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Meredith Mullins: Eiffel Madness
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 16 November 2009
No matter how many times you see the Eiffel Tower, or cruise the chaos of Trocadero after dark, it’s always an adventure. From spectacular sparkles to Senegalese shadows whispering “Wanna buy an Eiffel Tower?” … the moments are mysterious and...
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flugzeuge, zuge und autos
Blog: What Up, Vienna - 15 November 2009
I wasn't really banking on doing any stand-up whilst in Vienna. However, an opportunity presented itself to do a USO show in Stuttgart, Germany. That opportunity came by way of Bengt Washburn, a comedian I had never met, though who was vouched for by my esteemed comedy colleague Moshe Kasher.
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Riding the Rails in Europe
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 13 November 2009
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Europe was all the train travel I did. Using my Eurail pass, I rode across the continent through the amazing scenery. In the past, I had done limited train travel but, usually my travel plans are always random, so I typically jet set around Europe on [...]
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A New Paris Showcase for L’Éclaireur
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 13 November 2009
The Paris concept store opens a new space in the Marais.
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VAT Cut Benefits Everyone In Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 13 November 2009
Earlier this year, France announced a major cut in its VAT (Value Added Tax) rate. Effective from 1st July in the restaurant sector, the cut from 19.6% to 5.5% has brought about a number of changes. The price of items such as meat, fish, soft drinks, mineral water and coffee is now down by 11.8%. Eager to take advantage of this new legislation, some of the capital’s restaurants and restaurant chains have already taken steps to ensure the cut benefits customers, the capital’s residents and visitors alike.
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Travels With (or Without) a Donkey in France
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 13 November 2009
Robert Louis Stevenson traveled in the wild country of the Cevennes in 1879. His book became a classic of travel literature and travelers can still follow his road trip.This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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How to have a Cheap Holiday or Backpacking Experience in Paris
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 12 November 2009
The French are quiet possibly the rudest people in Europe. Or maybe it’s just the Parisians. Either way that won’t stop you from having a fun and cheap holiday in Paris. In this post I will cover: - How to get to Paris for cheap - Cheap and free accomodation in Paris - Eating Cheaply in Paris – [...]
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Paris: The Virtual City
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 12 November 2009
The potential uses of digital technology aren't just limited to the audioguides that have become so popular in Paris (and around the world). A range of surprising possibilities are now available to help visitors (and even residents) rediscover Paris in all its splendor.
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La Patisserie des Reves
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 12 November 2009
I was going to wait till my next Sweet Week to share about La Patisserie des Reves but I couldn't live with the guilt of withholding crucial information about a new pastry shop till January. La Patisserie des Reves (meaning...
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YSL’s Country Home Blow Out at Christie’s France
Blog: Paris By Appointmenty Only - 11 November 2009
The dismantling of a collection of objects amassed with care and love over a lifetime can be a rather somber affair. Especially when it belongs to the dearly departed Yves Saint Laurent. Yet after the very serious, very lucrative auction this past February of the masterpieces he and his partner Pierre Bergé collected, the second Christie's YSL sale has a lighthearted, uplifting air about it.
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Paris Playgroup Protocol
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 11 November 2009
La Mom explains the rules for playgroups in Paris.
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Montmartre Photo Contest Winner
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 11 November 2009
Photo by Rod ChapmanThis was one of the hardest contests to judge. All of you sent such wonderful and captivating photos that I caved and decided to have two winners. And the winners are (drumroll please!)......... Rod Chapman, for his...
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World's Largest Ladies Shoe Store at Galeries Lafayette & Manolo Blahnik Spring Preview 2010
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 10 November 2009
To make shoe fanatics jealous, I had the distinct pleasure of attending two major shoe events in the same day a few weeks ago. While I was in Galeries Lafayette having lunch with Lynn,we visited the new ladies shoe department...
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Bottoms Up: The Search for Paris’ Best Cocktails
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 9 November 2009
Despite what Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald might have you believe, Paris has not historically been a cocktail-drinking town. Even today, the traditional pre-dinner drink—the apéritif or more familiar “apéro”—usually takes the form of a glass of champagne, a kir (white wine with a splash of cassis), or a pastis (an anise-flavored liqueur favored by pétanque-playing French gentlemen of a certain age).
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Send the bugger’s back back
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 9 November 2009
Last night when I went to bed at about half 2 I left my finished book on a random cabinet in a random corridor for someone else to enjoy, I like doing that. At half 9 this morning it had already gone and in it’s place was Ender’s Shadow. I almost felt obliged to read [...]
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Metro Station of the Month: Abbesses
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 9 November 2009
Abbesses metro is the station for Montmartre. It has one of the only two remaining original Hector Guimard metro entrances in Paris and was named after abbesses of the nearby Dames-de Montmartre abbey. One of the deepest stations in Paris,118...
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End of The Road
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 November 2009
When I awoke this morning the Chinese guy in the bunk opposite asked me if I minded if he made a call on Skype which of course I didn’t. Anyway he didn’t use a headset so I could here it all, though oddly him and the other guy didn’t speak to each other that much but [...]
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Lady in Paris
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
It's a cold morning in Paris. I'm sitting in the Place des Vosges taking advantage of the city's free wi-fi network and feeling rather embarrassed that the French got a city-wide wi-fi network up and running before San Francisco! That aside, I'm loving that I can sit in one of my favorite parks and be on the internet at the same time.
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Lady in Heaven
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I love to travel. I love to eat. Anyone who has read more than a few posts of this blog will have noticed that my main obsessions in life are food and travel. Anything that combines those two is my own personal heaven on earth (note the Jesus statue).
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Lady in the City of Lights
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
November was the first full month I've spent in the UK since I moved here. I'd love to say that it was because I've finally been cured of the travel bug, but the truth is that I was getting my passport renewed.
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Lady in the City of Lights (Part 2)
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
The only thing better than going to Paris for a couple days is going back to Paris for another couple days the next day. While this week's first journey to Paris was a nostalgic trip, the second was most definitely a hedonistic one.
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Lady in Aix
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
When I was 18 I spent a semester studying in Nice. I traveled most weekends and visited many cities in Provence—there was a trip to Eze, an afternoon in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and of course an outing in Antibes. I saw a lot. But when I got back to California, everyone asked me the same question: "What did you think of Aix?" Aix? Oops. Missed that one.
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Lady Works in Paris
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I love Paris in the summer. I love the warm weather, the endless daylight, the leafy green gardens and parks, and of course, the soldes. Unfortunately, since I moved to London I've had the bad habit of visiting Paris in the dead of winter. And while even wintry Paris has its charms, I couldn't help but feel like I was missing out on something by not vising the city in the summer.
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Nice to see ya, to see ya Nice
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 November 2009
Well today hasn’t started too swell, I missed the 11:10 train to Nice I intended to get. The problem was that I just missed a tram to the central station while buying a ticket and annoyingly the screen said the next one wouldn’t be for 25 minutes which wouldn’t give me time to get my [...]
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Magical Christmas: Markets in France
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 6 November 2009
