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Travelers' Tales Paris

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by James O'Reilly


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  Gentleman, David. David Gentleman’s Paris. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991.

  Gold, Herbert. Bohemia: Where Art, Angst, Love and Strong Coffee Meet. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1993.

  Gopnik, Adam. Paris to the Moon. New York: Random House, 2001.

  Green, Julian. Paris. Translated by J. A. Underwood. New York: Marion Boyers, 1991.

  Guppy, Shusha. A Girl in Paris. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1991.

  Heath, Gordon. Deep Are the Roots: Memoirs of a Black Expatriate. Amherst, Massachusetts: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.

  Jordan, David P. Transforming Paris: The Life and Labors of Baron Haussmann. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995.

  Landes, Alison and Sonia. Pariswalks. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1991.

  Loftus, Simon. Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy. London: Ebury Press, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1993.

  Maspero, François. Roissy Express: A Journey Through the Paris Suburbs. London: Verso, 1994.

  Miller, Stuart. Understanding Europeans. Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1990.

  Morris, Jan. Locations. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992.

  Nossiter, Adam. The Algeria Hotel: France, Memory, and the Second World War. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

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  Paris Notes. The newsletter for people who love Paris. Published by Mark Eversman. To subscribe send check or money order ($39.00 for 1 year, 10 issues) to Paris Notes, P. O. Box 3668, Manhattan Beach, California 90266 or call 310/545-2735.

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  Yee, Chiang. The Silent Traveller in Paris. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1956.

  Glossary

  à pied

  on foot

  à bientôt

  see you soon

  accouchement

  childbirth; labor and delivery

  aérateurs

  ventilators

  allée

  path, avenue, drive

  allez

  go

  alors

  then, at that time, in that case

  amis

  friends

  arrondissement

  a district or section of Paris

  atelier

  workshop, studio

  au revoir

  good-bye

  auberge

  inn, small hotel

  aubergine

  eggplant

  auteur

  author

  autoroute

  freeway

  bain

  bath, swim

  baiser

  a kiss

  bal musette

  dance with accordion accompaniment

  bateau mouche

  tour boat of the Seine in Paris

  belle

  beautiful

  beur

  French-born Arab

  beurre noir

  brown sauce

  billets-doux

  love letters

  bis

  The street number “9 bis” means 9a

  bof

  expression meaning “I don’t know” or “I don’t care”

  bonbon

  candy, sweet

  bonhomme

  fellow

  boule

  ball

  bouquinistes

  booksellers

  brasserie

  informal eating establishment

  bricolage

  do-it-yourself; patched-up job

  bricoleur

  handyman; do-it-yourselfer

  brocanteur

  dealer who sells used goods

  butte

  knoll, hillock

  Ça va?

  How are you?

  cache-sexe

  G-string

  calme

  calm

  carrefours

  crossroads

  carte d’identité

  identification card

  chanteurs de charme

  crooners

  chanteuse

  female singer

  chaos

  pile of boulders

  chose

  thing

  choucroute

  sauerkraut

  cinémathèque

  relating to the cinema

  citron pressé

  fresh lemonade

  clochard

  hobo, tramp

  coifeuse

  hairdresser

  Comment?

  What did you say?; How?

  commerçant

  shopkeeper, trader

  conseiller

  to advise, to recommend

  coucher

  to go to bed, put to bed

  coulisse

  behind the scenes

  coup monté

  put-up job

  coups d’œil

  glances

  croustillant

  crisp, crusty

  cuisse

  thigh

  danseuses

  female dancers

  de riguer

  compulsory; the rule

  de trop

  too many

  désolé

  desolate; sorry

  déviation

  detour; diversion

  difficile

  difficult

  dossier

  file

  eau

  water

  eau-de-vie

  brandy

  écharpes

  scarves

  écorché

  someone who is flayed alive

  élan

  style, flair, enthusiasm

  entrepôt

  warehouse

  essai

  try; attempt

  extrêmement

  extremely

  faire les vitrines

  to window shop

  femmes fatales

  women of seductive charm

  fête

  feast; festival, party

  fin

  done, finished, end

  fin de siècle

  end of the century

  fine

  brandy

  fiston

  son, lad

  flâneur

  stroller; street wanderer

  fontaine

  fountain, spring

  frère

  brother

  fruits de mer

  seafood

  gendarmes

  police officers

  grand magasin

  department store

  gratteurs de guitare

  guitar-scrapers

  grenouille

  frog

  habitués

  regular visitors

  hammam

  Turkish bath; spa

 
; haute couture

  high fashion

  immédiatement

  immediately

  impairs

  odd numbers

  indigènes

  natives, indigenous people

  je déteste le rouge

  I detest red

  je regarde

  I am just looking

  joie de vivre

  joy of living

  jouer

  to play

  légère

  light, slight, weak

  littéraires

  literary people

  loge

  dressing room; concierge’s apartment; spectator’s box

  louche

  dubious, shady, fishy

  lourde

  heavy

  luxe

  luxury

  maison

  home

  malade

  sick

  merde

  shit

  midinette

  silly young townie

  mon

  my

  mort

  death

  nacelle

  basket

  n’est-ce pas

  isn’t it?, won’t you?

  naturellement

  naturally

  noir

  black

  non

  no

  oui

  yes

  pairs

  even numbers

  Parisienne

  female Parisian

  péniche

  barge

  péridurale

  epidural

  périphérique

  outlying, peripheral; expressway surrounding a city

  pétanque

  lawn bowling

  petit peu

  a little bit

  peu

  a little

  pied-à-terre

  secondary or temporary lodging

  politesse

  politeness, courtesy

  pommes

  apples

  privée

  private

  procureaur général

  attorney general

  promenades

  walks, promenades

  quartier

  district, quarter

  quelque

  some; a few

  quincaillerie

  hardware

  quotidien

  daily; ordinary; everyday

  raie

  skate; ray

  relations

  contacts, relations

  rouge

  red

  sage-femme

  midwife

  salon de thé

  tea room

  sentier

  path

  sentinelle

  (vulgar) turd; sentinel

  societé

  company, society

  sous-sol

  basement

  spectacles

  shows

  sportive

  athletic

  steak frites

  steak with French fried potatoes

  terrain vague

  empty lot

  tout

  all

  tout de suite

  immediately, right away

  vendeuse

  sales lady

  vespasiennes

  urinals

  ville lumière

  city of light

  vite

  quickly, fast

  volupté

  sensual delight, pleasure

  votre

  your

  Voulez-vous quelque chose

  Do you want something?

