Paris Networking Cocktail: BODY LANGUAGE: ITS MYSTERIES, MYTHS and MAGIC: Make them work for YOU. Weds 28 Feb At 18h30

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 28 February At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You always meet new and interesting people.

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Our Guests of Honor:

Shari Leslie Segall, Director of the communications firm Foreign Affairs, Ltd. and Florian Dupas , a student at the prestigious Sciences Po.

"BODY LANGUAGE: ITS MYSTERIES, MYTHS and MAGIC: Make them work for YOU!"

How can you know if someone is about to tell a lie--even before they even open their mouth? Why did you fail your job interview--even though you sounded brillant? What simple, seemingly friendly gesture makes an American feel accepted and a French person feel insulted?

Join Shari Leslie Segall, founding director of the communications firm Foreign Affairs, Ltd., and Florian Dupas , a student at the prestigious Sciences Po, for the answers to these questions, and so many more, in their lively, fun and engaging--and we DO MEAN ENGAGING!--presentation.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:

15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (One for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE. Thanks for including your telephone number.
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
Email:- parissoirees@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you ! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE.

Sunday 4 March: Soiree Litteraire and Gastronomique: AUTHOR Anthony Steyning ("The Vortical Man", "The Applicant"and "Budapest My Love") will share insights with us about his novels and writing career. CHEF Robert Jonathan Frost (John) will prepare German Gourmet Dishes and make brief comments. VOCALIST Manda Djinn, jazz and gospel singer, will provide us with a short musical interlude.

Paris Networking Cocktail: Weds 7 March:"The French Working World"

SINGLE MEN: Come And Meet Single Women. Our next Paris Soirees Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 March from 17h00-19h00. The first one was great.15 Euros. Wine, Canapes and Appetizers. Reserve With Patricia at parissoirees@gmail.com

VISIT OUR NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees:http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com/

PARIS SOIREES Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

Visit our web site - http://www.parissoirees.com Visit our fab web site designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events then click on Future Events).http://www.parissoirees.com

VISIT OUR BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees:http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com/

Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendshipPatricia follows the grand tradition of salon hostesses and is the founder of African American Literary Soirees and holds regular Paris literary salons. For Patricia's profiles visit: http://www.parissoirees.com/aboutp.htm/ There's an excellent interview in the February 2007 www.cafedelasoul.com

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Patricia Laplante-Collins13, rue de Mulhouse , 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88
Email: parissoirees@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.parissoirees.com
Blog: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com(photos and descriptions of some soirees)

Rebecca Schall

Howard Foot

THE LONG SHADOW: A WWII Romantic Thriller By Author Claudia Carroll. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 18 Feb

Paris Soirees Next Monthly Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 March from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia. SINGLE MEN come and meet Single Women.

RENDEZ VOUS AVEC PATRICIA
This Sunday 18 February At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor

Claudia Carroll
Author

" The Long Shadow "

The Long Shadow is a sensual, romantic mystery with roots in the pre and WWII era of Paris, Berlin, which reach into current time, weaving a tangled and dangerous web around François, a Paris magazine publisher, and his Irish-American Taos, New Mexico photographer lover, Claudia.

Pursued on two continents, François and Claudia are totally in the dark about why, until Claudia stumbles onto a series of frightening clues which suggest an ugly resurgence of Nazi terrorism from an unsuspected part of the globe. How does François' father, well-known Jewish artist Elie Rosenberg, a former student of the Bauhaus, figure in this? And what do Latinos and native Americans have to do with neo-Nazis?

Claudia Carroll, who writes under the pen name CJ Carroll, received a late-date Masters in Arts in Education from Harvard (2002) and has engaged in various forms of journalism, creative writing and art for many years. She is working on a sequel to The Long Shadow. Visit

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Every Wednesday At 18h30. Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Meet people who have something in common with you. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS Every Sunday At 18h30.

Sunday March 4 is the Next SOIREE GASTRONOMIQUE

Paris Soirees Next Monthly SINGLES APERITIF. Saturday 10 March from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

Sunday 25 Feb At 18h30. Historian Rebecca Schall:"The Paris of the West." Photos history of San Francisco

Visit our fab website - http://www.parissoirees.com Click on events .

