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Rail Europe is Getting into the Holiday Spirit
2007-12-09 05:36:00 On a lighter note, here’s a goofy, silly fun online holiday greeting card from Rail Europe . This is what our turkey friend here looks like if you go to France. You can choose your destination and your turkey will dress accordingly. Check out that turkey now. [via] More About: Holiday , Spirit , The Holiday
Nuclear Waste From France Stored in the U.S.?
2007-12-08 18:02:00 From Cleantech: “A prominent researcher shared a nuclear secret today that he said not even everyone in the U.S. Department of Energy knows. Is the U.S., in fact, storing a large amount of nuclear waste produced by Franc e ’s nuclear reactors? That was the suggestion in a keynote today at the ThinkEquity ThinkGreen conference in San Francisco by Dr. ... More About: Nuclear , Waste , Nuclear Waste
$7,300 Bonus for Electric Cars
2007-12-07 22:09:00 From greencarcongress: France?s Ministry of Ecology (Ministère de l?écologie, du développement et de l?aménagement durables) announced a new feebate system based on CO2 emissions for new vehicle purchases. Under the scheme, a bonus will be paid to purchasers of new passenger cars emitting less than 130 g CO2/km, which now represents about 30% of sales. The bonus ... More About: Cars , Bonus , Electric
Ads For a French Language School in Prague
2007-12-07 20:47:00 More snarky ads this time coming from the ad agency, Euro RSCG Prague for the school Belecole in Prague, a French language school. Is THAT supposed to be charming and funny? I wonder if it really inspires people to WANT to learn French. If anything, it makes me think about learning English grammar, punctuation and ... More About: School , Language
Friday France Photo: Palais Royal
2007-12-07 19:15:00 Paris More About: Photo , France , Friday , Royal , Franc
Florent Pagny is Frylock!
2007-12-06 19:29:00 Is it my imagination or did Frylock leave Cartoon Network to pursue a singing career in France? Here’s a screenshot of Florent Pagny’s just released music video of “La Chanson de Jacky” from the new CD, Pagny Chante Brel: Here’s Frylock from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
Books About France for Kids
2007-12-06 07:45:00 It’s already December, which means you have a couple of weeks to get in all of your holiday shopping. I don’t mean to nag, but you should do that now, unless you like doing that last minute crazy psycho shopper madness. Since this is a site about Franc e , I’ll be suggesting France/French related items. Here’s ... More About: Kids , Books
Erotica at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
2007-12-05 20:39:00 From AFP: An eye-popping array of rutting satyrs, tumescent aristocrats and lusty 18th-century shepherdesses went on display in Paris on Tuesday, as Franc e ’s National Library lifted the veil on its collection of long-censored erotica.For the first time since it was catalogued in the 1830s, the library’s special pornographic section ? officially entitled ‘Enfer‘ (Hell) ? has ... More About: Erotica
10 Seconds with Paul Bocuse
2007-12-04 23:46:00 A couple of months ago, we spent about a week in the Lyon area and a bit farther south for work, and today, I am still digesting the meal we had down there. One of our clients wanted to take us out to dinner, which always confuses me a little about our client relationships here in ... More About: Paul , Seconds
Pink Paris Velibs: Campaign for AIDS Awareness
2007-12-03 21:16:00 You might have noticed that someone has painted the town pink. At least the Velib seats, anyway. “Operation Act Up” has hit Velibs across Paris with a simple message: “et vous, vous faites quoi pour vous protéger?” - What are YOU doing to protect yourself? Prevent the spread of AIDS by using condoms. Here’s a video at ... More About: Pink , Campaign , Awareness , Aids
Milk Commercial
2007-12-03 19:28:00 Alhough I’m not very fond of this French milk commercial set to a remixed version of “Staying Alive,” I thought I’d share it anyway for it’s creepy value. Basically, it’s a bunch of baby bones dancing around cow udders. Need I say more? I think I prefer the “got milk?” campaign… Watch the video More About: Commercial , Milk
2008 Limited Edition Moleskines are Out!
2007-12-01 23:19:00 Yay! Get ready to scribble away on your favorite notebook next year. The Moleskine Limited Edition Daily Planner 2008 is now available and if you haven’t noticed, they’re red! If you need to be more discrete or if red just isn’t “you,” you can opt for a black Moleksine (Moleskine Black Edition Daily Planner 2008) or ...
