France’s wine production is expected to plummet 18 percent this year after spring frost damaged vines across the country, the government said on Friday – but a hot summer is expected to yield a top vintage
[ . . . ] More: French wine production set to plummet by a fifth this year – The Local
The best hotels with spas in Paris
An expert guide to the best hotels with spas in Paris, including the top places to stay for cutting-edge treatments, swimming pools, hammams, saunas, steam rooms, facials, massages, reflexology, and watsu therapy, as well as Michelin-starred restaurants, luxurious bedrooms and swanky bars, near the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, the Louvre, Opéra and South Pigalle. Read More: The best hotels with spas in Paris | Telegraph Travel
Review: Two Animated Orphans Make Their Way to Paris in ‘Leap!’

Nit-picking will get you nowhere with the target audience of “Leap!,” an animated movie for tweens — they’re unlikely to care about critical quibbles. As for the adults who’ll get dragged to the theater: You’ve seen it all before, though it’s pleasant enough to watch again.Beginning at a French orphanage sometime around the 1880s, this good-natured tale finds 11-year-old Félicie (voiced by Elle Fanning) and her friend Victor (Nat Wolff) ready to run away to Paris, where she hopes to become a ballerina and he an inventor. After this generic pair is chased by the orphanage overseer (Mel Brooks, criminally underused) they arrive in the big city [ . . . ] Read Complete NYTimes Review
Wines of the week: Six great French bottles to match with white fish

Chanson Du Jour: Super Mario Theme
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Millions Willing to Work for Mueller for Free If That Would Speed Things Up | The New Yorker
A new poll finds that a substantial number of Americans would leave their jobs, their homes, and even their families to assist the special counsel.
Source: Millions Willing to Work for Mueller for Free If That Would Speed Things Up | The New Yorker

