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2009-07-26T15:13:18Z

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Bastille Day Waltz Ball Sat July 11th

2009-07-10T11:21:05Z

*Our annual Bastille Day Waltz Ball. Always fun.
Saturday July 11th Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland class 7-9pm band 9-12

*Baguette Quartette is returning again for the fifth time for our very popular Bastille Day Waltz Ball. Many French waltzes, polkas, La Java, Valse Musette. French 'bistro music', great fun. Usually about 250 attend. Bring your beret and French accent. French costume highly appreciated. Baguette Quartette plays many wonderful joyous waltzes that lift the spirit. We are having them include their favorites La Java and Valse Musettes.

Karen Tierney returns again to teach some fun French waltzes and French mixers. She was past member of Danse Libre and co-ordinator for the Friends of Dance at Stanford committee. Classes from 7 to 9pm in Main Ballroom.

*7pm class:* Bal Musette was a grouping of dances brought to Paris from the french country side in the 1920s. It was danced by the working class (costume note!) in the crowded cafes around the location of the Bastille. In the first hour Karen Tierney will be teaching the basics and styling of traditional bal musette; the embrace, valse musette, la java, and mazurka.

*8pm class: *in the second hour combining them into a choreography that will move you from partner to partner. Knowing the rotary waltz will help you to learn these dances with more ease and...be prepared to spin! Please attend the first hour if you are not familiar with the musette dances.

This is a fun event, not to be missed. Very popular last time, with 200 attending and dancing. *"French att****itude admired not required!"*

$20 for dance and class, $12 for students. sorry no discount for dance only, as we have a live band tonight.

Our special event refreshment selection: Divine double chocolate creme pies, raspberry cheesecake, dutch apple pie, cherry pie, almond pecan ice cream, green tea ice cream, raspeberry swirl ice cream, rocky road ice cream and a few other spcialty ice cream, along with shrimp platter, veggie platter, cold cuts platter, grapes, mms, crunchies, and ice cold water.

Tom Hill teaches an introductory waltz class from 7 to 9 pm in the downstairs room. To get the most from this class, try to start at 7pm. Excellent first time class

Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison.
6 dance floors, ranging from 900 square fee to 3,500 square feet.
http://www.FridayNightWaltz.com

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French tourists in bus crash in Soledad, Califronia

2009-04-30T04:21:23Z

From my local news...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48j_74kHuro

Sad...tragic...
Mes condoléances aux familles...
S.

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new parisian gallery in the marais/bastille

2009-04-28T07:25:31Z

http://moretti-moretti.com/

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Reports on the March 19 demonstrations in France

2009-03-22T20:29:30Z

Reports on the March 19 demonstrations in France
By a WSWS reporting team
21 March 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/mar2009/fran-m21.shtml

World Socialist Web Site supporters interviewed demonstrators and distributed thousands of leaflets at protest marches during the March 19 day of action, called by France's trade unions, against the economic crisis and French state policy. Several million workers and youth participated in the demonstrations.

The leaflet—handed out in Paris, Marseille, Nancy, and Amiens—was titled "What are the politics of the March 19 demonstration?" It insisted on the international character of the crisis, and the need to resolve it on the basis of revolutionary socialism, through the construction of a mass Trotskyist party in the working class.

Union leaders have ruled out another national day of action before the traditional May 1 day of demonstrations. Bernard Thibault of the CGT (General Confederation of Labour, close to the Communist Party) and Annick Coupé of the Solidaires trade union confederation suggested they might hold smaller, regional actions before that date.

The strike took place as the economic crisis engulfing the French and world economy deepens. Economic forecasts, issued the day after the demonstration, predicted a three percent contraction of the French economy in the year leading up to June 2009. Le Figaro commented, "Rare are the economists who do not predict a 10 percent [unemployment] rate by the end of the year."

Paris

According to the CGT, 350,000 participated in the demonstration in the country's capital. The vast Place de la République, the assembly point, was packed. There were many young people who came in groups of friends, and those coming on their own initiative outnumbered the official trade union contingents.

In their slogans, the unions sought to promote illusions that the impact of the crisis can be softened through appeals to the government.

Among those who spoke to the WSWS, there was a varied appreciation of the depth of the crisis.

Nicolas is studying Political Science and is unemployed. He said, "It shouldn't be the poor getting hit in the crisis. It was like that before but now it's worse. We need a drive to equality."

A high school student studying maintenance was upset by the cost of living and job cuts. "I'm disgusted that so much money goes to the banks and nothing is being done about the social security deficit. It was bad nobody moved in support of the Guadeloupe struggle," he added.

"Economic nationalism is for people who accept the system. We don't give a damn about the boss's profits. We want to keep our jobs. A one day strike is not enough. We need a week of demonstrations. Capitalism needs reforming.'

An unemployed plumber told the WSWS, "The capitalist system is completely defective. There are those who toil and those who fill their pockets. The earth is dying." He said that he was not a member of any union and added, "The unions' message is not clear, there are too many ambiguities. I'm 100 percent for changing society internationally."

Martine is a teacher in a college (ages 11- 15). She came up to Paris from the provinces to see what a Paris demonstration was like. "We're fed up. It's always the same people who get hit. This is a profound crisis that unites people. It affects everyone and is not confined to just one category of workers. I'm here as a teacher, but also as the daughter of my mother and as the mother of my daughter. Raising salaries is not enough; its limited. We need a deep change, a redefinition of society."

Martine said that she sees no political party that is fighting for this fundamental change, but added, "The perspective of the ICFI is what I would wish for. But for that the people must be educated, so money will be needed for that education. It would need those in the leadership to be honest and I'm looking for that...We need internationalism, yes, I agree. It stands to reason, it's not easy, but it stands to reason."

Marseille

The unions reported 320,000 participants, while the police said there were 30,000. The CGT was represented in many sectors, with workers from the steel maker Arcelor Mittal, the petrochemical company Arkéma, and nurses and health workers out in opposition to the retrogressive CC 66 collective contract. The main education union federation, the FSU, was well represented, and there were high school student union members also present, along with contingents from all the other unions. The unions kept a tight control over the protest. There were also Communist Party and Left Party contingents.

WSWS leaflets, unlike many others, were read with interest and few were discarded.

Caroline, 23, an educational assistant was with her friend Sylvie a nurse. She told the WSWS that working conditions for education workers are insecure. "The profession is not supported and this discourages people from taking it up." She opposed young workers being made to pay for the crisis. "To fight unemployment we're going to have to change the government," Caroline said.

Caroline also said that she was opposed to economic nationalism. "All workers must unite. Just offering jobs to French people will increase unemployment, especially as most immigrants in France do jobs that nobody else wants; they're too hard." She thought protectionism was impossible "since we're in a globalised economy."

Stéphane, 47, an entertainment industry technician said people had to demonstrate to show the government that they were human beings. He was highly critical of media coverage of the struggles in Guadeloupe and Martinique and opposed to economic nationalism. He found it intolerable that 58 percent of French people had polled in favour of France's reintegration into NATO.

Mathias Amore, studying litterature at university said he was demonstrating for decent public services and bitterly criticized Sarkozy's promise that he would get people to "work more to earn more". Mathias said this had become "work more and earn less." He was favorable to the ICFI's perspective of a planned socialist economy and knew of no other party that proposed such a solution to the crisis.

Nancy

There were more people demonstrating in Nancy than on January 29. At the end of the march, from a stage set up for a concert, the CGT shouted out the slogan, "25,000 on the 29th, 40,000 on the 19th, build the movement!" However, it offered no perspective to combat the economic crisis.

Frank and Nicolas, teachers at the vocational high school Jean-Prouvé, came with a delegation of their colleagues and students. They had come to protest the "smashing up of vocational education." They said, "The vocational baccalauréat is going to be prepared in 3 years, even 2, instead of 4 as now." They opposed "the cutting of jobs, the deterioration of what is taught, the complete unclarity about the curriculum and exam syllabuses."

Dorian, a student from an agricultural high school said he had come to protest the reform of the vocational baccalauréat. "We had the proof in Guadeloupe that people are fed up, everyone has had enough, even in small towns people are coming on demonstrations," he said. "We were in Mirecourt the other day [a town in the Vosges mountains of 1,000 inhabitants] and we had never seen so many people on the streets."

Amiens

The March 19 protest attracted around 50,000 people in the Picardy region of northern France, 15,000 more than on January 29. In the regional capital of Amiens, there were over 12,000, mainly local government workers, teachers and hospital workers. Many students also took part, protesting against a new law on university autonomy, the LRU. One banner expressed student frustration about the future: "Study is all that is left to us"

The issues of unemployment and defense of public services were uppermost in workers' minds, especially in relation to defending hospital jobs and conditions, which the new Bachelot law will hit hard. Hospital workers' banners demanded the withdrawal of the law, declaring that it "destroys health and hospitals."

Private sector workers were out in force, especially tyre factory workers in Amiens, against the effects of the crisis on their industries.The Goodyear tyre factory workers are faced with the prospect of seeing their factory closed, as were the Continental tyre workers in Clairoix in the south of Picardy. Some 1,200 workers are to be sacked as a result of the economic depression. The Continental workers stopped the factory and demonstrated with over 12,000 others in the city of Compiègne, where only 3,000 took part last time. Goodyear is set to sack a thousand workers soon.

