| Spa Treatments from Luxe to Frugal - Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:49 +0000 |
| It has been a long, long winter, and now that the sun is making timid appearances, you may be interested in gently reintroducing your body to the world with a trip to the spa. For a posh swim and gourmet pastries at a historic palace hotel, book an afternoon of “Gourmandise Sportive” at the Shangri-La (10 [...] |
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| France’s Proximity to the Arab World - Sun, 19 May 2013 04:21:30 +0000 |
| Americans are not very familiar with Arabs and Muslims, on the whole, and tend to regard them as foreign and possibly threatening. But that is not the case in France. For starters, there are lots of “Arabs” in France; ten percent of the population is Muslim, quite a few more than are Protestant (2%). Most [...] |
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| Meet Alain, the Bouquinist - Sat, 18 May 2013 04:44:01 +0000 |
| I see him occasionally on my way home for work when the weather is decent enough for me to ride the Vélib bike home. So I stop and say bonjour. He has a lovely smile, and a soft approach to a hard life that I imagine took years to perfect. One of the stories he [...] |
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