Category Archives: France

Best Florist Sign Ever.

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

This was a picture on Facebook.  In my romance novel An Affair of the Heart, I have a tough Parisian florist, Madame Tran.  I ma do more with her.     Jimmy took his taxi down to Rue St. Honore … Continue reading →

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David Goldman How Civilizations Die, The Thirty Years War.

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

I remember learning about the Thirty Years War in Europe as a basic Catholic vs. Protestant.  The argument David P. Goldman makes in How Civilizations Die is more complex.  Two churchmen, who helped to build the French state were Cardinal … Continue reading →

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Pour mes lecteurs français.

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Vous remercier à mes lecteurs français aujourd’hui. S’il vous plaît me permettre de savoir que vous lisez sur le blog et me dites que vous êtes en intéressé.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Screwed.

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Dominique Strauss-Kahn missed his opportunity to be elected President and screw France.  He tried to screw a maid in a Manhattan hotel and was screwed there.  Now he tried setting other people up to be screwed and got screwed.  All … Continue reading →

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Update on Affaire de Coeur de Paris.

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

I came up with the parents for my heroine’s , parents.  Picture the mother as Phylicia Rashad in the Cosby show, only more of a snob, the father as a cross between Herman Cain and Al Roker.  Now THERE is … Continue reading →

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A Paris Affaire de Coeur.

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

A Paris Affaire de Coeur by Michael Charton Jimmy Joyce wanted to live up to the name of the famous writer James Joyce.  The tough Southie boy worked his way through Boston College.  No one in the neighborhood dared call … Continue reading →

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Hotel El Dorado and Cour St. Pierre

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

These are within three blocks of one another in the 17e Arrondisement of Paris.  I stayed in the Hotel El Dorado at 18 Rue des Dames. The main street, Avenue de Clichy is a 24 hour busy street.  The side … Continue reading →

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Basic Story Lines for My Potential Paris Heroines.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

The original heroine is based on the woman who rented an apartment in the 17e Arrondisment to my sister and parents.  I changed many things, but she is the basic model. I was originally going to make the hero her … Continue reading →

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The Paris Novel.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

The first 5000 words are coming out in a magazine in December.   We had our retreat in Bisbee, Arizona, but that will be in more detail in another post. My heroine is an aristocratic Frenchwoman, but at our retreat, … Continue reading →

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