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The Big Bang Boom Bloggers’ Meet-up and Tweeps’ Tweet-up Is Now History

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Mary Kay Bosshart – Adrian Leeds – Rosemary Kneipp – Tom Reeves – Lisa Rankin – Thomas Butler – Donna Morris – Marie Gantois
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

The Big Bang Boom Bloggers’ Meet-up and Tweeps’ Tweet-up is now history, and what an event it was! Bloggers and tweeps braved freezing weather and icy streets on Tuesday evening to attend the social mixer that we hosted at the Caveau Montpensier. A big thank-you goes out to Jeb, the owner, for providing space for us to meet, and to Priscila Pilon (Weekend in Paris) and Forest Collins (52 Martinis) for their invaluable advice and suggestions about how to organize this event.

Thomas Butler - Elizabeth Milovidov - Niki Borofski jpg

Thomas Butler – Elizabeth Milovidov – Niki Borofski
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

The event was a great opportunity for people to come together, renew old acquaintances, and to make new ones! The following persons attended:

Donna Morris Best Friend in Paris
Mary Kay Bosshart Out and About in Paris @OutInParisBlog
Marie Gantois Mococha Chocolats @MocochaChocolat
Tony Paschall Union of Overseas Voters @WeVoteAbroad
Niki Borofski Global Potential @globalpotential
Andrea Carroll Paris Really @ParisReally
Thomas Butler Localers
Rosemary Kneipp Aussie in France @RosemaryKneipp
Lisa Rankin Flavors of Paris @flavorsofparis
Elizabeth Milovidov Crossing Guard Consulting @crossing_guard
Adrian Leeds Adrian Leeds @adrianleeds
Tara Byrne Cook’n with Class @Cooknwithclass
Monique Y. Wells Discover Paris! @MoniqueinParis
Tom Reeves Discover Paris! @TomReevesParis

Andrea Carroll and Donna Morris
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Elizabeth Milovidov with Chocolate Sculpture
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

The big attraction for the evening—and probably the real reason why people showed up in spite of the freezing weather—was the chance to win a scale-model chocolate statue of Auguste Rodin’s La Danaïde made by chocolatier Jean-Charles Rochoux. Elizabeth correctly identified the statue from the intriguing image of its fesses (buttocks) that we posted on our Web site two weeks before the event. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Chocolate Replica of La Danaïde by Auguste Rodin
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

The giveaway was timed to promote the launch of our exciting new game called Guess the Fesses—it is an online quiz that tests your knowledge of sculptures that grace the Paris landscape. Designed to be fun, the correct answers are revealed immediately after each guess. At the end of the quiz, if you want to learn more about the sculptures, you can take our free virtual tour of Paris!

Guess the Fesses
Mystery Fesses N° 1
Photograph by www.DiscoverParis.net

Now that your interest is piqued, click here to begin!

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Big Francophone Bloggers’ Meet-up Last Wednesday Night

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Peggy and Jeff, two French persons with American-sounding names, are passionate about Paris. They celebrated the second anniversary of their Web site (ParisParis.in) for Francophone bloggers last Wednesday night in grand style. One hundred eleven persons showed up for an evening of wine, great food, conversation, and music.

Peggy and Jeff
Photo by Discover Paris!

Peggy and Jeff thanked everyone for coming to the celebration.

La Bonne Franquette Restaurant
Photo by Discover Paris!

The party was held at La Bonne Franquette.

ParisParis Party Goers
Photo by Discover Paris!

Some really cool people showed up! (That’s me, third from the left.)

Domaine Pascal Brunet Chinon
Rosé de Saignée 2010
Photo by Discover Paris!

Wine flowed freely.

Salade du Sud-Ouest au Foie Gras de Canard
Photo by Discover Paris!

Traditional and regional French food was served.

Miroir Cassis au Coulis de Framboise
Photo by Discover Paris!

There were several different desserts to choose from.

Second Anniversary Cake
Photo by Discover Paris!

And anniversary cake was served.

A good time was had by all!

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Big-bash Pot-Luck Tweet-up

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Cook 'n with Class
Photo by Discover Paris!

Yetunde Oshodi and Eric Fraudeau’s big-bash pot-luck tweet-up at Eric’s Cook ’n with Class cooking school is now history, and what a bash it was! Participants brought lots of food, including Forrest Collins (52 Martinis), who made some terrific, savory, mushroom caps stuffed with blue cheese and bits of mushroom. Yetunde Oshodi (Feels Like Home in Paris) baked some great cupcakes. Marlys and Michael Schürmann (Paris Movie Walks) brought big red strawberries and luscious, ripe cherries. And after that, I was too busy moving from one delicious serving dish to another to observe what others brought.

Moody Dining Room
Photo by Discover Paris!

Eric’s school is a spacious place with two rooms, one with a large dining room table, a well-stocked wine display, and a large oven, counter space, and a sink. The other room has a serving table, counter space, an oven, and a sink.

