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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

The Death of French, 100 Words at a Time

The Death of French, 100 Words at a Time

The Slightly Thicker Edge of the Wedge

November 29, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

As I seem never to tire of pointing out, English business names, most of them terrible, are becoming more and more common in France every day. I’ve written some two dozen articles lamenting this trend and still, for some reason, … Read More

Thanksgiving in France: A Crosscultural History, Unsullied by Facts

Thanksgiving in France: A Crosscultural History, Unsullied by Facts

Over the Seine and Through the Bois

November 22, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Editor’s note: This piece was first published in Paris Update in November 2016, but Thanksgiving is forever, and so is David’s origin story, so here it is again. Every year on Thanksgiving, I make a big fire in the living … Read More

Restaurants in Paris: I’ve Got a Sure-fire Concept

Restaurants in Paris: I’ve Got a Sure-fire Concept

There’s a Niche (or Something) Just Waiting to Be Grabbed!

November 15, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A new restaurant just opened in Paris. I realize that I could make that same seven-word statement every 15 minutes 24/7 without fear of being wrong, but this one has something that the city’s other restaurants don’t. Or rather it … Read More

International Cuisine in France: The Quest for Authenticity Goes On

International Cuisine in France: The Quest for Authenticity Goes On

At Last, a Real Mexican Restaurant!

November 8, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a Paris restaurant that says it makes tacos but fails to back up that claim in the images on its facade. This week, for the benefit of anyone who might … Read More

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