So you thought the big food-chain thing would only take place in the middle of the jungle between Lions and Antelopes? Wrong. It can also happen right in the middle of the urban jungle! I took this photo in the Luxembourg Gardens (6th arrondissement) just after this seagull spotted a poor goldfish in one of […]

How to cook tongue? That is the question I would like to ponder in this post. Is there a way to make it edible without gagging? Now I know many people love tongue especially those that have been brought up eating it. It’s an acquired taste shall we say? At the restaurant I cook at […]

On Monday morning I awoke early, walked the dog, and got myself ready for the first day back to work. I grabbed a jacket on my way out the door and reluctantly covered my rapidly fading tan.
In the subway it struck me with unwelcome force that summer was fully over. SLAM!
On my left I spied […]

My Robert Collins Senior defines bricoler like this: 1. to do little jobs; to do odd jobs; to tinker about/around, i.e. “I like doing little jobs around the house” 2. to fix (up), to mend; to tinker or mess (about) with; to cobble up/together; to knock up*
*They hasten to explain that this last is, eh-hem, […]

Heightened “security” at airports has resulted in more bags lost. Delta, which works in tandem with Air France, lost my checked bag on my last two flights. (I did get them back.) Sometimes it’s the airport and not necessarily the carrier to blame. Rue Rude reminds us of Heathrow’s nickname: “Thiefrow.”

DAVID SEDARIS AND IRA GLASS WALK AROUND PARIS FOR THREE DAYS.
Excuse me while I have an American girl moment, but OH. MY. GOD.
Great moments include, but are not limited to:
1. David shops at the hardware store. “Hello, I am looking for a stick, that make the water hooot hot, today.”
2. David […]

Aha. Thanks to some excellent reporting from Kristin Hohenadel at the New York Times, it is revealed that what I sensed to be the compositional flaws of the film Paris je t’aime were in fact the result of collaborative disagreement between the film’s co-producers.
Emmanuel Benbihy, who originally conceived the film, assembled twenty different short films, […]

If you missed Madonna’s concert at Bercy last night, Eye Prefer Paris has a report on how it went down.
Madonna used themes of war, violence, religion, politics, hunger, child abuse, and Aids but sometimes the message-heavy themes diluted the entertainment factor of the show. Ironically, the so-called controversial moment where she comes out impaled […]

I work in a building that is owned and operated by LVMH.
The entrance that we lesser beings use, is a sort of trades (or servants) entrance because the main entrance for the totally stylish is, of course, on Avenue Montaigne.
You can stop gushing at how fab it seems. Sadly, I’ll have to burst your […]

I’ve got an upcoming trip home, and I’ve been running around stocking up on all sorts of French products for the family. The Grandparents can’t get enough of Bonne Maman jam (though now the jelly IS available back home, it just doesn’t compare to the real French stuff); the Aunt loves Gavottes; the Uncle loves […]