VISIT OUT NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. See what really goes on:

PARIS SOIREES
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.

Paris Network:Language Consultant Fred Collay. Setting Up A Language Training Business. Weds 14 Feb

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 14 February At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You always meet new and interesting people.

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Our Guest of Honor:

Fred Collay
Language Consultant

Setting Up A Language Training Business in Paris

Fred Collay has been a language trainer for six years and decided to become self-employed (start up his own business) two years ago. He has a broad background which helps him in designing teachers' programs and activities. He is especially gifted in creating games, situations and topics.

After pursuing studies in journalism, history and communications, Fred moved from France to England, where he began his teaching career as an Extra English Teacher. Back in France in 2000, he moved forward, still teaching in schools and working in companies such as France Telecom and Renault. Then in 2005 Fred left schools behind him and started his own company C.L.E.F.(Clubs Linguistiques de Experience et de Formation) and secured clients such as Hilton, eBay, Mederic (insurance) and Crédit Mutuel. Fred’s clients have learned that they can expect good teaching (in French and in English) and a high level of interpersonal involvement.

On Wednesday, Fred's talk will include "tips to would be teachers" as well as concrete advice, based on his own experiences, in setting up a language business.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE. Thanks for including your telephone number.
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.
YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE.

Visit http://www.parissoirees.com and our blog: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

KEPT: A Comedy Of Sex And Manners.Journalist. Author Y. Euny Hong. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 11 Feb

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

RENDEZ VOUS AVEC PATRICIA
This Sunday 11 February At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor

Y. Euny Hong
Journalist and Author

" Kept: A Comedy Of Sex And Manners "

Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners tells the story of Judith Lee, a 26 yr old Korean American Yale grad living in NYC who has been raised to believe she is an aristocrat. Having never learned to make herself likeable or useful, she incurs monstrous debts. Judith´s seedy aunt introduces her to Madame Tartakov, a beautiful, harpyish Russian emigre and former ballerina who faked Jewish ancestry to gain asylum in the US, and who now runs a brothel of high-class courtesans out of her East 62nd street townhouse. She will pay off all of Judith´s debts in exchange for two years of service at said brothel--and she´ll have to tie her tubes. Seems like a stiff price, but how could a snob like Judith possibly resist the opportunity to live with girls descended from the likes of Vlad the Impaler and Ethelred the Unready?

Y. Euny Hong was the first-ever television columnist for the US Edition of The Financial Times. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The New Republic, The Washington Post;, The Boston Globe, and The Forward, among others. A Yale University graduate (Philosophy), she was recently awarded a Fulbright Young Journalists Award. Euny is working on her second novel. Please visit www.eunyhong.com

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.There's also Les Halles, Reaumur Sebastopol and Bonnes Nouvelles. (Map with reservation)

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Southern US, French or other European, Thai. Lovingly prepared always by Patricia).

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

Sunday March 4 is the Next Soiree Gastronomique

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Meet people who have something in common with you. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

Visit our fab website -

http://www.parissoirees.com Click on events .

VISIT OUT NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. See what really goes on:
http://parissoireesparisatniht.blogspor.com

Paris Networking: Your Bio:The Ultimate Networking Tool. Bernadette Martin.Brand Strategy Wed 7 Feb

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 7 February At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Our Guest of Honor:

Bernadette Martin
Brand Strategist

Writing Your Bio - The Ultimate Networking Tool

The bio has many purposes and can be used in these situations: following a networking event and meeting a key person, you send a follow-up email with your bio attached. A resume might be too heavy (overload), and a bio is easier to read and “digestible”. A second possible scenario…. send your bio in advance of an initial meeting with an individual where you want to set the stage. This can save a lot of time, as once you do meet, you can “cut to the chase”. A third use of the bio is to post on association, club, alumni, company, and personal sites. There are many more ways to use the bio which can even be sent with your resume to round it out and “soften” the edges. My personal opinion is that the bio is a key element in your brand tool kit…..a “must have”. Bios are my area of expertise. I have helped many clients write their bios and tell their story in a compelling way.

