Hobo in Paris

Issue No. 20, January 16, 2008

This week, get the inside scoop on the semi-annual sales—the soldes—from guest contributor Karen Henrich, get your weekly schadenfreude fix watching Mollie suffer in French Tease, meet a high-class hobo with Jimmy Trout in Tumbleweed, discover a Franco-Vietnamese roadhouse with Brian Van der Horst in 21^st Century Dharma Bum, and taste the unsweet sweetness of Japanese wagashi in the Grub Hub. Need more? Think you can do better? Write to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your suggestions or article contributions, if you think you're so d@*n smart.

21st Century Dharma Bum

21st Century Dharma Bum By Brian Van der Horst The Ice Storm. I pass the Ice Storm practically every day on the way to the train station. For the five years I've been living on and off in Maison-Laffitte, a town east of Paris, I never went in. ...
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Les Soldes

Guest Article By Karen Henrich Soldes d'Hiver: Sales The French Way. Most Parisians have a love/hate relationship with the soldes, the twice yearly government-regulated shopping extravaganza offering deep discounts. The bargains are fantas...
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The Grub Hub

The Grub Hub By Mollie Coyne Toraya: The Five Senses of Wagashi Zen. This week's Grub Hub takes your spirit on a mini-Zen break in the city in a Japanese salon de thé near the Place de la Concorde. Popular with Japanese tourists and expats...
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French Tease
	French Tease by Mollie Coyne Foreign Mom Disorder. The discovery that your child has a disorder is always a shock, no matter how much you should have known it was coming. I recently found out about my own children's affliction that I should ... Read More >>

Tumbleweed
	Tumbleweed by Jimmy Trout High-class Hobo. My most recent coaching gig was by far the most interesting yet—not for what I taught, but for what I learned. As you may recall, my coaching isn't usually for my boss's clients directl... Read More >>