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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]