Topic: World View
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In the left column you'll see a new link to a new blog. This is Louisa Chu's Food. France. Now.
The blog explains itself. Louisa is in Paris, at the center of the gastronomical world, so to speak. And these are insider details.
I have known Louisa for a few years and we trade emails about food and Paris now and then. I haven't seen her years, but you can hear her sometimes out here, reporting from Paris for the weekend "Food News Hour" on the radio out here - on KCRW.
Oddly enough in mid-December a few years ago I arrived at my hotel in Paris after many, many hours in the air non-stop from LAX, and after a crazy taxi ride from CDG into the 6th with a surly driver and his friendly dog in the front seat, I took a quick shower and headed across the street for a cognac at the Flore. And of course I discovered my French was awfully rusty - well, awful actually. So when I returned to my room I flipped on the television. "Friends" dubbed in French helped a bit with the rhythms and pronunciations, and then on Arte I watched a documentary on the most unique radio station in America - KCRW in Santa Monica. Huh? I was in Paris listening to the French, in French, explaining my local NPR station.
But then again these days I can hear Louisa here, reporting from Paris, thanks to the folks in Santa Monica.
Odd connections.... Here and Paris. And of course, on that visit I noticed the cinema just off rue St-Benoit was showing "Mulholland Drive" - I could see marquee from my hotel window. Damned odd. Just up rue des Rennes I found I junk jewelry store named "Sunset Boulevard." Yipes.
Oh heck, read Louisa's columns. Great stuff.
Posted by Alan at 09:13 PST
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