John Lennon by Nate Vanden Bos

Listen, the snow is falling over town… between Tokyo and Paris, between London and Dallas, between your God and mine. Listen, the snow is falling everywhere… –John Lennon, Listen, the Snow is Falling

Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France! — Henri de Bornier

Conduire dans Paris, c’est une question de vocabulaire. — Michel Audiard

L’Europe se rapproche de l’Amérique d’un centimètre par siècle. Pourtant le prix de la traversée reste le même. — François Cavanna

I could spend my whole life watching the Seine flow by. It is a poem of Paris. — Blaise Cendrars

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.
– Friedrich Nietzsche

Paris is always a good idea.
– Audrey Hepburn

Mark Twain by Nate VandenBos

…anywhere is better than Paris. Paris the cold, Paris the drizzly, Paris the rainy, Paris the damnable. More than a hundred years ago somebody asked Quin, “Did you ever see such a winter in all your life before?” “Yes,” said he, “Last summer.” I judge he spent his summer in Paris. Let us change the proverb; Let us say all bad Americans go to Paris when they die. No, let us not say it for this adds a new horror to Immortality. – Mark Twain’s letter to Lucius Fairchild, 28 April 1880

In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language. – The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain

Trivial Americans go to Paris when they die.
- Mark Twain

“A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.”

“I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gay capital [Paris].
― Thomas Jefferson

“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each sentence we produce, whether we know it or not, is a mongrel mouthful of Chaucerian, Shakespearean, Miltonic, Johnsonian, Dickensian and American. Military, naval, legal, corporate, criminal, jazz, rap and ghetto discourses are mingled at every turn. The French language, like Paris, has attempted, through its Academy, to retain its purity, to fight the advancing tides of Franglais and international prefabrication. English, by comparison, is a shameless whore.”
― Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within

J’ai deux amours…..Mon pays et Paris.
(I have two loves…..my country and Paris.)

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. — Josephine Baker

“To inhale Paris preserves the soul.” – Victor Hugo, ‘Les Misérables’

You can’t escape the past in Paris, and yet what’s so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn’t seem to burden. – Allen Ginsberg

This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain’s very important. That’s when Paris smells its sweetest.  It’s the damp chestnut trees.- Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina

Ajoutez deux lettres à Paris : c’est le paradis. – Jules Renard

Le vrai parisien n’aime pas Paris, mais il ne peut vivre ailleurs. – Alphonse Karr

That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me. – Adriana in Midnight in Paris

À Paris dans chaque faubourg
Le soleil de chaque journée
Fait en quelques destinées
Eclore un rêve d’amour.
Parmi la foule un amour se pose
Sur une âme de vingt ans.
Pour elle tout se métamorphose
Tous est couleur de printemps.
À Paris quand le jour se lève
À Paris dans chaque faubourg
À vingt ans on fait des rêves
Tout est couleur d’amour

Georges Brassens by Nate Vandenbos

À Paris dans chaque faubourg
Quand la nuit rêveuse est venue
À toute heure une âme émue
Évoque un rêve d’amour.
Des jours heureux il ne reste trace
Tout est couleur de la nuit.
Mais a vingt ans l’avenir efface
Le passé quand l’espoir luit
À Paris dès la nuit venue
À Paris dans chaque faubourg
À toute heure une âme émue
Rêve encore à l’amour.

– Chanson de George Brassens

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Dieppe is also known as the birthplace of seaside bathing in France in the 19th century. As soon as the railroad link from Paris was in place in 1848 Dieppe was the place to be seen and the impressionist painters quickly followed the bathers to capture the seaside and cliff landscapes. Some of the famous visitors were Caroline de Bourbon, duchesse de Berry, King Léopold II de Belgique, the duke of Westminster, Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Claude Monet, Madeleine Lemaire, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissaro, la comtesse de Greffulhe, Robert de Montesquiou, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Walter Sickert, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde. Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie had their honeymoon in Dieppe.

There are plenty of outdoor activities to do around Dieppe as well. In particular there is a cycling route that links Paris to London which passes through Dieppe (then takes the ferry across the Channel to Newhaven) as well as many additional cycling route and paths throughout the Seine-Maritime department. By car or train the trip Paris-Dieppe takes just two hours. On a bike it would be several days, but think of the lovely Normandy countryside you can pass through on the way. There are hikes on the chalk cliffs or on the beach. A kite festival is held every second year…

Once in Dieppe don’t miss the four different ports (ferry, pleasure, fishing and commercial) and the lovely local museum in the 14th century castle. The Château Musée up on the cliff shows an eclectic assortment of items from impressionist paintings, ocean cartography, historical navigational instruments and works by George Braque. The most particular collection however is hundreds of carved ivory items. Ivory was brought back to Dieppe from Africa by the sailors, then transformed by local artisans into practical items like combs and fans, jewelry and decoration in the 16th to 19th centuries. There are also ship models made entirely of ivory – including the ropes! Very delicate work that is worth the visit. For children Dieppe has the Estran-Cité de la Mer, with an aquarium and exhibits explaining how tides work, pebbles are formed and fishing has developed.

