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So Frenchy So Chic is Back, Announces 2017 Line-Up


Say bonjour to a day of champagne, picnic baskets and live music from your new favourite French bands.

Source: So Frenchy So Chic is Back, Announces 2017 Line-Up

Posted on October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Arts, Culture, Music, UncategorizedTagged Bertrand Belin, festivals, So Frenchy So Chic, The Limiñanas. Leave a comment

‘Finally. Someone who thinks like me.’ – The Washington Post

In the age of Trump and online conspiracy theories, one woman’s journey to belief.

Source: ‘Finally. Someone who thinks like me.’ – The Washington Post

Posted on October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Merde, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Trump Tax Records Obtained by The Times Reveal He Could Have Avoided Paying Taxes for Nearly Two Decades – The New York Times

The Republican nominee reported nearly $1 billion in losses in 1995, opening the door to tax avoidance in subsequent years.

Source: Trump Tax Records Obtained by The Times Reveal He Could Have Avoided Paying Taxes for Nearly Two Decades – The New York Times

Posted on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Merde, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The Problem with Trump Isn’t His Debating Skills – The New Yorker

It’s that the things he actually believes are themselves repellent even when coherently presented.

Source: The Problem with Trump Isn’t His Debating Skills – The New Yorker

Posted on September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Merde, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward – The New York Times

Taking part in the timeless tradition of the vendange is a way to tax the body and free the mind, cheaply.

Source: Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward – The New York Times

Posted on September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Food & Wine, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure – The New York Times

You’ve been to the Louvre, Notre Dame and Versailles. Now it’s time to see Fontainebleau.

Source: Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure – The New York Times

Posted on September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Travel, UncategorizedLeave a comment

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CITE MOI

Jean Gabin
“The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling” – Jean Gabin
Gun that shot Rimbaud
“Departure” – Arthur Rimbaud
Rodin
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” – Auguste Rodin
Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani – portrait of Paul Guillaume
Robert Doisneau
“Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.” – Robert Doisneau
Leo Ferre
“C’est extra. C’est extra.C’est extra.” – Leo Ferre
Mistinguett
“Oh, My man I love him so” – Mistinguett
Yann Tiersen
“Let’s play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did” – Yann Tiersen
Monet
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet
Toots
“The harmonica is a great instrument.” – Toots Thielemans
"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."
“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It’s the same qualities I require from a man.”
Charles Baudelaire
“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters; that’s our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time’s horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease. But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk!”
Charlotte Gainsborg
“You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you’d love to know what it’s like, wouldn’t you?”
It's Madison time...
It’s Madison time…
Sanctuary!
“Sanctuary!” – Quasimodo
“I am a child who is getting on.” - Marc Chagall
“I am a child who is getting on.” – Marc Chagall
Jacques Tati Life magazine cover
Jacques Tati “You won’t find another Chaplin, you won’t find another Keaton, because the school is closed.”
Camille Claudel
“I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.” – Camille Claudel
Camus
““I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.” – Albert Camus
"Spira, spera." (Breathe, hope.) - Victor Hugo
“Spira, spera.” (Breathe, hope.) – Victor Hugo
Jeanne Cherhal "If you come back, I'll cancel everything"
Jeanne Cherhal “If you come back, I’ll cancel everything”
Baudelaire
“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.” – Baudelaire
Chgall
“Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” – Marc Chagall
"All right, Popeye's here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!" - The French Connection
“All right, Popeye’s here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!” – The French Connection
Jean Luc-Godard
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl” – Jean-Luc Godard
Simone Weil
““All sins are attempts to fill voids.” – Simone Weil
jacques brel
“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.” – Jacques Brel
"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." - Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” – Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Degas
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Degas
Marguerite Duras
“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they’re simply unbearable” – Marguerite Duras
Jacques Cousteau
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.” – Jacques Cousteau
Trenet
“One must keep a few smiles aside to laugh at oneself on joyless days” – Charles Trenet http://yquotes.com/quotes/charles-trenet/#ixzz4NRfqbihb
"Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world" - Jain
“Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world” – Jain
"Besides, he's a saint." - Au Hasard Balthazar
“Besides, he’s a saint.” – Au Hasard Balthazar
Marc Chagall
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall
Simone de Beauvoir
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
Zaz
“I live in the corner of old Montmartre My father comes home sozzled every night” – Zaz
Breathless
“Although I felt ashamed of it at one time, I do like Breathless very much, but now I see where it belongs – along with Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was Scarface.” – Jean-Luc Godard
Brassen
“The greatest murderers attend the highest Masses” – Georges Brassens
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The bacteria that create our cheeses are exchanging genes like mad as they compete to survive in this new environment Source: Cheese-making led to gene-swapping orgy of bacterial bestiality | New Scientist

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