The first proper French book I ever read was a little orange paperback of Petit Nicolas stories. I was twelve or thirteen at the time, but to this day I love dipping into the tales of this lovable little rogue, who talks about ‘heaps and heaps’ (‘des tas et des tas’) of things, frequently escalates [...]
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Petit Nicolas
Posted in French books, French films, French kids, French politics, Uncategorized, tagged Amazon.fr, children's books, French children's books, French political humour, French president, Goscinny, Histoires Inedites du Petit Nicolas, Jean-Jacques Sempe, Laurent Tirard, Melissa Rossi, Petit Nicolas, Petit Nicolas Sarkozy, Petit Nicolas's friends, Rene Goscinny, Sempe, The Armchair Diplomat on Europe, Valerie Lemercier on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
French tees for les enfants…
Posted in France, France in photos, French chic, French fashion, French kids, French souvenirs, Travel, tagged Absorba, Bonpoint, children's clothing, children's tee shirts, French children's clothing, French mode, French souvenirs, French Tees for les enfants, Grasse, la Tranche sur Mer, Petit Bateau, souvenir tee shirts, tacky souvenirs on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Epicurienne I have made no secret of my dislike of children’s souvenir tees which say stupid things like “My Mom went to Vegas and all she bought me was this lousy tee-shirt”. (Honestly, people really do waste their money on silly things, but then they’re probably the same people who eat at McDonald’s in [...]
