tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post2044094948390194971..comments2024-03-19T03:04:53.896-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: French Femme Mystique Debunked!Parisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-81812433483578413652014-02-14T12:15:31.271-05:002014-02-14T12:15:31.271-05:00That translates to "L'herbe est plus vert...That translates to "L'herbe est plus verte chez le voisin." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-32974823649658039222013-08-21T15:29:51.090-04:002013-08-21T15:29:51.090-04:00Vuitton luggage if you please dahlinkVuitton luggage if you please dahlinkParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-41104013958920241022013-08-21T15:29:23.190-04:002013-08-21T15:29:23.190-04:00Of course they are interesting.
No one has a probl...Of course they are interesting.<br />No one has a problem with their intelligence <br />The nonsense is coming from the myth we've created not the other way around.Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-5514134949562016782013-08-21T11:38:06.034-04:002013-08-21T11:38:06.034-04:00Lucy & Carol...yes! (And while my French frien...Lucy & Carol...yes! (And while my French friends are unusual in that they don't smoke or sunbathe....that is unusual & I was surprised. The Frenchies I knew when I was little & in my mid20s/30s ALL smoked & sunbathed. Love them dearly but their skin looks like old luggage now. :(Giuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569643363733791671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-17468213977395451782013-08-21T11:36:10.388-04:002013-08-21T11:36:10.388-04:00Absolutely. It's that way in every culture (th...Absolutely. It's that way in every culture (that I know of anyway)...It's another way to make women feel inadequate. Blergh.Giuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569643363733791671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-5968346630679883722013-08-19T05:28:40.227-04:002013-08-19T05:28:40.227-04:00What do I think? i know that nearly ALL editors of...What do I think? i know that nearly ALL editors of women's magazines are women!!!! That's the shocking part. Models being size zero etc. <br /><br />The French, like the Italians have an allure, a style and it is mesmerising. However, I can tell you that most of these women are not very intersting, not very individual or authentic or very happy for that matter. Their lives revolves around maintaining to be that person they think they need to be. How crazy is that?<br /><br />Women's magazines feed us an unrealistic image. I never read them coz I find them rather boring! Jennifer Aniston, do I need to say anymore?<br /><br />Nice post Carol! tina @ colourlivinghttp://www.colourliving.co.uk/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-10308189927451723692013-08-18T20:04:39.754-04:002013-08-18T20:04:39.754-04:00Sounds like a fabulous read. Thanks for passing on...Sounds like a fabulous read. Thanks for passing on the encouragement! ;-)Meadow Briannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157360675522962385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-49523186673339543382013-08-18T14:53:35.894-04:002013-08-18T14:53:35.894-04:00..it's a game we play, we covet what the other.....it's a game we play, we covet what the other has....<br />...,,if you ask me, just be true to your own self...<br />The mystery is that there is no mystery....lol<br />Brunie<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-62180211469088999882013-08-18T12:23:02.632-04:002013-08-18T12:23:02.632-04:00I Was fascinated by the story on the 'reality&...I Was fascinated by the story on the 'reality' about French women...upshot they smoke they fake it...don' t buy as many fancy undies as we do..and the rest was too slangy to understand. <br />It's also true that French women admire American stereotypes and copy then..it is all a weird cultural fantasy..like the extreme French addiction To cowboys and the mythical old movie created West, to be continued,<br />Happy days, <br />DIANEDianehttp://www.thestylesaloniste.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-79507809673653089122013-08-18T10:30:43.820-04:002013-08-18T10:30:43.820-04:00The girl in the diaphanous dress in the gallery - ...The girl in the diaphanous dress in the gallery - I wonder how that would go over here in RI :)Nikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271472315834976236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-70790105444889004712013-08-18T04:30:55.509-04:002013-08-18T04:30:55.509-04:00No one is questioning those excellent qualities of...No one is questioning those excellent qualities of French women Jacqui.<br />This is about the slightly insane adoration and wannabeness that is sold to US women.<br />We can never be good enough unless we become more French or more something else after this wears out, breeding a constant dissatisfaction with ourselves.<br />Plus most of it is complete BS IMHO.Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-45657554652258272092013-08-18T02:55:20.209-04:002013-08-18T02:55:20.209-04:00This is the best piece you have ever done in my es...This is the best piece you have ever done in my estimation b/c it includes some extremely cogent and definitive truths about women, pro and con.