US president Donald Trump told France’s former head of state François Hollande that he loved France, French people and French wine before asking for his help in a bizarre phone call shortly after being elected, a former Elysée aide has revealed.| More at: ‘I love France, I love your wine’: Trump’s bizarre first phone call with Hollande
Chanson Du Jour: L’Indien
Charlotte Gainsbourg Finds Her Own Voice
When Charlotte Gainsbourg was 4, her mother took her and her half sister to see “Jaws.” “I don’t know why,” the French actress, singer and style icon, 46, said recently. “Maybe she was drinking a little. And then in the theater, she suddenly realized how traumatizing it was.”
Sipping green tea in a corner booth at the cafe of the Marlton Hotel, casual yet chic in a white T-shirt and jeans, Ms. Gainsbourg recounted her mother’s reaction to watching her young children take in the 1975 killer-shark blockbuster. “She just put her hands on our faces,” she continued. “So the sound is what I kept. It’s part of me.” [ . . . ] Full story at NYTimes
My Little Paris Rooftop Run
Heavily edited, of course … but marvelous nonetheless.
Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Ya Balad (Full Album)
Chinese Lovers Of French Wine Are Snapping Up Bordeaux Vineyards
China’s wine consumption has exploded in recent years. The Chinese are now the biggest foreign investors in Bordeaux, France’s vaunted winemaking region. That’s made some local residents uneasy [ . . . ]
Source: Chinese Lovers Of French Wine Are Snapping Up Bordeaux Vineyards
