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11 octobre 2008

Chinese Hat in Metz

From Guardian Unlimited: Museums branch out Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Artist's impression of the Pompidou Metz. Photograph: AP A race by Paris museums for the soul of provincial France kicked off yesterday when the Pompidou unveiled its programme for...

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11 octobre 2008

Jörg Haider dies in car crash

Hmmm.... I don't dare voice my thoughts... Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider dies in car crash Austrian president says death of controversial politician is a 'human tragedy' Matthew Weaver guardian.co.uk , Saturday October 11 2008 09.38 BST Police...

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11 octobre 2008

Deception

But, why...? Why keep up the lie for so long, defend the story for 60 years when all along it was fabrication? Misha Defonseca's book isn't true after all. I'm mortified. Truely. I understand the financial point of denying it was fiction, but what about...

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11 octobre 2008

Can I donate?

Yes, Little Me, you can donate! Please do! Very good question. You can either send me a cheque made out to Enfants de Roumanie and I'll forward it, or directly to Maité Elissondo, our President, at Enfants de Roumanie, 1, rue de la Rhune, 64500 St. Jean...

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10 octobre 2008

Calling all music fans!

A CONCERT of classical and variety music will be taking place on Friday 7th November at: The Roumanian Orthodox Church, 9 bis , rue Jean de Beauvais, 75005 Paris (Métro Maubert-Mutualité) at 20h for the benefit of our association Enfants de Roumanie and...

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10 octobre 2008

Direct Soir and Courrier Nationale

So glad to see this in Courrier Internationale and Direct Soir, the free newspaper found in the metro. At last, a little something cultural regarding Roumania...and what an excellent subject. Of course, the anniversary in Bucharest was the evening I attended...

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6 octobre 2008

New York Times

Simon Hantaï, 85, Reclusive French Painter, Is Dead By MARGALIT FOX Published: October 2, 2008 Simon Hantaï, a highly regarded, famously reclusive French painter whose work explored ideas of absence and silence — and who took those ideas so seriously...

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6 octobre 2008

Oh, blimey....!

Stoker's blood relation resurrects Dracula Guardian Unlimited, 6th October, 2008 Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931). Photograph: Kobal Van Helsing and his intrepid band of vampire hunters might have disposed of Bram Stoker's creation Dracula more than a century...

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6 octobre 2008

Dear All, Yes, I know this is late coming and I

Dear All, Yes, I know this is late coming and I apologise. The weekend was sociable and full. Saturday with my neighbour Loic we hoofed around our quartier seeing everything as if for the first time. Beautiful buildings of various styles dating from 1890...

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1 octobre 2008

So far this week...

Dear Everyone, Wednesday's been and gone already. At last time is starting to fly. Not long til November and believe me, I'm counting the days! Here, things are busy as usual. I have an evening in with the cats for a change and my Eastenders dvds (catching...

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27 septembre 2008

Pyramid Project - 15è

Dear Everyone, It's not only in Bucharest that architects (so-called) have no taste, or at least, have bizaaaaaaaarre taste if 'no' is too critical - high rises and visual horrors are cropping up here too. Look what we have to contend with as, I hope,...

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25 septembre 2008

Biserica Ingropata din Causeni

What a lovely story - thanks, Dan. Biserica ingropata din Causeni Cea mai pretioasa biserica din Basarabia In Basarabia exista o biserica monument, care a fost facuta in secret si ingropata sub pamant, pentru a fi ferita de ochii paganilor. O comoara...

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24 septembre 2008

The Angel of Grozny, Asne Seierstad

I just saw this in the NYT book review section - so glad to see Asne Seierstad has published another book following her first on Chechnya. Courageous Asne. Anna Polikovskaya would be proud of her. A Chechnyan child amid the ruins of Grozny, 1995. By PETER...

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23 septembre 2008

The oldest house in Paris?

Dear Everyone, For years and years, 3, rue Volta was reputed as being the oldest house in Paris. All the history books on this capital city had a pic of it, under which the caption 'The Oldest House in Paris'...but they were wrong! It took the perseverence...

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21 septembre 2008

SOS Piano Recital

Hi Everybody! I'm looking for a nice big room to fit around 40 people sitting, and a piano! When I say piano, I mean a good quality grand, preferably recently tuned. I'm organising a recital for Mihai, aged 21 and fabulous concert pianist as many of you...

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21 septembre 2008

East European workers quit UK to head home

East European workers quit UK to head home British employers are hit by labour shortages as Romania and Poland start to win back migrants Toby Helm , Whitehall editor The Observer , Sunday September 21 2008 Article history Romania to launch a campaign...

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21 septembre 2008

Elegantly convenient!

Dear Everyone, Yes, I know, I can't stop this evening, but I keep thinking of things I absolutely MUST share with you before bedtime. For those of you who dread being caught short in the streets of Paris - who can blame you for public loos here aren't...

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21 septembre 2008

Picpus

Dear Everyone, Sitting on the metro the other day, my eyes fell upon the station name Picpus , and I thought, 'what a great name for a cat'. Then, another thought - 'and how strange it is. I wonder where it comes from'. And thus, this evening, I did a...

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20 septembre 2008

Latin Quarter, Ile St Louis and around...

Dear Everyone, Following last night(s marvellous concert given by the Choir and Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at Salle Pleyel (Beethoven's Missa Solemnis) and a reunion with Sabine and Aline, I was on a cloud. After a nocturnal...

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