It's Saturday and it's Bastille Day.
I am enjoying this blessed day peacefully, at home, minding my own business and listening to Rick Steves' weekly radio program on the local NPR station.
Today, in honor of Bastille Day he is interviewing Olivier Magny.
Olivier is a sommelier, founder of Ô Chateau (a wine tasting and wine bar), an entrepreneur, a blogger, a food and wine lover and a best selling author.
It all started a few years ago with posts written in English on his blog.
Then Olivier's new book "Dessine Moi un Parisien" came out a few months ago in France and the English translation has quickly become a best seller in the UK and the US.
Titled "Stuff Parisians Like" the book is, according to a blurb, "hilariously perceptive".
Olivier has a self deprecating sense of humor, and believe it or not, I get it. Even the French like a little Paris bashing now and then, especially the non-Parisians.
It's all in good (French) fun. Right?
But then the segment ends with Olivier answering Rick's question about Parisian women's "je ne sais quoi".
Apparently it is all a myth. Parisian women don't have it. They lost it.
In order to avoid looking like sluts I hear that Parisiennes are the "most dull and depressing women on earth"! And living with them makes French men miserable!
WHAT?
Aux Armes Citoyennes!
I hate to break it to you Ollie, but this may not be the best day to bash French women...
Who the heck is this knucklehead? So, I Googled him and found a lot to read about Olivier. I also read that he considers himself a little bit of a nut case.
Now that explains it all!
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Olivier Magny is a very funny guy and what he writes about Parisians may delight some...
One of my favorite blog entries.
Scroll down and do not miss reading Vivi's comment ( 3rd one down). It is absolutely true!
In case you crave more "hilarious perspective"from Olivier Magny...
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