Lettre de Paris

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Lettre de Paris, #12 - April 2008

Lettre de Paris - Monday, April 14, 2008

What’s in the Lettre de Paris today:

• Joe Allen Restaurant, A Fearless Pioneer
• The Balabus started up again!
• The way I like my town: Contest winners
• 9.99: A Novel (paperback)
• Parisiennes: A Celebration of French Women (Hardcover)
• Markets of Paris (paperback)

Joe Allen Restaurant, A Fearless Pioneer

Joe Allen was the first real pioneer of American restaurants in Paris. The place he opened here in 1972 is an exact duplicate of his famous restaurant in New York right down to the Hollywood star posters, the red brick walls and ketchup on every table.

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The Balabus started up again!

The Balabus is back on the streets of Paris, taking tourists and natives around the historic and cultural sites of Paris again.

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The way I like my town: Contest winners

If you remember, back in December we talked to you about this contest organized by the RATP, "Ma Ville Comme Je l'Aime" ("The Way I Like My Town"): The public was invited to contribute essays describing their love for Paris. Well, the jury has reached their verdicts and here they are:

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9.99: A Novel (paperback)

Book Description (Amazon): Octave seems to have everything going for him: a good mind, a great job in advertising, a lavish apartment, girls, and a cocaine habit he can afford. But it soon becomes clear that he also has a serious problem with his life. From the moment when he storms out of the offices of a lucrative...

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Parisiennes: A Celebration of French Women (Hardcover)

Book Description (Amazon): Divided by theme into chapters, this light-hearted and nostalgic romp through 20th-century Paris creates a beautiful history of the world’s most romantic city and its exceptional women.

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Markets of Paris (paperback)

Book Description (Amazon): The only complete guide to every street market and market district in Paris, with beautiful full color photographs throughout.

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