Bonnes Fetes – Happy Holidays!
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It’s Logical – Not Shameful – to Feel Special Sympathy for Paris
I’ve seen numerous comments on social media addressing the selective outrage and grief of those who have expressed feelings about the terrorist attacks in Paris. Some of those posts point out that it’s not just Parisians suffering from terrorism, or… Continue Reading
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
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
Bonnes Fetes – Happy Holidays!
Greetings all, Herein is my annual holiday nonsense (set this time in the grand cemetery Pere Lachaise, but, hey, wasn’t Dickens’ A Christmas Carol filled with ghosts and spirits?). My best to you and yours during this holiday season! cheers! Doug Doug… Continue Reading
