Contents Index – 1997 Issues

Issue 2.51 – 22. December 1997

• Café Metropole – Don't Ask Me to Look Out the Window
• 'Au Bistro' – Two Trials and a Nice Guy in Marseille
• Downtown Strolling Without Snow
• A Modest New Years' Proposal – 311 Year–Old Café
• Noël Program III – Even More Opera, Ballet, Theatre, Concerts and Events
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Greetings from Paris'

Issue 2.50 – 15. December 1997

• Café Metropole – Really Not the Weatherman
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon Is Confronted With Facts
• The Odd Shopper
• On the Town At Noël
• How the French Do Noël by M–R Erickson
• Noël Program II – More Opera, Ballet, Theatre, Concerts and Events
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Flyin' Into Paris'

Issue 2.49 – 8. December 1997

• Café Metropole – My Development Is Over
• 'Au Bistro' – General Winter Pays Paris Brief Visit
• Noël 1997 – Opera, Ballet, Theatre, Concerts and Events
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Little Gifts'

Issue 2.48 – 1 December 1997

• Café Metropole – We Think Singing in the Métro is Fun
• 'Au Bistro' – Barbara – Another Funeral in Paris
• Free Grapes Galore at Champerret
• Looking Around at Food, Sort Of – In the rue Lepic
• Alfa Wins Euro Car of the Year Award
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Keep Pouring'

Issue 2.47 – 25. November 1997

• Café Metropole – Rain and Wine, Weather and Beaujolais
• 'Au Bistro' – The Second Last Red and Jospinomania!
• Fancy German Cars and Freibier
• Car Showrooms on the Champs–Elysées
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Singing In the Rain'

Issue 2.46 – 17. November 1997

• Café Metropole – For Runners and Walkers, Poets, Art Lovers, Historians and Oddballs
• 'Au Bistro' – Paris and Mercedes Have Woes While Disneyland Glows
• On the Way to Somewhere... Close By – Châtelet 1
• Walking Around Châtelet and a Lot of History – Châtelet 2
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Taking 'M's' 'A' Train'

Issue 2.45 – 10. November 1997

• Café Metropole – Welcome to Parigi!
  In Return for Rome's Mayor Last Week, a CD from Milano
• 'Au Bistro' – Maurice Papon Was a 'Cleaning Lady' – Trucker's Strike Ends
• Visiting a Different Museum – Freemason's 'Grand Orient'
• How to 'Go Native' in Paris Restaurants by Adrian Leeds
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Undercover Restaurant Critics at Work'

Issue 2.44 – 3. November 1997

• Café Metropole – Death in Marly Is Internet's Loss
  'Golden October' Officially Over At Last
• 'Au Bistro' – French Truckers About to Resume 1996 Srike
• Looking Around for Nalpoléon III, with Thirza Vallois
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Arthur has a 'S' On His Sweater Because It Is Halloween'

Issue 2.43 – 27. October 1997

• Café Metropole – Forest 'Panther' Turns Into Dog; 500 Hunters Mystified
• 'Au Bistro' – Nothing in France is Like Chicago
• From Shakespeare & Co. to the Luxembourg
• E–mail For Everyone in France, With a Minitel?
• Sundown On the Zip Train to Poitiers by Linda Thalman
• Looking for the Big Pumpkin In Any Old Place
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'E–mail bike with motor?'

Issue 2.42 – 20. October 1997

• Café Metropole – Broken Promises: Another Ordinary Week
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon Trial Switches from 1942 to 1961
• The Great Pencil Hunt, Part Two
• eMail from John McCulloch: 'Sharing Lunch With Emile'
• eMail from Susan Beaupre 'Seine Boats are Made for Not Walking
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Trolling Speed?'

Issue 2.41 – 13. October 1997

• Café Metropole – It's Raining But It's Not Pouring
• 'Au Bistro' – French History Goes On Trial in France
• eMail from Allan Pangborn: 'The Hôtel de Ville Tool Shop'
• Art Tools: Looking for a Friendly Pencil
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Art is... making your own pencil'

Issue 2.40 – 6. October 1997

• Café Metropole – Warm Days – Cool Nights
• 'Au Bistro' – We Did It! We Got 'Golden October!'
• While the Air's Away On Paris' Pollution Day
• Montmartre Kicks Out Jams, Stomps Grape
• Prix de l'Arc – Out At the Track With Kaz
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Pollution Chez Ed'

Issue 2.39 – 29. September 1997

• Café Metropole – Paris' Long August
• 'Au Bistro' – President Chirac's Roadshow
• Wandering Towards Beaubourg
• Les Halles Is a Hole In Paris' Centre
• eMail from Kathie Coulson – On a Hundred Bucks a Day
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Indian' Summer for Waiters'

