AMATEUR NIGHT, is an integral part of the Apollo Theater, a theater that brings forth a...
French District Confidentials
Tour E – Brooklyn in Twilight The tour takes place on Sundays departing between 2 pm and 6 pm...
This is a rather original concept of a bachelorette: for two hours, the bride-to-be and her...
Te(st)rrifying – Did you know? 1. Why the Celts began wearing masks and costumes during...
Discovering France
The westernmost part of France, Breton (Brittany) might be called Finistère, meaning ‘land’s...
Having seen light since the Middle Ages, Maincy is a small picturesque village in north...
Penny for our thoughts
7 French something’s that are not so French!
“When in doubt attribute quotes to Mark Twain”, so said Mark Twain. So believable, right? Yet, rest assured he never said it and it is entirely untrue.
“When in doubt attribute quotes to Mark Twain”, so said Mark Twain. So believable, right? Yet, rest assured he never said it and it is entirely untrue.
Pardon my French!
Things not to say in French to save yourself from embarassment.
Sometimes in the process of learning a language, we may say something with the right intention and right words only to imply something totally different in the spoken language. French has these pitfalls for new learners as well...
The best ways to learn French?…We give you three
André Gide said “Que l’on parle bien quand on parle dans le désert!”…Wondering if this is French?
It sure is French! The above quote literally means “We are so eloquent, when we talk in the desert!” French is a beautiful language not because of fancy pronunciations of its words, but because of the people that speak it! When...
ABC’s of picking a good bottle for a wine newbie
Speed date with wine – The swirl, the sniff and the sip…
You think back to all the times you have seen people sipping on wines in movies, holding it up across the light, swirling it around and speaking in wine lingo and you end up thinking wine is a complicated elixir! Don’t be...