A delegation from the Méaulte Airbus factory in Albert threatened with job losses, along with other Airbus factories in Europe, was led by the Force Ouvrière union. Its banner underlined the union's parochial approach to job destruction: "Preserve, Develop and Support our Industry in Picardy."

More than half the protestors marched behind CGT banners, which concentrated on purchasing power with the slogan "It is time to hit hard to increase wages". Rail workers, tax office workers, customs department workers and school and university teachers and students were out in force. Many secondary school students joined the protest against the scheduled 13,500 teacher job cuts this year.

Four friends—Marielou, Marion, Marine and Adrien—all in the first year of different Amiens high schools said they were demonstrating against the reforms of education minister Xavier Darcos. They said that the reform was dumbing down the main core of the curriculum and making access to a full culture difficult for the less privileged.

Marion said, "If the reform gets through it'll get worse." He said that they were there "to get things moving and for a better tomorrow. The banks get rich from us. We're not here just for high school issues," he said, "but for everything—pensions, jobs, all the things we have to face after leaving school."

Adrian was opposed to France's militarism and membership of NATO. "They're trying to deal with the problems of France and imposing them on others."

Marion thought that the protest strikes were useless: "They don't change anything. They're just symbolic. Sarkozy doesn't give a damn." They all agreed that the rich and the profiteers should be made to pay for the crisis. Marion added:"But we need to at least to be informed so we can be active citizens." On being informed that the ICFI was a Trotskyist, Marxist organisation that opposed Stalinism and was for the overthrow of capitalism, he said, "If you're against Stalinism then that can be something for us."

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French workers need a socialist perspective to fight the economic crisis

2009-02-03T23:02:37Z

French workers need a socialist perspective to fight the economic crisis
Statement of World Socialist Web Site editorial board
28 January 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/fran-j28.shtml

The following statement is being distributed by supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International at the January 29 one-day strike and national day of action called by France’s trade unions to protest the government’s policies in response to the economic crisis.

The central question facing workers in the January 29 one-day strike and national day of action called by France’s trade unions is one of political perspective: On what basis can working people defend their jobs and living standards in the face of the economic crisis?

The €360 billion bank bailout organized last October by President Nicolas Sarkozy, part of a series of bailouts that pumped trillions of euros into banks worldwide, represents a colossal failure of capitalism. Aimed at stabilizing a shattered global financial system while leaving intact the ruling elite’s riches, amassed over decades of financial recklessness and social attacks on the working class, these bailouts have failed to prevent a collapse of lending and industrial activity.

Workers’ interests can be defended only through the industrial and political mobilization of the entire working class for the purpose of converting the banks and other major industries into public utilities—democratically managed and overseen by the workers—in France and internationally. The defense of private property only provides a blank cheque for the hoarding of trillions of euros in the accounts of the super-rich. The task facing the working class is to maintain and expand economic activity and prevent the pauperization of the population—workers, retirees, and small business owners.

The most basic requirement of this struggle is a political break with the trade union bureaucracy and the French political establishment, which are promoting unviable, nationally-based responses to the crisis, and the building of a new political leadership in the working class on the basis of a revolutionary socialist program that places the economy under the democratic control of the working class.

The state’s bank bailouts have exposed the class arrogance of Sarkozy’s insistence that hospitals, pensions and other social programs must be cut to save money. Sarkozy is hardly alone in making such claims. President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin of the Socialist Party (PS) have both advanced such arguments before him, to justify their own austerity and privatization policies.

When the wealthy and the banks need money, the government quickly finds it. Only the basic needs of the working class are deemed too expensive.

The bailout helps neither credit nor industry. According to central bank data, bank credit to companies has fallen every month since September, and consumer credit fell 7 percent in November. The latest monthly data show industrial production in France fell at a yearly rate of 9 percent, and Le Monde reported that small industrial enterprises are reporting a 25 percent fall. In November, there was a record loss of 64,000 jobs.

In must be stated bluntly: The unions’ objective in calling this strike is not to spearhead the resistance of the working class to the impact of the capitalist crisis, but rather to contain and dissipate it. As Le Monde recently wrote, “At the Elysée as in the Socialist Party, in the trade unions as in employers’ circles, everyone dreads an explosion of the social cauldron.” All of these paragons of the French establishment fear the eruption of a social movement they do not control.

This is why the unions waited until December to call a strike—instead of calling it immediately—when it became clear that the financial crisis would have massive economic consequences in September, with the collapse of credit and share markets following the bankruptcy of the American investment bank Lehman Brothers. In particular, the unions were silent when mass rioting erupted in Greece following the shooting of 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, for fear that such mass protests would spread throughout Europe.

The unions’ delaying of the strike until late January was also calculated to isolate the high school students’ protests against the Sarkozy government’s school reform.

Fear of an independent movement of the working class is mounting again in the French establishment. The conservative daily Le Figaro wrote, “The fear of popular insurrections caused by the crisis is starting to work its way into the minds of European leaders.” Citing mass demonstrations and rioting in the Baltic countries, Iceland, and Bulgaria, the newspaper added: “As no solution is readily at hand, does not this oppositional movement risk spreading, as the crisis deepens, to all of Europe?”

Taken on its own terms, the unions’ January 5 Common Statement for a strike, to influence the formulation of “public policy”, is shot through with contradictions. It calls for the defense of jobs, while asking firms facing business slowdowns to negotiate short hours or layoffs “with the objective of preserving jobs and salaries.” It issues a call for government regulation to put an “end to speculation, tax havens, the opacity of international finance and to control capital flows.” It is unclear how Sarkozy would—even if he wished to—regulate his friends among France’s billionaires, such as Bolloré and Lagardère, let alone the financiers of New York, London, Tokyo, or Hong Kong.

The nationalist perspective of the Common Statement is both reactionary and unviable. The French state cannot single-handedly shield France’s economy from a global crisis, any more than Sarkozy could contain the surge of inflation caused last year by massive price increases for raw materials on world markets. If the crisis was initially more concentrated in certain countries—during the US subprime mortgage collapse in 2007 and the collapse of credit and housing bubbles centered in the US and European countries such as the UK and Spain—it is now a world phenomenon. A global seize-up of credit and a collapse of asset values and world trade are hitting each national economy.

The incoherence of the unions’ program is not accidental. The bureaucracy dares not explain what they are doing, because they are junior partners of the French ruling elite seeking to impose austerity measures on a hostile working class. This is, however, increasingly hard to conceal. On January 25, Sarkozy’s general secretary, Claude Guéant, gave an interview in Le Parisien in which he said he was “not worried, but attentive” to the January 29 strike. Asked if Sarkozy wanted strong unions, Guéant replied, “Yes, as their role is extremely important. Initiatives will be taken to make the unions more representative, stronger, and even better partners.”

This comes on the heels of a January 13 meeting at the Elysée presidential palace between Sarkozy and the leaders of the five main official trade union federations (CGT, CFDT, FO, CFTC, and CGC). According to the Elysée’s press briefing, Sarkozy proposed “a schema to inform and consult with the trade unions about corporate restructuring” and to collaborate on “forward-looking management of employment.” In the context of economic collapse, this can only mean collaborating with the state in imposing job cuts and wage cuts.

With this strategy, the unions are reprising their collaboration with the government in the strikes of spring and summer 2008. At that time, the unions negotiated a Common Position and a basic agreement with Sarkozy—a program of cuts in pensions and a weakening of labor law rights, including the 35-hour work week law. They then cynically called a series of widely spaced strikes to let off steam and demoralize the workers. As a result, all the government’s social cuts were passed. In disgust, workers responded with a record abstention (74.35 percent) in the December 2008 union elections.

If the unions dare to simulate renewed opposition to Sarkozy, by calling for mass demonstrations, it is because they feel confident that no established political force in France will challenge their leadership of the strike, let alone mount a political campaign to resolve the crisis through the establishment of workers’ control of the economy and a workers’ government. In their calculations of where the political loyalties of the leaderships of the so-called “left” parties in France truly lie—that is to say, with the ruling class—they are quite correct.

The official left parties—Socialist Party, Communist Party, Green Party—all support the trade unions and promote the notion that mass pressure from below can alter the economic policies of the French ruling elite. As for the “far left” parties, their occasional criticisms of the trade union bureaucracy in no way lessen their determination to channel the struggles of the working class behind the trade union bureaucracy and block the emergence of an independent political movement of the working class. All of these parties—Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist League), its New Anti-Capitalist Party, Lutte Ouvrière (Workers’ Struggle) and Parti Ouvrier Indépendant (Independent Workers Party)—oppose building a political movement to bring down the government.

French workers urgently require a party that fights to unite the working class throughout Europe and internationally on the basis of a socialist program. The International Committee of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site, appeal to workers and young people looking for a socialist alternative to mass unemployment and poverty, to read the WSWS, contact the ICFI, and fight to build a section of the ICFI in France.