Bernadette Martin is a multi-lingual Brand Strategist with a 15 year career working in various aspects of brand management. This profession has taken her to Asia, Europe and the U.S. where she has held positions in corporate, agency and academic environments. A move to Paris in 2002 coincided with a transition from corporate branding to personal branding where her clients are entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and individuals in career transition. She helps clients develop their professional and personal brand whether in a verbal, written or online context. Bernadette has worked with more than 200 clients developing their brand positioning, messaging and image. Her emerging consulting practice is Visibility Branding; Please visit: www.visibilitybranding.com

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.
YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE. Visit

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(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhouse , 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@gmail.com

Web site: http://www.parissoirees.com

Blog: http://parissoiresparisatnight.blogspot.com

SOIREE GASTRONOMIQUE : Persian Cuisine. Chef Jonathan Robert Frost. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 4 Feb At 18h30

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

RENDEZ VOUS AVEC PATRICIA
This Sunday 4 February At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor

Robert Jonathan Frost
Chef and Author

A Soiree Gastronomique With Persian Cuisine

Especially Prepared By Chef John Frost

Robert Jonathan Frost (known as John) has the distinction of being one of the first American chefs to open a popular, successful American restaurant in London in the 1990s: Boston Lobster Live. Before coming to Europe, John hosted a radio talk show devoted to the culinary arts: “Food Talk On Air.” Topics discussed on air included recipes, restaurants, authors, books on cuisine and the history of food. He also owed restaurants in Boston and Virginia.

While living in Boston, John taught Persian Cuisine in Newberry Port, Massachusetts

He recently moved to Paris, is in the process of setting up a catering business and will teach cuisine. John is from Boston, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, was a chef in the Coast Guard and has ghost written several cookbooks. His own new cookbook: “Cottage Cuisine” will be published by Penguin Press in 2007.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.There's also Les Halles, Reaumur Sebastopol and Bonnes Nouvelles. (Map with reservation)

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! This week Chef John Frost will prepare Persian dishes.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Meet people who have something in common with you. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Aperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

Thursday 1 February, Jazz Pianist Great Katy Roberts is appearing at Hotel California, 16 rue de Berri, Paris 8th from 9 to midnight. There is no cover charge.

Visit Our fab website: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com'>Visit our new blog. Fab photos. A good way to see what goes on: htt://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com

PARIS SOIREES
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhousele
75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88
Email:

parissoirees@gmail.com

Conflict And Courtesy In Multicultural Exchanges. Diana Smith With Multicultural Facilitator. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 28 Jan At 18h30

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Apperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

RENDEZ VOUS AVEC PATRICIA
This Sunday 28 January At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor

Diana L. Smith
Multicultural Team Facilitator And Videographer

Conflict And Courtesy In Multicultural Exchanges.

Conflicts arise from differences in values and perspectives.Courtesies are created when bridging cultural gaps. We will look at variables in thinking, decision making, cooperation and relationships, identify contention and look at how disagreements bud and boil over.

Diana L. Smith is a Multicultural Team Facilitator and Videographer (She uses videos as a tool.). She has lived out of her country of origin for over half of her life. Her email is: mailto:dianalsmith@wanadoo.fr. .parissoirees.com (then click on events)

VISIT OUR NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees:VISIT OUR NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees:http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com/

PARIS SOIREES
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88Email: parissoirees@gmail

Website: http://www.parissoirees.com

Blog: http://parissoirees.blogspot.com/

Paris Networking Cocktail: Relooking: Changing The Way That People See YOU. Weds 24 January At 18h30

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 24 Januay At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Our Guest of Honor:

Bronia Kratzheimer
Image Consultant

Relooking: Changing The Way People See YOU

Many people wonder what relooking is. We live in a society of image and appearance. We are often judged and categorized at first glance. One's self image is as important as the people looking at you. Therefore we need to be satisfied with our appearance.

The role of the Image Consultant is to help us when there is a problem. The work of an Iimage Consultant is to help us to be at peace with ourselves - in terms of how we look - and to help us to show ourselves to our best positive advantage.

Bronia Kratzheimer is originally from Vienna, Austria and previously worked as a language teacher. She is a ployglot: French, Italian, German and English. She has worked intensively with other relooking consultants and also has a background in the theatre, which contributed to the development of her method.

Relooking is as important for men as for women, especially as in terms of professional image and dress codes. Contact Bronia on 01 46 28 97 14 .

