will discuss U.S.-Iran relations

Les Noces de Jeannette
Corner of 14 rue Favart and 9 rue d¹Amboise
75002 Paris, Tel:01.42.96.36.89
Métros: Richelieu-Drouot, Bourse, Quatre-Septembre

Pay for the dinner directly to the restaurant. Please send your check for 32 Euros made out to “Les Noces de Jeannette” to Cathy Decavèle, 22 Chemin de la Rousterie, 78460 La Chevreuse. To pay at the door (by check or cash) call for reservations: Cathy Decavele 01.30.52.34.92 or Ellie Schaffer 01.43.20.78.01

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Poetry Workshop at WICE

The Pleasure of Process: A Weekend of Poetry

This intensive workshop is open to anyone with a serious interest in writing poetry, from beginners to those more experienced writers who wish to grow.
The workshop will take place in two stages: Stage One is a generative “lab” focusing on process and literary techniques, and Stage Two will allow constructive criticism of student work-in-progress by the instructor and class.

Cecilia Woloch, author of three collections of poetry, most recently Late, teaches at Emory College.

February 12 and 13–Saturday & Sunday
10:00 a.m. ­12:00 noon; 1:30-4:00 p.m.
The fee is 99 euros, payable in advance.
At WICE, 20, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75015
Métro: Duroc or Falguière.
Please contact WICE for questions at 01.45.66.75.50
http://www.ceciliawoloch.com

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DEMOCRATS

Congressman Ben Chandler
US House of Representatives, 6th District, Kentucky will be in Paris.

Democrats Abroad France is proud to honor Rep. Chandler with a fundraising dinner to be held on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at the home of
Susannah Hunnewell Weiss
22 Place du Général Catroux
75017 Paris
at 8 p.m.

Suggested contribution: $200 or more

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Learning la Langue Française
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Parler Parlor French-English Conversation Group
http://www.parlerparlor.com

Celebrating our 7th Year in Paris March 17th, 2005

Join us at the Parler Parlor conversation group in Paris France for free-form conversation with native French and English speakers. Practice speaking 45 minutes in French, 45 minutes in English. Make friends, discuss interesting topics, learn about other cultures, progress in understanding and speaking, naturally and easily, in groups of six to eight, each in its own acoustically sound private room.

Parlor Times — 3 Times A Week In Two Locations

Berlitz Opera – Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
38 Avenue de l’Opéra
2nd arrondissement, Paris
Opéra, RER A Auber

At Eurocentres – Wednesdays 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
13 passage Dauphine (entrance at 30 rue Dauphine, between rue Dauphine and rue Mazarine), 6th arrondissement
Métro Odéon, Saint-Michel

Membership and General Information
http://www.parlerparlor.com
Email: [email protected]
Elisabeth Crochard, Tel: 01.44.19.76.61
Adrian Leeds, Tel: 01.40.27.97.59

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Astro-Paris by Eric Francis
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The sky is gradually shifting into the sign Aquarius with greater intensity. Today, the planet Venus left Capricorn and joined the Sun and Mercury in Aquarius. In a few weeks, Chiron (a newly accepted planet in astrology, first discovered in 1977) will enter Aquarius, beginning a seven-year journey across the sign of the water-bearer. This represents a distinct historical phase.

Chiron in Aquarius places an emphasis on groups and group awareness — an energy that has been horribly lacking from some segments of our society. Mass hypnosis is not what you would properly call group consciousness, but that’s the thing we have plenty of right now. An unusual planetary condition that has existed since 1998 has put a kind of drug in the water, inoculating many people against the difference between truth and lies. With the arrival of Chiron in Aquarius, we’re going to see some of what we’ve been missing.

Chiron is a planet of awakening, healing and transformation. Awakenings can be pleasant, or they can be a little rude. I think this one will be a relief, even if we’re confronted with things that we find disturbing.

But for today, the emphasis is on Venus, which just arrived in Aquarius. This is a different kind of feminine energy than we’re used to. Her emphasis is on the intellect rather than on the emotions; she is a master of science, but able to maintain a state of equality with her peers; her idea of love is a lot more free and liberated than what we’re generally accustomed to in our society. I think this will bring some refreshing changes to relationships, offering a sense of perspective and necessary detachment where before all that was visible was commitment and obligation.

