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Humor Lardner, Ring: My Four Weeks in France (1918), v1, 23 Feb 2019

When a newspaper sends its sports reporter (who is also a famous humourist) Ring Lardner to France in 1917 as a war correspondent, you don't expect a gritty tale of the trenches, and you don't get it. The chapter headings are the clue. 1: Dodging Submarines to Cover the Biggest Game of All 2: I Get to Paris and Encounter Some Strange Sights 3: I Try to Get to the American Camp— But Meet Disaster 4: Finally I Get to the American Camp; What I Find There 5: My Adventures at the British Front ...
Tags: Books, London, France, Paris, ePub Books, Lardner, British Front, Wallace Morgan

Before & After: A “Not Too Brooklyn” Bachelor Pad in Park Slope, Transformed with Paint

Dan Mazzarini of BHDM Design was given a mandate when it came to a dated apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn: create a sophisticated and polished masculine retreat that was “not too Brooklyn” for the apartment’s bachelor owner, a book-loving lawyer with little time to fret about the details. The two-bedroom apartment was in good, if dated, condition, with a ho-hum mashup of middle-grade finishes, before Mazzarini got to work. He redid the whole apartment with several gallons of paint and a tight p...
Tags: Books, New York, Budget, France, La, New York City, Paint, Brooklyn, Ikea, Apartments, Stockholm, Benjamin Moore, Masculine, Simon, Brimfield, Sherwin Williams

Swiss B&T defends its GL06 Grenade Launcher

The French Police is using the B&T Swiss-made GL06 launcher in 40mm caliber, which they re-named LBD40. The B&T GL06 launcher is produced to work with the 40 mm B&T SIR less-lethal ammunition, which B&T calls a state of the art in point-of-aim & point-of-impact less lethal systems for public order, law enforcement and peacekeeping operations. […] Read More … The post Swiss B&T defends its GL06 Grenade Launcher appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, France, Switzerland, Daily News, Ammunition, B&T, MIL/LE, B&T GL06, Less lethal launcher, 40 Mm, LBD40

POTD: Brazil at World Shoot Shotgun

Today’s Photo takes us back to the IPSC Shotgun World Shoot last summer. The World Shoot took place in France and the Open division was won by Josh Froelich, who we had an exclusive interview with. Below you can see some of the shooting challenges that occurred in one of the stages. The shooter only […] Read More … The post POTD: Brazil at World Shoot Shotgun appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, France, Brazil, IPSC, Photo of the Day, World Shoot Shotgun, Josh Froelich

Steal This Look: The $4K Parisian Kitchen from Two DIY Experts

You might think the impressively low price tag ($4,200) is what makes this renovation from Parisian designers Heju so exceptional, but it’s also the size. The kitchen is nested in a chambre de bonne, Paris’s answer to worker’s housing in the top floor garret of most buildings. The rooms are typically 65 to 130 square feet; they’re impossibly small (I know because I lived in one for a year) and any semblance of a kitchen is rarely functional. But Heju solved the problem with grey and white color-...
Tags: Amazon, Books, London, Diy, France, Germany, US, Eu, Brooklyn, Paris, Netherlands, Ikea, Belgium, Jordan, Benjamin Moore, Kitchens

Centennial: Harlem Hell Fighters Of World War I

Harlem Hell Fighters USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- One hundred years ago, on February 17, 1919, the African-American 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the Harlem Hell Fighters, marched up Fifth Avenue into Harlem in a massive victory parade in their honor. This year marks the centennial of the United States’ entrance into World War I — a conflict that claimed millions of lives, redrew the world map, and changed war forever. Countless stories of heroism and hardship emerged from the fight i...
Tags: Europe, New York, Guns, France, Barack Obama, Atlantic, United States, Army, Fifth Avenue, Johnson, Harlem, Puerto Rico, Western Europe, Springfield, Roberts, Western Front

