Happy Birthday Hillary- October 26, 2007 Wonderful (as usual) column by Clyde Haberman of the NYTimes about the stresses of life as a New Yorker, not to leave out two NYers who are running...with pockets and purses open...for President. Another interesting column from Madison, WI... want to share a secret send it to the the secret keeper...http://www.lisnews.org/node/28099 More on bookshops....in Paris this time- October 1, 2007 ...this time on the Rive Gauche a Paris. They're in danger of disappearing...Guardian UK reveals the trend that has galleries and small booksellers being replaced by trendy clothing boutiques. They call the phenomenon "the greatest Gallic bogeyman of all, globalisation," and I can only hope that those French come to their senses and prevent the theft of history and tradition in the quartier where "where Juliette Greco sang, Miles Davis played and Michel Foucault philosophised."Maybe this...http://www.lisnews.org/node/28077 |