french my way

[Edible Idiom] Couper la poire en deux

Two weeks ago, I had dinner at a French restaurant called La Table d'Eugène, on the other side of the Montmartre hill from me. As my friends and I were handed the menus, we all stopped to comment on...

A Starry, Starry Night with Chester French and Janelle Monae

What a great night it was last night. Not only did I meet Pharrell (who is one of my idols), but I also got treated to hot performances by ArjanWrites faves Chester French and Janelle Monae....

Nobel. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2008 has been awarded to the French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity...

Paris 2008: Heuliez, Michelin and Orange wrap a revolution in a plain package

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor ShowFrench coachbuilder Heuliez, along with Michelin and Orange[TM], have brought with them to the 2008 Paris Motor Show a...

Sweden: The Triumph of Cultural Marxism

Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, confirmed that her party and the Greens want to form a coalition government in 2010. What kind of policy will such a government follow?...

€ on the Brink of Collapse

A quote from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2008 The Baltic Dry Index measuring freight rates for shipping has fallen 70 per cent since May. The whole nexus of commodities...

Paris 2008: Eco & Mobility present the Simpli-City and Next-?re

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Lightweight, European Union, Paris Motor ShowAway from the glamor cars spinning on their turntables with posing models are a few vehicles that most of the North American...

Video: Lumeneo Smera makes a promotional appearance

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union Watch the video after the jump Last year, we were introduced to the Lumeneo Smera at the Geneva Motor Show. We were impressed by its specifications, which...

Dexia gets state guarantees for borrowing

AFP - BRUSSELS (AFP) - The Belgian, French and Luxembourg governments rode on Thursday to the rescue of struggling bank Dexia for the second time in less than two weeks, pledging to guarantee money...

Dexia gets state guarantees for borrowing: source

AFP - BRUSSELS (AFP) - The Belgian, French and Luxembourg governments have agreed to guarantee struggling bank Dexia's borrowing on the market, a sources close to the French and Luxembourg...