Travel… ah the pleasures (really)

Took a flight NYC-Paris last night overnight and it seemed that 50% of the passengers were just out of high school (group outing) and it was likely their first international trip by the sounds of the excitement, singing and hugging… Funny how you forget that...

Holidays… on the weekend?

Not that I mind holidays, in general, nor the number of national holidays in France during the month of May [especially when I live there], but we are accustomed to seeing holidays applied to varying days during the work week. [Let’s hear it for the holidays...

Taxis in Paris

Can’t think of an industry that does less to please its clients than Parisian taxis. The list of challenges is long: bad attitudes, no responsibility (central authority metes out no punishment), cost, unavailability… The thing that got me so riled up this...

Promoting France – Article Grandes Ecoles

I read the IHT (Jan 26 2007) advertised section promoting “doing business in France.” The following excerpt caught my attention about the notoriety of the Grandes Ecoles: “Grands Ecoles: Great schools leading to great jobs… Ms. XXX arrived at...

The petite BIG restaurant in London

This was a perfectly trendy restaurant in Notting Hill, London, and, with a happy air, we all ordered our choices off the menu. Only upon further review did I notice a few oddities. Was it a French restaurant in London run by the Chinese? An English owner who had...

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