Got friends or relatives coming to visit? Air France is running some decent fares right now, and has just announced a $75 coupon for flights originating in the US before March 31. The promotional code is MARCH442. (And if your pals need a place to stay, try here, here, or here.)

 
 
Should I just be happy with the fact that this isn’t pink PQ (papier cul / toilet paper) that we usually see stocked along the aisles in French supermarkets? Sorry, no. Some marketing executive okayed the copy on this toilet paper packaging, and I have issues with it, namely, that it’s called “Just 1″ because “1 piece is [...]

Last week I posted a page about trying to help my 7-year-old Francophile niece, who lives in Kentucky, to come visit me in Paris.         
In a word: Wow. Lucy’s mother and I conspired to start the “Send Lucy to Paris” fund just to facilitate small donations from our extended clan. To our surprise and [...]

…the death of a pastry chef is a top news story. (Can you even name one American pastry chef?) Compare yesterday’s Yahoo! news snippets in France with those from the US:

…that’s right, body-part Indian givers.