Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from everyone at A News Cafe.com. Warmest greetings and best wishes for a new year. (Thank you, Doug, for sharing another holiday greeting for us, all the way from France.)
Doug Cushman
Bonnes Fetes – Happy Holidays!
Who Is Charlie?
On a cold Wednesday morning in Paris, 3 gunmen entered the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French magazine that satirized public figures and morals. After they left, 12 people were dead, including police officers, one visitor, a maintenance worker and… Continue Reading
Bonnes Fetes – Happy Holidays!
On behalf of everyone at A News Cafe.com, we hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. We wish for you a joyful, stress-free, healthful, successful 2015. What has been the best part of your holiday so far? – Doni Continue Reading
Christmas in Paris
Preparations for the holiday season here in the City of Lights aren’t much different here than they are in any other big American City. The shop doorways are draped with the obligatory garlands accompanied by gold bulbs and sprinkled with… Continue Reading
Water? Only for Potatoes, Monsieur
There’s a sign hanging from one of the beams in the bistro Melac here in Paris that reads: l’eau est ici reserve pour faire cuire les pommes de terre! Roughly translated it means “Here, water is reserved for cooking potatoes.”… Continue Reading
Dear Redding,
It’s been a while since I’ve visited you, almost seven years. I hadn’t even written you. So I admit I was a bit wary and nervous when I flew into Redding Municipal Airport a few weeks ago. Would you remember… Continue Reading
Postcards From Paris: German Pig Museum is Big Fun
Stuttgart, Germany! Headquarters of Mercedes-Benz, city of the Porsche Museum, chilled Rieslings, vineyards terraced on steep hills, world-class shopping, jazz festivals and proud supporter of the winning team in the World Cup. So what shall your European correspondent offer you… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas from A News Cafe!
Doug Cushman is a former Redding artist and author who lives and works in Paris. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, and moved to Connecticut with his family at the age of 15. In high school he created comic books… Continue Reading
The Last of the Season – Château Chantilly from a Painter’s Eye
If you threw a rock outside of Paris proper in any direction, chances are you’d hit some kind of château. Throughout the convoluted Parisian history, royal residences have been built, destroyed, rebuilt and repaired. Some of the most notable are… Continue Reading