Stacked-Up Book Thoughts: A Great Reading Week

I've reached that point where cabin fever is starting to set in. The sleet or ice or cold or snow has kept me cooped up inside and made me miss way too many outdoor walks. It's driving me crazy! We finally started the new season of True Detective. I like it but need to see a few more episodes before commenting. We finished the Netflix series You, which started out strong, but I was less enamored by the end. We also finally watched the movie Room, which I liked. It's been too long since I re...
Tags: Books, New York, France, Netflix, Canada, New Hampshire, Paris, Hamlet, Jack, Ann Leckie, Marie Antoinette, Versailles, Don, Hill, Camille, Wynn

Les collections Modular Table 1 & 2 signées Olivier Vitry

Olivier Vitry, architecte et designer belge basé à Forest, présente Modular Table 1 et Modular Table 2, deux collections de tables d’appoints en bois et marbre permettant modularité et personnalisation. Depuis 2011, Olivier Vitry travaille au sein du bureau Claisse Architecture où il est devenu administrateur. Avec ses associés, Benjamin Debacker et Liliane Knopes, il conçoit des projets d’architecture avec passion, exigence et une attention toute particulière pour ces détails qui créent ou...
Tags: Books, Design, Milan, France, Designer, Belgium, Table, Details, Olivier, Scandinave, Deco, Bois, Mobilier, Minimaliste, Marque, Architecte

800 Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts Are Now Online: Browse & Download Them Courtesy of the British Library and Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Buried Giant begins with an immersive depiction of what it might have been like to live in a European village during the middle ages. Or what it might feel like for us moderns, at least. The couple at the center of the story spends several pages fretting over the loss of a candle, their only one. Without it, their nights are pitch black. In the day, they wander in a fog, unable to remember anything. Though the cause of this turns out to be dark magic, one can’t help t...
Tags: Google, Books, England, College, France, History, Libraries, British Library, Kazuo Ishiguro, Facebook Twitter, Josh Jones, France England, Mirador, Polonsky Foundation, Durham NC Follow, Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Will Diversity Be the Death of the Democrats?

Anti Gun Democrats U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Both of America's great national parties are coalitions. But it is the Democratic Party that never ceases to celebrate diversity — racial, religious, ethnic, cultural — as its own and as America's “greatest strength.” Understandably so, for the party is home to a multitude of minorities. It is the domain of the LGBTQ movement. In presidential elections, Democrats win 70 percent of Hispanics, Jews and Asian-Americans, and 90 percent of African-Americ...
Tags: Guns, Congress, Washington Post, France, Senate, Virginia, Israel, NFL, America, Gop, South Africa, Ben Franklin, House, Muslim, Venezuela, Ussr

ZOOM M&O PARIS – ECAL MADE Projet étudiant : Interview de Hugo Paternostre et de son projet la grappe

En cette édition de Janvier 2019, MAISON & OBJET PARIS a permis aux étudiants en première année de Master Design de produit de l’ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) de se confronter aux enjeux du métier de designer, de l’idée jusqu’à la fabrication et la vente. Ces objets «  ECAL made », objets du quotidien réalisés en Suisse avec l’aide, pour la plupart, d’artisans locaux, en sont l’heureux résultat. Un « Swiss made » qui a le mérite d’être des plus surprenant. Parmi ces projets exposés, ...
Tags: Books, Design, Interview, France, Restaurant, Paris, Packaging, Chocolat, Cuisine, Concept, Lausanne, Vin, Deco, Etudiants, Minimaliste, Richard Hutten

The Religion of Pure Equality, Don’t Fall for this False GOD

Opinion Equality for Thee, but NOT for Me Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “Socialism confuses the distinction between government, and private, enterprise. As a result, every time we object to a thing being done by government, socialists insist that we object to its being done at all! We disapprove of state education. Socialists claim that we’re opposed to all education. We object to a state religion. Socialists claim that we’re opposed to all religion. We object to a state-enforced equalit...
Tags: Guns, France, Washington Dc, Venezuela, Planet Earth, John Farnam, Shooting Industry News, Defense Training International, Farnam, Collins CO AmmoLand, Bastiat

