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Travel in France: How to Beat the “Gîtes” System

Travel in France: How to Beat the “Gîtes” System

The Key to the Heart of France

June 10, 2020 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A note from David Jaggard: France is emerging from confinement and we are free to travel again. For those who share my love of the French countryside, this article, originally posted on June 24, 2015, contains some actual useful information. … Read More

Dining in Paris: French Restaurant Manners and Methodology

Dining in Paris: French Restaurant Manners and Methodology

Abandon All Dread* Ye Who Enter Here

April 22, 2020 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A note from David Jaggard: France is now in its sixth week of confinement. All eyes are on the research community as the population awaits news of the one scientific breakthrough that we’ve all been hoping, longing and praying for: the … Read More

Weird English Shop Signs, Part 17: All-Parisian Edition

Weird English Shop Signs, Part 17: All-Parisian Edition

This Is Not Just Any Boutique

April 1, 2020 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A note from David Jaggard: As France and much of the world endures a lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, I’m sure that many Paris Update readers are, like me, thinking back to a happier, more carefree time. … Read More

Strikes in France: Another Day, Another Delay

Strikes in France: Another Day, Another Delay

They’re Just Trying to Get to Work!

February 19, 2020 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Paris Update on February 10, 2016, but seems even more pertinent today after the latest round of transit strikes. All right, all you youngsters out there, gather ’round and listen: when I was … Read More

French Wine Tasting: How to Be (or Sound Like) a Wine Expert (or Snob)

French Wine Tasting: How to Be (or Sound Like) a Wine Expert (or Snob)

Lesson 1: Left, Good. Right, Bad.

September 10, 2019 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Paris Update on February 8, 2017. For my most recent birthday, a friend gave me a bottle of a Pauillac grand cru classé from 1986. If you don’t have a friend like that, … Read More

The World Cup and Me, Part One: How Soccer Came to America – Sort Of

The World Cup and Me, Part One: How Soccer Came to America – Sort Of

When Ignorance Was Bliss (A True Story)

June 26, 2018 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Paris Update on June 8, 2014. As I write this, the 2014 FIFA World Cup is about to begin in Brazil. This quadrennial tournament always brings back a fond childhood memory for me. Not … Read More

C’est Ironique: A note to readers

C’est Ironique: A note to readers

Signing back in – sort of

April 4, 2018 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

As some readers know, I am also a composer. Since I started writing C’est Ironique in 2010, I have been saying, mostly to myself, that I was developing the “humor lobe” of my brain so that someday I could combine … Read More

Weird English Shop Signs: One More Time!

Weird English Shop Signs: One More Time!

Signs, Signs and Signing Out

December 20, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

  My dear readers! After seven years, four months and nearly 300 articles, I have decided to stop writing C’est Ironique on a regular basis. An irregular basis is not out of the question, but it’s time for me to … Read More

Are Parisians Happy All the Time?

Are Parisians Happy All the Time?

The Rules of English Are Different in French

December 13, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Here’s a simple three-step experiment that anyone can do in the comfort of their own home: Step 1: Go to Paris. Step 2: Throw a rock. Step 3: See what you hit. And here’s the answer: you will hit a … Read More

The Death of French, Three Words at a Time

The Death of French, Three Words at a Time

Has George Takei Opened a Marketing Firm in Paris?

December 6, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A week ago I posted a photo of a French (I repeat: French) magazine entitled “Oh My Mag.” For those who prize and appreciate the French language, that by itself is offensive enough, but in fact it’s only the tip … Read More

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