  Index

  arrondissements 43, 82

  4th 232

  5th 25, 232, 233

  6th 16, 25, 232

  7th 25, 232

  8th 12

  9th 45

  12th 268

  14th 12, 25

  19th 12

  20th 13

  Balzac Honoré de 25, 27

  Baker, Jo 192

  Baudelaire 2, 139

  Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville 122

  Beauvoir, Simone de 4, 25, 50, 51, 54

  bookstores

  Libella 111

  Shakespeare and Compapny 34

  buskers, busking 35

  cafés, restaurants 26, 28, 35, 246

  Auberge Inn 26

  Brasserie Lipp 29, 31

  Café Beaubourg 109

  Café de Flore 20, 29, 50

  Coupole 29

  Deux Magots 29, 50

  Roger’s 240

  camping 170

  Camus, Albert 25, 50, 51

  catacombs 89

  cemetaries

  Cimetière des Innocents 90

  Père Lachaise 13, 89

  Champs Elysées 9, 10

  Chartres 196

  chateaux

  Azay-le-Rideau 200

  Chambord 199

  Chenonceau 197

  d’Esclimont 201

  Châtillon-sur-Seine 136

  churches

  Notre Dame 45, 140

  Saint-Séverin 299

  Sainte-Chapelle 105

  St-Julian the Poor 25, 298

  Ste-Trinité 45, 46

  communism, Communist Party 53

  concierge 30, 58

  Douix River 137

  driving 9

  Étoile 9

  executions 269

  Existentialism 52, 57

  fashion 178

  film, movies 25

  food, cuisine 100, 174, 228, 244

  Fountainbleau 117, 149

  Fouquet, Nicolas 150

  Ginsberg, Allen 26, 27

  guillotine 25, 270, 277

  hammams 210

  Chope des Artistes 221

  Bains et Hydrothérpie 221

  Goutte d’Or (El-Baraka) 217

  Paris Mosque 218

  Haussmann, Baron 5, 92, 262

  Hemingway, Ernest 25

  homosexuals 185

  hotels

  Deux-Iles 113

  Lutece 113

  St-Louis 113

  Hôtel de Invalides 164

  Ile de la Cité 131

  Ile St-Louis 107

  Institut Géographique National (IGN) 134

  La Bohème 5

  La Coupole 4

  Latin Quarter 25

  Left Bank 24

  Loire Valley 194

  Louis XIV 149, 227, 287

  medical assistance 75, 225

  Métro 47, 48

  Montmartre 45, 202

  Montreuil-sous-Bois 231

  Morrison, Jim 13

  museums

  Delacoix 30

  Fragonard museum 143

  Gustave Moreau 46

  Louvre 5, 6, 11, 63, 162, 225, 227

  Musée de Cluny 90

  Musée du Pain 283

  Museum of the Sewers 98

  Rodin 6, 24

  parks

  Buttes Chaumont 12

  Monceau 12

  Montsouris 12

  Pei, I. M. 64, 67

  périphérique 79

  photography 260, 284

  Place de Clinchy 47

  Place de Fürstemberg 30, 32

  Place Pigalle 45, 47

  Place St-Georges 47

  poor 260

  prostitution 216

  Rive Gauche (see Left Bank)

  romance 3, 19, 185

  running 223

  Sacré-Coeur 202

  Sartre, Jean-Paul 4, 25, 50, 51

  Seine River 128

  Sequana 129, 133

  shopping 37, 122, 179

  Sorbonne 25, 28

  St-Germain-des-Prés 25, 28, 30, 227

  St. Sulpice 28

  train 48

  transsexuals 284

  Vaux-le-Vicomte 149

  Versailles 149, 290

  Vie et Historie 42

  Vix 138

  walking 14, 42

  World War II 249

  Index of Contri
butors

  Apollinaire, Guillaume 23

  Applefield, David 54–55, 212, 231–239

  Ardagh, John 294

  Baldwin, James 265

  Balzac, Honoré de 20, 239

  Barry, Joseph 267

  Baudelaire 139

  Bernstein, Richard 10, 189

  Boyle, Cailín 178–184

  Bradfield, Bob 194–201

  Briand, Baptiste 118, 121

  Bronston, Jack E. 42–48

  Brooks, Carole 7

  Brown, Tish Carnes 240–245

  Buzzi, Aldo 230

  Camus, Albert 53

  Caro, Ina 149–165, 287–294

  Colton, Ann Davis 48–49

  Daley, Robert 268–283

  Diedrich, Joseph 16–22

  Dudar, Helen 63–73

  Dunne, John Gregory 8–14

  Durrell, Lawrence 176–177

  Ebensten, Hanns 185–192

  Economist, The 182

  Elkjer, Thom 3–7

  Euser, Barbara J. 223

  Feldkamp, Fred 184

  Feldkamp, Phyllis 184

  Flaubert, Gustave 39, 91, 216

 

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