Regola by Matteo Thun for Listone Giordano

Regola by Matteo Thun was recently part of the Listone Giordano hardwood flooring exhibit at BAU 2019 in Munich. Inspired by “pure geometric form reminiscent of New York’s atmospheres in the early 1900s,” Regola revels in the grid. Its different modules can be combined to create linear patterns that showcase balance alongside the beauty of wood. Like all Listone Giordano flooring, Regola uses multi-layer technology with transversal incisions and micrometric joints to stabilize the hardwood flo...
Tags: Books, New York, France, Munich, Burgundy, Grid, Flooring, Hardwood, Burgundy France, Matteo Thun, Linear, Hardwood Flooring, Art-Deco, Listone Giordano, Architectural Finishes, BAU 2019

Trend Alert: Vintage French Shops You Can Browse from Your Laptop

We’d look for any excuse to book a flight to France, map out a route, and spend a few days scouring flea markets, brocantes, and vides greniers (the French version of a garage sale) for vintage finds. The next best thing? A few small vintage shops, with wares hand-sourced from antiques shops and stalls throughout France, and easily browsable from your couch. Unlike bigger online platforms like eBay and Etsy, these are more curated shops run (and sourced) by individuals and couples, with small se...
Tags: Books, New York, Instagram, Etsy, Ebay, France, Maine, Paris, French, Reims, Bay Area, Justine, Laurie, Sharon, AKI, Brun

Trend Alert: 6 Vintage French Shops You Can Browse from Your Laptop

We’d look for any excuse to book a flight to France, map out a route, and spend a few days scouring flea markets, brocantes, and vides greniers (the French version of a garage sale) for vintage finds. The next best thing? A few small vintage shops, with wares hand-sourced from antiques shops and stalls throughout France, and easily browsable from your couch. Unlike bigger online platforms like eBay and Etsy, these are more curated shops run (and sourced) by individuals and couples, with small se...
Tags: Books, New York, Instagram, Etsy, Ebay, France, Maine, Paris, French, Reims, Bay Area, Justine, Laurie, Sharon, AKI, Brun

What the Paris Peace Conference can teach us about politics today

One hundred years ago, the treaty of Versailles, the centerpiece of a set of treaties and agreements collectively known as the Paris Peace Settlements, was signed in the glittering hall of mirrors in the former home of France’s Sun King. For some, the war it brought to an end marked the final chapter of a distinct period in international relations, one dominated by a European states system that had endured since the Middle Ages and in which military conflict was relatively commonplace.Anniversar...
Tags: Europe, Books, Politics, Featured, France, US, History, World, United States, Paris, World War One, Journals, Donald Trump, International Relations, Social Sciences, Versailles

A Designer and an Antiquary’s Remodeled Guesthouses in Reims (Soon Available to Rent)

I have never been to Reims, the city in the Champagne region of France where all of the French kings were once crowned. But, through the magic of Instagram, I’ve spent the last few weeks poring over one of the most classically, quietly lovely projects I’ve seen: a pair of guesthouses and the accompanying family house of the family renovating them, steps from the city’s famous cathedral. It was Instagram that first led me to discover Les Penates Reims: While researching Nomibis—a flea market base...
Tags: Books, Instagram, France, Vacation Rentals, Reims, House Tour, Rose, Jean, Brun, Architecture & Interiors, Antiques & Vintage, Brice, Design Travel, Berard, French Style, Salome

French Lessons: A Designer and an Antiquary’s Remodeled Guesthouses in Reims (Soon Available to Rent)

I have never been to Reims, the city in the Champagne region of France where all of the French kings were once crowned. But, through the magic of Instagram, I’ve spent the last few weeks poring over one of the most classically, quietly lovely projects I’ve seen: a pair of guesthouses and the accompanying family house of the family renovating them, steps from the city’s famous cathedral. It was Instagram that first led me to discover Les Penates Reims: While researching Nomibis—a flea market base...
Tags: Books, Instagram, France, Vacation Rentals, Reims, House Tour, Rose, Jean, Brun, Architecture & Interiors, Antiques & Vintage, Brice, Design Travel, Berard, French Style, Salome

