- rue Cavé (Echomusée) - rue Saint-Luc (the tailors') - rue Léon (the grocery) - the Bois Dormoy, in cité de la Chapelle - Ourcq bus stop. Yellow C@ts are Welcome on PaPoGris ! *** Checked & approved by G@ttoGiallo on Sep.2/2010. ___
One video and a few pictures, taken 5 days ago in the morning at the mouth of the river Flumendosa, closed at this time of the year for reasons related to farmed fish, particularly grey mullets (muggine-i), whose roe pouch is very appreciated as a delicacy under the (italian) name of 'bottarga'.
Italian river Flumendosa, rises in the Gennargentu Mountains in southeastern Sardinia, Italy, and flows 127 km (79 miles) west and southeast, entering the TyrrhenianSea near Muravera and Villaputzu. The Ente Autonomo del Flumendosa, a dam and irrigation project, was established in 1946 to develop the resources of the Flumendosa River basin.[Britannica.com]. Far away, the marina of Porto Corallo. (Click to see some other beautiful places). ___ If you're curious enough and want to know about the river's basin geomorphology, well, help yourself HERE.
... expulsion of Roma from France : Sarkozy is currently falling in popularity. "130 Roma have been flown back to Romania. It is expected that a further 850 more people will be expelled from France.Many in France are still very sensitive to the stigmatization of the Jewish population during WW2 and subsequent brutalization of ethnic groups". (AllVoices/BMcPherson)
"French priest Père Arthur Hervet, a Roma defender, has returned his Medal of Merit, saying he was going to "pray" for a "heart attack" to strike Nicolas Sarkozy and stop the "war" against the Roma community, before regretting those words". (Libé/AFP)
PaellaChimicos or, since 2000, Paella?, (real name Michael Palacios), born in 1962, is a French artist. He takes his pseudonym (an anagram of his name) in 1985, when he joined the collective of artists Les Frigos. His work in the mainstream of Figuration, comes first in the form of multiple tracts and, most importantly, screen printed and pasted posters in the streets. [Wiki].
"In the intimacy of the artist - adept of bondage (shibari> 縛り) - and of his models. Freely based on the life of painter-photographer Seiu Ito."
His models: his two wives and a prostitute whose resemblance to his first wife dragged him into one Sade-style spiral.
If the story takes all points of view, the photographer's and model's behaviour and feelings prevail in such an extent that thestressful practice of bondage appears as naturally admitted.
"I think Nikkatsu's position in the industry is unique. It's a large company, but we worked on one single concept, sex, for 18 years, and made a very large number of films. Having sex is an activity where we clearly show our true natures. Examining the relationships between men and women is one of the best ways to show the essence of human beings. So we thought that by working with the theme of sex, we could explore ourselves more deeply and express the very core of the world." [Noboru Tanaka - 1937-2006] ___
[AP] Alphajets from the French Acrobatic Patrol fly above the Louvre pyramid...
[Reuters] A Benin female army regiment marches on the Champs Elysées...
[AFP/Getty] Nicolas Sarkozy adjusts his pants [hi hi !], surrounded by Cameroon's Président Paul Biya, Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore and Prime Minister François Fillon. _____ * [See here the full Telegraph's photo gallery and here for news articles & blog posts on Bastille Day]. * The Bastille Day on Wikipedia.
Her short [TED]Talk and hurdy-gurdy performance in Oxford captivated the audience, which asked for an 'encore'... (After the performance, a musical private party, here on YouTube). _______
Step back, now : after a little dig in G@tto's archives... here is young Caro, entering her "Paris period", in early 80s...
As a girl with multiple talents, she started teaching aerobics, while performing as a singer in many jazz clubs and private parties, with her pianist friends Stacy MacAdams or Eddie Goldstein.
Caroline and computers?It all started with an Atari and a 4-track studio recording in 1987, in a small apartment near the subway station Louvre, where she began to compose, arrange and make demos of her own songs.
After a 3-year interlude in California (learning digital orchestration & harmony), she was back to Paris in 1992 and moved to the Basque Country (ah, l'amour!)where, while learning the Basque language and doing piano bar for a living, she - and Mixel Ducau, founded the group 'Bidaia' and... gave birth to Alaïa, in 1994. In 1996 she, well... 'started up' thePhillips Internet Consulting, an interactive web agency specialized in consulting, e-marketing and e-commerce - which is actually her main business, with headquarters in Biarritz/Izarbel and offices in Bordeaux and Paris.
*Caroline Phillips is also very involved in local business & politics - have a look at her autobiography to know more.
But it doesn't stop there, Caro learned to play hurdy-gurdy; Bidaia became a duo; Caro and Mix created a Disco dance group - just for the fun; then Caro turned to yoga and immediately broadcasted YogaMassala, a site dedicated to yoga practice at home, launching at the same time her original line of yoga clothing.