Photos: Bbefore and After.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.
YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE.
Visit

http://www.parissoirees.comhttp://www.parissoirees.com">http://www.parissoirees.com />
VISIT OUT NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhouse , 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@gmail.com

Web site: http://www.parissoirees.com

Blog:

http://wwwparissoiresparisatnight.blogspot.com

Paris Networking Cocktail: Relooking: Changing The Way That People See YOU. Weds 24 January At 18h30

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 24 Januay At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

Our Guest of Honor:

Bronia Kratzheimer
Image Consultant

Relooking: Changing The Way People See YOU

Many people wonder what relooking is. We live in a society of image and appearance. We are often judged and categorized at first glance. One's self image is as important as the people looking at you. Therefore we need to be satisfied with our appearance.

The role of the Image Consultant is to help us when there is a problem. The work of an Iimage Consultant is to help us to be at peace with ourselves - in terms of how we look - and to help us to show ourselves to our best positive advantage.

Bronia Kratzheimer is originally from Vienna, Austria and previously worked as a language teacher. She is a ployglot: French, Italian, German and English. She has worked intensively with other relooking consultants and also has a background in the theatre, which contributed to the development of her method.

Relooking is as important for men as for women, especially as in terms of professional image and dress codes. Contact Bronia on 01 46 28 97 14 .

Photos: Bbefore and After.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.
YOU ALWAYS MEET NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE.
Visit

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VISIT OUT NEW BLOG AND PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS. Fab photos. Descriptions of some soirees: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhouse , 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@gmail.com

Web site: http://www.parissoirees.com

Blog:

http://wwwparissoiresparisatnight.blogspot.com

SONGS: Love. Healing The World. Pandora Morcas. Vocalist, Composer, Guitar. Paris Soirees Sun 21 Jan At 18h30

Paris Soirees will begin mailing from this address next week: events@parissoirees.com. Please put this address on your safe list

Paris Soirees First Monthly Singles Apperitif. Saturday 10 February from 17h00 to 19h00. 15 euros. Reserve with Patricia

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This Sunday 21 January At 18h30
Our Guest of Honor:
Pandora Morcas
Vocalist. Composer. Singing Coach and Guitarist

Pandora Morcas, a multilingual singer songwriter started her showbiz career as a singer and dancer for HAIR in a Greek theatre in Athens. She moved from Greece to France in 1984 and has coached hundreds of students to find joy in singing and creating repertoire as well as accompanying on guitar.

This Saturday, January 20 at 19h30, Pandora will sing early at Chez Cozette, 35 rue de Enviergnes, 75020 Paris . Metro: Pyrénées (Line 11) Her style?Jazzy folky sometimes funky. Pandora’s songs are often about romance and/or about healing the world.

ADDRESS Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). The boulevard in front of you is rue Reaumur. Cross rue Reaumur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Cafe Honore on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.Tel: 01 43 26 12 88

PARTICIPATION 20 euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name written outside of the envelope. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD!Cocktail maison. International Cuisine. (Southern US, French or other European. Thai, lovingly prepared as always by Patricia). Free flowing wine.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
Please send your personal telephone number with your reservation. If you haven't received an email confirmation by Sunday morning, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

Visit our fab web site - http://www.parissoirees.comDesigned by T. J. Byrne (http://www.tombyrne.com) (See Events & Future Events).http://www.parissoirees.com

VISIT OUR NEW BLOG. PLEASE WRITE COMMENTS: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com/ (only accessible through the link on our website and the link on our email notice.)

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African-American Literary Soirees.)

Patricia Laplante-Collins13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, FranceTel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@hotmail.comhttp://www.parissoirees. com

Blog: http://parissoireesparisatnight.blogspot.com/

Fondly Remembering The Music Scene From the 60s to Now. In France And US. Paris Soirees Sun 14 Jan

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This Sunday 14 January At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor

Bart Bull
Music Editor, Journalist, Fashion Editor

Fondly Remembering The Music Scene From The 60s To Now (In France and the US). Fun Anecdotes.

Bart Bull was the former West Coast editor of SPIN magazine, West Coast editor of (American) Vogue,and Founding editor/West Coast editor of Details. He has been staff writer, reporter, critic for numerous daily and alternative weekly newspapers including New Times, the Washington Post, etc. and has twice won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music.

