em>”Avec ceux-ci?” [a-v?k' sø-si’]
“With these?”
This is a favorite phrase uttered by pâtisserie [pastry shop] employees all over France. Even if you order just one croissant, the pâtissier [pastry maker] will undoubtedly ask you, “With these?” rather than, “With this?”
So what’s the big idea? The French, you see, are [...]

LES RUES DE PARIS: PARTIE UNE – THE STREETS OF PARIS: PART ONE
“Paris Arrondissements”
“Paris Districts”
Paris, like New York City, is divided into large districts.  Though smaller and more numerous than New York’s boroughs, the arrondissements of Paris are large enough to comprise many neighborhoods.  There are twenty arrondissements of Paris, [...]

Ah, Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic or a hater of Hallmark for inventing the holiday, there’s no denying that it’s here (again), and it will be (again) next year on this date, and the year after that, it will make yet another appearance.