by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2009 | Travel
The wheels are coming off the track for the Vélib bicycle programme in Paris, a subject I have been following since its inception. According to this BBC write-up (taken in turn from Le Parisien), the Parisians seem to have taken a little too much liberty with the vélo...
by Minter Dial | Mar 5, 2008 | Travel
Barcelona features–like Paris’ oh so grey Vélib or London’s bright yellow OYBike–a city-sponsored rent-a-bicycle-easily program called Bicing. The small-wheeled red bicycles (photo to right) can be remarked easily, being ridden by mostly...
by Minter Dial | Nov 18, 2007 | Politics
After living through this week’s strikes in Paris, I thought I’d share a few observations for those of you who haven’t the pleasure of experiencing it in direct. 1/ Mayor Delanoë’s Velib program is going to benefit massively from the strike....
by Minter Dial | Oct 17, 2007 | Sports
With a transport strike in Paris now underway, a breakdown with Blogger today (although it wasn’t exactly a strike, it almost felt like it) and the general strikeout by the Yankees (and maybe soon the Red Sox in the ALCS), it seems that strikes are in the air....
by Minter Dial | Sep 9, 2007 | Entertainment
Cette pièce comique, écrite et mise-en-scène par Mr Alain Chapuis, est un vrai délice. Rempli avec un humour qui permet de se moquer de soi-même, “Nos Amis Les Bobos” est une petite pièce qui remet les snobs Bobos dans leur place. Ma femme et moi avons...
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