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Who is Elisa Mercoeur anyway?

Published on September 13, 2011 By sue alouche

We had a lovely evening at our Knowing Nantes Pot Luck Apero after worrying about the weather all day! The sunshine came out and it was warm in the green area surrounding the Square Elisa Mercoeur in Nantes (with the famous plastic doll fountain). We all brought along a drink and something to eat to [...]

Are you a Bobo? Here are the tell-tale signs…

Published on May 31, 2011 By sue alouche

Found this great article in the New York Times… now I know what I need to do to be a Parisien Bobo… If you don’t know what a Bobo is… here’s a handy definition. The term was first coined by David Brooks, author of “Bobos in Paridise, The New Upper Class and How They Got [...]

KN Launches new Café Philo for Ado’s

Published on February 12, 2011 By sue alouche

KN is launching a monthly “Cafe Philo”  (Philosophy and cookies!) starting 12th February, today!) for children aged 10 years old+ run by Philosopher, Raphaél Edelman. The sessions are in French (but Raphael also speaks very good English) and he will discuss “interactively” issues relative to pre-adolescents and adolescents. As the first session will be just [...]

There’s more to “Gay Paree” than meets the eye!

Published on September 23, 2010 By sue alouche

As I’m off to Paris tomorrow, whenever I think of going, I think of the expression “I’m off to Gay Paris” or “Gay Paree” as is the correct spelling. I decided to go surfing for the origins of this expression, and this interesting little snippet popped up in a search. “Another clue to the origin [...]

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