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The French Mindset: Out of Sight, Out of Existence

The French Mindset: Out of Sight, Out of Existence

Nothing to See Here, Folks

April 5, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

The first time I heard about the now-commonplace airport restrictions for carry-on liquids, I was already standing, beltless and shoeless, in front of a security agent at Orly. Nancy and I were flying to Spain for a short trip with … Read More

Weird English Shop Signs Part 20: Another Paris Cringe Binge

All Under One Roof!

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

It was Samuel Johnson who said, in an essay on future U.S. presidents: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” If he were alive today, he would probably say, “Uhdv fnn glsh szzz frrs fffffj oooh mrrst.” Because, hey, … Read More

Politics in France and the U.S. – Is Not (Entirely) What This Article’s About

What Do They Have in Common?

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

With the arrival of a new administration in the United States and a presidential election looming here in France, it’s difficult not to be thinking about politics. But somehow I manage. Lately I’ve been thinking instead about planned, or just … Read More

The Story Behind the Strangeness: Explaining the Inexplicable in France (and Wherever), Part Six

A Real-Life Cinderella Story!

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

In the past few days, readers from all over the world, or my frontal lobe, have been writing in to ask, “David, have you seen anything strange in Paris recently?” To which I can only answer, “Should Adair buzz in … Read More

The Good Old Days in Paris — Or Were They?

It Depends on What the Definition of “Good” Is

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

My wife Nancy used to be close friends with an American woman who had lived in Paris in the late 1940s and early ’50s. One day they were talking about what the city was like back then, and the older … Read More

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

Lesson 1: Left, Good. Right, Bad.

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

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, you should get one. It’s not the kind of wine that I drink … Read More

French Bashing Again: The Wolf Is at the Porte (de Clignancourt)!

Stroll for Your Lives

January 25, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

As though we didn’t have enough problems in Paris already, what with facing a cold snap, eyeing a presidential election in May and stomaching a surge in the rat population,  now we have wolves roaming the streets. Or at least … Read More

Weird English Shop Signs Part 18, Special Guest City: Rome

The Good, the Bad and the Incomprehensible

January 11, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

I hate to say it, but if Paris and Rome were pitted against each other in an all-out, go-for-the-jugular cultural history smackdown, Rome would win. It’s true that Paris has the Louvre,  the Musée d’Orsay, Notre Dame, 1.5 godzillion other … Read More

Christmas in France: The Spirit Gets Lost in Translation

No Country for Gold Diggers

December 19, 2016 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Like all people of any nationality, the French are associated with a number of stereotypes based more on assumptions than facts. The natives of my adopted country are supposedly great lovers and terrible soldiers, well dressed and ill mannered, with … Read More

Extreme Sports in France: Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Beautiful Video

It’s a Matter of Perception...

December 14, 2016 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!

Paris has long been a magnet for dreamers of all kinds: poets, painters, composers, philosophers, wisenheimers… Oh — and people who are intent on killing themselves in the dumbest but most mediagenic way possible. I was reminded of the last-named … Read More

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