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This blog is a collision of identity and location.
It is about everything French that can be found Los Angeles : Things past or things present, stories and history

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Cliché or stereotype ?

Strolling on Santa Monica boulevard in West Hollywood, one can find a little bit of Paris...  Can  you  hear an accordéon in the background ?

Paris crêpe café, West Hollywood, CA

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

NO  REMARQUABLE  EXIT

L.A.  Sunday Feb 27, evening : No Oscar for "Exit by the Gift Shop " last night.....   We were hoping to finally discover ZE unmasked Banksy during the ceremony  (security reason) but the mystery lingers.
Does only one person know?  Does  Mr Brainwash AKA  Frenchman Thierry Getta know? mrbrainwash.com

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

AU REVOIR , JACQUES.
With sadness, we all learned last month that Jack LaLanne,  the fitness guru, passed away at the age of  96.
A pioneer in health and fitness, he relentlessly reminded us to exercise and  stay away from junk food.
Born in 1915 on a farm  near Bakersfield , both his parents where  French immigrants.  In 1887, His father,  Jean Lalanne ( french spelling), left the Béarn  to work on a  California farm. Twelve years later, he met Jeanne Caraig,  also born in France who came to the US in 1898.  A few years later,  Jean  was  was hired by a telephone company and the whole family moved to San Francisco. 
We can imagine little Jack first athletic stint:  To climb on telephone poles that his father was dressing.
http://www.jacklalanne.com/jacks-adventures