Join Adrian at Après-Midi!
Photo by ©Meredith Mullins
Come and make new friends! Since 2003, Adrian Leeds personally hosts this popular meet-up, enhanced by a speaker from the community. Mix and mingle with other Francophiles and expats while you learn something new. It’s fun and it’s free—costs only what you drink or eat.
Where
Upstairs at Le Café de la Mairie
51 rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris (On the corner of rue des Archives and rue de Bretagne)
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers
When
Every second Tuesday of the month, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (closed August)
Special Note: Anyone attending Après-Midi must be willing to have their photograph taken and a brief description written about them for publishing in our newsletters. Your presence indicates your willingness to participate.
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Upcoming Speakers
David Downie, Author and Tour Guide
You are invited to join us at Café de la Mairie to Zoom with David or Zoom in from your own home! Register in advance to attend from home! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The Gardener of Eden David Downie is a native San Franciscan who…
Véronique Savoye, Tour Guide and Travel Writer
A dual French-American citizen, Véronique has spent most of her adult life studying, working and living in France (her homeland,) and in the United States. She relocated to Paris in 2019, after 23 years in the United States. A Parisian once again, Véronique has brought her two passions, travel and adult education, together. When she…
Eileen Callahan
Founder: Follow A New Path, Motivational Speaker, and Champagne Lover My story can be summed up with a cliché and the title of a famous film: everything happens for a reason and An American in Paris. I had a dream career path, eating and drinking my way through the world in two industries: first travel,…
Harriet Welty Rochefort, Author
Harriet Welty Rochefort is an author, speaker, freelance journalist, former professor of journalism at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and longtime resident of France. Harriet has written three books light-hearted, informative on the French and their ways. They are French Toast, French Fried, and Joie de Vivre, all published by St. Martin’s Press. Her latest…
Heather Hartley, Author
Heather Hartley is the author of Adult Swim and Knock Knock, both from Carnegie Mellon University Press and was the long-time editor at the lateTin House magazine. Her short fiction, poems, essays, and interviews have appeared in or on PBS Newshour, The Guardian, Slice, and other venues. She has presented writers at Shakespeare and Company Bookshop and has taught…