• ODD WEDNESDAYS at CAFE WAS: Hollywood’s Premiere Comedy and Music Showcase

  Mark DeCarlo and Ivan Kane present ODD WEDNESDAYS, a new, live, bi-monthly comedy and music variety show premiering March 17, 2010 @ 8PM at Café Was. ODD WEDNESDAYS features an amazing lineup of talented bands, singer-songwriters, and comedians coming together for the newest comedy & music showcase in Hollywood. The March 17 St. Patrick’s Day [...]

• Renoir Exhibit – LACMA

  By Angela Rocco DeCarlo
  Pierre –Auguste Renoir Exhibit
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
  February 14 – May 9,2010
  Pierre – Auguste Renoir,(1841 – 1919) the French Impressionist painter known for his luminescent female nudes, was a towering figure in the art world along with other Impressionist greats such as Monet and Cezanne. This ticketed LACMA Renoir exhibit; [...]

• A Day at the Races

  Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
  By Angela Rocco DeCarlo, copyright, 2010
  While it doesn’t look like a scene from an old Marx Brothers movie anymore, a day at the races is still a fun enterprise, whether you know the score or not. Recently a group of school chums from Chicago wanted to try their luck. We spent [...]

• Britto: Welcome

  By Anjanette Delgado
  There’s something about Miami. It welcomes you by not making too much of a fuss about you. “Oh, so there you are,” it seems to say. “Great. Dale, Chico. Te veo después y nos tomamos un café.” And you know, it’s happy to see you.
  My favorite spot to welcome the day in all [...]

• Opaque – Dining in the Dark for Valentine’s Day

  By Yeni Alvarez
  Last Valentine’s Day, I had a tour de force culinary experience.  It started with an invitation to a popular restaurant I had heard of, but was afraid to try.  I’m speaking of Dining in the Dark at OPAQUE.
  Opaque’s mission is to engage all the senses in a pitch-black dining room, while eager guests [...]

• How to Have a Green Pregnancy

  By Alegre Ramos
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  You are pregnant…congratulations!  Like all moms, I’m sure you want to do everything possible to make sure that your baby is healthy, and going green during your pregnancy is a great way to ensure this.  Here are 6 green living tips that will make a big difference in your life and your pregnancy.  [...]

EXPATRIATE CHRONICLES

• Sea gulls, blocked-in cars, and the Parisian shrug.
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – The other day I heard seagulls in Paris. Now, I understand that the advent of spring can cause animals to act strangely, but the Seine can hardly be considered an ocean. Even after a friend, who lives in the middle of Virginia, explained that seagulls have out witted nature and [...]

  
  
• MERCI: Charm with a purpose in Paris’ 3e
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – An exciting new store in Paris’ 3rd arrondissement has had everyone buzzing lately. The creation of Marie-France and Bernard Cohen, Merci opened its doors in March and has since satisfied those looking for a fresh place to shop. “We get a mixture of all ages here, people who [...]

  
  
• OPERATION UNDERCOVER #6: Speak English like the French
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – What is an under developed country? We partly locate one based on the weakness or bias of the educational system. Is learning a foreign language considered as education? Probably. But most of the French don’t know how to speak proper English. Are we an underdeveloped country? Most surely.
  The news website [...]

  
  
• A tale of two cities: Paris and San Francisco
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – Whenever I travel abroad, I always explain that I am from San Francisco. Not from the United States, not even from California, just San Francisco. The Parisians tend to favor this response, thankfully, and the name of my hometown has even rewarded me with a few words of [...]

  
  
• LILY TO GO: Being there.
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – Recently I did something I promised myself I wouldn’t do – I used my time living in Paris to travel elsewhere in Europe.  This, the young American’s notion of studying abroad, is not an experience of living abroad, or studying for that matter, but really a chance to travel.  To [...]

  
  
• Operation Undercover Paris # 5: Table Manners
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – We, the French, are lovers. But there’s another world which lies at the center of our social life.  Food. Some of the most famous Chefs are French. Heck, even the word ‘Chef’ is French. Menus in America are filled of French words. Most of the time, those words aren’t used [...]

  
  
• Operation Undercover #4: Read the newspapers
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – Every press room is growling with one sentence: “La presse va mal!” Well, yes. But let’s be honest, it can’t be worse than the other media.
  Nicolas Sarkozy is now officially the one who can appoint the directors of both public TV (France Télévision) and public radio (Radio France). We also [...]

  
  
• Operation Undercover, Paris No.3: Date a French woman.
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – Parisian women are said to be at the height of fashion. I’m sorry to crush a dream, but most of us won’t wear heels unless we absolutely have to. If nothing the Parisian woman is logical, and doesn’t gets the urge to crush her toes and ruin her back just [...]

  
  
• Operation Undercover, Paris No.2: Drink Wine.
  

  PARIS (Herald de Paris) – Like most Parisians, I don’t actually come from Paris. My ancestors made wine in the South of France. How traditional, isn’t it? Unlike what you may believe, alcoholic beverage from this area is not highly regarded in France. In fact, though we are somewhat educated in that field, we don’t [...]