French Bashing by Michel Houellebecq

An exhibition by Michel Houellebecq about the dysfunction of French society: French Bashing.

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Who would have expected a link between petanque and kissing Fanny

I didn't. But there is. And it's a very nice story you can read here.

"Fanny was a waitress at a local café in the Savoie region or Lyon– no one seems to agree. Watching the men playing pétanque (or boules) one day, she declared that she would allow any man who lost 13-0 in pétanque, to kiss her on the cheek.

As it happened, it the mayor of the local village was the one to embarrassingly not obtain a single point during his game. Fanny wasn’t fond of the mayor because of an earlier discretion. A woman’s scorn? Instead of offering her cheek, she offered quite a different cheek indeed." ...

Who is going to save this beautiful Chateau?

Chateau du Duc d'Epernon lies 27 miles outside of Paris and needs to be saved. And I agree. It must have been beautiful in the past.

Click here to check how to save it.

Bubble Mansion from Pierre Cardin - an oldie but goodie

The bubble palace from Pierre Cardin consists of 10 interconnected domes over 1200 square metres. It has 10 bedrooms. 3 Swimming pools. 500 persons amphitheatre and was built in 1979. You can buy it for only 300 million British Pounds.

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Arkadin 'Valhalla' by Virgile Texier

Very nice video created by Virgile Texier for Arkadin's 'Valhalla'.

JR Au Pantheon

And it's getting better and better. Awesome! JR continues his Inside Out project in the Pantheon. I don't say anything anymore ... just watch it.

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Oppressed Majority - A World Ruled By Women

Just an ordinary day with ordinary sexism. The other way round. French short, English subtitles.

Rita Ora Covers Beyonce

She can sing! Rita Ora covers Beyonce's 'Drunk In Love' on French television.

Illustrations About Human Relationships

Visual poetry by French illustrator and comic artist Marion Fayolle. Beautiful illustrations, sometimes very depressing.

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Art For Everyone

Nice one! I like! Very uneconomic, but hey ... a simple solution for art for the masses. Just replace public ad spaces with art. It looks good.

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Emma! *sigh*

Very nice French commercial for toilet paper. A lot of things are not replaceable and never will be replaced by technology.

Flying Cars

Nice series of French photographer Renaud Marion named Air Drive Series. The future of vintage cars.

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Space Invader Hitting Paris

Space Invader just doing his thing in Paris. Music by ToBy Screamer.

Coeur De Pirate 'Place De La Republique'

Sweet!!!!

The Dancing Pig, 1907

Le Cochon Danseur - The Dancing Pig, from 1907, France.

Hipsters In The Louvre

Cool project. Love it!

The famous statues at the Louvre in Paris recently got a stylish, sartorial makeover… hip new threads to go with their relaxed, modelesque demeanors. French photographer Léo Caillard teamed up with digital mastermind Alexis Persani to digitally rework the marble figures, bringing them into the modern era with plaid shirts, skinny jeans, boat shoes and, of course, Ray-Bans!

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I Could Stay Here

WTF! ... I could live here!!!!!

"Tucked into a tiny, quiet street at the summit of Paris Montmartre is a retro-future hotel that defies the classical clichés of Paris, fitting rather into a Jacques Tati vision of modernity. Kube Hotel combines a resolutely geometric sense of architecture, as its name suggests, with a 1960s sci-fi theme in its furnishings and décor, producing a feast for the eyes and senses."

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