Monthly Archives: April 2007

Can’t afford a luxury bag? Rent a designer handbag This looks like an original idea to me: steal the show with a luxury bag that isn’t yours. Two French sites offer this service. You can rent them for one or … Continue reading →

Send a smoke signal via email from many places on earth, including the Eiffel Tower. Click the link below to send your own. Send a smoke signal | Via

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. … Continue reading →

Edouard Boubat (1923-1999) was a French photographer who became known for his black and white photography, shot in many countries across the world. The link below points to an interview (in English), with several more photos. “I think that the … Continue reading →

Peter Hertzmann is an American with an obsession: I am obsessive with French cookery—its preparation, materials, history, politics, and culture. This web site is part of that obsession. Discover his many succulent recipes and tips: A La Carte

Des Chapeaux is a French website dedicated to hats throughout the centuries. Très retro! Des Chapeaux

Pyrats is a short (1:30) animation created by five students at the animation school “The Gobelins” in Paris, France. The film was created for the international animation film festival in Annecy, 2006. Go to their official site (also in English) … Continue reading →

Grenouille Plus is a website dedicated to vintage books, cut-outs and school prints, with links to king-size graphics. Grenouille Plus

This must be one of weirdest museums in the world Behind the thick walls of the superb 15th century gothic building that is the Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, a host of interesting, exciting and unusual surprises await you. One special … Continue reading →

[youtube]zD6ZD1Igxr0[/youtube] Here’s a great short film of the great Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and his Quintet of the Hot Club of France performing J’attendrai. A newsreel-style announcer introduces the band as they lounge around a room, smoking and playing cards … Continue reading →

French photographer Cedric Delsaux shot a series of amazing photos of Star Wars characters mixed with Parisian architecture. Urban wasteland becomes intergalactic battleground. More on his website. Cedric Delsaux website | Via

Living underground, in a French troglodyte village Historically, cave dwellings have been used as hiding places during wars, places of worship and stables for farm animals, as well as pigs and chickens. As the family grew and more rooms were … Continue reading →

I am not certain what the original source of this graph is. The chart shows the percentage of people with a BMI (Body Mass Index) higher than 30 in different countries. A BMI of 30 or greater is equal to … Continue reading →

Who wants to be the next president? Moi! Moi! Moi! Moi! Today marks the official start of the French presidential campaign. In 13 days from now two candidates will fight each other in the second round. No doubt it’s going … Continue reading →

[googlevideo]-347851207040211698[/googlevideo] Arielle Dombasle fascinates Australians… For reasons that are still unclear at this moment, Frogsmoke attracted thousands of Australian viewers in the past 24 hours, looking for previous posts about French actress/singer Arielle Dombasle. I assume some Oz newspaper or … Continue reading →