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Please mark your calendars!  There's going to be a Bonjour Paris get together in Washington, DC on Saturday, October 11th at 12:30 p.m.  We hope we'll see our friends from near and far.  Please contact Karen@BonjourParis.com for information.  Let's make this a noteworthy event.

Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar  ($35 per person - all inclusive)

www.Bistrotlepic.com

1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW  - Washington, DC 20007

 

 

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La salade Bistrot Lepic
Mixed baby green salad
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Le paillasson de saumon aux raisins - Salmon in potato crust, fresh grapes and Ouzo sauce

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Medaillons de boeuf, polenta et jus aux shitaki
Beef medallions with polenta and shitaki mushroom sauce
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Assiette de légumes variés
Vegetarian plate
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Crème brulée
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Fruit Tart
 

 

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 October 2008 )

The French Government and its tourism industry doesn’t keep it a secret that homosexuals are welcome in France and especially Paris. The Government’s Tourist office’s ‘come one and come all’ web site even has a dedicated section targeting Gay Paris and why not? Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 September 2008 )

If sex is on your mind and you’re feeling experimental, France is undoubtedly the place to go if you’re a swinger. And swinging takes on many different forms and positions. There are more than 400 clubs échangistes in France and don’t assume that a door marked Club Privé in one of Paris’s tonier neighborhoods is reserved for members who want to discuss philosophy.  Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 September 2008 )

There are two unwed mothers-to-be in the news. The first is Rachida Dati, France's Minister of Justice who confirmed she was pregnant last week. The second unwed mother, who has upstaged Rachida Dati by a mile is the 17-year-old daughter of the GOP's vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.  Governor Palin says they're following the French tradition. Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 September 2008 )

Americans are flying while more and more Europeans are earth-bound—and getting where they want to go much faster and in greater comfort. Europeans are taking high-speed trains for business and vacations because the trains—and the infrastructure to support them—exist already and are constantly being upgraded (which means funded). The best thing you can say about airports is they give you lots of annoying ways to pass the time waiting—like additional security checks to get to a frequent travelers club, shopping in over-priced stores, more fast food than you ever wanted to look at, let alone eat. Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 September 2008 )

The July 2008 issue of Time Magazine published a poll declaring the French to be the worst tourists among all travelers of the 21 countries they considered, putting them behind the only travelers from India and the Chinese. Will this survey cause the millions of French travelers visiting destinations across the globe to rethink their actions? Because of the weak dollar, the French are everywhere. Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 August 2008 )

People who live in a city are sometimes the last to know what's happening. They're so busy working that getting home is their main occupation. For all they see of Paris, people who come here on business and spend their time closeted in offices might as well have stayed home. It’s such a shame that many of these road warriors don’t have the time and/ or the desire to explore what is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )

After living in Paris for twenty years, you develop a shell and refuse to play tour guide. Why can’t houseguests and visitors get it into their heads that people who reside in Paris actually work? And if they don’t go to an office or cyber-commute, they have done the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame—and will never again stand in line to see them. Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )

Shortly after Christine Lagarde was apointed France’s finance minister by President Nicholas Sarkozy, she announced to the National Assembly that the French need to talk less and act more. The uproar on the floor of the Assembly on the Quai d’Orsay could be heard all the way across the Atlantic where Pierre Vimont, recently appointed as France’s ambassador to the United States, listened with delight. The idea that Madame Lagarde was advancing, he says, is what makes him like Americans so much. Usually for better, if sometimes for worse, Americans get things done. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )