Show people in a wide variety of professions, educational settings, locales, and economic settings. Don't generalize or stereotype people by region, culture, age, or gender, not even if the stereotype is positive. For example, when representing job roles, choose names that reflect a variety ...
We cannot begin 2024 with regrets. Better to start the year withles bonnes intentions. So on New Year's Day, towards the end of our morning walk, I invited Jean-Marc for coffee and a croissant atPlaza Beach. Daily, we pass by this café along the seafront and wavebonjourto Matthieu,le...
Now the last piece, and this is the big one. He helped lift JFK’s body out of the limo and on to a gurney. Then he helped Mrs. Kennedy stand up in the car, at which time he saw a completely intact bullet on top of the cushioning behind where she had been sitting. In other w...
All of them it seemed had gone quite a while without a good wash, and they certainly didn’t appear to own a comb. Vogue describes the current French look as "bohemian, poetic and soft" and even suggests that you go to bed with your hair wet and do nothing when you wake up. But ...
It's been 4 months since our last dinner here and reconfirms that this place is quite a "jewel", in the suburbs! Another rainy and cool night and the restaurant and wait staff were warm and inviting. We had our favourite table in the bay window. Three wa...
But the point is, many people who try learning French as adults have trouble with the French “R”. It’s often one of the last traces of an accent, even for students who have lived in France for a long time. Here’s some good news: you don’t have to focus on mastering the Fre...
There is so much to alarm and frighten us these days that Halloween seems rather irrelevant, at least in the "boo" sense. As a kid, it had an aura of spookiness with a heavy dash of supernatural drama. Yet today, it seems more like a costume party with sugary treats. There is nothin...
“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one of them and happens to have a great French voice cast! (Don’t believe us? Check it out on the Nickelodeon FranceYouTube channel!) Long ago, the four nations of Earth, Water, Fire and Air lived in harmony. However, in order to spread its influe...
Also, another reason why learning French is important is that it is a great way to show every possible French business partner that you care and respect their country's culture and language. The first thing you should do when meeting someone new is to shake his hand firmly and always look...
Interesting. While technically French was my first foreign language, I hadn’t studied it until last year, though I had been in touch with it since I was a kid (both my parents had studied French language in college). When it comes to language learning, though, my first love was and ...