He has done major profiles on such figures as Al Green, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Stewart, Walter Matthau, David Lynch and many others. Bart has been well known, beyond all that, for the breadth and depth of his reporting that covered everything from architecture to crime to politics to culture.

Photos: Bart Bull and Françoise Hardy

ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. There's also Les Halles, Reaumur Sebastopol and Bonnes Nouvelles. (Map with reservation)

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Southern US, French or other European, Thai. Lovingly prepared as always by Patricia).

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday morning, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com. Please include your telephone number with the reservation.

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

PARIS SOIREES
Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Visit our fab website - http://www.parissoirees.com

The Adventures Of An American Chef, Restauranteur In Europe: John Frost. Paris Soirees Dinner Sun 7 Jan At 18h30

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This Sunday 7 January At 18h30
Our Guest of Honor:
Robert Jonathan Frost
Chef and Author

"The Adventures Of An American Chef And Restauranteur In Europe "

Chef John Frost will prepare us a surprise dish!

Robert Jonathan Frost (known as John) has the distinction of being one of the first American chefs to open a popular, successful American restaurant in London in the 1990s: Boston Lobster Live. Before coming to Europe, John hosted a radio talk show devoted to the culinary arts: “Food Talk On Air.” Topics discussed on air included recipes, restaurants, authors, books on cuisine and the history of food. He also owed restaurants in Boston and Virginia.

John has just moved to Paris and is in the process of setting up a catering business and will teach American cuisine. He is from Boston, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, was a chef in the Coast Guard and has ghost written several cookbooks. His own new cook book: “Cottage Cuisine” will be published by Penguin Press in 2007 . John's email is: foodtalkonair@yahoo.com

ADDRESS: Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.

PARTICIPATION:
20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Southern US, French or other European. Thai, lovingly prepared as always by Patricia). This week chef John Frost will prepare us a surprise dish.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com. Please include your telephone number with the reservation.

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

Every Wednesday at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

Saturday 6 January, join Jazz Pianist Great Katy Roberts is appearing at the 7 Lezards Jazz Club. 22h00. 15 euros cover. 10 rue des Rosiers, M° St Paul. Reservations: 01 48 87 08 97. Katy was the Paris Soirees New Years Eve Special Guest and gave us a great performance!

PARIS SOIREES Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.) Visit our fab website - http://www.parissoirees.com/ (Click on Events then on Future Events).http://www.parissoirees.com

Tap into Parler Paris ... written by Adrian Leeds, a long time resident of Le Marais and an American in Paris for more than 12 years, brings you Mondays and Wednesdays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and particularly investing in property in Paris and France! Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com

Free English-language Classifieds... Franglo.com is the premiere online community for Anglophones in France and others who want to connect. You can read and post classified ads in dozens of different categories, and it's fast, easy and free to publish your own ads. Visit http://www.franglo.com

Web Site Help....when you want your web site and on-line marketing tools to perform to their best, contact Julie Vetter for a free initial consultation. Solutions that fit your needs and your budget. Portfolio at http://askjv.info

Computer Problems? All PC and Mac repairs. Virus and spyware cleaning, network and Internet installation, data recovery and backup, laptop repairs. Affordable friendly service in Paris, in English. 9 Rue de Liban (Arr 20) Metro: Menilmontant Tel 01 43 58 76 59 email: maintenance@lixao.com www.lixao.com/maintenance (Special Paris Soirees member discount)

Patricia Laplante-Collins13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88Email:
parissoirees@hotmail.comhttp://www.parissoirees.com/

PARIS SOIREES DINNER NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AND CONCERT: JAZZ PIANO WITH KATY ROBERTS, A PARIS JAZZ GREAT

SUN 31 DEC AT 21h00. PARIS SOIREES . NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AND CONCERT.

