Author: Mark
Favoritz: Bread & Pastries in Paris
We all know that Paris has a pretty good reputation for these. Deservedly! This obviously isn’t the ONLY address, but … it is a suggestion.
Here’s a tip & a photo.
63 Boulevard Pasteur 75015 Paris (a few minutes’ walk from the Gare Montparnasse)
Quality. Taste. Class.
and then there’s the excellent, cozy Bread and Roses at 62 rue Madame, just outside the Luco.
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Favoritz: In Paris for cheese.
It’s a bright and sunny Saturday morning here in Paris. I was going out to the bakery to get a fresh baguette for my daughter’s breakfast when I saw my neighbor A. on his bicycle.
“Good morning, A.”
“Good morning, Mark”
and after a few words, A. let me in on a secret …
I’m on my way for some cheese … My favorite place in Paris for cheese … is Dubois, A. said.
You know that the word for cheese in French is “fromage” and that a cheese shop is a “fromagerie” … I won’t say anymore …
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and …
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Avenue de l’Observatoire
Paris 14th Arrondissement
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Reassuring …
(an imaginary dialogue)
I think this is what Nicolas Sarkozy was saying to Angela Merkel about Greece …
[audio:http://test.paris-savannah.com/wp-content/uploads/EX17078A.mp3|titles=Everything’s going to be all right]and she replied …
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Newsletter: May 7, 2010
Remember TGIF? Today’s the day. Every day, somehow, is a special day. Every day is unique. Today’s May 7th. Your birthday? An Anniversary? A happy day or a day of remembrance …
There’s a time for everything. A time for work. A time for play. So today … how about a time for some poetry?
Like this silly rhyme written for kids by Shel Silverstein in a book he published called Where the Sidewalk Ends :
Ridiculous Rose
Her mama said “Don’t eat with your fingers.”
“OK,” said Ridiculous Rose
So she ate with her toes.
Why don’t you try writing – or drawing – something today. Anything. You’ve got a heart – and that does rhyme – with … art. “And there ain’t a man alive ain’t got a heart!” ((Oh dear, I can see all those serious English teachers just closing their eyes at this …))
That “ain’t” made me think of something … A song … A fun and beautiful and powerful song from George and Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. You probably know one song from that folk opera: Summertime. One of the other masterpieces is … It ain’t necessarily so. And while the only credit I can take is finding this for you, it’s a real find. Enjoy.
And thanks for opening …
The Paris Savannah Connection.
Hoping you have a special weekend,
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Newsletter: May 6, 2010
Remember TGIF? Today’s the day. Every day, somehow, is a special day. Every day is unique. Today’s May 7th. Your birthday? An Anniversary? A happy day or a day of remembrance …
There’s a time for everything. A time for work. A time for play. So today … how about a time for some poetry?
Like this silly rhyme written for kids by Shel Silverstein in a book he published called Where the Sidewalk Ends :
Ridiculous Rose
Her mama said “Don’t eat with your fingers.”
“OK,” said Ridiculous Rose
So she ate with her toes.
Why don’t you try writing – or drawing – something today. Anything. You’ve got a heart – and that does rhyme – with … art. “And there ain’t a man alive ain’t got a heart!” ((Oh dear, I can see all those serious English teachers just closing their eyes at this …))
That “ain’t” made me think of something … A song … A fun and beautiful and powerful song from George and Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. You probably know one song from that folk opera: Summertime. One of the other masterpieces is … It ain’t necessarily so. And while the only credit I can take is finding this for you, it’s a real find. Enjoy.
And thanks for opening …
The Paris Savannah Connection.
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pronunciation & spelling: way … weigh
Just a few sound clips … to show you how easy it is to pronounce and spell these homonyms!
We all know “one way street …” ((sens unique dans tous ses sens)) [audio:http://test.paris-savannah.com/wp-content/uploads/ex18171d1.mp3|titles=one way street] and we know that there’s more than “one way” : Which way? Oh dear … No way! ((impossible!))[audio:http://test.paris-savannah.com/wp-content/uploads/ex18064a1.mp3|titles=no way]
Talking pounds and kilos … How much does it weigh?
weigh <pronunciation> way [audio:http://test.paris-savannah.com/wp-content/uploads/mf18171.mp3|titles=way]
Oh dear I just realized … the noun form of weigh is … weight. Which is pronounced just like wait. “Heaven can wait” wasn’t that the name of a movie?
weight <pronunciation> wait [audio:http://test.paris-savannah.com/wp-content/uploads/mf18165.mp3|titles=wait/weight]
surely there are others … any suggestions?
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Punctuation. Intonation. Meaning.
Take just about any word or group of words and test them: What does “you” mean? In fact, it all depends on the intonation, doesn’t it? Intonation is in the voice; punctuation is in writing. We “hear” punctuation when we read…don’t we?
I do.
You do?
You!
There are full stops. Also know in the USA as periods.
There are question marks, too, aren’t there?
Exclamation marks, too!
And of course, commas, so that we can breathe easier.
and “quotation marks,” traditonal and modern.
Until words are punctuated, they can’t really mean anything … For instance … what sense can you give these words in this order?
Woman without her man is nothing
?? !! “.” , : ; (and there are more on your keyboard … I wonder where they came from!)
and as for intonation …
Enjoy! More to come …
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shorts at … L’Escurial
Where else is the audience invited for a drink and snack at intermission? Where else does the audience vote on the best short film (court-metrage) shown that evening? Only at the Escurial. Bd. Port Royal, Paris 13. M° Gobelins.
Once a month, a dozen shorts are shown on a given theme.
L’Escurial Panorama est la seule et dernière salle indépendante classée Art et Essai du 13ème Arrondissement et aussi l’une des plus anciennes (création en 1911).
Ce lieu est né sous une bonne étoile : dans les années 1980, après avoir longtemps été la propriété du cinéaste Jean Gourguet, il est sauvé de la transformation en supermarché grâce à la volonté de jeunes fous de cinéma. Cette équipe, qui ne connaît rien à l’exploitation mais tout sur les films, fait de cette salle le lieu du cinéma à la carte avec vingt films par semaine et des nuits entières consacrées aux stars que sont Brigitte Bardot ou Marlon Brando. La fréquentation est multipliée par trois et le succès est si rapide qu’une deuxième salle est construite dans l’ancien balcon.
La programmation de l’Escurial permet de faire découvrir au public un cinéma de qualité soutenu par une politique d’animation très forte. Depuis 2002, ” les soirées courts-métrages ” de l’Escurial vous permettent de voir des chefs d’œuvre au format court, dans une ambiance bon enfant et décontractée, le dernier mardi de chaque mois. Deux fois par mois sont également organisées des projections de documentaires le dimanche matin, suivies de débats.
Ce cinéma au destin étonnant incarne la persistance des salles de quartier à la programmation exigeante. Pour ceux qui ne le connaissent pas, l’essayer, c’est l’adopter !
Link to the Escurial.
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