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The Chronicles staff sets up shop in a Starbucks located at 70 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris. Tweet

I see no French tractors poised to plow over the latest encroachment of American culture, as one did to a McDonalds site in southwestern France five years ago. Instead, the fourth Starbucks store in Paris has a line of customers … Continue reading →

The view from Picasso’s window in Antibes. Tweet

Fifty-eight years ago this week, Pablo Picasso began work in a third-floor room of a chateau which the city of Antibes had converted into a museum. Until the weather turned cold in November, he arrived each afternoon to paint until … Continue reading →

Patrizia, Steve and Len on the apartment balcony this morning. Tweet

My Bennington poet friend, Steve Gregoris, is in love. Patrizia Pedrazzina grew up in Piacenza, Italy, and speaks Italian and British-accented English. He is 46; she is 41. Each has been married and involved before. They know the drill. So … Continue reading →

Darlene just before the start of the Course Pedestere du Boulevard Carnot, noticing that most of the other entrants seem to be seasoned runners, as compared with the more casual field in a U.S. race. Tweet

When we drove the route yesterday, Darlene didn’t realize she would be running it twice. She would pass our apartment four times. Tweet

At the toughest uphill part of the course, Darlene was amazed and delighted to see two familiar faces cheering her on from the sidewalk, Andre and Jacqueline Letullier, Francoise’s cousins. “We’ve just got to go and support her,” Jacqueline had … Continue reading →

The end of a successful race in France! Tweet