JAZZ PIANO WITH KATY ROBERTS, A PARIS JAZZ GREAT

Chez Patricia Laplante-Collins

13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris

M : Sentier (also Les Halles and Bonnes Nouvelles)

Sunday 31 December at 21h00 – 2h00 (Jan 1st)

35 euros

Dinner with wine (dinner served at 21h30)

Hors d’ouvres throughout the evening. Dessert served at midnight with
Champagne

After dinner:

JAZZ PIANO CONCERT with Katy Roberts:

Katy Roberts is known for her solo piano performances, her accompanying skills, and for her skills as a composer, arranger and bandleader. She has been on the Parisian scene since 1990 and has led her own trio, quartet, and more recently, her quintet and septet.
Her performances are top-notch, and the music has been quoted as "...jazz like we love it, swinging elegantly, moving the soul", (Jazz Magazine, April, 2003), "...

We’ll pass the hat for Katy.

Champagne. Thanks for bringing minimum one half bottle per person.

Informal Dress Attire

It would be fun if you brought your favorite CD’s

To reserve: email Patricia at parissoirees@gmail.com or call 01 43 26 12 88.

Visit our fab website: http://www.parissoirees.com/

CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER! PLANE INSANITY. Best Selling Author Elliott Hester. Paris Soirees Sun 24 Dec At 18h30

Christmas Eve Dinner - Sunday 24 December With Author Elliott Hester: "Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet." and "Adventures of a Continental Drifter"
New Year's Eve Party Fun - Sunday 31 December With Jazz Pianist Katy Roberts

CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER!

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This Sunday 24 December At 18h30

Our Guest of Honor:

Elliott Hester
Syndicated Columnist, Best Selling Author and Travel Writer

"Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet." and "Adventures of a Continental Drifter."

Elliott Hester is the bestselling author of Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet. His second book, Adventures of a Continental Drifter, is a humorous account of his one-year trip around the world. He is a recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award, presented by the Society of American Travel Writers. A former Salon.com columnist, Elliott's current column, "Continental Drifter", reaches more than 10 million readers each month. His work has appeared in prominent magazines such as National Geographic Traveler, Reader's Digest, Caribbean Travel & Life, Maxim, Details, and Endless Vacations. At the moment, he's also writing "Postcards from Paris ", a travel blog for the Los Angeles Times: http://travelblogs.latimes.com/paris/

ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). The boulevard in fron of you is rue Reaumur. Cross rue Reaumur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse.Tel: 01 43 26 12 88

PARTICIPATION: 30 € for Christmas Eve Dinner. Includes the complete Dinner, cocktails and wine and Elliott's talk). Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name written outside of the envelope. Please include your card.GREAT FOOD! Special Christmas Eve Menu: Strawberry Daiquiris and Pina Coladas (cocktails) to begin. Then Roasted Turkey And Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Sweet Potatoes, Other Vegetable Dishes,Wild Rice, and Dessert. Free flowing wine.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.Please send your personal telephone number with your reservation. If you haven't received an email confirmation by Sunday morning, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.comLooking forward to seeing you for a Christmas Eve experience! Patricia MARK YOUR CALENDARSParis Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

PARIS SOIREES NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY FUN. Sunday 31 December. Jazz pianist Katy Roberts is our star. Details to follow or see our website closer to the date: http://www.parissoirees.com

Designed by T. J. Byrne (http://www.tombyrne.com) (See Events & Future Events).http://www.parissoirees.com Tap into Parler Paris ... written by Adrian Leeds, a long time resident of Le Marais and an American in Paris for more than 11years, brings you Mondays and Wednesdays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and particularly investing in property in Paris and France!

Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com Free English-language Classifieds... www.Franglo.com is the premiere online community for Anglophones in France and others who want to connect. You can read and post classified ads in dozens of different categories, and it's fast, easy and free to publish your own ads. Visit http://www.franglo.com

Web Site Help....when you want your web site and on-line marketing tools to perform to their best, we have the solutions. Contact Julie Vetter. Check out our portfolio at http://askjv.info

Computer Problems? All PC and Mac repairs. Virus and spyware cleaning, network and Internet installation, data recovery and backup, laptop repairs. Affordable friendly service in Paris, in English. 9 Rue de Liban (Arr 20) Metro: Menilmontant Tel 01 43 58 76 59 email: maintenance@lixao.com www.lixao.com/maintenance (Special Paris Soirees member discount)Patricia Laplante-Collins13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, FranceTel: 33 1 43 26 12 88Email: parissoirees@hotmail.comhttp://www.parissoirees.com

THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST. Painters Tom Byrne And Sheila Kern Show New Work. Sunday 17 Dec At 18h30

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This Sunday 17 December At 18h30

Tom Byrne And Sheila Kern Are Currently Exhibiting At Galerie Tournelle, 18, rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris, Metro: Bastille.

