Cheminees anciennes

That would change your apartment from parquet, moulures, cheminees to just parquet moulures...

Municipal Elections

Lots of campaign flyers on windshields in the past weeks. This is a non-partisan blog, so I'm including them all. But these are just the flyers from windshields; it doesn't include the hand-outs on street corners.

Talky

Forfait is another one of those faux amis. It means "plan," i.e., a calling plan or package. Not forfeit.

Celebrate Valentine's Day

With hizzoner and friends.

La Saint Valentin

It takes two, baby.

Mincir Durablement

I see Cellu M6 promoted a lot. Haven't been there, haven't done that.

Yet.

Haute Gastronomie

I delighted in the words haute gastronomie with the mountain peaks in the background. That's what I call really haute.

Rhymes with...

I'm not sure how to pronounce lingot. More like bingo or mango? T or no T?

Studyrama

The word formation always catches me off guard. I know it means training, but I still think "formation."

Cafe debat

Today is Super Tuesday in the US.

And French municipal elections are coming up in March.

It's a lot of work, keeping up with candidates, issues, and parties on two sides of the Pond. I better go do my homework .

Optez pour la tranquillite

Of course, an added benefit of parking in a garage is that you don't get a collection of advertising flyers cluttering your windshield...

Culture

France is full of culture, but not just with a capital C.
Puericulture, agriculture, viticulture, ostréiculture, myticulture.
And my favorite, conchyliculture.

Which reminds me of the Dorothy Parker quip about horticulture.