Halloween in France

[laficion]

Here is another way of looking at Halloween from a French view point

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/opinion/...=1&emc=eta1

[anacostiakat]

Here is another way of looking at Halloween from a French view point

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/opinion/...=1&emc=eta1

Nice read! for the risotto!

[Stalebread]

Good article. Thanks for the link.

Last week at the Marché Bastille we bought our first petit potiron. Later, one of our favorite vendors will have particularly flavorful pumpkins, large ones, that we buy by the slice. Very good roasted. Of course, the big difference is that the French pumpkin is bred for flavor unlike its American counter-part which is grown primarily for decorative purposes. Although we could find good pumpkins in the Union Square Green Market in NYC.

[Stalebread]

An afterthought:

Last night, and this morning, some of our younger neighbors across the courtyard were having a party. At one time, somewhere around 2:00am this morning, they were doing a sing-along with the Cat Stevens song, Wild World. We assumed it was a Halloween party.

[riderpride]

Thanks for the post. Another Halloween in France story:

I just heard from my sister who has been in Paris for the last month in an attempt to improve her French, and it certainly will go down as the most exciting Halloween in her lifetime. The bulk of her time was spent attempting to describe the three men who robbed her and a lady friend at knife-point. Fortunately she's okay (though poorer) and has many great memories of France to take home next weekend. I swear she has the worst luck!

[Stalebread]

I just heard from my sister who has been in Paris for the last month in an attempt to improve her French, and it certainly will go down as the most exciting Halloween in her lifetime. The bulk of her time was spent attempting to describe the three men who robbed her and a lady friend at knife-point. Fortunately she's okay (though poorer) and has many great memories of France to take home next weekend. I swear she has the worst luck!

Man. That's a bummer no matter where it happens. Good that your sister is OK.

[riderpride]

Man. That's a bummer no matter where it happens. Good that your sister is OK.

Thanks; at least she's just angry and not scared about the whole thing. A money transfer and all is well.

peace

[frenchkiwi]

Ouais ... Aloouine c'est encore une histoire d'anglosaxons qui veulent nous vendre des trucs dont on a pas besoin ;-)