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  1. 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 >

  2. 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 >

  3. 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 >

  4. 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 >

  5. On the Road: The effects of 'Hawaii head'

    9/17/09 10:15am by Foreign Corresp...
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    Where did my mind go?    Read more >

  6. À DÉTESTER: les macarons

    8/31/09 8:10am by Foreign Corresp...
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    Cloying.    Read more >

  7. French Versus American Income Taxes: Who Pays More? (Part Three of Getting Sick)

    8/19/09 11:49am by Foreign Corresp...
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    Last weekend, inspired by some very good points and questions from readers, I went down the tax rabbit hole and into the very confusing world of French impôts, where everything is topsy-turvy — about as upside down, or right-side up, as things are in the American tax world.  In some aspects, the two systems are quite similar; in other aspects, they are completely different.  Read more >

  8. À DÉTESTER: Chestnut Spread

    8/14/09 8:47am by Foreign Corresp...
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    Do all junkies come to detest the thing to which they're addicted?  Read more >

  9. À AIMER: Getting Sick Part Two, or The Joys of Civilized Medicine

    8/6/09 10:26am by Foreign Corresp...
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    Welcome to Part Two of À AIMER: Getting Sick, or The Joys of Civilized Medicine (thank you reader Kent for suggesting that we replace the word "Socialized" with "Civilized").    Read more >

Foreign Correspondent

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Foreign Correspondent
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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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