Zoom M&O PARIS – CRAFT : Florent Blanchard présente le luminaire DOD

Florent Blanchard présente sa propre marque DOD, un luminaire en forme de dodécaèdre modulable en bois massif à assembler soi-même. Le design modulaire du luminaire DOD  permet de créer selon les envies des combinaisons dans une ambiance lumineuse colorées, chaleureuse ou dynamique. D es centaines de combinaisons sont possibles ! Le luminaire DOD représente le premier objet d’une collection de mobilier ludique et revalorisé. Florent a eu l’idée de DOD en 2015 : «  Il y a un an, je su...
Tags: Books, Video, Design, France, Nature, Paris, Unique, Série, Dod, Cela, Deco, Bois, Lampe, Evenement, Reportage, Artisan

What to Read in This Week’s Pretty in Pink Issue

This week we’re tuning into our more romantic side with our Pretty in Pink issue. Here’s what’s coming up: Above: Photograph by Natalie Weiss for Remodelista, from one of our favorite apartment visits of all time: Done/Undone with Clarisse Demory in Paris. A tour of one of the most beautiful guesthouses we’ve seen, in France Our favorite glassware, in shades of rose And, what our editors’ are gifting (and coveting) for Valentines Day In case you missed it this week: What to know about t...
Tags: Books, Instagram, Bali, France, Paris, Airbnb, Table Of Contents, Natalie Weiss, Clarisse Demory

150 Years of the Periodic Table

2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the creation of the periodic table, and it has been declared the International Year of the Periodic Table by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In anticipation of the anniversary, and the official opening day ceremony that will take place in France on February 7, Oxford University Press is celebrating the centuries of discover that created the modern Periodic Table.Here, we take a look at the fascinating history of ...
Tags: Infographics, Books, Science, Featured, France, History, Chemistry, Mathematics, Multimedia, Periodic Table, Elements, Oxford University Press, BCE, Science & Medicine, Physics & Chemistry, This Day in History

10 Things Nobody Tells You About Zellige, the Trendiest Tile of 2019

You might not know the name (yet), but you’ve seen them: zellige tile (also known as Moroccan tiles, zellige terracotta tiles, and zilij) is are the trendiest tile of 2019. We’ve seen it pop up everywhere we look the past few weeks and months, from a villa in France to a trendy house in Hudson to a cottage on Cape Cod. Its appeal? A handmade, slightly imperfect charm, very different from perfect and easily produceable subway tile. If you’re thinking about installing the tile of the moment in you...
Tags: Books, Usa, France, New York City, Maine, Marseille, Morocco, Hudson, Tiles, Modern House, Hudson NY, Provincetown, Fez Morocco, Remodeling 101, DIY & Remodeling, Remodel & Renovation

Retour sur le salon MAISON & OBJET PARIS de Janvier 2019

  MAISON & OBJET PARIS représente depuis 1995 un rendez-vous incontournable et international dans les domaines de l’art de vivre, de la décoration d’intérieur et du design. En effet, ce salon rassemble plus de 3 000 marques et attire environ 90 000 visiteurs. Véritable créateur de rencontres et révélateur de talents, MAISON & OBJET PARIS met en exergue deux fois par an de nouvelles sources d’inspiration grâce aux tendances tant actuelles que futures. De plus, la plateforme digitale MOM (MAISO...
Tags: Books, France, Inspire, Janvier, Maison Objet, Objet Paris, Maison Objet Paris, Sebastian Herkner, Alki Tom Dixon Fatboy Wood Prostoria Pour, Trend Mook MAISON OBJET, Elizabeth Leriche François Bernard, François Delclaux, MAISON OBJET PARIS Retrouvez, Mathieu Dumay Riz Blanc

Before Wallis - Edward VIII's Other Women ~ Rachel Trethewey

First things first, I must now confess to a complete blank on the lineage of the House of Windsor. What a disgrace. Well, the early days of the House of Windsor that is, created in 1917 to break with any prior associations with Germany... but who exactly were the brothers and sisters, the children of King George V and Queen Mary? I've sorted it out now but I can't believe I had never really paid attention and understood the place of Dukes of Gloucester and Kent in the grand Windsor scheme o...
Tags: Books, France, Germany, David, Royals, John, Birmingham, Jeremy, Kent, Duke, Gloucester, Edward, Wallis, Rosemary, Sutherland, Dudley