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Mass strikes and protests in France against joblessness and austerity measures

2009-02-03T14:24:09Z

Mass strikes and protests in France against joblessness and austerity measures
By Antoine Lerougetel
30 January 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/fran-j30.shtml

Thursday’s day of action throughout France in defence of jobs, the purchasing power of wages and social services, called by the eight major trade union federations, brought an estimated 2.5 million workers and youth onto the streets of some 200 cities and towns. Some small towns reported the largest demonstrations in many years. Workers went on strike in great numbers, as did high school and university students.

Opinion polls indicate that up to three quarters of the French population support or sympathise with the strike.

The trade unions that called the day of action have given no indication of plans to continue or extend the mobilisation and merely state they intend to meet on Monday, but are waiting to see what right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy will do.

The mass popular movement is driven by the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. A wave of sackings and plant closures in the private sector has led to the destruction of 100,000 jobs in the last three months. This has been aggravated by partial closures and short-time working, particularly in the steel and motor industries. Meanwhile, the Sarkozy government has launched an offensive in the public services (health, education, social welfare) targeting jobs and conditions of work.

Thursday’s mobilization expressed the feelings of millions of workers and young people. The French working class will not accept impoverishment as the price of an economic crisis, for which it bears no responsibility, to maintain the profits and privileges of those who are responsible.

University students in Amiens, the banner reads: "Selling education cheap today means selling France cheap tomorrow"
Many placards and homemade banners at the various protests expressed anger and resentment at the €360 billion bailout plan for the banks and the €26 billion in aid for private enterprise.

A group of primary school teachers in Amiens, for example, held a 30-metre banner that read, “Millions for the bankers, asphyxiation of education from the nurseries to the universities.”

The biggest demonstration took place in Paris in the afternoon, estimated at 65,000 by the police and 300,000 by the organisers. WSWS correspondents report a massive gathering representing all age groups, largely dominated by workers from the public services.

The day started with morning demonstrations in Marseille (24,000, according to the police, and 200,000-300,000 according to the CGT (General Confederation of Labour, close to the Communist Party); 20,000-53,000 in Lyon; 34,000-80,000 in Bordeaux; 25,000-50,000 in Rennes.

In Bordeaux there were 60,000 protesters (by CGT estimates), many of them from small firms, and also supermarket workers from Carrefour and Auchan, marching behind a banner reading: “The crisis is them, we are the solution.”

In eastern France, over 20,000 marched in Nancy and 7,000 to 20,000 in Strasbourg.

Over 30 percent of the 5 million workers in the public services (education, public health, local government) were on strike. Also on strike were nearly 40 percent of rail workers, 48 percent of Paris metro drivers, 30 percent of the EDF electric utility staff, 28 percent of postal workers, nearly half of primary teachers and a third of secondary teachers, 30 percent of France Télécom workers, 32 percent of urban transport workers in France’s major cities, 16 percent at the Crédit Lyonnais bank and 10 percent at the Renault car plants.

Radio France and France Télévision services were disrupted and rail traffic was reduced, in some cases by 50 percent. Air traffic was disrupted.

The comments of the various leading trade union officials expressed their complacency and lack of perspective.

Jean-Claude Mailly of Force Ouvrière (Workers Power), France’s third-largest union confederation, declared: “We are not considering the hypothesis that we are going to demonstrate every week, that’s not it—but it’s necessary too for the government to respond.”

Bernard Thibault, leader of the CGT, said that the day’s mobilisations equalled those at the height of the movement against the CPE (first job contract) in 2006, but was pleased to note that this time “there are far fewer young people and many more workers from the private sector.” He said there would be further action, but did not specify what or when it would be.

The comments of François Chérèque of the CFDT (French Democratic Confederation of Labour, oriented to the Socialist Party) expressed the general desire of the union bureaucracies to reach a deal with Sarkozy. “Now it’s up to the government to bring answers” in regard to a “stimulus package with concrete measures for workers, and after that we will decide on further plans for the movement.”

WSWS supporters in Paris, Marseille, Nancy and Amiens handed out thousands of copies of the WSWS Editorial Board statement, “Workers need a socialist perspective to fight the economic crisis,” which called for “the industrial and political mobilization of the entire working class for the purpose of converting the banks and other major industries into public utilities—democratically managed and overseen by the workers—in France and internationally.”

The statement also argued that “The most basic requirement of this struggle is a political break with the trade union bureaucracy and the French political establishment, which are promoting unviable, nationally-based responses to the crisis, and the building of a new political leadership in the working class on the basis of a revolutionary socialist program that places the economy under the democratic control of the working class.”

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Socialist Party proposes “counter stimulus plan”

2009-01-31T18:43:04Z

France: Socialist Party proposes “counter stimulus plan”
By Francis Dubois and Pierre Mabut
31 January 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/frsp-j31.shtml

The French Socialist Party announced its alternative economic stimulus plan on January 21. The announcement came after months of tacit support for the successive rescue measures for the troubled French banking system by the conservative government of Nicolas Sarkozy, including a €360 bailout last October. On December 4, President Sarkozy had announced a “massive” economic stimulus plan for the economy.

The Socialist Party’s economic plan, entitled “Acting in a real way against the crisis,” is to all intents and purposes an extension of Sarkozy’s plan to save French capitalism at the expense of the working class.

The plan of the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste—PS) foresees the injection of €50 billion of taxpayers’ money directly or indirectly into the coffers of employers, compared with the €26 billion allotted under the government’s own stimulus plan. The emphasis of the Socialist Party’s plan is boosting rapidly declining production by boosting consumption, at the household and regional and local state levels, through broader intervention by the French state into the banking and industrial sector.

It closely follows the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund, and matches the amount of money made available by the German coalition government for its own rescue package. As PS national secretary Martine Aubry presented the plan, “Our plan mobilises €50 billion in credit, of which €10 billion is in capital, which is situated within the margin of 2 to 3 percent of GDP advocated by the experts and the IMF.”

The alternative plan was presented in the French media as a political comeback and a “counteroffensive” by a party in a deep crisis. The Socialist Party’s congress last November ended with the election of Aubry as national secretary after an open confrontation between various wings of the SP and an extremely close contest between ex-presidential candidate Segolene Royal and Aubry herself.

The decision of the SP to present a “counter stimulus plan” is part of an attempt initiated by several European social democratic parties in the last months of 2008 to present a more radical face. Aubry had campaigned against Royal under the slogan of “anchoring the SP to the left,” while Royal courted the centre-right Democratic Movement party (Mouvement démocrate).

The stimulus plan—except for a few “reservations” from a minor figure in the PS leadership, Malik Boutih (twice lobbied by Sarkozy to join his government)—was supported by all factions in the PS. The leader of the so-called left wing, Benoit Hamon, said, “This is an efficient plan, which tackles the roots of the economic crisis, a comprehensive, an ambitious and credible plan” giving “leverage in relationship to the economy.”

Much was made of the measures designed to increase the money available to those dependent on income support, unemployment benefit or other state allowances. According to the PS, a lump sum of €500 would be made available to around 12 million people, the legal minimum wage would increase by €30 before it is due to be raised, and the housing benefit would increase by 10 percent. There are also measures to influence prices by a reduction of VAT from 19.6 percent to 18.6 percent and a freeze on rents in 2009 and 2010 in areas with high rent increases. These were presented as benefiting the poorest layers “with a very strong tendency to consume.”

Other measures were presented as “protecting” workers in employment. The plan proposes an increase in the amount and duration of payment for layoffs in industry, as well as promoting early retirement to “make sackings more difficult.” But the former minister of the economy under Francois Mitterrand, Michel Sapin, made clear, “If most businesses that carry out sackings cannot do otherwise, unfortunately, some resort to sackings in order to increase their profitability. In this case the social plans have to be looked at very closely and have to be in proportion to the means of the enterprise.”

The plan proposes various incentives for public investments, such as an increase of state funds for the regions and municipalities. This is meant to enable them to implement previous plans and invest in ecological projects, including a freeze in the reduction of 20,000 staff in hospitals, and a refurbishment plan for hospitals. The PS proposes the building of 300,000 extra units of social housing.

Measures are put forward to facilitate private investments.

A section is dedicated to state intervention into the economy. The state has to intervene “in a compulsory way” with banks that are recapitalised by the state with stricter conditions attached to bailouts, and other remedial funds. The state would use various means to influence decisions taken by businesses at the level of tax on benefits, etc. The PS advocates that the state become a temporary shareholder in industry and services, as has already taken place with the banks.

There follows measures to “moralise” the banking and financial systems, “[s]tarting of course with the abolition of all the severance payments and the bonuses of the managers who have led their enterprises into a impasse; carrying on with a ban for the banks which have received help from the state to pay dividends or to buy their shares back.” A bank in receipt of taxpayers’ money would be obliged to have a government member on its board.

The last section of the counter-plan is dedicated to the reintroduction of some regulation into the banking system, with new laws at the national and European level that include tighter control of CEO incomes and a “fight against tax fraud and tax evasion.”

Despite its vague appeals to European-wide financial regulation, the PS counter-plan is nationalistic and utopian.

The origins of the crisis are attributed purely to low wages and lack of consumption in an otherwise healthy and viable economic system. The plan states, “Once the worst of the crisis has passed, we refuse to accept the same political choices being repeated which have led to the present catastrophe.”

