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June 8
Paris dog owners and dog lovers, please join us for a Mon Chien, Ma Ville demonstration at the Mairie du 1ère (the town hall of the 1st arrondissement, Place du Louvre, right outside metro Louvre Rivoli) from 2:30pm with your four-legged friends to lobby the City for more dog-friendly parks and green spaces for them to run free, and to promote "responsible" dog ownership as well. Pedro and Lena will be there!
June 9
Pastry chef and cookbook author (and Paris Pastry Guide author) David Lebovitz will be signing books today at La Cuisine (80 quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 4th) from 2-4pm. Glazed ice cream truck will be there, too! (You can RSVP at the Facebook event page, although it’s not required).
June 9
Looking for a bit of retro vintage shopping? Check out the Fifties Sound "Vide-Grenier Retro Vintage" with 45 stands selling fashions, accessories, home decor, vinyls and burlesque outfits from 1930s-1980s. Today 10am-8pm at Next Step: 11 cour Debille, 11th, M° Voltaire. The live swing concert with The King Baker Combo starts at 5pm. Entry €2.
Through June 26
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of Frenchchanteuse Edith Piaf with sexy cabaret singer Caroline Nin's "Hymne à Piaf", a show using English storytelling and songs en français to remember one of the greatest French singers of all time. Shows are every Wednesday at 8pm at the intimate Essaïon Theatre (6 rue Pierre au Lard, in the Marais, 4th). Tickets are €15-€20.
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Friday, August 31, 2012 
Everyone says nothing happens in Paris in August. Not true! Here are some of my favorite photos taken this month...
Paris, Space Invader, classic car, gardens, honey, live music, markets, running | in Around Town Thursday, March 1, 2012 
The Haunted House of Paris
Paris Dining Recommendations
Doisneau, en Deux
Buy Real Vintage Photographs
Current Paris Reading List
English Books Shipped Free to France
Creative Paris
Live Music at L’Hotel
Other Gigs in Paris
Emergency Locksmith/Plumber/Electric Scams
The Ideal Parisian Café Experience…except…
Coming in March
Paris books, Paris dining, activities, emergencies, ghost, live music, photographer, restaurants | in Newsletter Friday, October 8, 2010 
Mark your calendars for the upcoming charity concert and auction Lights from the City of Light, November 7th, aboard the Six-Huit Péniche (below Notre Dame on the Seine). All proceeds go to charities that provide solar lights to poor families in Africa.
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