Monthly Archives: April 2008

Click for bigger picture With obesity looming, the French sugar industry is on the defense with the message “Are we not overreacting to the dangers of sugar? Learn more about sugar at sugarontheweb.com.” Shown above is one of the ads … Continue reading →

A lot has been written about the controversial photography exhibit “Parisians Under Occupation“, but not many pictures have actually been shown on the web. Now, 20 Minutes comes with a slide show that gives a good overview of what the … Continue reading →

Links for 25 April 2008: France ‘suspends’ creation of big-brother database (ITworld.com) Jerome Kerviel trades banking for computing (France 24) Binoche Slams American ‘Ageism’ (SFGate) Private for-profit health care is twice as important in France as in the U.S. (CNW) … Continue reading →

Not many French singers choose Country & Western as their repertoire. Gaëtane Abrial does. The song 68-2008 is the first single from her debut album Cheyenne Song. Official website | MySpace | Thanks to Filles Sourires

Click for King Size (Spoiler: Manix is not a shoe make.)

French swimmers have been fighting for their slot at the Olympics. Imagine the despair of the press photographer trying to remember who was who after shooting all these pictures.

Minor tragedies, rejections in love, trouble at work: The Web site Vie de Merde is allowing the French to express their daily frustrations — and make each other laugh. These messages describe the big and small crises of everyday life, … Continue reading →

Links for 24 April 2008: How not to end an affair, Paris-style. (Times Online) Struggling Sarkozy to remind French: ‘I’m a man of action’ (Independent) A guide to French etiquette (Expatica) Paris Honeymoon Could Be Over For Apple (Forbes) France … Continue reading →

Another expulsion, another free trip to the sun A new scandal is looming: policemen who escort illegals back to Africa get free air miles Le Canard Enchainé broke the news: police officers who escort illegal immigrants on the plane to … Continue reading →

In case you think this is a flea market for used cameras you’re wrong. This is a strike by French TV crews, angry with the fact that their shooting area has been restricted after government officials complained that the media … Continue reading →

Original ad for Head&Shoulders (French pronunciation: Ed Ay Shoolders), by Saatchi & Saatchi, France. Click for bigger. Via Ads of the World

The Beard Community serves as a refuge and support site for long- and short-term cultivators of any form of beardedness. The site also claims to host the world’s largest online collection of bearded images. Maybe. But I could only find … Continue reading →

Before wanting to be actress, Alice Taglioni (July 26, 1976) first learned to be a pianist at the Music Conservatory of Paris. To overcome her shyness, she took theater courses and quickly caught the virus of comedy. Her film career … Continue reading →

The Chinese are calling for a boycott of French products but they don’t mind selling their make-believe-French products to the rest of the world. This set of cheese plates comes from the country that doesn’t care too much about human … Continue reading →

Andie turning 50. Click for bigger picture. Today’s Bouguereau rip-off comes from FreakingNews. This photoshopped version is based on William Bouguereau’s original 1870 work Lady with Glove (view original). It was one of the entries in the “Andie MacDowell” contest, … Continue reading →