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Infanticide ... and French mothers ...what no one ever speaks of ...
Infanticide ... and French mothers ... what no one ever speaks ofBy Marilyn Z. TomlinsIt was a cool morning in 1844: Friday, April 5.A woman, one Marie Poirier, of the village of Bonneuil-Matours, some 250 miles southeast of Paris and on the River Vi...
Here\'s drinking to you kid ...
Sommelier David RidgwayThat was Casablanca … the lithping Humphrey Bogart said it to Ingrid Bergman.But this is Paris. And here on December 4,5 and 6 (Friday-Sunday) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the legendary restaurant, La Tour d’Argentt, is auctionin...
Pigalle ... Pig Alley ... Sex and Death ...
Ask any Parisian (male or female) when they’d last been in Paris’s Pigalle district, and they will tell you that they never go there. That Pigalle is for tourists and for men seeking sex. I go there about twice a year … sounds ominous non? So,...
Merci Donnant ... Art Buchwald ... and the French ...
Once upon a time there was an American named Art Buchwald. A humorist and columnist, he lived and wrote here in Paris. Paris was still then the Paris of Gene Kelly and Singing in the Rain, and Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and Gregory Peck, and...
The French Lover ... where has he gone ... ?
If the statistics are correct, the French Lover is an endangered species.How come?This is hard to believe, but the French male is inclined to lift his hand rather often against the woman in his life.In 2008, 156 (yes 156) women died here in France as...
Please no turkey this Christmas ... we\'re French ... !
Marilyn, what do the French eat for Christmas? This is a question I am so often asked. Before I write another word let me tell you - I will be eating at McDonald’s this Cmas because I’ve not eaten a hamburger now for 6 years so it will be a treat...
