New Orleans reminds me a lot of France. The original settlers of the Crescent City were French bringing their love of food, culture, and a bit of their language to the new world. Amazingly, much of that heritage is still thriving today.
Fun article originally posted on open culture based on a private letter of F Scott Fitzgerald's in which he defends that the word cocktail is perfectly acceptable as a verb. If Fitzgerald says its so, that's good enough for me!
Fun article originally posted on open culture based on a private letter of F Scott Fitzgerald's in which he defends that the word cocktail is perfectly acceptable as a verb. If Fitzgerald says its so, that's good enough for me!
F. Scott Fitzgerald Conjugates “to Cocktail,” the Ultimate Jazz-Age Verb (1928)
I regularly meet up with speaking partners who help me learn their languages in exchange for my helping them learn English. Even though they usually speak much better English already than I speak Korean, Spanish, Japanese, or what have you, I often feel like I’ve got the heavier end of the job. Why? Because the English language, for all its advantages — its global reach, the ease with which it incorporates foreign terms and neologisms, its wealth of descriptive possibility — has the major disadvantage of seldom making immediate sense. more....
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très chic websites
Eater MindBodyGreen Healing Crystals très chic businesses Earth Odyssey - gems, jewelery, spiritual readings in New Orleans, LA SweetGreen - awesome organic salads in the DC area The Vineyard of McLean - wine retailer specializing in fine wines Puree Juice Bar - DC area raw, organic fruit and veggie smoothies très chic Française David Lebovitz - American pastry chef living in Paris Comme Une Francaise - Géraldine Lepère's fun and entertaining method of learning everyday French Hip Paris Blog - The name says it all |