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Small Is Good: Les Petits Plaisirs

Posted on 10 janvier 2021 by Guest FUSAC | 0 Comments

by Harriet Welty Rochefort A minuscule espresso, a petit piece of chocolate, a morsel of sharp cheese, a half-filled glass of wine: the French prefer tasting and sipping to gorging and guzzling. Small is good. Small Size, Large When I…

ExpoJean – The Jeans Exhibition at the Cité des Sciences or online!

Posted on 31 décembre 2020 by Lisa from FUSAC | 0 Comments

Jeans are the most widely worn article of clothing on the planet. 73 pairs are sold every second!As legend would have it, jeans first appeared in California, worn by hawkers and goldminers. In less than a century, they conquered the…

French Like Moi: City of Light Bulbs

Posted on 20 novembre 2020 by Lisa from FUSAC | 0 Comments

By Scott Dominic Carpenter author of French Like Moi Surprise is the highest form of pleasure, and it’s easier to find than people think. You don’t have to invest your 401(k) in Powerball numbers to enjoy the fruits of unpredictability,…

How do you know you’re Becoming French?! 20 more ways

Posted on 14 novembre 2020 by Lisa from FUSAC | 0 Comments

How do you know you’re Becoming French?! 20 more ways When you… have an Opinel or three know that seeing and hearing a rumbling mass of military planes and helicopters in the Paris sky around July 11 is not an…

International Bookstores in Paris

Posted on 28 septembre 2020 by Lisa from FUSAC | 2 Comments

The most recently opened of bookstores in Paris is our own Bill & Rosa’s Book Room is composed mainly of used English books (about 2500). We also have a certain number of French language books (about 500). And when we…

The quintessential Paris museum: Musée Jacquemart André

Posted on 8 septembre 2020 by Lisa from FUSAC | 0 Comments

Where in Paris can you take in some Dutch masters including Rembrandt, ceilings by Tiepolo, medieval Venitian and Florentine works (Uccello, Botticelli), a Vigié-Lebrun portrait and watercolors and oils by JMW Turner ? The Louvre of course, but there’s a better…