<br />Thank you. <br />NanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-72226001861682165162013-08-18T02:52:39.592-04:002013-08-18T02:52:39.592-04:00The grass is always greener . . . Mystery of the u...The grass is always greener . . . Mystery of the unknown, etc. Wish I could write this in French. <br />BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-24394991542013559762013-08-18T02:50:40.157-04:002013-08-18T02:50:40.157-04:00Finally, you get around to mentioning the smoking ...Finally, you get around to mentioning the smoking here. It does take pounds off but it also kills. The real problem is that while one is free to kill oneself, killing other people with second hand smoke is simply unacceptable in any civilized society. I won't even go so far as to say that this is a civilized society since there is so much second hand smoke and so much denial of the horrific effects of disseminating toxins into the air. <br />Tutoring07Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-14637265275485935902013-08-17T17:22:11.730-04:002013-08-17T17:22:11.730-04:00A fair amount is true (smoking) but no entirely. Y...A fair amount is true (smoking) but no entirely. You don't see a French woman wearing flannel pj bottoms and flip flops in the grocery store (or in Picard's for that matter). You won't see a table not set beautifully in a French women's house no matter what she is serving. You won't get a bouquet of flowers, a plant or even a key chain not wrapped up when you buy them (c'est pour offrir? ). La presentation counts whether in a store, in a purchase on or a person. They are simply not "negligée" in putting themselves together.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459890769866016771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-26827454278957912742013-08-17T16:52:41.654-04:002013-08-17T16:52:41.654-04:00I think we are more alike than people like to admi...I think we are more alike than people like to admit. The fantasy is more fun, I guess.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-3136644729758763422013-08-17T16:45:57.076-04:002013-08-17T16:45:57.076-04:00The French already have an enormous number of maga...The French already have an enormous number of magazines and they are not going down the drain any time soon like in the US. They even have big and little sizes of the same magazine like Elle or Grazia. <br />I haven't figured that one out yet.Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-40668057057418075732013-08-17T16:43:02.612-04:002013-08-17T16:43:02.612-04:00They seem obsessed with our style of all things. T...They seem obsessed with our style of all things. Though I can't figure out what the enormous attraction to Jennifer Annison is? I must be missing something..Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-62883244316316528202013-08-17T16:41:02.954-04:002013-08-17T16:41:02.954-04:00So true Lucy O
Too much sun and too many ciggies ...So true Lucy O<br />Too much sun and too many ciggies does not do wonders for the skin.Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-26600995989653678412013-08-17T16:39:07.680-04:002013-08-17T16:39:07.680-04:00DITTO!
So far there are no books out there like,
W...<b>DITTO!</b><br />So far there are no books out there like,<br />What Every French Man Knows etc.<br />How come men get off so easy and are not pushed to feel deep disatisfaction with themselves the way women are?<br />It's a conspiracy IMHO.Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-68653600588298792072013-08-17T15:37:00.982-04:002013-08-17T15:37:00.982-04:00This is your opportunity! Start selling translate...This is your opportunity! Start selling translated French magazines to Americans and translated American magazines to the French! Remember me when you are rich and famous. But you're already famous!Jeanette, Mistress of Longearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815875437992974233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-31635551438501515592013-08-17T15:04:47.623-04:002013-08-17T15:04:47.623-04:00My daughter, who has lived in France would agree w...My daughter, who has lived in France would agree with you. She has told me that the French love to criticize everything American and yet are obsessed with us. lee klinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169484346993295564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-76100287471919059042013-08-17T14:51:23.124-04:002013-08-17T14:51:23.124-04:00I think it's the French language that makes th...I think it's the French language that makes them seem so sexy. How can anyone resist that accent?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797214493308780866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-78551957209851490932013-08-17T13:50:34.857-04:002013-08-17T13:50:34.857-04:00Oh, Guilia, how I tire of the over-adoration, too!...Oh, Guilia, how I tire of the over-adoration, too! I call it gushing; so do my French friends. So silly. And now we await what's her name's new book (the one who told us French women don't get fat)- "French Women Don't Get Facelifts." Oy.... She needs to meet a few French women I know (and love). J'adore France always though!Lucy O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-3919956319022983632013-08-17T12:42:18.684-04:002013-08-17T12:42:18.684-04:00I've been around Frenchies my whole life, ther...I've been around Frenchies my whole life, there & here. I'd say that of course it's overdone, yes. BUT there is something they have/do that is different & quite appealing. Not all, not all the time but it is there. If there weren't something to it, it wouldn't have become a *thing*...I tire of the over-adoration, though.Giuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569643363733791671noreply@blogger.com