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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Hôtel Drouot is pure theatre
The auction rooms at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris date to 1852. They’ve been modernized since then, but the general atmosphere probably hasn’t changed much. On any day of the week, a throng of characters straight out of a Maupassant novel can be found bidding for dusty treasures straight out of the proverbial Old Curiosity [...]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
The very force of globalism has kept French local
Do It Yourself Culture… by Michael Kimmelman
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Even the French elite speak English
An interesting rumination on defending the language, in defense of values.. Pardon My French by Michael Kimmelman of NY Times.