When they organized the space for their school five years ago Eric and Yetunde engaged the services of an interior designer. He left a strong mark on the rooms, and they reflect a rather wild imagination, ranging from a spooky chandelier in the grey, moody dining room to a bright, cheery, kitchen-like ambiance in the other. Was this the work of a bipolar personality?

Joyous Kitchen
From left to right:
Jennifer Geraghty, Eric Fraudeau, and Jenny Sundel
Photo by Discover Paris!

In any event, given the spaciousness of the well-equipped school, I could easily imagine how much fun the students who come here to take cooking lessons must have.

Serving Table
Photo by Discover Paris!

Marlys and Michael Schürmann
Photo by Discover Paris!

Milla Msa
Photo by Discover Paris!

Robyn Blaber
Photo by Discover Paris!

Others in attendance were:

Gail Boisclair and her daughter Yasmin: Perfectly Paris
Alexis Niki: Bitchy Witchy the Film
Nikki Bayley (no Web site given)
Jenny Sundel: Jesus Year Project
Robyn Blaber: A Canadian in Paris
Milla Msa: Not Just Another Milla
Kim Laidlaw Adrey: I Heart Paris
Erica Berman: Haven in Paris
Jennifer Geraghty: Jennyphoria
Tom Reeves: Paris Insights

A good time was had by all!

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The Monster Bloggers’ Meet-up and Tweet-up Is Now History!

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Bloggers and Tweeps
(c) Discover Paris!

The for-the-first-time-in-all-of-human-history Monster Bloggers’ Meet-up and Tweet-up was held in Paris yesterday. A good time was had by all!

Convened at Chez Lili et Marcel, a café-restaurant located on the quai d’Austerlitz across the river from the Ministry of Finance, twelve Anglophone bloggers and tweeps came together to exchange stories and talk about this and that.

The following is a recap of some of the things that we discussed:

Robyn Blaber of A Canadian in Paris recounted the travails he endured to obtain a visitor’s visa from the French authorities so that he could move to Paris. With that agony behind him, his next challenge is to find an apartment to settle into. Lots of luck, Robyn!

Karin Bates-Snyder of An Alien Parisienne told the group that she began blogging about Paris to document her gluten-free life here and to get out and see more of the city.

Laura Collier of Context Travel stated that she came to Paris to study for a Master’s degree and talked of her interest in sustainable travel.

Jenny Sundel of Jesus Year Project told me that she decided to move to Paris in the 33rd year of her life. She doesn’t seem to have regretted this decision!

And we, Tom Reeves and Monique Y. Wells of Paris Insights and Entrée to Black Paris, talked about our “Paris Was a Woman” walk, which we will soon offer to the general public, and the soon-to-be-published abridged edition of our book Paris Insights – An Anthology.

Others in attendance were:

Sion Dayson: Paris Imperfect
Richard Nahem: Eye Prefer Paris
Ann-Marie Nolan: Like Home in Paris
Elinor Browne: Like Home in Paris
Joshua Smith: The Controversial Manual
Jenny Sundel: Jesus Year Project
Nikki Bailey: Yahoo Travel

Yetunde Oshodi of Feels Like Home in Paris has already reserved Sunday, June 19th as the date of a tweet-up to be held at the Cook’n with Class cooking school in Montmartre.

Robyn Blaber - A Canadian in Paris
Monique Y. Wells - Entrée to Black Paris
(c) Discover Paris!

Laura Collier - Context Paris
Richard Nahem - Eye Prefer Paris
Joshua Smith - The Controversial Manual
(c) Discover Paris!

Nikki Bayley - Yahoo Travel
Sion Dayson - Paris Imperfect
Karin Bates Snyder - An Alien Parisienne
(c) Discover Paris!

Elinor Browne - Feels Like Home in Paris Apartments
Ann-Marie Nolan - Feels like Home in Paris Apartments
Tom Reeves - Paris Insights
(c) Discover Paris!

Joshua Smith - The Controversial Manual
Jenny Sundel - Jesus Year Project
Robyn Blaber - A Canadian in Paris
(c) Discover Paris!

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Big Bloggers’ Meet-up Yesterday

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

A lively bloggers’ meet-up was held yesterday evening at Living B’art, a restaurant in the 18th arrondissement.

Living B'art
(c) Discover Paris!

The event was organized by Andi Fisher of Misadventures with Andi and Erica Berman of Haven in Paris and HiP Paris, and attracted an interesting group of Anglophones who blog for the most part about their observations about and experiences in the City of Light. The two generous cheese platters that were served, compliments of Andi and Erica, permitted us to order wine by the glass. (The restaurant does not have a license that allows it to serve wine without food.)

A Lively Meet-up!
Erica in foreground in gray dress
(c) Discover Paris!

One the bloggers, Andi, lives with her French husband Jany in Berkeley, California. Jany speculated that women are better at communicating then men, which might account for the fact that only one male blogger (me) could be counted among the fifteen or so female bloggers present.