Shopping for Valentines: The Kama Sutra, One Bite at a Time
Posted on February 14, 2007 - Filed Under France, Holiday, Food & Wine, Misc. | Leave a Comment
It is a mashup of Animal Crackers, Cracker Jacks, Willie Wonka and, uh, sex.
What ever happened to the idea of fun candy? As a kid I used to sit around with my pals biting the heads off of giraffes and the butts off hippos, giggling self-indulgently at my cleverness. Likewise with Cracker Jacks: one […]
Thanksgiving in Paris - City of Lights Video
Posted on November 25, 2005 - Filed Under France, Audio, Holiday, Places, Video | Leave a Comment
Photo © 2004 Russell Johnson
City of Lights: A Paris Minute
Windows Media Video
HDTV (39MB) - STANDARD VIDEO
An American in Paris: Thanksgiving 2004
by Russell Johnson
The Story in Audio
MP3
The French are getting fat, so say reports, consuming and consumed by le fast food. You wouldn’t know it by looking at their scrawny turkeys. Dindon rings with onomonopoea. This […]
An American in Paris: Thanksgiving 2004
Posted on December 2, 2004 - Filed Under France, Audio, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Podcast: The Story in Audio(3:50) MP3
What could be more appropriate to hear on the Paris Metro than French horns?
They add a holiday feeling to a chilly Paris on a Thanksgiving weekend.
Thanksgiving, of course, is completely off the map of the French. We spent
Turkey Day with expat friends slurping oysters and savoring foie gras and boef.
Oh, […]