Japonesque by Way of France: B-Raku Ceramics in Brittany

Not long ago we posted on Otonali, a Breton-style creperie in Brittany, designed by Guillaume Terver of Paris-based studio Le LAD. Today we’re taking a look at the adjoining B-Raku ceramics studio. The Japanese term raku describes a technique for the production of ceramic objects at low temperature, from 800 to 950° C. Each piece is baked a first time, then is coated with a second coat of enamel before being subjected to a second baking. During the second firing, the applied coating melts to cre...
Tags: Books, Japan, France, Paris, New Zealand, Japanese, Ceramics, Malibu, Brittany, Ceramic, Shopper's Diary, Design Travel, Rikyu, Nobu Ryokan Guesthouse, Guillaume Terver, Philippe Josse

'An insult': French writers outraged by festival's use of 'sub-English' words

Prominent writers including Leila Slimani have spoken out against the Salon du Livre in Paris’s use of phrases including ‘young adult’, a ‘bookquizz’ and ‘le live’A celebration of the “Scène Young Adult” at the Salon du Livre in Paris next month has drawn the condemnation of dozens of French authors and intellectuals, who have described the adoption of English terminology as an “unbearable act of cultural delinquency”.The proliferation of English words on display at the book fair, where the “scè...
Tags: Europe, Books, France, World news, Culture, Paris, Children and teenagers, Marie NDiaye, Catherine Millet, Leïla Slimani, Muriel Barbery, Salon du Livre, Leïla Slimani Tahar Ben Jelloun

IRMA luminaire au verre sublimé par Rémi Casado

Plus de 11 années d’aventure avec BED, c’est toujours avec grand plaisir que nous retrouvons / suivons les designers révélés ou tout du moins poussés sur le devant de la scène grâce au blog. Faisant suite à l’article dédié à Jules Levasseur, découvrons .. Rémi Casado à clairement sa place dans cette sélection de jeunes designers de talent, touche à tout.. Français, lyonnais facilitant les liens avec BED. Découvrons ce matin, IRMA, fruit de la collaboration avec les artisans et artistes du verre...
Tags: Art, Books, Design, France, Designer, Glass, Handmade, Irma, Savoir Faire, Deco, Artisan, Luminaire, Verre, Rémi Casado, Jules Levasseur, Vincent Breed

Leave Brigitte Macron alone. We French need to lay off our first ladies | Agnès Poirier

France has long loved the idea of a powerful woman pulling the strings of the presidentIt’s almost a ritual. In France, it takes only a few months after the election of a new president for essays, pamphlets, picture albums, novels even, about the great man’s political ideas – but also his “true” or “hidden” personal story – to start flooding bookshops. More surprisingly, and perhaps more revealingly, France’s first ladies get a similar treatment.Although Emmanuel Macron has been in power for onl...
Tags: Europe, Books, France, UK News, World news, Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, Brigitte Macron, Agnès Poirier, Biography books, Les Macron

Pierre Casteran And Bill Cunningham

Pierre Casteran was the son of a wealthy French family who visited Blithewold several times in the 1950s and 1960s. The late Bill Cunningham, as many are aware, was the American fashion photographer for the New York Times, known for his informal street photography. The connection between the two men became apparent when I met Bill Cunningham at the 2009 Blithewold Gala. He came to record the event for his Sunday New York Times page of beautiful people in beautiful gowns! Bill sought me out to as...
Tags: Gardening, New York, France, Boston, America, United States, New York Times, Paris, Korea, Bill Cunningham, Bill, EDF, Gardens, Rouen, U S Army, Madeleine

RESSAC la banquette confort par Jules Levasseur

Retrouvons aujourd’hui, Jules Levasseur, jeune designer français habitué de BED qui nous présente RESSAC, une large banquette dédiée au confort révélée lors de la dernière édition de la Biennale Emergences. « La banquette RESSAC est un concept d’assise proposant un temps de repos, laissant l’utilisateur se lover dans les coussins tapissés de laine, aux positions libres. Proche du sol, très évasé, le confort est total et invite au relâchement, à la détente, à la déconnection. » Non sans nous r...
Tags: Books, Design, France, Furniture, Sofa, Mobilier, Canapé, Banquette, Jules Levasseur, Renaud Marin, Entreprise Banque Populaire Les