Read our articles about Life in France
Les Livres français au English Book Room
Comme Bill & Rosa’s English Book Room est en France nous mettons en avance parfois des livres qui nous plaisent en français. Voici une belle brochette pour vous effrayer ou mourir de rire! Halloween oblige! LE MANOIR HANTÉ Les enfants seront captivés par les créatures étranges qui peuplent ce manoir hanté et qui animent le […]Read More - Lire la suite
Halloween in Paris: Origins and celebrations
Célébrer HALLOWEEN in Paris le Octobre 30 au Book Room avec un concours de déguisement et Trick or Treat. 1. Visit the Book Room (42 rue du Chemin Vert 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, M° Porte de Saint Cloud) in your Halloween costume on 30 October 13-18h to collect your Trick or Treat goodies. 2. Email a photo […]Read More - Lire la suite
Magic at the Gallery of Compared Anatomy
Magic at the Gallery of Compared Anatomy For the writer Paul Claudel, The Gallery of Compared Anatomy was « rien de moins que [le] plus beau musée de Paris […]. À chacun de mes passages en France, je reviens visiter cette galerie sublime avec un sentiment de vénération religieuse, qui chaque fois, me donne envie d’enlever non […]Read More - Lire la suite
The Encyclopedia of Thriller writers
At the Book Room, we know the importance of a good thriller and especially, the right thriller at the right time, so to help you choose we wrote a short encyclopedia of thriller writers, some background about each one, their writing style and their best-known characters and series. All you have to do is decide […]Read More - Lire la suite
Hints and Tips for Running and Biking in Paris
Hints and Tips for Running and Biking in Paris (and an impassioned plea at the end) It’s no coincidence that “endorphin,” the chemical produced by the brain during intensive, repetitive exercise like running, biking, rowing and swimming, seems to rhyme with “morphine” (an opiate pain reliever). It is morphine, its name being a contraction of […]Read More - Lire la suite
Renée Fleming in Paris! Discount tickets
Have you been to The Theatre des Champs-Elysées? Despite the name, it is not on Les Champs-Elysées but not far at all, Avenue Montaigne. I must say that I did not know much about the place (despite being a Parisian!) and I was so pleasantly surprised when I visited it. It is a hidden gem […]Read More - Lire la suite