The PS’s assumption is that the French state is in a position to protect the national economy from a crisis that is worldwide. The inability of the various economic blocs and national states to devise a common solution was clearly revealed at the outbreak of the crisis. Despite this, every major power has embarked on a protectionist course and decreed its own stimulus and rescue packages, directed against its rivals, none of which has had any effect on the crisis.

Such a national plan can in reality only mean an attack on workers’ conditions in order to boost the chances of French industry and services in competition with their rivals in Europe and internationally. This is the meaning of the PS’s complaint that the Sarkozy government is not spending enough. Its plan can only be implemented by attacking jobs, working conditions and the wages and income of the working class.

The counter-plan cannot defend jobs. It is based on the assumption that short-term spending is going to give a “strong impulse” to consumption and thereby give a boost to production. But the employers are busy laying off workers, driving wages down and shutting factories.

The PS plan does not even begin to address the reality of the crisis. Its stated assumption is that the crisis is due to a lack of consumption due to an imbalance in income distribution, not a crisis of capitalist production itself. It advocates the reform of a system that cannot be reformed, proclaiming “a structural crisis of the contemporary model of capitalism.”

According to the PS counter-plan, the system is not only basically sound, but it will recover sooner rather than later if industry and the banks are helped to ride out the storm. Overall the PS counter-plan is not fundamentally different from that of the Sarkozy government. The pro-business newspaper Les Echos writes, “Concretely these plans must be preceded by a reopening of financial circuits. The rescuing of the banks is ‘a precondition,’ otherwise the money spent will be wasted. The counter-plan of the PS wants to condition the help given to the banks by demanding they grant credits and that bonuses be scrapped, exactly as the president of the republic has demanded. On that account both the right and the left are the same.

“The Sarkozy plan and the Aubry counter-plan propose all in all the same thing for the businesses. The same focus, in particular on the car industry, whereas according to the IMF the help to the various sectors as in the refinancing of the American car makers is a bad idea.”

A socialist response to the crisis of the capitalist system would include the expropriation of the banks and the big corporations by the working class so they can be run in order to meet social need. This presupposes a mobilisation of the working class to take political power and the establishment of a workers’ government.

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What is this hot chocolate called?

2008-08-17T23:42:38Z

Years ago, I was with a friend in Martinique. They had this special kind of hot chocolate which you dipped croissants or bread in. It was very sweet. I'm pretty sure it was from France. It did not come in a powder, but rather crystals. Does anyone here know what it's called?

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underground electronica - IDM, breakbeats, psydub

2008-06-24T15:07:46Z

Any underground electronica in Paris - like IDM, psydub or breakbeats ?

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I would like to move to paris france...

2008-05-23T23:04:20Z

My boyfriend and I have decided to move to france,but we don't really know how to start looking for jobs and a place to stay,does anyone have any advise?? thanks !

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First time in Paris...

2008-05-23T23:02:25Z

I am experiencing Paris, for the first time in September.

I am sooooo excited.
Any suggestions? tips?

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Intensif summer rroma dances workshop

2008-05-13T10:35:38Z

INTENSIF SUMMER RROMA DANCES WORKSHOP
Paris, July 21st to 26th, 2008
With Simona Jovic
www.simonajovic.com

Join us for this unique opportunity to understand the evolution of the rromani dances from India to Europe, during the "Roma dances of the world" one week workshop in the most reputaded dance school in Paris:

Programme :

* July 21st : Rroma dance from North-Western India
Kalbeliya/sapera dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all levels
Bring a long skirt, a long head scarf and the ankle bells

* July 22nd :Rroma dance from Afghanistan
Afgani nomad dance, from 2pm to 5 pm, all level
Bring a long skirt and a long head scarf

* July 23rd : Rroma dance from Upper Egypt
Ghawazee dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants or a skirt and the finger cymbals

* July 24th : Rroma dance from Turkey
Karsilama dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants and the finger cymbals

* July 25th : Rroma dance from Southern Balkans
Cocek and ora dances, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants and a small hand scarf

* July 26th : Rroma dances from Central/Eastern Europe
Cingerica,manela, russian, from 11:30am to 2:30pm
Bring a wide skirt and a schwall

Adress :
Centre de danse du Marais
41 rue du Temple, 75004 Paris

Price : 270 euros

Bookings : Payment of 50% at the following bank account :
Name : Simona Jovic
Bank name and adress:
BNP Paribas, 9 rue de la Gare
77360 Vaires sur Marne
FRANCE
International bank account number :
FR76 3000 4016 4000 0100 2432 139

Please confirm, first, your participation by email on contact@simonajovic.com

Important : For those who cannot follow this one week workshop in july, two individual workshop will take place on May 25th (turkish and balkanian rroma dance) and on June 15th (kalbeliya rajasthani nomad dance). For more information, check Simona Jovic's website : www.simonajovic.com

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Bonjour! Alors, à propos de mon prof de français!...

2008-03-15T23:11:01Z

Hi there

I'm new to this tribe! I have a bit of a problem, I'm learning GCSE French and my teacher is really awful and half-deaf! Lol. I feel like I'm not learning a thing, and he can't control the class and just is basically a c*** teacher

I'm not sure what to do, I don't want to move classes and I can't really afford a tutor. My sister said I should buy some french tapes as I struggle with listening exercises; the exercises are very fast spoken French which I'm not used to as the teacher doesn't speak in fast French to us. I really feel like I need to familiarise myself with the language, as well as keep to the curriculum vocab/topics-can you recommend anything to help me? I can buy revision books but that won't help in the speaking/listening side. My speaking/writing isn't so bad it is mainy listening I find impossible and I also struggle a little bit with reading.

Thankyou.

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Need Female Native French Speaker for Soundtrack

2008-03-09T09:38:11Z

Currently composing/arranging soundtrack for 60s french riveria soft porn spoof and I need a female french speaker (singer a huge plus) with a stuffy parisian accent for recorded samples/voice-overs. $$$ - contact me through tribe. ciao ~ D.

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cheap french classes?

2008-02-19T23:44:56Z

Any suggestions for cheap french lessons? All the schools I've found are really expensive.

Thanks

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Rromani dances in Paris

2007-12-27T09:12:18Z

For all those who live in Paris...
Pour tout ceux qui ont sur Paris...

Rromani ("Gypsy") dance workshop week-ends :
Les week-ends de danses tziganes :

February 16 and 17, 2008
Dances of the Rroma from Rajasthan-kalbelia
Danse rrom du Rajasthan - kalbeliya

February 23 and 24, 2008
Dances of the Rroma from Romania, Hungary and Russia
Danses rroms de la Roumanie, Hongrie et Russie

For more information, please contact :
Pour toutes les informations:

Simona Jovic
Rromani dances performer
President of Humanitary and Cultural Organization "Rroma of the World"
www.simonajovic.com
contact@simonajovic.com

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Burners in Paris?

2007-12-20T00:01:41Z

hello everyone, I am coming to Paris for the holidays between the 22nd and 28th and wanted to connect with some burners....

i was an expat for the last 3 years, and recently moved back to San Francisco and would love to shake hands, relax, drink, say hi to, and get to know some Parisian or American expatriated burners...

)'(

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Massage in Paris

2007-10-12T20:38:11Z

Om Namo-Vina santi!
Newsletter -2- octobre- 2007
Photo- Chetawan-Wat Po, Chiangmai

Jody Levy-Swift
AMS
Advanced Massage Systems
Diplômes reconnus par les gouvernements
thai et indien
01 43 64 32 92 jodyswift@yahoo.com
06 03 07 46 08

Bon Automne à tous! Voici une petite newsletter pleine d’ astuces pour passer octobre en pleine forme, pour un bien-être physique et mental. Om Namo !

Le chemin des huiles essentielles-
La lavande et le géranium sont mes huiles préférées. Quand vous viendrez chez moi vous sentirez ce doux mélange…. avec la lavandre en diffusion (???je ne comprends pas « avec la lavande… ».
En aromathérapie, les deux sont généralement utilisées : le géranium rosat (pelargonium graveolens) et le géranium odorant (pelargonium odorantissimum). Cette huile essentielle, au parfum proche de la rose (le pelargonium graveolens surtout), sensuel et apaisant, possède de multiples propriétés thérapeutiques très puissantes. L'huile essentielle de géranium est très efficace pour traiter certains problèmes de peau. Tonique astringente cutané , elle équilibre merveilleusement la sécrétion de sébum, substance qui préserve l'élasticité de la peau. Elle convient en outre à tout type d'épiderme : sec, gras et/ou ridé. L'huile essentielle de géranium est également utilisée pour surmonter différents problèmes hormonaux chez la femme (particulièrement efficace en diffusion atmosphérique), très efficace aussi pour éloigner les insectes volants
2-4 gouttes dans une petite cuillère d’ huile pour une peau sèche
2 gouttes de géranium et 2 gouttes de lavande dans une petite cuillère d’ huile- masser sur le plexus solaire avant de se coucher.
Quelle huile de base utiliser ? L’huile Amande, macademia, rose musquée sont un peu chères. L'huile de pépin est efficace et abordable.
La pensee positive.
J’ai fêté le 80eme anniversaire de Louise Hay que je suis depuis 1985.
A Paris c’est difficile parfois de penser positif ! Mais Louise Hay partage ses exercices, nous conseille à travers les expériences de sa vie afin de nous aider C’est très simple et claire dans la pratique ! Je suis bien dans ma peau !
Pensez- Nouvelle annee !
Nouvelle an en thailande ! méditation dans des temples bouddhistes de Chiangmai, apprendre à cuisiner thai, sauna d’ herbes et de fleurs-
traduction en français pour une semaine de cours de massage- le 28 dec- le 5 jan.