Happy Birthday, Aquarius!

Events and developments of this year promise to change your ideas about some of the more subtle points of perception. What is true and what is not? What is the relationship between your personal truth and the larger truth? What is your relationship to substances that change your consciousness, and is there any time when these may be used with integrity? Is the person you present to the world the ‘real you’ or is it a made-up personality? These are questions that will come to the surface in small bits and, at times, in sweeping moments of self-inquiry that will leave you a more solid, confident and authentic person than you’ve ever been before.

Eric Francis is a Paris-based astrological writer. His columns appear in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia and Europe. You can reach him via his United States office at (206) 567-4455 during Eastern business hours (speak to Ms. Bottinelli), or in Paris at 01 4329-0834. Visit Eric’s new page — Planet Waves Parenting — the world’s first journal of parenting and astrology. http://planetwavesparenting.com/

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Community Announcements
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AMERICAN WOMEN’S GROUP

A few of the February opportunities:

3rd Musée Cluny
7th Conciergerie
9th Le Cordon Bleu — Valentine’s Day
10th Italian Renaissance at the Louvre
15th Musée Jacquemart Andre
16th Estelle’s Flowers
16-17th Beyond Paris – London
22nd Pharoh Exhibit
23rd Lunch Around the World

A few of the March opportunities:

2nd Louvre & Egypt: Art in the Land of the Pharaohs
3rd Le Cordon Bleu Wine Tasting
7th Story of the Louvre Part III
9th Estelle’s Flowers – Tour of the Flower Markets
12th BIG EVENT: WINE & SPIRITS AUCTION!!! CALL NOW TO
RESERVE!!
14th AWG Coffee
15th Musée Cognacq-Jay
16th Lunch Around the World Series
17-18th Beyond Paris – Quimper
17th Masterpieces of the d’Orsay (Evening)
19th Versailles
21st Ile de la Cité Walking Tour
22nd Van Gogh
23rd Early Days of Ancient Greece – Louvre

The Wine & Spirits Auction!
Join us for our biggest event of the year on Saturday, March 12, 2005! Our annual auction of wine, champagne and spirits will be run by the prestigious auction house, Christie’s France. The finest purveyors of luxury goods in France have donated items for our Silent Auction. There will be great prizes in our Tombola and lots of fun for everyone! 55 euros per person. Reserve early, tickets sell out!

American Women’s Group
32, rue du General Bertrand
75007 Paris France
Tel: 01.42.73.36.74
[email protected]
http://www.awgparis.org

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The AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS Presents Evenings With An Expert…

Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m.

Evenings With An Expert are free and open to the public. No reservations necessary. Just show up.

FEBRUARY 8. “International Dispute Resolution.” A primer for non-lawyers. The expert is Alex Blumrosen, a Paris-based partner at the law firm Bernard-Hetz-Bejot.

MARCH 15. “Corporate Social Responsibility: How Europeans And Americans Understand This Term Differently.” The expert is Kate Fish, the Paris representative of the San Francisco-based consultancy Business for Social Responsibility.

APRIL 19. “Killer of the Modern World: The Mortality Effect of Climate Change (A Case Study of the 2003 Canicule).” The expert is Magali Barbieri, a Paris-based researcher at the Institut national d’études démographiques.

MAY 24. “The European Union.” How is it governed now, what would the proposed constitution change, and how is the ratification process going to unfold? The expert is Peter Linton, the Brussels-based Europe Chairman of BKSH (the worldwide government relations division of Burson-Marsteller).

JUNE 14. “EU Competition Law.” What are the rules, what are the grey areas, what are the battles, and how does all of that affect us? The expert is Pierre Kirch, Paris- and Brussels-based head of the EU law/competition law practice group of Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker.

American Library in Paris 10 rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris 01.53.59.12.60 Fax: 01.45.50.25.83 Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. http://americanlibraryinparis.org

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Paris: Activities, Events and Displays
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OFFICIAL PARIS WINTER SALES
Soldes d’Hiver
January 12, 2005 – February 12, 2005

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CHINESE NEW YEAR

February 9, 2005 The year of the Rooster
Parade, shows, music and events.
13th arrondissement “China Town,” Métro: Place d’Italie