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Dear Parler Paris Reader, By Monday evening, New York had started to come back to life...at least a bit. There was less available seating on the subway and more people in the restaurants. It's been cold, but sunny and the skies have been blue...until yesterday when it rained all day long. In the Paris Versus New York book (see Monday's Parler Paris Nouvellettre®), one of our favorite dichotomies are the pages Novembre/November -- Novembre being just a whole page of gray and November being just a whole page of blue. It says it all about Paris weather versus New York's. Another set of pages show the Paris poubelles (trash cans) on one side and the New York style trash cans on the other. They got that one wrong. The New York side should have been replaced with a pile of black or clear plastic bags filled with trash. In fact, it was one of the signs that New York was coming back to life after the holiday...the piles had gotten higher. The piles of garbage in New York is one of my pet peeves. While men in bright green outfits carrying weird green plastic seaweed-looking brooms empty the trash and wash down the streets in Paris daily, New York thinks nothing of letting its trash pile up to mountain status on the wide sidewalks. I am dying to call up Mayor Bloomberg and ask, "What the hell are you thinking? Can't you sophisticated New Yorkers clean up after yourselves? Don't you have enough rats?" The rats scurry along the subway tracks. They are big and look mean...meaner than the little mice one finds along the Paris Métro tracks. Paris Versus New York left that one out. They forgot about the rodents we both have come to know and 'love.' The stores along Broadway on the upper west side were open for business Monday night (until 10 p.m.) after attending an informal memorial service held by friends for my niece who we lost her life at the age of 30 just a short two weeks ago...but we weren't in the mood for shopping. The "open for business" a reminder of American consumerism hard at work. Even France has been extending its business hours to accommodate shoppers more and more over the years. I can remember when all the merchants in my Parisian neighborhood closed on Mondays and during the week would close between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for lunch. It was frustrating for an American who had the habit of running errands and marketing any hour of the day (or night in lots of places). No more. Those days of caring less about money and more about lifestyle may be waning with Sarkozian politics to "Work More, Earn More." Paris isn't ready for 24 hour a day 7 days a week retailing. But it's inching closer all the time and before you know it, we won't have the space to house all the things we buy that we don't need...just like in America. Yesterday under the showers, we took time to meet up with several old friends, moving from restaurant to coffee shop to bar to dinner party in a private apartment. All of those friends have Paris connections and understand what it's like to live the bi-cultural life. As 2011 comes to a close, it's a natural 'line in the sand' to consider making resolutions to change things in ones life that can be improved. This is a time when people vow to quit smoking, go on a diet, save more money, complain less, find a job, move to France...but doing nothing about, etc., etc., etc. I look at that line and contemplate what those resolutions this year should be. The list is long, but unedited for the moment. Today the plane from JFK heads south to New Orleans for the second half of my U.S. holiday adventure. My home town is as different to New York as New York is to Paris. The weather will be warmer and bluer. The people will be fatter -- forecast is for 70 degree temperatures for the next few days). The food will be better (don't tell the French, but it's the best in the world) and the living will be easier. By the time you read the next Nouvellettre®, I will have gained five pounds (at least), it will be a new year so we'll have to get used to writing "2012" on our checks, and we have an opportunity to change our outlooks on life...if we want to, whether living on this side of the planet or the other. Happy New Year! And thanks to all of you who sent holiday wishes!! Same to all of you. A la prochaine...until 2012!
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Come to Paris this winter for the best shopping of the year at the sales from January 11 to February 14 or celebrate a romantic Valentine's Day in the City of Light and your best bargain will be on a luxurious Parler Paris Apartment! You'll receive the lowest prices of the year when you book your stay in January or February.
Nestled just steps from Paris’ oldest market street, the famous rue Montorgueil, La Greneta has more treats in store than just great access to the edible kind. This roomy two-bedroom apartment will knock your socks off with its fabulous décor, spaciousness, seemingly endless amenities and overall comfort and convenience. Book now! Visit Parler Paris Apartments to view our full selection or email apartments@adrianleeds.com Parler Parlor French-English Conversation Group Practice speaking French and English. Make friends, discuss interesting topics, learn about other cultures, progress in understanding and speaking, naturally and easily. Meets three times a week -- come as often as you like!
Saturday, January 14, 2012 11 a.m. at Lutèce Langue (23 bd. de Sebastopol) OPEN TO EVERYONE! Come for conversational exchange and celebrate the New Year over Galette des Rois with Vin Chaud. Make new friends, practice speaking French and English and get to know the members. GET 12 SESSIONS FOR THE PRICE OF A 10-SESSION CARD AND 24 SESSIONS FOR THE PRICE OF A 20-SESSION CARD THAT DAY! For further details, visit Parler Parlor. Adrian Leeds® Top 100 Cheap Insider Paris Restaurants -- You don't need to be rich to dine well in Paris, you just need to be in the know!
Dining Travel Reference: #2 Budget Travel Guides: #8 Travel Dining Reference: #19 Online since 1996, Adrian Leeds® Top 100 Cheap Insider Paris Restaurants has been completely updated for 2011. This restaurant guide has been a favorite among visitors to France for many years. The guide includes 100 restaurants from the 20 arrondissements in Paris, so no matter where you are in the City of Light, you can discover great food and better value. You’ll find detailed descriptions of the food, service and ambiance, complete with Google maps, a glossary of French food terms and guidance on how to have the best dining experiences in Paris! If you want to dine “à la française” on your next trip to the City of Light, be sure to pack this guide. Get your copy of Adrian Leeds Top 100 Cheap Insider Paris Restaurants  PSI Communications -- New Year, new dreams and a new boat to float!
Join us to create paper new year's boats! Laugh & launch on the Seine. We light the little boats on fire -- to send up your wish in the Asian tradition. Fire, water, and bring your imagination! Families welcome, art boat supplies and food provided. What do you want to drop overboard this year? What do you want to add to your boat? SUNDAY January 22nd from 14:30h to 20h in a private place in Ile St. Louis. Metro St. Paul (1) or Pont Marie (7). For more info visit PSI and ask for our special offer to Parler-Paris readers! Or email: info@psicommunications.com Buy and sell with Parler Paris classifieds! Earn money. Become an Introduction Partner of French Property Consultation! Read past issues of Parler Paris...
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