Ma mission est d’ offrir des massages et des soins à des prix abordables.

Première séance avec consultation-
permet une prise de contact, une clarification des objectifs, évaluer le dosha et le massage qui correspond á votre besoin et comfort

1½ heures 60 euros

Massage Ayurvedique- aux huiles correspondant á votre dosha (constitution) évalué á la première séance.

1 heure 55 euros

Classique style Thai du sud du temple
Wat Po
Nuad Bo'Rarn
Beaucoup de points de pressions pour des douleurs spécifiques et de bien être

1 heure 50 euros

Thai Yoga -style du nord de mes maîtres Pichet Boomthume et Asokananda
« Le Massage Traditionnel Thaï allie l’accupression et les étirements en vue d'une meilleure circulation de l'énergie vitale (prana). Il est parfois décrit comme une forme de yoga appliqué au receveur »

1 ½-2 heures 60 euros

Thai Réflexologie des pieds.
Un massage par stimulation des points de pression des pieds pour revitaliser le corps de l'intérieur 1 heure 45 euros

Massage Clinique- pour ceux qui ne n’ont pas beaucoup de moyens
1 er Samedi de chaque mois
11h-14h

Telephonez- la semaine avant
01 43 64 32 92 06 03 07 46 08

Sur donation

Et tous les mois je vais offrir des promotions sur les techniques que je dois maintenir ou qui correspond aux douleurs spécifiques
( asthme, dos, nuque, système digestif etc.)

Bonne santé á tous ! Om shanti-paix
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Could you please participate in my survey on masculinity?

2007-10-12T18:51:54Z

I am a doctoral student seeking participants to complete a survey that explores the psychological experiences of being a man and how it influences your life. You must be a male who is 18 years of age or older

The survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and your participation is anonymous.

If you are interested in contributing to knowledge about how being a man impacts how you view yourself and others, please go to the following website: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=218103339703

Thank you for your help.
Michael Franco
831.480.5180
masculinitystudy@yahoo.com

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charming, romantic apartment in Paris

2007-09-28T10:39:03Z

€650

Why rent an impersonal hotel room when you can have your own romantic place all to yourself? Experience Paris like a true Parisian, buying your baguette from the corner boulangerie, etc. Will make your stay in Paris unforgettable.

The apartment is extremely charming and romantic. It is like stepping back in time. The . The apartment has its own entrance and is on the ground floor. It has one bedroom and sleeps 2 – 4 comfortably. There is a double bed in the bedroom and the living room has a fold-out couch. Fully-equipped kitchen building dates from the 1700s.

The best thing about it is the neighborhood. You will be located in the beating heart of the most interesting neighborhood, Montmartre, the spectacular hill with the Sacre Coeur church on top of it where Picasso, Braque and Maurice Utrillo lived, loved and painted. We are 2 blocks from the Amalie Poulain Café and 3 blocks from the Moulin Rouge, 4 blocks to the Sacre Coeur.

Discover this charming neighborhood full of steep, narrow streets, staircase streets, alleyways, quiet cafes, bohemians and artists. It is a breath of fresh air, far above the bustle of the large avenues, yet close to all the major attractions in this vital city.

The apartment is available for rent on a weekly basis at €650 a week.
Please contact fxfdubois@yahoo.com
or telephone 06.65.44.67.78. from the USA 011-33-6-65-44-67-78

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Paris 0ct 3-22 Mime,yoga, dance, storytelling

2007-09-26T18:48:55Z

Hello, I will be in Paris in and around this time...
I clown in a circus(www.lucent dossier.com)...
looking for other folks who would like to dance, train, etc.
a bientot,
Rajiv

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reading in Paris

2007-08-11T20:25:43Z

I'm living in Paris for the moment and need a new read. Anyone know of some good bookstores with books in English, other than FNAC?

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Multimedia/noise freaks visiting Paris!

2007-07-20T22:37:57Z

Hello everybody!
My husband and I will be visiting Paris to celebrate our 3rd anniversary and were just checking in to get info on places to see and things to do.
We are going to be there August 7th through August 14th. Where should two noise-loving multimedia artists go, besides the obvious (like the Louvre, record stores in Pigalle, or the places Jim Morrison hung out at)?
Or perhaps any of you would like to join us for coffee / night out on the town?
Hope to hear from some of you;)

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Fête La Boum- Bastille Day BAcchanal in SF!

2007-07-11T16:12:34Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAxPMJujsjI

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!
9pm till LATE…………

You're invited to come celebrate art, love, and freedom from all tyrannies with a Franco-Sonic Vintage-Erotic Burlesque Soiree- the Bastille Day tradition for lovers and libertines with a spleen for green.....

See the midnight Belle Époque Cabaret featuring performances by Les Dames:
* Charlotte La Belle Araignée
* The Flying Fox
* The Scenic Sisters
* Margot Montmartre
* Rose Pistola

Plus our Maître des Cérémonies: Professor Violet!

Dansez-Dansez Révolution avec Les Maestros Super:
* Monsieur Laird (Get Yer Freak On)
* Monsieur Delachaux (Electrolesque)
* Monsieur Kizmiaz (Lapel) and more!

'La Vie en Verte' avec Unkle Paul and the Green Fairy Bar!

* Seven Rooms (one for each sin)
* Electro-Van Gogh Cinema!
* Vintage French Erotica!
* Rooftop Garden Lounge!
* Cake! Lots of cake!

Costumes encouraged from the guillotine to Godard: French Maids, Mimes, Mods, Montmartrians, Legionnaires, Impressionists, Existentialistas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril, Jerry Lewis, Jacques Cousteau, Jean Cocteau, Camus, De Sade, Deneuve, De Gaulle, Bardot, Louis XVI, Anais Nin, Amelie, Marie Antoinette, Napolean, Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Pepé Le Pew, vixens, villains, harlots, heretics, fanatics, freaks, artists, and lovers...!!!

Where,. you ask?
ANON SALON
285 9th Street (@ Folsom)
SAN FRANCISCO
$10 Presale/ $15 Door
Presale tickets at:
www.fetelaboum.com

Oh la la............................................................

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Bastille Day Waltz Ball July 14 Saturday Oakland Veterans Hall

2007-07-09T15:33:17Z

Returning again for the fourth time. Our very popular Bastille Day Waltz Ball. Many French waltzes, polkas, La Java, Valse Musette. French 'bistro music', great fun. Usually about 250 attend. Bring your beret and French accent. French costume highly appreciated.

"Crepes Musette" a new local French bistro band will play many inspiring French valse musettes and French Tangos. Band members are Erin Shrader on violin, Sylvia Herold on guitar and vocals, Chuck Ervin on acoustic bass, and Charlie Hancock on accordion. There is a rumor we will have a couple of Edith Piaf songs sung for us. (one which is a waltz, by the way). All are superb musicians with many Bay Area bands. They have been members of Wake the Dead, Euphonia, Fear of Commitment, the Silvertones, Cats and Jammers, the Hot Club, and Contrabandits. We will also have a French mixer, a Bouree, for a line dance

We welcome back again the "Alameda Vintage Dance Troupe" for a special French dance performance. Denise Brady, artistic director.

Raspberry cheesecake, Lemon Merengue pie, triple layer double chocolate cake, apple pie, veggie and shrimp plates, and a tasty collection of strawberries, blackberries, and watermelon.

We will have 2 Classes running at the same time: introductory waltz class from 7 to 9 and an intermediate waltz class from 7 to 9 also in the Main ballroom.

Live French band music from 9 to 12. All ages, Comfortable attire. No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.

$20 for classes and dance at the door, no advance tickets, sorry no separate pricing for dance only due to live band.

Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison.This year at the Oakland Veterans Hall, beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking.

more information ScottFNW@pway.com
website www.FridayNightWaltz.com

===============================================================================

Friday Night Waltz is a high energy dance that features mainly waltzes in the dances and classes, along with other dances like polka, one step, swing, cha cha, Lindy, schottische, mazurka, merengue, samba, and tango. People are friendly, and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Attendance is between 130 and 190. Average age is about 30. People from San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Oakland.

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Do you feel spirit of your freedom in Paris......

2007-07-09T09:58:26Z

.......if yes
how.......
where.....
when ......?

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new episode - manouche

2007-06-14T00:11:10Z

Let me introduce you to my podcast - this week's episode is smoky dimly lit underground bar...check it out. Not strictly manouche but the manouche is in there. :)

http://canyella.podmatic.com

lots of love
Canyella

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French word for gig (musicians term)

2007-06-02T15:43:48Z

hey every one, I'm a musician in Australia and was wondering if any one knows if there's a french translation for the word gig. I want to be able to say jazz violinist from Australia looking for gigs. would it be easier to just say violinist from Australia looking for work?

