Posted: 25 Oct 2013 - David Lebovitz
A wave of Americanism has been
sweeping through Paris over the past few years, from le street food (which,
finally, is actually being served on the street) to a desire to remake Paris in
the image of New York. Or more to the point, Brooklyn.
I don’t quite know where this came
from, but I do wish it would stop. Granted, in the US, we have our share of
“French-style” kitchen gadgets (most of which I’ve never seen in France) and
croissan’wiches (which I am now seeing in France), but hopefully we still have
enough international goodwill so the French will overlook some of our
infractions. Yet a new trend has been sweeping through France and I’m not sure
it’s building much goodwill in the other direction, in spite of how benign they
might think it to be.
(Speaking of good-will, I should
probably let you know that even though I am too bien élevé, or well-raised as they say in
France, and don’t have a potty-mouth, there are some pictures that use a
4-letter word in this post. So if that might be offensive to you…and I have to
admit, they make me wince as well – although I don’t have a choice because
they’re all around me – you might want to not scroll down or click after the
jump, and skip this post.)
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