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Nov.13.2008
This is just a short note to explain why I haven't blogged for a couple of days. I return to Toronto on weekend so my last few days are too precious to spend in front of a computer screen, sorry.This photo reveals what I prefer to do. Although the weather has turned colder the cafe terraces are...
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Oct.28.2008
CBeditions, the publisher of my new Ponge translation, says Ponge outsold every other book on his table at a London book fair for small publishers. See sonafabook where there's a link to a place that also says nice things about the translation.
Meanwhile, back in Paris. Calculating that every...
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Oct.25.2008
If you are a foie gras lover this photo will make you swoon. Our friends Matt and Victoria, who we met at the Epicurean Classic in Traverse City, Michigan, stopped in Paris on their way home from the Frankfurt book fair. We'd planned dinner in September at the Classic, Matt asking simply for good...
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Oct.18.2008
Back in Paris, after a week in the Vaucluse. We go to the Musee d'Orsay to see one of 3 current Picasso exhibits (the other 2 are at the Louvre and at the Grand Palais--that's the big one, with the killer lines). The Orsay exhibit is about Picasso's fascination with Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'herbe...
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Oct.08.2008
Well it's official, I just not a good blogger. I do have an excuse - last Thursday I gave a talk on fat at Type books on the Danforth in Toronto. It was co-sponsored by Cook's Place and brave fat lovers came out in the pouring rain to hear me. They also risked missing the party leaders (Canadian)...
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Sep.14.2008
It felt good to get back to writing my column this month with a reminiscence of our trip to Paris this summer. Here's an excerpt:
When the chance came to spend a week in Paris this summer, my mind filled with visions of Nutella crepes, red wine at sidewalk bistros, and sunset walks along the Seine...
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Jul.30.2008
A beautiful dress can flow down a woman’s body like delicately fashioned color and fine, scented oil. It can flourish upon her, literally, so that she looks like a flower, or many flowers gathered together with lush taste. It can arrest the heart of the person looking at her. The dress can swirl...
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Jun.10.2008
Paris.
Paris.
Paris!
What else is there to say?
What is truly amazing is how they keep a city that sees 72 million tourists a year so damn clean! Even the merde de chiens seems to be (for the most part) off the streets, and building by building, the monuments are being scrubbed and blasted back...
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May.27.2008
Before I get too settled in here at the Red Room offices, I'm heading to Paris! My mother is taking me for my birthday, and I'm excited to catch the tail end of spring in the city of lights.
Before I go, there’s a lot to be done, of course. I've been spending the past few days getting familiar...
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