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Paris weekend 25-27/5

2007-05-22T14:49:36Z

Hi,
I'll be in Paris for work this week and decided to spend the weekend.
Can anyone recommend something fun to do, bars, clubs a good burningman-ish party?
Maybe if some local people would want to meet for a drink.
Thomas

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PSA!!!

2007-05-17T16:22:17Z

I was at Borders over the weekend and they have this series of books called 'Culinaria'.

These are big, fat, glossy coffee table books that take a country and cover it's culinary highlights by region...food, wine, etc...in extremely comprehensive detail.

They had France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Greece. I picked up France and this is sans doute the best book on French food (and by default...culture) that I have ever owned. It is simply beautiful.

And the best...they're on sale for $20!!! Over 450 pages of photos and fabulous narrative!

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Art Goes Beyond Borders : LA to FRANCE

2007-05-10T17:11:00Z

Hi…I’m new here…hoping to make some friends. My primary interests are art, new media and environmental stewardship. I’m looking to connect with Digital Artists, to include them in an international touring art exhibition called Common Ground www.commonground2008.com. The theme for each piece in the collection will be about the Environment. We launch our exhibition in Beijing to coincide with the Olympics in 2008, then on to cities in Europe and the Americas in 2009 and 2010. Would love to hear from you and support you any way that I can. Please join my community of friends and our tribe, Common Ground 2008. Peace.

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question for the natives (translation issue)

2007-05-09T12:52:26Z

lifelong quandary--unsure if this is the forum to bring it up:

1) je t'aimes literally means "i like you"
2) frenchies use it to mean "i love you"
3) Okay, if a boy or girl you've been dating says "je t'aimes," do they mean #1 or #2

I was taught to say "il me plait" to mean "i like it," not "je l'aimes," which would mean "i love it." Does that make "je l'adores" to mean "i adore it"?

One last question: How often do frenchies throw the word "love" around?

I am asking a native french speaker because it has a different weight for the natives and i need to get to the essence of this puzzle. Thanx!

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New here-Trip planned to Paris and Amsterdam

2007-05-03T04:27:24Z

Hello everyone!

My best friend and I are heading to Paris and Amsterdam this fall. We will be there from the end of Sept to early Oct, for approx 2 weeks.

We are looking for a nice and inexpensive(I know..:D) hotel, perhaps some people/burners to meet up. If a nice hostel pops in your mind, send me a message or a website, if you've got it!

Thanks for the help~
Promise

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Jazz in Paris

2007-04-25T04:44:03Z

Hi, I'm an aussie jazz violinist and will be flying to Paris on the 28th of May and was wondering if anyone knows any places to check out live music or any jams I could join in on. I'm also looking for somewhere I can stay relatively cheaply. I play Jazz, classical, folk/celtic/world and electric.
Check out http://www.myspace.com.au/retawboyce or http://www.youtube.com/retaw

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Retaw

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charming paris 1 bedroom in Montmartre

2007-04-22T11:54:08Z

€650

Why rent an impersonal hotel room when you can have your own romantic place all to yourself? Experience Paris like a true Parisian, buying your baguette from the corner boulangerie, etc. Will make your stay in Paris unforgettable.

The apartment is extremely charming and romantic. It is like stepping back in time. The . The apartment has its own entrance and is on the ground floor. It has one bedroom and sleeps 2 – 4 comfortably. There is a double bed in the bedroom and the living room has a fold-out couch. Fully-equipped kitchen building dates from the 1700s.

The best thing about it is the neighborhood. You will be located in the center of the most interesting neighborhood, Montmartre, the spectacular hill with the Sacre Coeur church on top of it where Picasso, Braque and Maurice Utrillo lived, loved and painted. We are 2 blocks from the Amalie Poulain Café and 3 blocks from the Moulin Rouge, 4 blocks to the Sacre Coeur.

Discover this charming neighborhood full of steep, narrow streets, staircase streets, alleyways, quiet cafes, bohemians and artists. It is a breath of fresh air, far above the bustle of the large avenues, yet close to all the major attractions in this vital city.

The apartment is available for rent on a weekly basis at €650 a week.
Please contact fxfdubois@yahoo.com
or telephone 06.65.44.67.78. from the USA 011-33-6-65-44-67-78

see pix in pictures section

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French film festival in LA

2007-04-19T03:13:58Z

...suppose I should have posted earlier.....CoLCoA (City of Lights, City of Angles) is going on right now in West Hollywood: http://colcoa.org/site/home/index.htm Really a fun French film festival. I attended one of the director's panels last night. Listening to directors like Bruno Dumont discuss the difference between French and US films was pretty enlightening, but I think I learned even more from the informal discussions at the wine and cheese thingy afterwards before viewing "Tell No One" (comme ci, comme ça--but better films to come). Mostly a French crowd and mostly in French, films of different genres are being shown all week at the Directors's guild with the audience voting nightly. This is a chance to see French films which may not be shown here otherwise. I think there are tickets still available.

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Smart move against racism, French youth

2007-03-29T11:39:17Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpyd8_Bl-mY&NR

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Dunkerque..

2007-03-29T08:47:03Z

I am trying to find a hostel or some affordable place to stay in Dunkerque and can't find any pricing online. Anyone ever been? Can you direct me to a place. I need AFFORDABLE and safe. I want to take my son there for a few days so that he can see what it's like being a country where French in the primary language. He is in French Immersion at school and doesn't get to see much relevance for speaking two languages fluently where we live so I thought a quick trip to France would be neat for him. I am a single mom who is visiting my family in the Netherlands so I depsite being able to travel to the Netherlands thanks to my family my own finances are pretty tight... I just think it would really inspire him to be in a country where he knows more than his mom and has to translate everything for me to understand...

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Las Calanques

2007-03-18T14:14:37Z

I´m thinking on travelling to Las Calanques next eastern, we will spend five days climbing in the area.

Any recomendations for cheap acomodation?

Where I can find climbing topos? Are they avalaible in any website?

Thanks in advance

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Interview avec Ségolène

2007-03-13T14:55:08Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDdlMfVDJXc

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In Paris/France for the Holidays?

2007-03-08T02:20:08Z

If you are planning to be ... or already in Paris (or in France) for the Holidays ... and have heard of some fun things to do... Please tell us!
Tell us about the things happening in your area, theatre, museums, light festivals...
And who knows also speak up if you'll be there that way we might actually get a good group of people to meet up for a movie/dinner/lunch or a walk in the streets!
A bientot la France!

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MTV France TRL #1

2007-03-06T05:08:13Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdraaQ6RNe4

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The Elections

2007-03-03T18:46:52Z

Is anyone keeping an eye on the upcoming Presidential elections in France?

When we were over several weeks ago it seemed that Ségolène Royal had some sort of gaffe that was costing her in the polls...I never really caught the gist of what she'd done though?

Her website is pretty cool, though...

http://www.desirsdavenir.org/index.php

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Question about work

2007-02-15T17:02:24Z

Does anyone here work for an American company that does business in France? A position that takes you to France for work often?

What kinds of American companies are conducting affairs in France? Are there websites with job postings and job seekers specifically geared towards France or American companies doing business in France?

Just curious. :)

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

Hooray!

2007-02-12T14:18:09Z

I have wanted to visit France since my first French class in 7th grade (I was thirteen).

For years I've told my partner of this dream I've had.

It stems, in part also, from regret. I'd won a Rotary Scholarship to live and study in Rennes during the 1986-87 school year but my parents talked me out of it. That was the year after my senior year of high school and they felt that if I went to Rennes I would not enter college when I returned.

So anyway...I'm turning 40 this April and my partner of 13 years surprised me yesterday with an eight day trip to Paris! We leave January 29th!

I am trying to make my list of what to take, must-see places, etc. If anyone has some info to share on weather, appropriate clothing, currency...ANYTHING at all that will make this trip as successful and fun as possible...please share!

The problem now is that I'm so excited I can't think straight...so I need some help! :)

Thanks in advance!

-Rick

posted in Paris and France - 16 replies

Caïpirinha Gabriela

2007-01-18T15:58:02Z

Ingrédients

- Citron
- Cachaça Gabriela
- Sucre
- Glaçons pilés

Préparation

Couper le citron dans deux ou quatre morceaux. Mettre 2 cuillères (thé) du sucre dans un verre et serrer ensemble les morceaux de citron avec un pilon. Puis, ajouter 3 cuillères de la Cachaça (eau de vie de canne à sucre) Gabriela dans le verre et le remuer pour se mélanger. Ajouter la glace et remuer encore.
Voilà!

http://www.cachacagabriela.com.br/english/caipirinha_recette.php

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HELP - clubs in paris?

2007-01-05T15:25:52Z

im looking for clubs/cool bars/parties happening in paris over the next two weeks wherei can dance! anyone have any 'hot spots' i can check out?

thanks in advance : )

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Real American Kegger this Friday!

2006-12-22T07:52:54Z

Its the end of the year, work is over, and its time to relax. Get loopy at an all American Kegger! at the Royal British Legion!

Starting at 7:00 until 12:00am. All you can drink! 2 types of premium beer.

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Ernest Hemmingway.

Guys - 20 euro
Ladies - 10 euro

8 rue Boudreau, 75008 PARIS

posted in Paris and France - 4 replies

French language internet radio

2006-12-16T20:38:15Z

anyone know of any french language internet radio stations? either music stations or talk radio?

posted in Paris and France - 10 replies

new!

