A First

I've seen hundreds of flyers under Paris windshield wipers. This is the first round one.

It figures they'd get around to it sooner or later.

Picasso

It would be nice, I think, to have all cars named Monet, Degas, Da Vinci, Botticelli... the possiblities are endless.

Free-for-All

Gratuit, of course, means "free" or "given." I like to think of all the other words that come from the Latin gratis: gratuity, gratuitous, congratulations, ingrate.

Not the same as libre, which means "free" as in available or unconstrained: as in liberty, liberate, and so forth.

Jouez

Music lessons at home. Better tell the neighbors first.

Blavatsky

????

Puss in Boots

Perrault's fairy tale "Le Chat Botté" is better known in English as "Puss in Boots." Helpful when trying to understand this flyer.

Pare-Brise de la Semaine?

Pardon while the posts and flyers become less frequent -- it's bait-and-switch to call this Pare-Brise du Jour and not post anything for a week.

Check out Polly-Vous Francais? for another flyer.

I love the word pneu. Think of pneumatic drills, pneumonia, and the etymology suddenly becomes crystal-clear.

Taj Mahal

This flyer was under windshield wipers in the 18e arrondissement. Perhaps trying to make a visual connection to Sacre Coeur?

Melt with Pleasure...

... in the spots that you want.

Bikini season is on the horizon.

S'il te plait...

Of course, "S'il te plait, dessine-moi un mouton..." is a classic line from Le Petit Prince.

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 .