Issue 2.38 – 22. September 1997

• Café Metropole – Autumn in Paris and Still Nice
• 'Au Bistro' – Details of Diana Crash Elude Bodyguard
• Apple Expo '97: Apple's Last Tango in Paris?
• The End of Heritage in Rochefort; Goodbye La Tourelle
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Apple Has 'Fire Sale''

Issue 2.37 – 15. September 1997

• Café Metropole – Bienvenue to Metropole, Again
• 'Au Bistro' – Brit Tabs Savage French Flics
  Britain Honors Simone Veil
• A Little Stroll on the Boulevard Saint–Michel
• A Fizzy Neighborhood Street–Party
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Back in School Again. Yes!'

Issue 2.36 – 8. September 1997

• Café Metropole – Who Demands 'Tabloid' Garbage?
• 'Au Bistro' – Diana and Dodi's Fatal Ride – Lots of News
  But Few Facts
• At the Place de l'Alma Crash Site
• Surviving Back–to–School Chaos by 95 Percent
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Our Respects'

Issue 2.35 – 1. September 1997

• Café Metropole – Summer's Over – What Next?
• 'Au Bistro' – Tragic Death Under the Place de l'Alma
• On the Forever Mediterranean Beach
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Our Beach Reporter'

Issue 2.33/4 – 18. August 1997

• Café Metropole – The Centre of Midsummer
• Sharing a Holiday with Cows
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Hot Dogging'

Issue 2.31/2 – 4. August 1997

• Café Metropole – Continues While the Editor Bugs Off
• 'Au Bistro' – Things Go 'Beep' On the Beach
• Springtime for Louis and Versailles
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'First Train to Versailles'

Issue 2.30 – 28. July 1997

• Café Metropole – Thoughts From Off–Centre
• 'Au Bistro' – Tapie Freed! and Tour de France Finish
• The Tuileries – The Next Best Thing to a Beach in Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Beach Landing'

Issue 2.29 – 21. July 1997

• Café Metropole – The Weather, Photos and the Hôtel de Ville
• 'Au Bistro' – For Versailles, Go via Saint–Lazare
• Only One of Paris' 21 City Halls
• Dip Your Feet Into the Water at 'Paris–Plage'
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Metro Team Loses Tour de France'

Issue 2.28 – 14. July 1997

• Café Metropole – Something Unique Found At Last
• 'Au Bistro' – The Usual Summer Un–News: Billions for Versailles
• The Rue Oberkampf Finds Itself Centre of Paris' High Life
• A Day in the Summer of 1927 in Montparnasse
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Rockin' at Bastille'

Issue 2.27 – 7. July 1997

• Café Metropole – Light On the Edge of the Clouds
• 'Au Bistro' – We Talk A Lot About the Weather, Most of It Unprintable
• A Partial Program for Bastille Day is Better than No Program at All
• eMail: Mike Harmon's Mistaken Bastille Day Flight
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Night Rider, On the Tour de France'

Issue 2.26 – 30. June 1997

• Café Metropole – Official Summer in Paris Starts
• 'Au Bistro' – Ready, Set, Go – Let's Scramble Out of Town
• World's First Modern Art Factory on Montmartre
• Touring the Latin Quarter with Thirza Vallois
• eMail: The Lovejoy's Best 25th Anniversary
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Paris – Paname – 1997'

Issue 2.25 – 23. June 1997

• Café Metropole – Up–to–Date Weather Report: Glum and Grey
• 'Au Bistro' – Jospin Sings, Followed by Lots of Music
• No Window Washers – The Big Old Iron Tour Eiffel
• The Gare du Nord Is Neat and Tidy, Without Inspector Maigret
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'SNCF 1897'

Issue 2.24 – 16. June 1997

• Café Metropole – A Case of Severe 'Event–Fatique'
• 'Au Bistro' – A Big Wind Blows Through Paris
• On the Quais of the Seine – the Bouquinistes
• An Island in the Stream – the Ile–de–la–Cité
• In the City On the Island – At the Very Centre
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'A Nice Little Weekend Drive at Le Mans'

Issue 2.23 – 9. June 1997

• Café Metropole – Do Ideas Come From the Bar Central?
• 'Au Bistro' – Bernard Tapie's Hard Times, Part VIII
• Elections '97 – Jospin Signs On Eight Women for Cabinet
• Cluny – The Heart of the Quartier Latin
• La Palette May Be Paris' Bar Central
• Stone – It's a Lucky Thing France is Full of It
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'France Vacances 1997'

