It is D-5 ! Send Chef Wobles an SOS

5 more days only, but to prepare a Thanksgiving's eve in the middle of the week...
will you have enough time? will you succeed?
There is always a solution...

Chef Wobles is now in Paris and at your disposal, with its wealth
of years of experience, you only have to call... quickly.
This traditional American style menu is recommended, taking into
account that you can always discuss, isn't it?

[click on image to enlarge]

Wesley Wobles Food [website]
&...
Red Velvet BakeShop... [yum yum !]




Who's Wesley Wobles ? check out LinkedIn and Viadeo
Wes' virtual shop is on Twitter.
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Halloween 2010 according to PaPoGris

BOO !

Did you get scared ?
... très bien !

Yours faithful,
G@tto

[Previous Halloween posts].

This Nuit has been Blanche !

The first night-time trail through the streets of Paris and its contemporary-art scene

took place on 5 October 2002, and the opportunity for anyone to explore artistic

creation for a 'sleepless night' has come back every year since, usually in October.

[Discover what Nuit Blanche is here]...

Out late and no time for the grand tour, just a little trick up my fief...
here are some spots worth checking out between Ober and Belleville.

rue Moret, a new art gallery...



Great atmosphere - surfing across Le Cannibale crowd


(rue de la Fontaine au Roi), Hakima El Djoudi's video installation


(rue de la Fontaine au Roi), the Galerie Italienne


Zoo Project, on the way to Belleville, and a stunning Lang/Baumann's work



Featuring people faces at the Zèbre, with Rebecca Bournigault's real time portraits


Place de Belleville : cheap shoes and free Nuit Blanche guides



Always nice, rue Désnoyez - aka graffiti street.


Back in Oberkampf, (Rizzotti's) Le Mur takes the stage, on Place Verte !

[photos by G@tto]

Go for a similar white tour with Any Port in a Storm.
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Faites-de-la-Musique... Today !

Music Feast or Do Play Music... but Today is the Day !
Fête de la Musique ou Faites de la Musique, c'est aujourd'hui !

Highlights of the day:

- La Bellevilloise : concert and images of the 2010 Music Fest
coming in from around the globe.
[19-21, rue Boyer , Paris XX]
- Cabaret Sauvage : carte blanche to Guem [percussion].
[59 bd Mac Donald, Parc de la Villette, Paris XIX]
- Château de Vincennes : the major themes of African pop culture.
[Vincennes, 1 ave de Paris]
- Cité de l'Immigration [Palais de la Porte Dorée] : coreographer
Robyn Orlin's show in tribute to 'Swankas', and Freddy Massamba
concert with a South-African parade.
[293 Avenue Daumesnil, Paris XII - ]
- 2 concert tours on the Seine, aboard the 'Jéna', [at 6 and 9 pm]
between the Maison de Radio France and the Bibliothèque François
Mitterrand.
- Louvre, Nuit Américaine : [10-11:30 pm], The Orchestre de Paris
conducted by Kristjan Jarvi, excerpts from Bernstein [West Side Story,
orchestral suite] - Gershwin [An American in Paris, orchestral suite] -
Adams [The Chairman Dances].

... see the program for the Oberkampf area.
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the Full French & International Programs
and the 2010 Music Fest Posters Worldwide.

Earth Hour 2010 from PaPoGris-Paris

EARTH HOUR IN PARIS 2010

5 656 245 supporters at 10:45 am [Paris time].

More than 4000 cities, towns and municipalities have now confirmed
their participation this year, across 125 countries and territories.

• Earth Hour has kicked off in spectacular fashion with the Chatham Islands, located
800 kilometres of the coast of New Zealand, becoming the first of 125 countries and
regions to switch off their lights for Earth Hour (20:30 local time, 6:45GMT, +13:45 UTC).
• This year 125 countries and regions across all seven continents will take part in Earth
Hour.
• More than 4000 cities, towns and municipalities will unite around the world to switch
off and show their commitment for action on climate change.
• 1387 icons and landmarks will switch off for Earth Hour.
• Earth Hour has reached more than 6 million online social network friends.
• Thousands of Earth Hour videos are being viewed around the world with the official
Earth Hour 2010 video currently being viewed approximately every 4 seconds at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FclcMfzjwug
• Earth Hour is one of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter worldwide.
• The term ‘Earth Hour’ has appeared online more than 30 million times in the past
24 hours.


You too, switch off the light, breathe with the earth.


[earthhourarchive]

In Paris, the Eiffel Tower switches off its lights for the Earth Hour.
[Count down with French Minister of State Jean-Yves Borloo, Environment
Minister Chantal Jouanno, WWF International Director General James Leape
and WWF France CEO Serge Orru].
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3rd Anniversary for ParisPointGriset...

... with 448 posts and 27595 visits since February 2007.
and yesterday, as a present, this :


For some reason, in a couple of days, my counter has gone crazy with your visits and went,
from an average of 50-60 per day, up to almost 300.
The main target was an old post from December 2008, relating a movie broadcasted by Arte
about the Japanese art of Shibari. For the first time, visitors were mostly French, which is even
more surprising since the film is French and was aired on a French TV channel.
If I still don't understand the reasons of this sudden passion for the Shibari, I sure enjoy the results.
Merci, Danke, Thanks, Bedankt, شكرا لك, Obrigado, ありがとうございました, Grazie and
Gracias to you all, whether you are a PPG's Friend, a Follower, a Passerby or... just an Alien.


No red candles, no flowers this year, I got better in my feline bag... some chouquettes
à la crême fouettée (cream puffs), my French version of north Italy's "bignè alla panna
montata" !
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