Monthly Archives: May 2008

The French gamble to send Sebastien Tellier to the Eurovision Song Festival 2008 with an English-language song did pay off. France didn’t end up at the bottom of the league, but in 19th place. In other words: six countries were … Continue reading →

These lovely ladies were dancers at the Folies Bergères in Paris — a long time ago. Click the picture to discover a few more. Via Vintage Photo

Who needs airco if you have an open window policy? Here we go again: man survives jump out of police window but dies under a hail of bullets The French men of law and order like a breeze of fresh … Continue reading →

Click to download this model For a rainy day: cut-out cars (four different models) from yesteryear. Download them from Flickr (choose All Sizes), and print them on card paper. No glue required! When you’re done, you should end up with … Continue reading →

Links for 25 May 2008: Danish Prince Weds French Catholic (CBS News) Property values in France are holding up (Times Online) How Much Longer Must French Wine Suffer? (Vinography) French Kindergarten: Children Develop Brain Tumors Near Mast (Mobilfunk) Parched Barcelona … Continue reading →

Click for bigger picture “The sea is at risk of becoming uninhabitable. Join us before it’s too late.” That’s the message of a series of four ads for the Surfrider Foundation, by advertising agency Young & Rubicam in Paris. The … Continue reading →

The clock is ticking for the most daring space jump ever. Frenchman Michel Fournier, 64, will try tomorrow to break a skydiving world record by plunging from a balloon into thin air 40 kilometers (25 miles) above Canada’s vast western … Continue reading →

Click for bigger picture I found this image among the entries in a four year old Photoshop contest on FreakingNews. It’s a tribute to famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson [wiki]. The original 1938 photograph is called “By the Marne River“, … Continue reading →

Jacques Pellerin is a French accordion player who brings a touch of the modern to the classic French sound. From his website, in (broken) English: Coming under an uncommon musical past where trips, sharing and artictic curiosity were perpetual, it … Continue reading →

Found on Vintage Photo: large scans of strong men, photographed in Paris at the Apollon a long time ago. I have no further information. Click the image for more pics. (Warning: male nudity)

Links for 24 May 2008: French comedy smashes records, heads for Hollywood (Times Online) France to reduce cluster bomb stocks (France 24) Sarkozy repairs relations with Angola after arms scandal (AFP) France Plans More Recognition for Regional Languages (Deutsche Welle) … Continue reading →

Left: placing powder in shaker. Center: shaking well before using. Right: applying the result to complexion From Modern Mechanix, November 1931 : THE latest innovation from Paris for milady comes in the form of a cocktail shaker in which powders … Continue reading →

French workers don’t like Nick Sarkozy these days, but everybody else loves to be photographed with him. Recently our beloved leader has been in eye-to-chin contact with “For Freedom” leader Alyaksandr Milinkevich, Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg, Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsany, … Continue reading →

British TV car magazine Fifth Gear pits the new Citroën C-Crosser against Citroën’s 60-year old 2CV. The tests are a bit silly, and the outcome is predictable, but here you go (5:56): [youtube]p1-LJogXsZk[/youtube] Via TechEBlog | See also: The Iconic … Continue reading →

In December 2006 I reported the story about the serial loveletter-writer, facing jail for writing 800 letters to the same woman within two years, sometimes even six a day. The man, an ex-lawyer of 44, was desperately in love with … Continue reading →