Mush From the Wimp*
At 3:40, Obama says: “I don’t want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this…” As soopermexican puts it: “Obama of course, came out and said that he canâ€t speculate on who...
View Article“I’ll Take ‘What You Won’t See on the MSM for $1000’, Alex”
Via Clarice “Final Jeopardy” Feldman.
View Article“Wave-Tossed, But Not Sunk!”
Claire Berlinski reports that graffitists in Paris have responded to the attacks by painting on walls the city’s medieval Latin motto. This phrase is the motto of Paris. It means, roughly, “tossed...
View ArticleShield of the First French Spec Ops Officer to Enter the Bataclan Theater in...
US Marines on Facebook today were applauding the owner of this shield which bears the marks of most of a magazine of AK-47 rounds and a fair amount of suicide vest shrapnel.(picture source: iTele...
View Article“The Flowers and Candles are Here to Protect Usâ€
Some douchebag plays John Lennon’s “Imagine” on a piano with a Peace Sign outside Paris’s Bataclan Theater. Kathy Shaidle, at Taki Mag, tells us just how grossed out she was by some of the popular...
View ArticleTravelling in Style
Yves Géniès drives a Bugatti Type 41 Royale across Paris. La Traversée de Paris avec la Bugatti Royale , escorté par l'ami Raymond Loiseaux et son équipe Honda Goldwing , un souvenir inoubliable...
View ArticleFrench Catholic Clocks Muslim For Interfering With Rosary Prayers
Mad World News: A group of around 20 French Catholics was quietly praying the rosary in Paris just hours after the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, the priest who was recently “beheaded†by Muslims...
View ArticleBest Door in Paris
At 29 Avenue Rapp in the 7th arrondissement, very close to the Eiffel Tower. Built between 1899 and 1901, this Art Nouveau masterpiece by Jules Lavirotte is quite striking. The detailed door was...
View ArticleClaire Berlinski Tackles Molière
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Molière – Compagnie Michel B) THEATRE ESPACE MARAIS (2) Claire Berlinski was writing a book about Foreign Affairs (I forget the detail), and I guess it has not been going...
View ArticleArt Noveau Architecture
————————– Lavirotte Building (1901), 29 Avenue Rapp, 7th arrondissement, Paris. I bet people who live here smile every time they see that doorway.
View ArticleBehind a Wall in Paris
In Paris, renovation work for a new retail store wound up revealing a treasure concealed within the wall. NYT Alex Bolen, the chief executive of Oscar de la Renta, planned to have his new store in...
View ArticleBoat Moored in Front of the Louvre for Sale
espaces-atypiques: This magnificent boat sailing 25 meters/82 feet, is moored in one of the most sought after areas of the Latin Quarter. Classified of heritage interest, it has a roof of 16m/52.5′...
View ArticleGood News
The Crown of Thorns Many of the most important treasures of the Cathedral of Notre Dame were saved. The facade and the two front bell towers survived as did the three Rose Windows over the main...
View ArticlePutting a Biplane Through the Arc de Triomphe
As part of the World War I victory celebration on the Champs Élysées, Jean Navarre, the ace among French fighter pilots with twelve air victories, was chosen to fly through the Arc de Triomphe. He...
View ArticleNice Vacation Rental
Rue Quincampoix is a one-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Le Marais. On the sitting room’s mezzanine, you’ll find another sumptuous bed, making the office the comfortable quarters for a third guest....
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