Parler Paris Après-Midi
NEXT MEETING: May 10, 2004 AND EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
This is your opportunity to meet every month, often with local professionals who can answer your Working and Living in France questions. You are invited to come for drinks and share your questions and comments about what it takes to create a life here, own property and enjoy what France has to offer. It is also an opportunity to network with other Parler Paris readers.
Upstairs
at La Pierre du Marais
96, rue des Archives at the corner of rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or
Arts et Métiers
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coming year's meetings... |
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8, 2005 |
MEETING
OF April 12, 2005
(Photos do not necessarily match descriptions.)
Hawaiian Gar Westfall, who shows up once or twice a year to spend a few weeks in Paris, was taking pictures of us taking pictures of him.
San
Antonian Sandy Zayas is back in town in her 12 square
meter Ile Saint-Louis townhouse -- the biggest 12 meters you ever saw.
She was also taking pictures of us taking pictures of her.
Los
Angelino, Master Subtitler and long-time friend, Celia Szew,
is visiting for just a few days and came to see what it was all about
Her film promoter husband, Yossi and son Fernando, is meanwhile doing
business in Cannes. Erin Zaleski is back in Paris,
this time interning at Newsweek, writing articles about Paris and looking
for a more permanent job to keep her here.
Parler
Paris intern and Torontonian, Lynda Sydney (info@adrianleeds.com)
and volunteer Calendar Gal, Nancy Szczepanski (Calendar@ParlerParis.com)
were talking Parler Paris "biz" in the corner. Both are looking
for ways of staying her permanently -- Nancy filed her URSSAF papers
just this week.
Retired
Chicago school teacher, Jane Stivarius, lives in Paris
6 months a year, 6 months in Miami ever since 1997 and says she intends
to live here as long as she can climb the hill from République
to Haute Belleville. Barbara Owens is a long time regular
to Parler Paris Après Midi, but news is that her business is
up and running as an "agent commercial" representing a men's
skin care line. She calls her company "Barbara O!" She's also
"travel styling" with a travel agency as a concierge booking
travel for Europeans going to the U.S. and Americans going to Europe.
Busy lady!
Virginia
Barnes from San Francisco is spending her second year here
retired and enjoying life. "M" with her new
glasses, still keeps in wondering who she really is.
Brit Peter Verstage is here just for three days to look around and perhaps move here at some later date. Lady in red, Brigitte Bazin-McClave, a French woman married to an American is back in France and starting a "Bilingual Home Service."
Kathryn
Hayashi and her friend, Milkica Stojkovic,
have come again to talk and meet Americans.
Frenchman,
Jacques Derhy , is back after 15 years in North America and is still
in the process of reaclimation back into French life.
Business-Mentors,
Inc. Al Stewart is back for a long stretch in his
pied-à-terre in Le Marais. Always a delight to see his smiling
face.
Jane
Ramey and her husband, Michael Richardson
came for the first time and made friends quickly with regulars, including
Patricia Laplante Collins (Paris Soirées). They are retired and
exploring their options -- thinking of moving to Paris, of course!
Not pictured is Sandra Tallaferro-Fuenterosa, opera singer and voice teacher, translator and writer, who loves Paris, has lived here before and dreams of coming back permanently.
Dolores
Lilley came to say goodbye -- she's heading home to till October
when she'll be back in town!
