I don't think we get the French relationship with food. To us McDonald's is a symbol of something. To them it's just another eating option. I went to a restaurant in Paris and in loud English ordered a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke just to see the waiter's reaction. I actually made a French man laugh.
The article referred to a gentleman eating at a cafe on "Rivoli Street." Is that anywhere near Champs Elysees Avenue or the famous St. Michael Blvd. in the Latin Quarter?
@procrastinator, esq.: Then again, maybe Le Monde is writing about a little crepe stand on the corner of the avenue des Ameriques and the rue de Printemps in SoHo?
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And he is wearing too many clothes.
That is all.
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Seafood and Crab. One look at their little bin of sea random does the trick, no need to buy ipecac!
07/07/09
I just threw up a little.
07/07/09
Commercials that show people eating food make me ill.
I've never been able to figure out why.
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Yikes, WaPo. Way to sound gauche.
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Et egalement la croque madame.
06/26/09
The Dutch: Plastic shoes sometimes.
The Germans: Less war, more Friends.
The English: Finally, teeth.
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