Parler Paris Newsletter, Paris France

Parler Paris Après-Midi

NEXT MEETING: November 25th (closed November 11th for Armistice Day) AND EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This is your opportunity to meet twice a month, often with local professionals who can answer your Working and Living in France questions. You are invited to come for drinks and share your questions and comments about what it takes to create a life here, own property and enjoy what France has to offer. It is also an opportunity to network with other Parler Paris readers.

Upstairs at
La Pierre du Marais
96, rue des Archives at the corner of rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers

This coming year's meetings...

Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Tuesday, Mary 25, 2004

MEETING OF OCTOBER 28, 2003

(Photos and descriptions of participants do not necessarily match!)

Many of the folks from the Working and Living in France Conference graced our doors at Parler Paris Après Midi on Tuesday...CAROLYN LEE from Germany, GARY WALDREP from Grand Prairie, Texas, PIERRE HAHN from San Francisco and MARYE LESLIE from Laguna Niguel. Gary says he's homesick for Paris and came to find out how we can move back "home" and find a job. Marye has her heart set on Paris --
in fact she first contacted me wanting to know how to become a tour guide.

RICHARD MORGAN, who was at our first conference one year ago, found his dream pied-à-terre in the 9th arrondissement and now comes quite regularly to Paris because of it. SHIRLEY AND WALTER PAPPAS from Falls Church, Virginia and newcomers to Parler Paris Après Midi are no newcomers to Paris. They've been coming twice a year for years. Walter is the photographer responsible for many of the photos I use on the Parler Paris Newsletter. JACK LAMPERT came back, but he's headed to Florida for the winter this week and GAR WESTFALL visiting from Hawaii is headed back to palms and balmy breezes soon, too.

KATHARINE WHIPPLE came for the first time to Après Midi -- she's working on a site of products from France called FrenchBest.com. DIANA SMITH, an old-time friend who owns and rents property in Paris, plus who took in much of the conference presentations, came to say hello and PATRICIA LAPLANTE COLLINS brought her big, black dog and talked about her Halloween Soirée Friday night at Eurocentres. I'll be speaking about Finding Your Dream Apartment on November 16th at her Paris Soirée, should you happen to be in town and want to join us.(Write Patricia for more information at mailto:parissoirees@noos.fr)

IL Paris Office staff came to "schmooze"...SCHUYLER HOFFMAN, Special Conference Coordinator now living in Seattle has been here the last two weeks for the conference; BEVERLY TECHE, our new intern who just celebrated two weeks in Paris and JOCELYN CARNEGIE, Property Search Manager, who was showing apartments to the conference folks earlier in the afternoon.

Newcomers to the afternoon gathering included DOINA GRECU from Flagstaff, Arizona who is doing a "stage" in stained glass; BIPAN KUMAR GRILL, from India teaching yoga and Ayurvedic massage; LARRY LEVY, whose goal is to never leave Paris and PETER MARTINEAU from Albany who comes to Paris yearly and has the bug to own an apartment. What else is new?

See you there!

If you weren't able to make it this time, we look forward to meeting you the next, or the next, or the...we'll be there the second and fouth Tuesday of every month!

We're taking a break for the next scheduled Parler Paris Après Midi to celebrate Armistice Day, but hope to see all of you on November 25th, just before Thanksgiving.