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Dale Novick Gaber strikes a candid pose unaware of how her 'present' image mirrors the 'past' at the Atget Exhibition, Musée Carnavalet Your taste of life in Paris and France Don't miss a single issue of Parler Paris! "Whitelist" Parler Paris by adding "info@adrianleeds.com" to your address book. See A  drian Leeds and French Property Consultation on House Hunters International!
Starting Over in Paris -- Episode HHINT-2807H AIR TIMES: While spending the summer in Paris as a law student, Mimi Chiang told her daughter she'd one day like to own a piece of this romantic city. But once she arrives with her two kids, property search consultant Adrian Leeds has a message that could threaten 10 years of dreaming. Homes in her $1 million budget are scarce. And most likely, they will need some work, especially if she wants the classic French style. Will she settle for small or spend thousands over her budget to create the vision she's clung to for years? Dear Parler Paris Reader,
HOT OFF THE PRESS The news is already old. "Mr. Normal" is in and "Bling-Bling" is out. The people, or at least 51.67% of them, where dancing in the streets till the wee hours of the morn around Place de la Bastille and all over the country. It still amazes me that Socialist François Hollande is what they consider "normal" and President Nicolas Sarkozy with his "work more, earn more" ideas is considered "bling-bling" or flashy. As you can see, the American capitalist idea is NOT what France is all about. Or at least, not this time around. Personally, I'm worried. The little guys -- the independent business people, the entrepreneurs, the people with ideas who want to make a difference, can't make it in this socialist world of heavy taxation and lack of true free enterprise ideas without 'stealing' whatever cash they can take in to reduce their tax burden. There was a report this morning on national news channel France 24 about a specialty bicycle maker who can't grow his little company because he can't afford to hire workers at today's employment taxes. He's not the only one. All you have to do is watch the shops on your own street go in and go out within two years to know they simply can'tmake it. The ones that do are the business thatoperate on cash -- restaurants, cafés, etc. So, Hollande will likely get what he wants: fewer rich. They'll head for the hills (likely the Alps of Switzerland) and take their hard-earned money with them, leaving the French poorer than ever -- but maybe happier with more social benefits and less to have to do to earn them. Interestingly enough, if you'd like to see how your favorite district or department or region voted, visit Presidentielles 2012. Mine liked Mr. Normal by 61.35% with Bling-Bling scoring only 38.65%. The 16th district in Paris, one of the wealthiest, overwhelmingly voted for the Bling-Bling ideas with 78.01% compared to Mr. Normal with 21.99%. And the 20th, one of the poorest, voted "au contraire" -- Mr. Normal took 71.83% of the vote compared to Bling-Bling's 28.17%. That tells it all, doesn't it? Want to read a funny commentary? See what Jean Deano has to say at the DailySquib.co.uk. Let's look at it this way: if only there were 2% more people living in France with more money to protect, Bling-Bling would have stayed in office, "n'est-ce pas?" HOT OFF THE PHOTO PRINT PRESS Eugène Atget's original works on exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet is not to be missed. Make a special trip to Paris, if you have to. On until July 29th, 230 prints made between 1898 and 1927 of a Paris long gone, but still very much here, will astound you. If you know Paris even a bit, you will recognize the tiny corners of the city you pass regularly, and realize in some ways how so much has changed and in other ways, how little. A young mother pointed out the corner where they live to her two young sons who were jumping with enthusiasm to see what their world looked like a century ago. If you've ever perused the books on the rack outside Shakespeare and Co. on the right corner of the shop, then you will recognize what is now a café just next door at #39 rue de la Bûcherie with it's then sign, "Hôtel Vins et Liqueurs." The arched door at Passage des Singes is no longer a passage linking rues Vieille du Temple and des Guillemites, but is now the entry door of Parler Paris Apartment "Le Temple des Rosiers!" For more information, visit Musée Carnavalet. HOT OFF THE POSTCARD PRESS Award-winning authors Erin Byrne and Anna Pook shared the writings of their 25-ish students in the form of two readings and a book. "Vignettes & Postcards" is an anthology of 26 stories from their workshop "Leaping Into the Void" that took place in the fall of 2011 "focused on taking risks in writing by sharpening intuitive skills, digging deep into fascinations, and using a deep creative revisioning process." Each of the students read his or her work over the course of two venues -- first on May 1st at Shakespeare and Co. to a very packed room in George Whitman's personal library on the first floor, where half the pieces were read...and then to complete the reading, over a sumptuous lunch at Café Pont Neuf on Saturday. To get your copy, stop by Shakespeare and Co. at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 5th, or for more information, visit Postcards from Seattle. To learn more about the workshop, email Erin Byrne. A la prochaine...
(photo by Phil Mash, Leonard Films)
P.S. Parler Parlor French-English Conversation group is closed for the holiday on May 8th (Fête la Victoire, Victory Day WWII).
At every Après-Midi, a guest speaker of note will come to talk about a topic of interest and then open the floor for questions and discussion. May 15 - Cecilia Woloch, Poet and Teacher "The Poetry of Paris" Poet and teacher Cecilia Woloch will read from her own work and the work of other poets inspired by Paris, poetry in which the city itself features prominently. Following a brief discussion on the role of Paris as muse, Cecilia will lead a brief exercise in capturing the beauty and mystery of Paris in words.
Costs nothing except whatever you drink! For more information, visit Parler Paris Après-Midi
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Le Matisse is a luxury one-bedroom apartment in the heart of one of Nice’s chicest and safest districts, Le Carré d’Or. Located on a well-known pedestrian shopping street, rue Masséna is teeming with cafés, restaurants and boutiques so you will never be for want of anything. Le Matisse is an artist-designed, newly renovated and decorated apartment that will put you in happy, high spirits, much like a Matisse painting -- full of color and life. Enjoy the gorgeous Côte d'Azur climate all year long! To book this Mediterranean masterpiece visit Le Matisse for more information and put in your request by emailing apartments@adrianleeds.com. To book a Paris apartment for a visit in the City of Light on your way to Nice, visit Parler Paris Apartments to view our full selection. FREE one-hour consultation! Guests of Parler Paris Apartments or Parler Nice Apartments who are considering the purchase of their own "pied-à-terre" for pleasure and profit, can take advantage of a free one-hour consultation while enjoying the apartment in the City of Light or on the Riviera. Simply complete the request form to book your consultation.
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