French History and Culture
French News Guy
(Authors Note: Many readers of THIS POST wanted to know the story behind it. Here ’tis!) Not “As Seen On TV” With a title like “French News Guy”, you might reasonably assume that I’m referring to a French Television New Anchor.(“Presenter” for my readers in fish ‘n chip land) And you would be wrong. […]
3Mar2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 22 comments | Continued
French Pawn Shop Bank
In my last post, I took you on a video tour of Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny. As you’re well aware, in addition to his fame after death, ‘ole Claude was famous while he was alive! A happy condition not shared by the majority of his Impressionist pals. (Sisley comes particularly to mind.) Fame, of […]
27Feb2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 37 comments | Continued
French Hippie Saint
Not Your Average Holly Roller He was a Soldier. He was a hippie. He was a Saint. And wherever you go in France, you’ll find a village and/or a church named after him. Saint Martin of Tours was his offical title. But owing to his constant pligrimmages, He was really Saint Martin of everywhere. Our […]
5Aug2011 | Bicycle Gourmet | 12 comments | Continued