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"In short," he said, "we're Frank Sinatra."

Gotta love him. I wish I could see his new show. You go, Dennis!

Read this take on La France qui tombe (France in Decline). I wish I were a TGV driver.

Threaten French restaurateurs with a loss in revenue, and they start to get creative. I wish the French had known about doggie bags (for food) when I moved here all those years ago. Would have saved me a lot of dirty looks from servers.

There are no illusions that wine doggie bags will end the problem of drunken driving — or even catch on. ...the concept of pocketing leftovers has not caught on in France. A sampling of the clientele...at lunchtime last Friday indicated little enthusiasm for the idea of a "sac de chien."