“Put Up Your Dukes: “”The French”” vs “”The Americans”””
Put Up Your Dukes: “The French” vs “The Americans” Monday, July 3, 2006 ==================== Living and Investing in France Conference If you’ve always dreamed of moving to France, starting a new life in Paris, enjoying a “pied-à-terre” of your own part of the year or perhaps investing in property in France, this power-packed conference is a MUST. Hosted by Adrian Leeds, Editor of the Parler Paris Nouvellettre® and French Property Insider weekly e-zine and John Howell, lead attorney for John Howell & Co., Law Overseas, London, these two days in San Diego will arm you with all the information you need to make it happen! For more information, visit Living and Investing in France Conference San Diego or email Schuyler Hoffman, [email protected] ====================
Dear Parler Paris Reader, Respect and honor for Americans is absolutely everywhere these days in the City of Light, and while we all know it’s impossible to influence EVERYONE, at least the city is trying… Tomorrow morning, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë will welcome Mayor Anthony Williams of Washington, DC on the occasion of Independence Day to honor two Americans. First at 10:30 a.m., they will unveil a portrait of Rosa Parks which has been installed at the entrance of a sports facility named Rosa Parks at Place Jean Pronteau in the 14th arrondissement (2, rue du Moulin des Lapins – M° Pernety). Rosa Parks, in case you don’t recall, was an African American seamstress and civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey a bus driver’s demand that she give up her seat to a white passenger. Now “The French” honor her among their own compatriots. Then at 11:15 a.m., a statue of Thomas Jefferson created by the artist Jean Cardot, in the presence of American Ambassador to France Craig Roberts Stapleton, will be inaugurated at the Quai Anatole France at the passerelle Solférino in the 7th arrondissement. Jefferson symbolizes the friendship between “The French” and “The Americans” and as the inspiration behind our declarations of independence. Now at Le Louvre until September 18th, American artists are being honored for their ties to France in the exhibition “American Artists and the Louvre” — more than 30 master paintings by American artists to explore the development of artistic exchanges between France and the United States, showing how the Louvre has been a source of inspiration for generations of American artists, from Benjamin West to Edward Hopper. For more information, visit http://www.louvre.fr. And if you really want to get a laugh, head tonight to “Pour le rire et pour le meilleur!” — the 3rd edition of “Laugh Against Racism” at 8:30 p.m. at the Zénith de Paris. On this occasion, comedians Michel Boujenah, Florence Foresti, Smaïn, Anne Roumanoff and others will gather at the effort of Ariel Wizman to make a mockery of prejudice. Tomorrow night there are loads of parties to celebrate the American Independence Day…visit http://www.soiree-paris.com/ and http://www.etnoka.fr/ and of course, read /parlerparis/calendar.html for some of the events around town you can participate in to celebrate “Franco-Américainisme” and our Independence Days. A la prochaine…
Adrian Leeds P.S. Jean Taquet, author of The Insider Guide to Practical Answers for Living in France talks about your legal status in France in this month’s column — read it by visiting /parlerparis/practicalanswers.html. To get your copy of The Insider Guide to Practical Answers for Living in France, visit http://www.insiderparisguides.com/answers/index.html P.P.S. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Parler Paris Après Midi next Tuesday, July 11th from 3 to 5 p.m. at La Pierre du Marais. Visit /parlerparis/apresmidi.html for more information. ==================== French Property Insider Consultation…your complete solution to finding, buying, renovating or renting your new dream home or apartment in France. /frenchproperty/consultation * Moving to Paris? Our experienced relocation expert will help make your move easy and hassle-free. We offer complete property consultation and search services…visit ==================== The first times in Paris, home became a small hotel hear Odéon and year after year we returned there, making the 6th arrondissement where we hung our hats…FPI Subscribers Read On… Learn how to buy property in France. French Property Insider is an e-mail newsletter from the editors of Parler Paris. Learn all the insights, recommendations, and discoveries about buying and investing in real estate in Paris and France that French Property Insider readers get every week. To learn more, visit /frenchproperty/insider or go directly to subscribe at /frenchproperty/insider/subscribetofpi.html ==================== Excerpt from the Writers Insider Guide to Paris A brief overview of Paris-based publishing cannot go without mentioning perhaps one of the most significant and long-standing journals created during the postwar period: The Paris Review. As Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno writes in The Continual Pilgrimage, “The early history of The Paris Review is in many ways the story of the Parisian expatriate literary community itself. Almost every Anglophone writer and would-be writer in Paris in the early to middle 1950s seemed to be at one time or another involved with the review, as contributor, advisory editor, or playmate.”…For more on the fascinating history of Paris publishing, see the guide… Novelists, journalists, poets, dreamers and doers…discover the writing life in Paris. It is possible, click here to find out how… ==================== * Now is an excellent time to brush up on your French. With a subscription to Champs-Elysées monthly audio magazines you’ll never run out of interesting and authentic cultural audio material and you’ll soon find that your language skills have moved from good to near perfect! Available worldwide, visit: http://ads.champs-elysees.com/link ==================== Parler Paris Apartments
Located in a 17th century Le Marais Hôtel Particulier, this 70 square meter two-bedroom apartment with lots of light is nicely furnished and is perfect for a single woman in the freshly renovated guest room when owner Adrian Leeds is in or for up to 4 people when she’s traveling. * “Le Provençal” Studio: Available as of August 2006 Located in a very charming and quiet 18th-century building in the heart of Le Marais, this sunny studio is perfect for one or two seeking ultimate Parisian calm, flavored with the beautiful colors of Provence. Pictures and more details available here: /parlerparis/apartments/rentals/provencal.html ==================== Come for a drink and to meet and chat with other readers in Paris: The next gathering is July 11, 2006
==================== Practice speaking French and English. Make friends, discuss interesting topics, learn about other cultures, progress in understanding and speaking, naturally and easily. Meets three times a week — come as often as you like. Parler Parlor French-English Conversation Group
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