(Dinner is chez Patricia)

Our Guests of Honor:

Tom Byrne and Sheila Kern,
Artists

"The Evolution Of An Artist "

Tom Byrne
Tom was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland where has worked as a painter for 22 years. He graduated as an industrial model builder, from the College of Marketing and Design, Dublin. He then went to the USA where he trained for two years.
Upon his return to Ireland he resumed a career in painting, founded two arts organizations in Ireland and became a member of the United Arts Club, Fitzwilliam square, Dublin.

In 2004 he had his first solo show and in that same year moved to France with his French wife Amelie. On arriving he began an eight month course in Trompe L’oeil and Faux Painting effects at L’ecole des Peintres where he mastered techniques of painting in egg tempera, as well as much of the secret chemistry of paint. Images of Provence often appear in Tom's work. He is inspired by the strong summer light and the softer winter landscape.

Tom Byrne has just returned, this December 2006, from three weeks in New York where he decorated a room in the infamous Carlton Arms Hotel. The walls of the room have been painted with a mural symbolizing the legend of the apple branch and summarizing, in symbol form, core beliefs of Celtic culture; Please visit http://www.tombyrne.com

Sheila Kern
Sheila, originally from Westerly, Rhode Island, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (cum laude) from Syracuse University where she majored in illustration and advertising design. For eight years she worked in the Albany, New York area as an illustrator/designer and art director culminating as principle of DAS Illustration and Design Studio.

After briefly living in London where she worked as a freelance illustrator and designer primarily for Ogilvy and Mather Direct, she moved to Ireland in 1992, where she began illustrating books for publishers including Mercier Press, O’Brien Press and Sterling Publishing in NYC. She also did illustrations for advertising and industry, food packaging, and architectural renderings. Simultaneously she began receiving portrait commissions, the most substantial one being a series of oil paintings of past presidents of Bord na Gailge (an office of the Irish Government). unveiled by the Minister of the Arts, Sile Devalera. Before leaving Ireland in 2005, she also began working in interior design.

Sheila Kern moved to Paris in May of 2006 and has become an artist in residence at Galerie des Tournelles, pursuing her love of painting and delighting in the beauty of Paris interiors and the city itself.

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Tel: 01 43 26 12 88

PARTICIPATION: 20 Euros. Thanks for having exact change in an envelope with your name outside. Please include your card.

GREAT FOOD! International Cuisine. (Southern US, French or other European. Thai. lovingly prepared as always by Patricia)

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.

If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88

E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you for a heartwarming Sunday dinner experience! Patricia

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Paris Soirees Dinners Every Sunday At 18h30.

Sunday 24 December: CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER. Exotic Visions And Fun With Travel Writer Elliott Hester Syndicated columnist, author of Plane Insanity and Adventures of a Continental Drifter. Perfect for Christmas Eve.

PARIS SOIREES NEW YEAR'S EVE FUN NIGHT. Sunday 31 December. Details to follow.

Wednesdays at 18h30: PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL

Unsurpassed Networking opportunities. Socializing. Great food and wine. Contact Patricia

PARIS SOIREES EVENTS

Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African- American Literary Soirees.)

Visit our fab web site - http://www.parissoirees.com

Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events & Future Events).

http://www.parissoirees.com

Tap into Parler Paris ... written by Adrian Leeds, a long time resident of Le Marais and an American in Paris for more than 11years, brings you Mondays and Wednesdays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and particularly investing in property in Paris and France! Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com

Free English-language Classifieds... www.Franglo.com is the premiere online community for Anglophones in France and others who want to connect. You can read and post classified ads in dozens of different categories, and it's fast, easy and free to publish your own ads. Visit http://www.franglo.com

Web Site Help....when you want your web site and on-line marketing tools to perform to their best, we have the solutions. Contact Julie Vetter. Check out our portfolio at http://askjv.info

