Parler Paris Après-Midi

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

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NEXT MEETING: July 12, 2011 AND EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (closed August)

Now, every month, a guest speaker of note comes to talk about a topic of interest and then open the floor for questions and discussion!

*Special Note: Anyone attending Parler Paris Après Midi must be willing to have their photograph taken and a brief description written about them for publishing in Parler Paris. Your presence indicates your willingness to participate.

Upcoming Speakers:

July 12 Jeffrey Greene "The Burgundy You Probably Don't Know: A Talk, Short Reading, and Illustrated Tour" Burgundy is renowned for its culinary tradition, its celebrated chardonnay and pinot noire wines, and its gorgeous Romanesque churches. However, there are parts of this large region of forests, chateaus, and canals that are unfamiliar even to many of the French themselves. Journey with Jeffrey Greene, author of French Spirits and its sequel The Golden-Bristled Boar: Last Ferocious Beast of the Forest, on an inside view of Burgundy. Jeffrey Greene is the author of three poetry collections and a chapbook. His memoir, French Spirits, has appeared in eight countries and he has written two personalized nature books. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and Humanities Texas. He has received the Samuel French Morse Prize, the Randall Jarrell Award, and the "Discovery"/ The Nation Award. His poetry has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation, Ploughshares, and many other publications. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop (M.F.A.) and the University of Houston (Ph.D.), he has taught at the University of New Haven, the Goddard M.F.A. program, and most recently the American University of Paris.

No August Meeting

September 13 Victoria The Pleasure Coach "Does Paris Give You Permission to Have Pleasure?" Join Victoria, The Pleasure Coach for a liberating view on how you can most benefit from that sly and encouraging nod the city of Paris offers you --the nod that says: go ahead, live your life with sexual pleasure. Victoria will share the beats of her own transformation (no, not X-rated!) and her observations on the social and cultural factors that encouraged a life-changing journey...so much so, she left her career in the children's television business to create her pleasure coaching service. For more information about Victoria's work, visit: www.thepleasurecoach.com

October 11 David Downie "Paris and the Nostalgia Business: Merging Past and Present in the City of Light" Author of Food Wine Burgundy, Paris City of Night and Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light, David Downie is a San Franciscan who moved to Paris in the 1980s. His travel and food features have appeared in over 50 publications worldwide. Downie is a European correspondent for AOL's Gadling.com and the author of a dozen nonfiction books and two thrillers. Please visit www.davidddownie.com or email David dddownie@gmail.com

November 8 Jane Grey "Metaphysical Manifestation." More to follow...

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Meeting of June 14, 2011
Photos do not necessarily match descriptions.

Karen Henrich: Tour operator -- Nuit BlancheTours.com and Chic Walks plus publisher of Tap Books spoke about her experience as a digital publisher -- making content available on the new formats such as iPhone, iPad, iPod, iBooks, Kindle and pdf versions sold via Amazon.com and others of her guide, Practical Paris and mine, Adrian Leeds® Top 100
Cheap Insider Paris Restaurants.

She enlightened us with her thoughts about the publishing evolution and how electronic publishing is to reading as electricity was to lighting. Candlemakers worried when electricity facilitated the light bulb, but look at candles where they are today -- specialty items that cost a fortune! And so, perhaps, so will our precious paper books now that digital format reading is sweeping the world.

For those of you interested in publishing your valuable content, contact Karen Henrich by visiting Tap Books

When asked each of the attendees to tell us a little something about themselves, here's what they wrote:

Courtney Johnston

Eugene and Shelli Oreck: I am retired and live one-half the time in Paris. I have zero goals...in fact, I am goalless.

Lynn Jeffress: Moi, I wrote the book, "The Dali Code and Other Short Stories!"

Judy Lawy: Je suis un professeur de communication à l'Université Americaine de Paris -- j'enseigne la cours de Rélations Publique en été.

Ninette Denise Uzan-Nemitz: Former hedge fund manager in the U.S., author in Paris, planning on living in both Florida and France.

Bill Sandie and Alice Needham: Ancien physicien à la rétraite...retired school teacher.

Roger and Naoma Foreman: Same old stuff...looking to stay six months next year. P.S. Love Chez Grace...thanks for telling us all.

Patricia Laplante Collins: Still hosting Paris Soirées every Sunday night. Be sure to visit www.parissoirees.com.

Linda Corwin and Ed Fremder: We've moved here as o June, having retired in the U.S....repose et aventure!

Jill Watkins: Une petit vacance cette fois.

Modasser: Pour travaille.

And those who wrote nothing, but were present:

Mary Duncan, Mike Lincicome, Jacques and Nita Steininger and...

Mary Louise Sillman: who just having returned from three months in India, brought some of her beautiful hand-made jewelry to sell and for all of us to enjoy...

Next on the agenda isJeffrey Greene discussing
"The Burgundy You Probably Don't Know: A Talk, Short Reading, and Illustrated Tour": Burgundy is renowned for its culinary tradition, its celebrated chardonnay and pinot noire wines, and its gorgeous Romanesque churches. However, there are parts of this large region of forests, chateaus, and canals that are unfamiliar even to many of the French themselves. Journey with Jeffrey Greene, author of French Spirits and its sequel The Golden-Bristled Boar: Last Ferocious Beast of the Forest, on an inside view of Burgundy.

Be sure to mark your calendar to be there.