2006-12-15T21:27:50Z

Hi everyone, just wanted to say Hi, my name is Andrew. I live in the Marais and have been here for about 2 years, originally from Connecticut and an Ex-Marine. Look me up!

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

US Burner in Paris

2006-11-20T05:30:08Z

Heyall...I'm one of the DC Burners here for a week in Paris (I leave Nov 13th) and I wanted to know if there were any local Burning Man type events around here. I'd love to link up with local Burners and see what your culture is like!

Booger

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

where to stay the beginning of Jan 07???

2006-11-19T22:14:53Z

hello everyone, i will be arriving in Paris on my own the beginning of jan on a perfumery and culture pilgrimage and am hoping ot have some recommendations as to where to stay. i have come across the Residence du Palais, a penione that looks nice and is inexpensive; but any suggestions??? I will be staying for one week before heading down to Tunisia...
Thanks,
Jess

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

Yoga lessons in Paris

2006-11-07T23:29:57Z

Hi,

I am looking for a good yoga teacher in Paris. I would like something quite comprehensive and balanced between meditation, breathing and stretching. If possible, i would like it to be around the 5th, 19th or 12th arrondissement and why not also cheap :-)

Thanks a lot in advance,

Regards

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

one night in Paris

2006-10-20T23:37:13Z

g'day, does anyone have the 30th of october free to show a Burner around the sites of Paris and maybe let me crash on your couch,its just for the one night and would gladly treat you to dinner to show my thanks.
what do ya reckon??
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(

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Free conference on the environment in Paris on Oct, 12th at 630pm.

2006-10-10T08:31:42Z

Ecole des mines
60 Blvd St Michel
Metro/RER St Michel

Subject: Nomads, usefull travelling:)

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

Need a rental for November & December

2006-10-09T19:50:20Z

Would any of you in Paris have a room or apartment to rent/sublet for NOV/DEC 2006?

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

they're gonna do it .... watch your ash

2006-10-09T10:25:18Z

thoughts on the upcoming smoking ban?

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

Visiting Paris in November

2006-10-07T03:43:40Z

My wife and I will be in Paris in early November. We will probably be with another couple and their daughter. I am looking for ideas of things to do. Yes, some of the tourist things are OK, but maybe something different would be cool too.

We have been once before, in 1999.

I am interested in photography, aviation, history, and technology (especially computers and networks).
My wife is interested in shopping, shopping, and shopping. Just kidding... she likes to shop, yes. She is also a Belly Dancer... so there is interest in things of the Middle East: Art, music, fabric.

No, we do not speak French. We had a bad time in Paris in 1999 because I was too afraid to attempt French, and embarrssed that I could only use English. The worst was at restaurants... afraid to go eat!

Duane
San Jose, California

posted in Paris and France - 4 replies

LOndon-PAris will split gas , sometime around November 19

2006-09-26T19:28:07Z

French and english speaking. Can split fuel,fares,etc.

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

Flying in the french sky

2006-08-14T13:21:48Z

Hi

I'm a private pilot and can offer you to fly near Paris / Normandy coast... for an hour or less

Keep me posted via a private message !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/france_from_the_sky/

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

Looking for a room for rent in paris or a studio

2006-08-13T20:28:10Z

Looking for a place to rent!!!please if any one knows of anything please contactme thanks,
vero

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

Cool Map of Stuff to Do in Paris in August (crossposting)

2006-08-09T01:00:46Z

August is my favorite month in Paris.

This is a map showing some of the amazing things that are going on there right now. I can't believe they built that giant floating swimming pool!

http://www.platial.com/coquine/map/8518

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

September?

2006-08-07T20:24:39Z

Meilani and myself will be enjoying the city of light in September and I noticed that not too many events within Paris are listed here on Tribe. Do any of you Parisians know of particular places, parties, people or festivals that we just should not miss while we are there? Love to here form you!

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

International Driving Permit

2006-07-28T14:12:51Z

I'm in Paris now, but unexpectedly need to travel to Italy and rent a car there in a few days. It seems I should have the IDP now ... although this wasn't necessary 10+ years ago, the last time I rented in Europe. Is there a way for an American to get one in Paris quickly?

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

Opera Garnier

2006-07-19T05:19:18Z

Has anyone been there, more specifically, in the "unauthorized areas" down in the cellars? Anything strange happen while in the building in general, or even just interesting?

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

wireless (moving to paris)

2006-07-18T09:11:59Z

hello,

what is your experience using, in france, wireless devices set up for use in the usa? for instance this mac powerbook has an 'airport extreme wireless card'. do folks find wireless when travelling in france as readily as can be found in the usa? are other devices or downloads (or phone contracts?) necessary to use wireless in france esp. paris?

thanks, padraic

posted in Paris and France - 3 replies

opening a bank account (moving to paris)

2006-07-18T09:08:32Z

hello,

i've just joined this list. i have a lot of questions that i will list separately. i will appreciate your advice!

i will move at the end of august from the usa. i'll live in france for about 10 months. can i open a french bank account while i am still in the usa? i don't have an address in paris yet. i looked into hsbc bank since it claims to be 'international'. but with a usa account there will still be a 1% transaction fee for withdrawals i make from a french branch. perhaps it is not all one bank. i tried to open an account with la poste on-line but one seems to need a french address. anyway what is the cheapest way to transfer us dollars to euros? what is the best way to have some euros in hand when one steps off the plane?

thank you, padraic

posted in Paris and France - 3 replies

french news websites (moving to paris)

2006-07-16T01:35:58Z

hello,

i would like to catch up with current events before i move to paris. please tell me what are some good french news websites (in french)?

thank you, padraic

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

France Travelling Tips

2006-07-12T08:47:55Z

hello everyone! i'm a newbie here. i just wanna share an article on travelling tips. Here it is...

There are various ways to have a relaxing and grand vacation in France, without spending a chunk of money out of your hard-earned traveling savings. The following tips might help you go over the saving details of your vacation escapade in France.

Most travel discount seekers buy bulks of flight seats and hotel room packages to avail the less expensive costs of such travel promos. FULL ARTICLE HERE... http://www.exploring-france.com/2006/07/10/france-traveling-tips/

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

Special needs schooling ing southern France

2006-07-10T21:15:32Z

Hi,
can anyone please help. My family are planning to move to the southern region of France but cant determine exactly where until we locate special schooling for our daughter Stephanie. She has severe learning disabilities and mild physical. I have tried to contact CDES but to no avail. Any help or advice would we truely appreciated
cheers
Mike

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

storage (moving to paris)

2006-07-08T22:53:49Z

hello,

if we move to paris but travel for a month before finding an apartment, is there a place to store extra baggage? airport lockers are no more ?

thank you, padraic

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

renting an apartment (moving to paris)

2006-07-08T22:51:16Z

hello,

i would like to rent an apartment for six months in paris, october to march. how feasible is that? will it be difficult to find a short-term lease? my fiancee and i can afford 600 euros per month so the place will be small. we hope to arrive in late august to travel around the country then spend a few days in late september trying to find an apartment. are there better and worse times of year to go apartment hunting? should we spend try to rent from september to february instead? we would still travel in september so the september rent would only serve to secure the place and our belongings. how does one go about finding a place? de particulier à particulier has the best prices of any website that i have seen so far. might the fact that my fiancee and i are not yet married be an issue with a landlord? what sort of guarantees will be expected? it seems like a catch-22 that i may need a bank account in order to rent an apartment and that i need an address in order to open a bank account.

thank you, padraic

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

FeteLaBoum/URSULA 1000/Bastille Day Burlesque!

2006-07-07T19:53:01Z

http://www.sfstation.com/bastille-day-burlesque-with-ursula-1000-e23537

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

Cafes in Paris

2006-07-04T19:11:02Z

Cafe culture is thriving in Paris. We are presently looking for some people to volunteer to review and write about cafes in Paris for TheCafeGuide http://www.thecafeguide.com the world's leading online cafe community.

If you either live in the area or are planning to travel to this city and are knowledgeable about cafes. If you have a passion for coffee, tea or both then I would be interested in hearing from you, please write me at richard@thecafeguide.com

Cheers,

Richard

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tomorrow wed-28th Summer/Paris

2006-06-27T19:45:08Z

Reminder:
Book reading from new novel That Summer in Paris.
7pm on June 28th at the Chelsea Barnes & Noble (675 Sixth Avenue at 22nd Street).
Free

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Images from Pere Lachaise

2006-06-21T00:39:46Z

No disrespect intended for those who may be offended by such things-

Images from Pere Lachaise

http://www.skarlettfever.com/lachaise.html

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

Nord and women alone

2006-06-20T23:17:57Z

I've heard some severe warnings about traveling via the Nord station alone for women.

Can anyone offer some advice regarding women being in the station alone?
Is it to the point that women should travel avoiding Nord?

posted in Paris and France - 23 replies

Want to rent my Paris apartment in July?

2006-06-16T16:50:55Z

If anyone is looking for a place to stay in central Paris in July, my lovely apartment is available (I'm off to the Greek Islands!). It's 350 euros a week, in the Bastille area, in a leafy cobbled courtyard. I have pix here -- www.fuchsia-ink.com -- but they were taken last year before we renovated the kitchen (stainless steel oven, fridge, vitroceramic burners). Maybe I'll get around to posting some new ones.

