Archive for the ‘Cultures’ Category
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What’s in a Word? There’s more to French class than you thought.
16 Apr 2013By Jacqueline Bucar (French) Interesting question—why on earth would you want to teach French? The usual responses run the gamut…
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Impressions françaises : « Murder Below Montparnasse » par Cara Black et ses aventures à travers l’histoire et le mystère des quartiers de Paris
16 Apr 2013(English) Cara Black est un écrivain à succès d’une série de treize livres qui raconte les enquêtes du détective privé…
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French Impressions: Zélia – French fashion designer and her passion for artistic style and romance
16 Apr 2013(French) Zélia, French fashion designer, entrepreneur, and businesswoman, was born in Picardy, in northern France where she spent her childhood…
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French legend proved true with discovery of blood of King Louis XVI in gourd
21 Jan 2013By Andrea Johnson (French) In 18th century France, King Louis XVI and his posse of French nobles were creating quite…
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Vive la Femme: une défense pour l’appréciation interculturelle
13 Jan 2013Par Kristin Wood (English) Les francophiles à travers le monde sont divisés à propos de l’article de Paul Rudnick dans…
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Anti-service: The customer is always wrong
09 Jan 2013By Eva Izsak-Niimura-Fourcans We tend to hang on to myths and stereotypes. The subordinate Japanese wife: history. If she were…
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A French girl dreaming of a white Christmas
01 Jan 2013By Flore der Agopian I like Christmas. For me, it is the most magical time of the year. It represents…
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Paris in the Rain
21 Nov 2012By Abby Rodgers “You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves…
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Impressions Françaises : Anne Fontaine – le chemisier blanc est intemporel et élégant
16 Nov 2012(English) Anne Fontaine est une créatrice, entrepreneuse, femme d’affaires et philanthrope franco-brésilienne. Elle est née le 1er novembre 1971 et…
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French Impressions: Anne Fontaine’s white shirts and the color of happiness
16 Nov 2012(French) Anne Fontaine, a Franco-Brazilian fashion designer, entrepreneur, businesswoman and philanthropist, was born on November 1st, 1971 and raised in Rio…
