Tagged: 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...
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,...
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
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
