Issue No. 27, March 5, 2008 In this week's Hobo in Paris, speak Gaelic and play the bodhrán in French Tease, take a road trip across Ireland in Outbound Train and grab a pint and some Irish stew with The Grub Hub. Then uncover the Visigoths lurking among us with Isabel Ortiz in Treading Perrier and learn crazy French with Gwen Moore. Then put on another pot of coffee, click on the red button on the right and digest some Past Issues—literally trillions of bits of wit, jabber and flim-flam. A Pulitzer prize-winner on every page, guaranteed or your money back. French Tease French Tease By Mollie Coyne Irish Paris. The old proverb that the enemy of my enemy is my friend can be used to describe the relationship that France has with Ireland.  You know what that intermediate country is, right?  Britain, of course—quite possibly the only country to get more ... Read More >>   Outbound Train Outbound Train By Mollie Coyne Daytripping Ireland. After driving around lost for several hours, we finally pulled over at a gas station to ask for directions to our B&B.  A few meters ahead was a yellow diamond sign with little sheep on it, warning motorists that at any given moment, a her... Read More >>   Guest by Gwen Guest Article By Gwen Moore Crazy French. Back home in New York, the situations in which I hear the French language perfectly coincide with my most cultured, sophisticated, refined moments.  If you drew a Venn diagram, there would be perfect, 100% overlap of the two. I'll be selecting a... Read More >> The Grub Hub The Grub Hub By Mollie Coyne Carr's Nestled in between the posh shops of Mui Mui and Diane von Furstenberg, just off of the couture lane that is rue St. Honoré, is Carr's, a Paris institution in its own right.  Mr. Carr serves up craic by the pint in a large yet cozy setting.  On the g... Read More >> Treading Perrier Treading Perrier by Isabel Ortiz   Beware the Visigoths. Look to you left.  Look to your right.  Chances are that at least one of those people sitting next to you is a descendant of the Visigoths. But can you tell which one? When I was thirteen years old, I won a spelling bee at my sc... Read More >>

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