Saturday, September 01, 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Marseille | Radars : le hit-parade du flash | La Provence

Peugeot’s Troubles Test François Hollande’s Contradictory Campaign Promises - NYTimes.com

How could we do a meaningful comparison of how Presidents HOLLANDE and OBAMA are "doing" in their respective countries? This would be a chart, perhaps, with issues facing them and what they are doing - are able to do - in confronting these issues - and what success, or not, they are having.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Peugeot’s Troubles Test François Hollande’s Contradictory Campaign Promises - NYTimes.com

Hassles of Air Travel Push Passengers to Amtrak - NYTimes.com

Mosquito control measures

Each country is pursuing mosquito-suppression measures quite similar in many respect, but, of course, always a little different. What can we learn from one another?

Sunday, August 12, 2012

North Carolina: Another Red Light Camera Program Falls

Why are these not working in NC when they are so successful in France? I heard that NC may ban all such photo enforcement technologies statewide?

Friday, August 10, 2012

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

Murder in a French Village - NYTimes.com

I will have to read this again before I discern COHEN's point.

Want to Immigrate to France? Better Know Slam Poetry. - NYTimes.com

Friday, July 27, 2012

Friday, July 13, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Accueil - WORLD ECO CONCEPT

Saturday, July 07, 2012

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Hardiness Zones: Western Europe

Friday, June 22, 2012

Donations for bullied bus monitor soar past $500,000 - U.S. News

What would happen if something similar- however one might think it unimaginable - in France?

Listmania: Top 10 U.S. (Small- to Midsize) Soccer Cities - NYTimes.com

Dieudonné, French Comic Behind ‘The Anti-Semite’ - NYTimes.com

André Téchiné, Director of ‘Unforgivable’ - NYTimes.com

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012

Thursday, June 07, 2012

France Lowers Pension Age to 60 for Some - NYTimes.com

Compared with US?

Monday, June 04, 2012

U.S. Companies Warn of Slowing Sales in Europe - NYTimes.com

Between France and the US?

U.S. Companies Warn of Slowing Sales in Europe - NYTimes.com

Between France and the US?

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Friday, June 01, 2012

In Paris, English Bookshops Dwindle - NYTimes.com

Nice, too, and how about French bookshops in the US?

US 8.2 - France 10.2

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Bus

When I returned to NC, and got in the bus to come home from the airport, the bus driver waited until I had my bags on board and I was seated before starting up. Hard to imagine that happening very often if taking the bus to or from the airport in Nice, as nice as a the drivers normally are.

Accor to Sell Motel 6 to Blackstone for $1.9 Billion - NYTimes.com

I did not know they owned them!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Gay Marriage In France: Will Francois Hollande Create Push To Legalize?

Ca c'est une bonne question!

Sunday, May 06, 2012

The American in Paris - NYTimes.com

D'accord.

Saturday, May 05, 2012

In Race to French Presidency, Hollande Sets His Own Pace - NYTimes.com

A demain.

Jean-Victor Meyers - The New Prince of L’Oréal - NYTimes.com

We should do more comparing of the "ruling:" families in the US and France. Much to be learned.

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Will France Turn North, or Go South? - NYTimes.com

At this time, if I could vote in the French election, I would submit a blank ballot. It is eerie to think that this is exactly what Marine Le PEN is recommnending to her tribe.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Lyon Players Could Face Sanctions for Offensive Chants - NYTimes.com

A great opportunity to learn from our differences, non?

Le prénom, toute une histoire | La Provence

There is a whole book to be written about the different approaches - and how they are changing - between naming children in the US and in France.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

New York-France Yacht Race Set to Begin on July 7 - NYTimes.com

A chacun, son bateau!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

At Le Moulin à Café, a Soupçon of Home - NYTimes.com

Lots of opportunities like this on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hollande Says He’ll Seek New Fiscal Treaty if Elected in France - NYTimes.com

If HOLLANDE wins, we are going to see far more affected than now appears to be the case - both in relations with the US and in Europe.