Fish and shellfish dishes abound on the menus of Normandy restaurants, and especially on those of coastal towns such as Dieppe. The local fishes are flat fish such as turbot and sole. Fresh local scallops are a delicacy from October to mid-May as Dieppe is the number one scallop port in France. The Restaurant du Port run by Madame Mouny and her family is right on quai of the pleasure port (99, quai Henri IV), but remains authentic and familial. Madame Mouny is an energetic grandmother who welcomes diners as if they were part of the family. She loves what she does and it shows. The fish is fresh from the day’s catch. The veranda façade opens to the port in the warm weather and is nicely heated in the chilly season. Try the scallops with endives and apples in cream or the marmite dieppoise a creamy  shellfish bouillabaisse – Normandy oblige!

Fish names are one of the hardest parts of French to master, partly because fish is local to the place. There are different species of fish in the Mediterranean than there are off the Normandy coast in the Channel or Atlantic. Saumonette is not a little salmon. Un bouquet is not flowers. And un maquereau is a fish, but also a pimp! Here’s a list of fish names translated.

Amandes    Dog cockles
Anchois    Anchovy
Anguille     Eel
Araignée de mer     Spider crab
Bar     Sea Bass
Barbue     Brill
Baudroie     Monkfish
Bigorneaux     Winkles
Brème     Bream
Bouquet     Prawn
Bulots     Whelks
Cabillaud     Cod
Calamar     Squid
Carrelet     Plaice
Colin     Hake
Congre     Conger eel
Coques     Cockles
Coquille St Jacques     Scallops
Crabe     Crab
Crevettes grises     Shrimps
Crevettes roses     Prawns
Daurade     Sea-bream
Ecrevisse     Freshwater crayfish
Eglefin     Haddock
Flétan     Halibut
Gambas     King prawns
Grondin     Gurnet
Haddock    Smoked Haddock
Hareng     Herring
Homard     Lobster
Huîtres     Oysters
Julienne     Ling
Langoustes     Crayfish
Langoustines     Norway lobsters
Lieu jaune     Pollock
Lieu noir     Coalfish
Limande     Lemon sole
Lingue     Ling
Lompe     Lumpfish
Lotte de mer     Monkfish
Loup de mer     Sea bass
Maquereau     Mackerel
Merlan     Whiting
Morue     Cod
Moules     Mussels
Oursin     Sea urchin
Palourdes     Clams
Praires     Small clams
Raie     Skate
Rouget     Red mullet
Roussette     Huss, rock salmon
Saint Pierre     John Dory
Sandre     Pikeperch
Saumon     Salmon
Saumonette     Huss, rock salmon
Sole     Sole
Turbot     Turbot
Vignots     Winkles

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Renovation in Progress

Some consider that the Monument aux Mères Françaises in the eponym park at 21 boulevard Kellermann 75013 is austere and soviet-styled, but we must take into consideration that it was inaugurated in 1938 and thus view it in context of the between wars depression era.  The sculptures laud Mothers after the tragic loss of so many men and boys in the first world war and encourage her to stay at home to care for the family.

The monument is currently being renovated and the cleaned sculpture is much less sad looking. Hopefully before the Mother’s Day 2013 there will be new plants and flowers to brighten this little garden in the 13th arrondissement. It is perhaps not the prettiest sculpture from today’s viewpoint, but do you know any other cities that honor their mothers in with a monument? In that way French Mothers are honored every day.

Another way the French honor mothers is the Médaille de la Famille française. Three classes of medal exist: bronze for those raising four or five children, silver for parents of six or seven children, and gold for those with eight or more children. A bronze medal is also granted to widowed mothers of three children whose husbands have been killed in action. The Medal was created in 1920 to encourage repopulating France after WWI.

Nominations and applications for the medal are made at cityhall.

Early Mother’s Day celebrations can be dated back to the spring celebrations to honor Rhea or Cybèle the grand mother of the Greek gods and mother of Zeus. Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom was traditionally a day for people to visit the church where they were baptized, although it now also celebrates motherhood in modern times.