Issue 2.22 – 2. June 1997

• Café Metropole – There Goes the Neighborhood – Again!
• 'Au Bistro' – Long Sentence Asked For Tapie
• Elections '97 – Jospin Leads Left to Stunning Victory
• Strolling Down the Champs–Elysées
• Cruising on the Seine in May – or June
• One of the Higher Café Terraces
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Things Go Bump'

Issue 2.21 – 26. May 1997

• News Flash – Alain Juppé Will Not Renew PM Job
• News Flash – Louvre Reopens After Strike
• Café Metropole – There Goes the Neighborhood
• 'Au Bistro' – Tapie Trial Takes Dramatic Turn
• Elections '97 – Leftist Parties Gain Slight Lead
• Montsouris – Seriously High on the Left Bank
• Cité Universitaire – Paris' Park Hotel for Scholars
• eMail: Half of the Day After the Day Before by Mike Harmon
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'If You Do Vote, Vote for Somebody'

Issue 2.20 – 19. May 1997

• Café Metropole – Caught by Surprise Long Weekend
• 'Au Bistro' – Tapie On Trial, Again
• Elections '97 – Into – Yawn – the Final Stretch
• Art On the Table in the rue de Paradis
• East of Suez in the Passage Brady
• Courbevoie Found – Near La Défense
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Don't Forget to Vote'

Issue 2.19 – 12. May 1997

• Café Metropole – Rain Fell Mainly In France this Week
• 'Au Bistro' – Nothing But Cannes and Politics
• Elections '97 – Chirac Fails to Spark Lackluster Campaign
• When the French Ate Grass Instead of Bread
• An Unexpected Day in Passy
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Baguettes of Grass'

Issue 2.18 – 5. May 1997

• Café Metropole – The Bridges of May
• 'Au Bistro' – Politicians Uninvited for May Day
• The 'Concours Lepine' – The Wonderful Invention Show
• Hide and Seek May Day Parade
• Dava: Ex–Clown On Paris Visit
• eMail: Free Way to Pass the Good Time, from Walter Conway
• eMail: Paris' Chicken 'Mystery' Exposed, from Kim Murray
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Bring a Friend'

Issue 2.17 – 28. April 1997

• Metropole 'Flash News' – Air Controllers Call for Strike – Tuesday, 29. April
• Café Metropole – If Modern Artists Are Not Retired
• 'Au Bistro' – Where Not to Get Fresh Eggs
• The '97 French Elections – Mystery to Public
• Galleries Open by the Half–Dozen
• Rain in the Parc de Saint Cloud
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Groovy – Aber Kunst?'

Issue 2.16 – 21. April 1997

• Metropole 'Flash News' – President Chirac Announces Early Elections – Tuesday, 22. April.
• Café Metropole – Readers As Contributors
• 'Au Bistro' – After Changing Jails Bernard Tapie Goes to Work
• Paris is Not Chicken Crazy, but They're Available
• In the Art Part of the Latin Quarter
• eMail: Know Anthing About the Skeleton(s)? From Craig Tredeau
• eMail: Mike Harmon's Bubbly Terrace Memories
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'After Chickens, Next the Zoo'

Issue 2.15 – 14. April 1997

• Café Metropole – Thoughtlessness and
  the Significance of Trash
• 'Au Bistro' – Annual Severe Drought Strikes Again
• At the Salon de la Maquette et Jeux II
• With Metropole Readers On a Café Terrace
• Walking Down 'La Mouff'
• Gérard Depardieu is a French Actor
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Radio Control – Total'

Issue 2.14 – 7. April 1997

• Café Metropole – A Little Bit About Paris, Texas
• 'Au Bistro' – France to 'Beat Clock' to Century's End
• The Freak Brothers are Alive in Paris!
• Highs and Lows in Belleville
• Parisians Mob Annual Model Show
• eMail: 20 Minutes Time for Café Terrace by Michael McKinnon
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'A 'Not Quite Dead' Reject'

Issue 2.13 – 31. March 1997

• Café Metropole – Walk on the Grass? In Paris?
• 'Au Bistro' – Red Wine Good Against Senility
• Pascin's 25 Year–Long Party in Montparnasse
• Restaurant Review: Altas Opéra
• eMail: President Chirac Having Fun by Kim Murray
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'One–fingered Reporter'

Issue 2.12 – 24. March 1997

• Café Metropole – Who Cares about Our Datelines?
• 'Au Bistro' – Super Loto Win Set to Pay 150 Million Francs
• In the Avenue Montaigne, a Street of High Fashion
• The Gare de Lyon's 'Le Train Bleu'
• eMail: Street Rallye in Paris, by Linda Thalman
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Easter Bunny's Atelier'

Issue 2.11 – 17. March 1997

• Café Metropole – The Pubs May Be Fake, But the Paddy is Real
• 'Au Bistro' – 'Eurodemo' Replaces 'Eurostrike' as
  Week's 'Euroword'
• Books, Books and More Books at Salon du Livre
• Publishers from Africa, 'Little' Editors from France
  and Students From Paris
• CD Review – Mr. Eddy Scores Ten, by Mike Harmon
• History and Photos in the Land of Odd
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Wet Class?'

