FIAC 2011 – A Triumph…
“FIAC 2011“… “Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain”… Opened this weekend… à Paris. It is in its 38th year. Two tickets were
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Author: Lettre de Paris
Serge Gainsbourg – A Legend…
Serge Gainsbourg… Is not really my type at all. I am terribly attracted to tall, gaunt, darkly handsome, long, thatchy
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Katrine, The Artist… The Linear Labyrinths of the Mind…
Katrine… “Une femme… “Une artiste”… “une peintre”… Talented… Beautiful… Is planning for her… much anticipated exhibition… à Paris… She is…
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Arianna Huffington – “The Conqueror”…
Arianna Huffington… Mega… star… Über… personlity… Co-founder of the celebrated news website “The Huffington Post“… Powerful… Brilliant… “Loaded”… A force
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Anouk Aimée – A Brief Encounter…
Hotel Lutetia… Walking hurriedly into the lobby of this most “branché” of hotels in Saint-Germain-des-Prés… I bumped into a lady…
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Tom Ford – Violet Blonde…
Tom Ford… “Violet Blonde“… “L’hiver est là”… Winter is… nudging… at our doorstep… Cold weather is… descending… upon us… The
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Steve Jobs – A life well lived…
A… LIFE… WELL… LIVED… There is… a huge hole… in the firmament… Steve Jobs… Left the planet… Addressing students at
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The Duchess of Alba… weds… Alfonso Diez…
La Duquesa de Alba… Love conquers all… A renowned beauty… In her time… The stylish and flamboyant… “Duchess of Alba”…
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The Painting… and the Artist…
The painting… Mozart and Schubert… Listening to my usual favourite composers… While examining a tall painting… sitting in front of
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Beijing-Shanghai… “bullet train”…
Beijing–Shanghai… “Bullet Train”… “Without haste…without fear… China will rule the world”… The “Grand Old Lady“… sophisticated… clever… One of the
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