The modern-day origins of Mother’s Day can be attributed to two women – Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis, who were important in establishing the tradition in the United States. Around 1870, Julia Ward Howe called for Mother’s Day to be celebrated each year. It continued to be held in Boston for about 10 years under her sponsorship, but died out after that.

In 1907, Anna Jarvis held a private Mother’s Day celebration in memory of her mother, Ann Jarvis, in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, she played a key role in arranging a church service that attracted 407 children and their mothers. A Mother’s Day International Association was founded in 1912 to promote the holiday in other countries. Mother’s Day has grown increasingly popular since then. Most countries celebrate Mother’s Day. It falls on different days of the year. The majority celebrate in May. In France it is the last Sunday of May, this year the 26th, but the largest day for celebration is the second Sunday of May (12th in 2013) which includes the countries of Australia, Canada and the United States. The United Kingdom, Ireland and Nigeria celebrate three weeks before Easter in March. Mother’s Day is an annual public holiday in some countries such as Costa Rica, Belgium (August 15, on the same day as Assumption Day), Georgia (March 3), Samoa (second Monday of May), and Thailand (August 12). Some countries cumulate Mother’s Day with International Women’s Day on 8 March: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Romania, Serbia. Arab Nations hold Mother’s Day on the Spring Equinox…

Handmade bowl by Nancy at the Daily Bowl

Remember your Mom this year. If she is in the US, contact Nancy in Minneapolis to order a handmade bowl to show your love. Nancy is quick to ship so your gift won’t be too late. http://thedailybowl.blogspot.fr/

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In the meantime test yourself… if your bag is stolen do you know exactly what is in it so that you can itemize the declaration? From vehicle papers, to personal papers, credit cards, Navigo, cinema card, camera, the nice pen Grandma gave you, telephone and more – we carry lots of important items with us that may be covered by insurance if your bag is stolen. Some policies even allow you to claim the cost of getting your papers replaced, but the items must be listed on the plainte.

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Un carnet de 12 timbres-poste autocollants illustrés d’expressions et proverbes
français… animés d’animaux.

Nous utilisons verbalement des expressions et des proverbes français imagés…  Egayez vos enveloppes avec ces timbres colorés ! Carnet de 12 timbres autocollants à validité permanente Lettre Verte 20g valables pour la France.

Liste des timbres – Match them with the English equivalents below
1.    Qui vole un oeuf vole un boeuf
2.    Etre serrés comme des sardines
3.    Le chat parti les souris dansent
4.    Sauter du coq à l’âne
5.    Etre heureux comme un poisson dans l’eau
6.    Se regarder en chiens de faience
7.    Pleurer des larmes de crocodile*
8.    Ménager la chèvre et le chou
9.    Quand les poules auront des dents
10.    Cela ne se trouve pas sous les sabots d’un cheval
11.    Avaler des couleuvres**
12. Pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

A.    Like a fish in water
B.    He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
C.    To glare at one another
D.    To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
E.    When pigs fly
F.    To fall for something hook, line and sinker
G.    When the cat’s away the mice will play
H.    That’s as rare as hen’s teeth
I.    To bury your head in the sand
J.    To cry crocodile tears
K.    To skip from one topic to another
L.    Packed together like sardines

1B; 2L; 3G; 4K; 5A; 6C; 7J; 8D; 9E; 10H; 11F; 12I

*Larmes feintes destinées à émouvoir et tromper l’entourage. Merci www.expressio.fr
** couleuvres = grass snake

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The project received a National Award from Americans for the Arts Public Art Network. The massive vinyl ball has been wedged in every nook and cranny in its host cities, from in between buildings to underneath bus stops. RedBall has been avidly followed by the media, appearing in over one hundred media outlets including magazines, television, newspaper and radio.  Where did you see the big red ball? Add your comment to the bottom of the article to let us know and send photos to submissions@fusac.org

“Through the RedBall Project I utilize my opportunity as an artist to be a catalyst for new encounters within the everyday. Through the magnetic, playful, and charismatic nature of the RedBall the work is able to access the imagination embedded in all of us. On the surface, the experience seems to be about the ball itself as an object, but the true power of the project is what it can create for those who experience it. It opens a doorway to imagine what if? As RedBall travels around the world people approach me on the street with excited suggestions about where to put it in their city. In that moment the person is not a spectator but a participant in the act of imagination. I have witnessed it across continents, diverse age spans, cultures, and languages, always issuing an invitation. That invitation to engage, to collectively imagine, is the true essence of the RedBall Project. The larger arc of the project is how each city responds to that invitation and, over time, what the developing story reveals about our individual and cultural imagination.” – Kurt Perschke

The Red Ball Project Paris

The Red Ball in other cities

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