zondag 7 augustus 2011

zondag 7 augustus 2011 Turn on France 24. More people are dying in Syria. Report - Scores Killed As Syrian Tanks Bombard Northeastern City. They talk about the refugee problem in Southern Turkey. Syria's government is also making a media war on the protestors, calling them violent thugs when actually the opposition has responded by repeatedly calling for their movement to stay peaceful at all costs. Switch to DW-TV. Report - Berlin Fears Eurozone Cannot Rescue Italian Economy.
Spaghetti and beans for breakfast. I'm all about the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix. I explore his neighborhood in Paris - Saint-Germain-des-Prés... 6 rue de Fürstenberg.

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Delacroix was given neither to sentimentality nor bombast, and his Romanticism was that of an individualist. Admire his art.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés... Home to a number of famous cafés, such as Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore, the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area was the center of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir).

Le Zéro de Conduite... Allons-y! The cocktail menu sounds fantastique. Turn on A Prairie Home Companion. Their show is a summer compilation of Town Hall broadcasts from New York City. I love Justin Townes Earle's song One More Night in Brooklyn. Up to Whole Foods to pick up French wine - a refreshing dry rosé from the heart of Provence. Watch a Jet Li movie set in Paris - Kiss Of The Dragon. I can't believe how they tear up that beautiful hotel in that fight scene. It looks a lot like Hotel Raphael but it's Le Montreux Palace. What a shame that Uncle Tai dies.

Short walk up to B'way and back. Play movie - MST3K: Lost Continent. Oy, veh! Then The Time Travelers. Love those 60's b-movies. Stir fried veggies, tofu and rice for dinner. Watch Star Trek - Patterns Of Force and Voyager - Message In A Bottle. I conked out after that.