Dictée writ large
“In France, the time-honored tradition of the dictée — or dictation — is alive and well. Recently, 1,700 desks were set up on the Champs Élysées in Paris for the world’s largest dictée session.”
Peanuts in French
A crossword clue — three letters, “Parisian’s ‘Rats!’” — made me wonder what Charlie Brown says in French. And now I know.
Cachou Lajaunie
Little French candies. The flavor is kinda ghastly, but the tin’s design is beautiful.
Café culture
Twelve-hour days in nineteenth-century France.
Impressionist France
At the St. Louis Art Museum. The exhibit explores the role of nineteenth-century painters and photographers in the construction of French identity.
France debates le point-virgule
France debates the semi-colon