Quoted: Viewpoint: As Washington rushes to nationalize troubled parts of the economy, the inescapable reality is that we're all French now

Ouch.

Quoted: Viewpoint: As Washington rushes to nationalize troubled parts of the economy, the inescapable reality is that we're all French now

I've been drinking more French wine lately and noticed that a couple had come from the Saint-Estèphe appellation. I was wondering where that was. Turns out it's the nothernmost appellation of the Médoc, separated from Lafite-Rothschild, one of the most expensive Châteaux, by a stream.

I saw these when I was in Paris this past Thanksgiving.

Quoted: It works a lot like a public transportation system. There are daily, weekly, and monthly cards. You can get a card right at the kiosk. Then you enter in your card number and then pick what number bike you want. When you pull the bike out of the rack, it's yours. Here's Emily taking a bike out this morning.

Quoted: Nouvelle génération de véhicule électrique, avec notamment des batteries adoptant la technologie lithium-métal-polymère permettant une autonomie de 250 kilomètres pour une vitesse de pointe de 130 km/h, la Blue Car de Bolloré devrait pouvoir être commandée fin 2008 pour une livraison au premier semestre 2009.