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À DÉTESTER: The scammers of Paris (les arnaqueurs)

11/2/09 8:25am by Foreign Corresp...
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Nobody likes un arnaqueur — a cheater, a swindler, a con artist — except, of course, on film.  In "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" Paul Newman and Robert Redford made the notorious bank robbers charmants, and Jean-Paul Belmondo did the same for car thief Michel Poiccard in "Breathless" (À Bout de Souffle"), although lovely Jean Seberg does rat him out in the end.  Read more >

À AIMER: Mornings at a French Café

10/19/09 10:10am by Foreign Corresp...
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What's so special about mornings at a French café?  Well, look at the photo.  See the guy sitting by himself reading?  What is he reading?  A novel.  Not a newspaper.  Not a magazine.  Not a computer screen.  Look around the cafe (which, by the way, is Chez Prune just off the Canal Saint-Martin).  Do you see any laptops?  Any milkshake-sized 'coffee drinks'?  Any trans-fat pastries from a nearby factory?  Non.  Read more >

À AIMER: The Joys of Getting Sick in France, Part Four

10/2/09 1:44pm by Foreign Corresp...
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 Today the Washington Post reported that the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill, if passed, "would require people to buy insurance or face penalties ranging up to $1,900, to be assessed on their income tax returns."  Read more >

On the Road: Why Hawaii is like France

9/28/09 10:03am by Foreign Corresp...
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Travel enthusiasts are often asked which place on Earth they like best. For years, my answer was always the same: "Hawaii and France." No one understood my response — not even me. How could I hold in such high esteem two destinations that are so completely different?  Read more >

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Everything to love and hate about Paris.

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Foreign Correspondent
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December 2008
About Me: 
J.A. Getzlaff is a seasoned journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian U.K., Salon.com and The San Francisco Chronicle.  She maintains a blog, Foreign Parts, about all things to love and hate about Paris.
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Media-Journalism.
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Paris, France.
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