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J’ai tout convoité, et je n’ai joui de rien
One of my favorite French writers, Guy de Maupassant, was born on August 5, 1850. His particular specialty was the short story, of which he wrote about 300, although he did also write some novels, travel books, and a book … Continue reading
Le temps des utopies ne dure jamais longtemps
Forty years after it was first published, Yvan Christ’s book Paris Utopie is back. Christ is an architectural historian, and his book lists all the urban projects in Paris that were proposed and scrapped over the past 200 years. Had … Continue reading
Une vitrine
When I was a little girl, we always made a pilgrimage to downtown Toronto to see the department store windows of Eatons and Simpsons decorated for Christmas. The creativity and fantasy of those displays are wonderful memories. When our daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged Christian Dior S.A., Christmas in Paris, Eiffel Tower, Marion Cotillard, Printemps, Raf Simons, Tuileries Garden
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Être haut comme trois pommes
In my highly biased opinion, le Viaduc de Millau (luh vee-ah-dook duh meeow) is one of the most beautiful modern structures in the world. At the time of its inauguration, it was the tallest bridge at 343 metres, just slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Travel
Tagged être haut comme trois pommes, Cable-stayed bridge, Eiffage, Eiffel Tower, le Viaduc de Millau, Millau Viaduct, Tarn
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Remettre les pendules à l’heure
French physicist Léon Foucault was born on September 18, 1819. After being taught at home, Foucault entered medical school. He switched to physics, however, due to his fear of blood. His first field of interest was Daguerre’s photographic process. He continued … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged Eiffel Tower, Foucault, Foucault pendulum, Léon Foucault, Panthéon Paris, Pendulum, Physics, remettre les pendules à l’heure
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Mettre du cœur à l’ouvrage
Famed French engineer Alexandre Gustave Bönickhausen, better known as Eiffel, was born on December 16, 1832 in Dijon, France. His family had emigrated from the Eifel region Germany in an earlier generation. What started as a nickname was eventually modified … Continue reading
Il n’y a pas photo
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, the inventor of the daguerrotype form of photography, was born on November 18, 1787. Daguerre, a painter of theatrical backdrops for dioramas, was interested in a method that would help him improve the speed of his diorama creations. … Continue reading
Un tour de force
On May 6, 1889 the Eiffel Tower welcomed the public for the first time. It was built as the entrance to the Exposition Universelle. Gustave Eiffel won the design competition for a 300 meter structure that reigned as the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Events, People, Travel
Tagged Chrysler Building, Eiffel Tower, French idiom, German occupation of Paris, Gustave Eiffel, Paris, Un tour de force
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Il faut le voir pour le croire
The interior of the Kimmel Center, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, has been transformed into April in Paris, including an 81 foot Eiffel Tower. This is all part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. The calendar of events … Continue reading
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