Issue 2.10 – 10. March 1997

• Café Metropole – Is Your Utrillo Real?
• 'Au Bistro' – 'Eurostrike' Hits Renault – The Land of Unfat
  Is In Southern France
• At the 'Campagne à Paris'
• Sort of Circuling the 'Butte' Montmartre
• A Mis–Visit to the Village of Charonne
• Coming Event – 17th Annual Salon du Livre
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Heights of Montmartre'

Issue 2.09 – 3. March 1997

• Café Metropole – Forever an Immigrant
• 'Au Bistro' – Madame Mégret Tells All to Berliner Zeitung
• At the Salon de l'Agriculture – France's Food Chain On Parade
• Part of a Day at the Other Versailles – Not at Over–
  Splendid Palace
• eMail: Walter Conway Writes About Colors and Smells
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Agro–Mechano'

Issue 2.08 – 24. February 1997

• Café Metropole – Rare Piece of Fiction Marks 53rd Issue
• 'Au Bistro' – Sports, Porno, Short, Tall, Organ and Flop Stories
• Personal Opinion: France Is In Neutral – Between Past and Future
• 'Grands Boulevards' to Get Overdue Face–Lift
• Springtime on the Champs–Elysées – Date: 23. March 1995
• Dreaming in Montparnasse' – from Metropole's First Issue
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'One Bougie for Metropole'

Issue 2.07 – 17. February 1997

• Café Metropole – X–perimental French Record Reviews
• 'Au Bistro' – Movie and Music Awards for Charles Aznavor
• Looking Back at Retromobile Salon Is Like Looking at
  Starwars in a Mirror
• Place des Vosges Remains Unchanged After 350 Years
• CD Music Review: 'Zip Band's – Getting X–perimental Over U'
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'History of Gué Automobiles'

Issue 2.06 – 10. February 1997

• Café Metropole – Rightist Front National Takes Another Town
• 'Au Bistro' – Winter Holidays Start With Usual Fuss and
  Search for Babysitters
• US Ambassador Pamela Harriman Dies in Paris – Party–Girl
  Turns Lady at American Embassy
• Shakespeare & Company Sells Books and Gives Away Lodging
  if You Can't Afford Them
• On the Ile Saint–Louis – A Rare Day in the Winter Sun
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Valentine of the Week

Issue 2.05 – 3. February 1997

• Café Metropole – In the Dead of Winter
• 'Au Bistro' – The Usual and Average News Plus Sports
• Salon 'Expolangues' at the Grand Hall of Babble
• The Maison des Jardies in Sèvres – Where Balzac Bought,
  Gambetta Lived
• Gas Works at Beaubourg Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Cartoon of the Week

Issue 2.04 – 27. January 1997

• Café Metropole – The Annual Comic Book Festival at Angolême
• 'Au Bistro' – Justice Reform and an Honor for Johnny
• Musée de la Musique – Another Big Museum Opens
• The Faubourg St. Honoré – Where the Rich Hunt for Bargins
• By the Canal Saint Martin – Still Some Ice
• eMail – Bombayed Underwear
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Cartoon of the Week

Issue 2.03 – 20. January 1997

• Café Metropole – Lunch In, Lunch Out; Year In, Year Out
• 'Au Bistro' – Men Available, Pay–TV, Johnny and Boxing
• Boulogne–Billancourt – In a Worker's and Architect's Paradise
• Is European Union Dead Duck? Could Be Self–Fullfilling Prophesy
• First–Hand Account of Revolution in Bulgaria by Paul Swider
• eMail – Is Winston Churchill Pub Still In Existence?
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Cartoon of the Week

Issue 2.01/2.02 – 6. January 1997

• Metropole Diary – Jumps a Week
• 'Au Bistro' – Big Blah on TV, Big Crowd in Real Cold
• Paris – In The Future Recent – A Short and Fast First
  Mini–Tour of 1997
• Paris – In The Passé Recent – Highs and Lows of
  the Last Grand Tour of 1996
• The Half–Price Dress of Your Dreams – 'On Sale' in Paris
  May Be Better than 'Wholesale' Elsewhere
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Cartoon of the Week

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Contents – 1997 Issues