Computer Problems? All PC and Mac repairs. Virus and spyware cleaning, network and Internet installation, data recovery and backup, laptop repairs. Affordable friendly service in Paris, in English. 9 Rue de Liban (Arr 20) Metro: Menilmontant Tel 01 43 58 76 59 email: maintenance@lixao.com www.lixao.com/maintenance (Special Paris Soirees member discount)

Patricia Laplante-Collins

13, rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris, France

Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com

http://www.parissoirees.com

WINES: Of Australia, California, South Africa. Wine Expert Paul Tracy. JAZZ Farris Smith. Sun 10 Dec At 18h30

WINES: Of Australia, California, South Africa. Wine Expert Paul Tracy. JAZZ Farris Smith. Sun 10 Dec

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This Sunday 10 December At 18h30

Our Guests of Honor

Paul Tracy, Wine Expert And Author

Farris Smith, Jazzman

Wines from Australia, California and South Africa

Jazz

Paul Tracy

Paul will guide us through wines from 3 different countries: Australia, South Africa, California. Amusing anecdotes and wine history. We'll also drink these wines with dinner, after his very entertaning introduction.

In 1977 Paul Tracy left the mists of London to live in France. He has spent most of the time since in the wine and spirit trade, travelling the world buying, selling, tasting, enjoying this fascinating and infuriating business. Six years ago he set up Fine Wine World - www.fine-wine-world.com - importing wines from 15 different countries, New & Old World, into France.

He has just written what he refers to as an international wine thriller , RED CURRENT, which he will tell us more about on Sunday whilst we taste wines from the Fine Wine World selection. Perhaps we can also convince him to tellus a little about RED CURRENT

Farris Smith, Bassist will perform after dinner in different styles. Farris came to France to explore the jazz scene in a country that truly respects and continues to open it's arms to the exploration of this American art form.Visit: www.farrisjazz.com

ADDRESS:
Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There the big boulevard in front of you rue Reaumur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits’s Café Honoré on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Telephone: 01 43 26 12 88.

PARTICIPATION:
20 € plus 5 € for the wine.We'll also pass the hat for Farris.Thanks for having exact change (25 €) in an envelope with your name (no Patricia's name ) outside.Please include your card; Please bring change for the hat for Farris Smith..

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.

If you don’t receive an email confirmation by Sunday morning or to reserve on Sunday, please call Patricia: 01 43 26 12 88. When you reserve, please also send your personal telephone number with the em.

E-mail: parissoirees@hotmail.com

Visit http://www.parissoirees.com

PARIS SOIREES

Patricia is proud to have a 21st Century Parisian Salon and Paris Literary Salon. Our mission is to simply enlarge your circle of acquaintances in a safe and stimulating atmosphere while promoting Cultural Achievement, The New Age and Paris Personalities. And we have fun! We are THE gathering place for the International Community of Paris. Enjoy! Discuss! Meet new and interesting people.

Visit our fab website - http://www.parissoirees.com

Designed by T. J. Byrne (arty@tombyrne.com) (See Events then click on Future Events).http://www.parissoirees.com

(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in nglish. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday! Patricia

An American in Paris for more than 12 years, brings you Mondays and Wednesdays an "insider" view on life in Paris with tips on how to maneuver the system for working, living, visiting, and particularly investing in property in Paris and France! Subscribe today: http://www.parlerparis.com

Free English-language Classifieds... Franglo.com is the premiere online community for Anglophones in France and others who want to connect. You can read and post classified ads in dozens of different categories, and it's fast, easy and free to publish your own ads. Visit http://www.franglo.com

Web Site Help....when you want your web site and on-line marketing tools to perform to their best, contact Julie Vetter for a free initial consultation. Solutions that fit your needs and your budget. Portfolio at http://askjv.infokjv.info

Computer Problems? All PC and Mac repairs. Virus and spyware cleaning, network and Internet installation, data recovery and backup, laptop repairs. Affordable friendly service in Paris, in English. 9 Rue de Liban (Arr 20) Metro: Menilmontant Tel 01 43 58 76 59 email: maintenance@lixao.com www.lixao.com/maintenance.(Special Paris Soirees member discount)

Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhouse
75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88
Email: parissoirees@hotmail.com

http://www.parissoirees.com