France Goes Green This Holiday Season
2007-12-01 20:04:00 From ecorazzi: French fries. French toast. French Eco-Friendly Christmas? You better believe it!! Paris (not Hilton) just unveiled plans to follow New York City?s lead and bring in the New Year with their own resolution: a greener, more energy efficient holiday season.Paris Mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, and French singer and actress, Vanessa Paradis, were on site at ... More About: Holiday , France , Green , Season , Franc
Apple Store France - One Day Sale
2007-11-30 05:15:00 Don?t miss today’s special one-day shopping event, Friday, November 30th.* Go to the Apple Online Store for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You?ll find lots of iPod, iPhone, and Mac gift ideas. Go Shopping *Shopping event is available only at the Apple Online Store on Friday, November 30, 2007, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. ... More About: France , Sale , Apple Store
More Cute Things with a Cause from La Poste
2007-11-29 18:34:00 This year’s Christmas stamps and cards are not as cute as last year’s (here too) but there are some other fun items just released from the post office in France. Adorable holiday-themed stationery, playing cards, snow globes, stickers and figurines are being sold online at La Poste, as well as some cartoon-network-esque T-shirts. For every ... More About: Cute , Things
Sleep in the Avignon Jail?Soon
2007-11-29 18:01:00 From Reuters: “The French government is selling a 13th-century prison in Avignon to be turned into a luxury hotel as part of an effort to bring fresh cash into state coffers. The 7,000-sq-metre (75,350-sq-ft) prison in the southern French city is advertised for sale on the condition that all or part of it be turned into a ... More About: Sleep , Jail
Functional Funky Sculptures: Wine Decanters
2007-11-28 22:40:00 Sometimes it’s just cool to be different. In this case, French sculptor Etienne Meneau has designed a wine decanter that eerily mimicks blood-filled veins (or stick figures!) when filled with a fruity Merlot or cranberry juice, for that matter. Both Decanter N°2 and N°4 (with more veins) are made of borosilicate glass, which is better ... More About: Wine , Funky , Sculptures
iPhone in France 749 euros ($1112)
2007-11-28 18:00:00 From AFP: “The Apple iPhone handset, incorporating mobile phone, multimedia access and music functions, was to go on sale in Franc e with a promotional blitz late on Wednesday, following European launches in Britain and Germany. Apple hopes that global sales from the initial launch in the United States in June to the end of next year will ... More About: Iphone , Euros
Quand l?Amerique tousse, c?est le monde entier qui s?enrhume
2007-11-27 19:45:00 Quand l’Amerique tousse, c’est le monde entier qui s’enrhume means, “When America coughs, the whole world gets sick,” which perfectly describes the message in the French-produced documentary, “Etats-Unis : La Richesse à Crédit / The U.S.: Borrowed Wealth.” So while euro-earning people can rejoice about shopping in the U.S., the floundering dollar and its historically low ... More About: Monde
Restorers Secretly Fix the Panthéon Clock
2007-11-27 18:36:00 From the Guardian: “It is one of Paris’s most celebrated monuments, a neoclassical masterpiece that has cast its shadow across the city for more than two centuries. But it is unlikely that the Panthéon, or any other building in France’s capital, will have played host to a more bizarre sequence of events than those revealed in a ... More About: Clock
Futuro House To Be Sold Off In Paris
2007-11-26 23:10:00 From Bornrich: On November 27 , the ?Futuro ?, a white plastic house resembling a flying saucer, will be auctioned in Paris , at Christie?s. It was created by a Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968, and features oval-shaped windows and a walkway up to the front, resembling that of an aircraft. The Futuro house identifies with space-architecture, ... More About: House , Sold
How Well Do You Know Your World? A Game!
2007-11-26 07:02:00 Fun game. You’ll be prompted to find and click on countries, world capitals, cities, famous landmarks - and it’ll tell you how far you were from the actual place. I think my good friend’s 3 year old is better at this game than I am. Oops. Well. I know where France is! And L.A. Sort ... More About: World , Game
Bûche de Noël Pierre Hermé
2007-11-25 07:04:00 Every year about this time Pierre Hermé comes out with his very own limited edition designer Bûche de Noël, the infamous, notorious, luscious yuletide pièce de résistance Christmas log cake. Last year he’d teamed up with Swarovski and created a to-die for creamy white log with a crystal star as the finishing touch. They made ...
Bloggino
2007-11-24 20:27:00 Paris-based developers (2or3things) has just launched a new service (in beta version) called Bloggino. It’s basically the equivalent of the American Tumblr, where you can “microblog” and publish your text, video, and photos via your mobile phone or by chat services like Yahoo, Jabber, ICQ, MSN, GTalk, etc. Bloggino
The Missing Clip From Sicko
2007-11-23 13:34:00 This clip was left out of the original movie (Sicko ) because it was said to be unbelievable and people wouldn’t believe it because it was too good to be true. Watch the clip Related: The Cost of Re-attaching 2 Fingertips in France, Sicko, Health Care Alternatives, A Good Reason to Travel to France More About: Clip , Missing , Missi
France Plans to Cut Off Internet Pirates
2007-11-23 07:02:00 From FT: Internet users in Franc e who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. he plan, which Mr Sarkozy is to endorse in a speech on Friday, will put France at the forefront of the ... More About: Pirates , Plans
Happy Thanksgiving!
2007-11-22 17:33:00 Happy Thanksgiving ! Remember to wear loose clothes. More About: Happy , Hank
iPhone in France
2007-11-22 17:23:00 From MacNN: Unofficial reports have indicated what French iPhone customers can expect from the wireless plans that Orange will be offering in conjunction with the impending release. MacGeneration (1 | 2) that the data will be virtually unlimited ? for services such as visual voicemail, emails and internet ? but Orange says that it reserves the ... More About: France , Iphone , Franc
Smokers Demonstrate Against Imminent Ban
2007-11-22 01:32:00 From the Associated Press: Some 10,000 people, mainly tobacco sellers, marched through Paris on Wednesday to protest a smoking ban in French cafes as of Jan. 1. The demonstrators want a modification to the decree banning their Gitanes, Gauloises and other brands of tobacco in all cafes, restaurants and nightclubs at the start of 2008 so that ... More About: Smokers , Demonstrate , Mons
Kawaii Contrefaçon
More articles from this author:2007-11-20 07:38:00 Although the authorities in France aren’t fans of fakes, there’s a fine line between the real deal and the contrefaçons, the fakes. Take these, for example. They are so cute, Louis Vuitton may not want to admit they look like theirs… I’m not into LV but I am into kawaii. Btw, I’ve heard our French friends ... More About: Kawaii 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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