It's a great area and we have cool anglo neighbors who can you help out if needed. The apartment is an open-plan duplex (office area and bed upstairs, lounge, kitchen, bathroom downstairs), so would be best for a couple or a single.

You can contact me through the link on the site.

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

Going to Paris for 2 weeks

2006-06-13T02:34:04Z

Hi everyone
I"ll be landing in paris staying 2 days then will be going to England for a week. Later come back to paris and stay for 5days. I would like to know hostels that I can stay in paris that are clean. IF any one can tell me places I shoud not go because they have a bad reputation..to much crime etc.. I'm a 28 year old women traveling alone so I don't want to go to areas that are dangerous. I read that the gare du nord its a bad zone, is it true...Yes we have Neighborhood that are not as bad as other, but there are some neigborhood that are bad especially if one is walking alone. Its my first time traveling so if you can help, it would be great. Please let me know on places I can stay in downtown paris I'm planning on going June 19, 2006. I'm would like to meet people, any suggestion would be appreciated.

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Research Opportunity for Men

2006-06-12T15:12:45Z

ARE YOU A MAN WHO’S OVER 18 WHO HAS EVER BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMAN THAT LASTED FOR A YEAR OR MORE, WHERE FOR SOME OR ALL OF THAT TIME THE RELATIONSHIP WAS SEXUAL?
IF SO, TAKE PART IN AN ANONYMOUS RESEARCH STUDY ONLINE.
THE STUDY IS EXAMINING MALE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH,
CLICK THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE WHICH CONTAINS MY
QUESTIONNAIRES:

www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp

PARTICIPATION IS ANONYMOUS AND FREE OF CHARGE.

If you begin to tire at any point during the survey, you can close the browser and your place in the survey will be automatically saved. You can click on this same link again at a later time and you will be able to come back to the survey exactly where you left off.

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

New here...

2006-06-04T02:02:35Z

Bonjour everyone! My name is Mathew and I recently joined this tribe. I really have no interest with France to be honest, but I am trying to get my art around the world. I recently put alisting up for it. Check it out. Other than that, here I am!

Peace, Love and Light

Mathew

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

Ebay Question

2006-05-28T12:54:57Z

Hello,

Does anyone know how to sell things on EBay FROM France so that people in the USA don't have to click 'search worldwide' to see the item ?

Should one open an ebay account on the Ebay-USAsite to do this, or can one open acct on the Ebay-France site? Any suggestions, experience would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Carmela Soprano

2006-05-23T02:14:08Z

Did anyone see Carm in Paris last night?

Quite a compliment to the City of Light.

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

shipping packages from france

2006-05-17T15:06:56Z

does anyone have any experience shipping packages from france?

i'm an artist and sell paintings over the internet. i'm about to go live in france for the next 3 months and wanted to scope out the shipping situation. i've heard it's expensive, which has me a bit worried.

my paintings are small, depending on size can range in weight from 300-800 grams. most of my collectors are in the US.

any thoughts/help/info/shared experiences would be really appreciated...

thanks in advance!

posted in Paris and France - 9 replies

Arles vs. Antibes? Recommendations?

2006-05-05T17:12:44Z

Hello,

I'll be departing for France on May 26 for a two week trip, and will be dividing my time between Paris and the South of France.

I'm debating between going to Antibes and the Rivera, or Arles in the Rhône. We will only be visiting the south for 4-5 days before heading back to Paris, so I'm trying to come up with the best logistical plan for visiting the area (I've not visited there for over 15 years, and my girlfriend has never visited the south).

If anyone has recommendations on which "end" of the south they think holds greater appeal, I'd be happy to have the input. Restaurant and hotel recommendations would also be welcome.

Thanks,
Chris

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a good place to find short term rentals in Paris (instead of usual hotel)

2006-04-27T20:01:47Z

you can stay in a all furnished appartment intead of an hotel room next visit and for the same price or cheaper

I did that my last trip to France and that was wonderful !

now the lady you organize those rental has created her own company :

http://www.paris-be-a-part-of-it.com/index.htm

I think that great way to have an enjoyable stay in Paris !

+Michel

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

has anyone ever eloped in Paris?

2006-04-14T00:16:43Z

...I have a friend who is considering such a fun thing!

posted in Paris and France - 6 replies

Looking for excellent nightclub in Paris

2006-04-12T16:05:11Z

I'm travelling to Paris in May for a quick visit, and would love to hit a great club one night. Breakbeats are great, but so is a lot of music. I'm open, and would love to hear from y'all.....

Thanks!! Jess

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

Je voudrais some cheap tix....

2006-04-09T03:18:26Z

Who's got the 411 on the best airfare deals from SFO to Chucky de Gaul...?

After flying Brittish Airways recently I hate like hell to have to go back to one of those airborne cattle-lift meat-locker airlines, but I certainly would if I could find something for under $700 roundtrip in September.

Anyone got any special secret travel agents I can contact?

posted in Paris and France - 4 replies

protests in france

2006-04-08T09:11:49Z

i'm surprised nobody has yet posted anything about the situation in france right now regarding the *first job contract* protests which basically gives employers alot more freedom to lay off young employees...
although i'm part french, it seems to me like alot of people in france take the employment world for granted... perhaps the influence of socialist governments over the years has taken its toll on society...
thoughts, comments?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040400782.html

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

I'm leaving for Paris in the morning!

2006-03-30T15:51:08Z

I have family there and places to stay
but concerned about travel into the
city given the student demos and
now the union strikes. would much
prefer toaking metro in to the city.
anyybody just return or exp. w/
paris transport strikes in general?

posted in Paris and France - 3 replies

Travel checklist?

2006-03-29T00:46:03Z

We are heading to France for the first time in February.

Does anyone have a checklist of 'what to take' that you use? I know the weather can be a bit 'iffy' this time of year as well so any advice there would be welcome also.

We will be going to Paris and Lyon.

Thanks!

~Rick

posted in Paris and France - 43 replies

Des voix des femmes

2006-03-15T14:30:08Z

I am writing a piece of music and would like recordings of women who are fluent french speakers answering the question "Est-ce que tu es feministe? Pourquoi ou pourquoi pas?" in french, of course. If you want to do it, email me a recording in any format to celesteh at gmail dot com.

Je compose un morceau de musique avec des voix des femmes. Je cherche des enregistrements de femmes, pendant qu'elles donnent de la réponse à la question "Est-ce que tu es feministe? Pourquoi ou pourquoi pas?". En français, si vous plait. Si vous voulez participer, envoyez l'enregistrement à celesteh à gmail point com.

Participants will be thanked in program notes and will get a recording of the finished musical piece

Des participants vont recevoir mes remerciements et l'enregistrement du morceau de musique que je vais creer avec ses voix.

Merci

posted in Paris and France - 20 replies

A Tropical Rain Forest Event

2006-03-13T03:26:51Z

Hello,

I’m letting all of the tribes know about a regional event coming up soon – Rebirth. Burning Man, but rather than radical desert survival – radical tropical rain forest survival. Details of the event can be found here:

http://www.kapilina.org/bigisland/rebirth2006.html

Hawaii… Fire spinning capital of the world… Big Island… Hot tub ponds heated by thermal vents… Black Sand Beaches… LAVA… REAL LAVA! And a Burning Man regional event.

I’ve tried to figure out how to reduce costs as much as possible for everyone coming over from the mainland (if you can think of anyother suggestions please post):

Rideshare thread from the airport to puna here:
http://kapilina.tribe.net/thread/5438fe28-b674-4c10-9bed-3334aae6f4e3

Cheap Airfare From Mainland:
vacations.travelzoo.com/hawaii.../229965

www.airtech.com/specials.html

Shipping Art/Supplies:
http://kapilina.tribe.net/thread/daca9206-f7a4-4c58-a763-49b96731a584

Again if you know cheaper means please repost. See you all there!

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

My best friends's online interview

2006-03-08T15:10:42Z

www.xan.co.uk/volume_24.php
My best friends's online interview

posted in Paris and France - 0 replies

Loking for internet radio stream

2006-03-05T02:06:29Z

don't and can't get I Tunes for listening to music while at work. Anyone know of a reliable stream that works in real player or windows media - any genere, really. Thanks - Patrick

posted in Paris and France - 5 replies

dogs and transport

2006-02-03T22:42:16Z

hey there,
does anyone know if you can take your dog on the metro/RER? if so, do they need a ticket of some sort?

merci!

posted in Paris and France - 2 replies

Favorite Tea Salon in Paris?

2006-01-19T07:17:34Z

"L'Oisive The" in the 13th provided a charming, quiet, smoke-free, warm change from the cafes and restaurants in my busy neigborhood. Also, the 3 people working the salon were casual, professional and friendly with easy smiles.

Can others recommend their favorite salons de the? What elements did you enjoy? The tea? The ambiance? Food? Service?

I know that I can get a list of Paris tea salons from the web, but wanted to hear suggestions from this crowd.

posted in Paris and France - 1 reply

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renting an apartment (moving to paris)

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Cafes in Paris

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