Contents Index – 1998 Issues

Issue 3.52 – 28. December 1998

• Café Metropole – New, Hard 'Euro' To Hit Old Europe
• 'Au Bistro' – RATP Launches 'Clean' Buses
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Other Tour–Bus Company
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program VIII – New Year's '98
• A Few Favorite 1998 Paris Photos
• This Week's Paris Posters
• A Couple of this Year's Favorite Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The New 'Euro' Poor'

Issue 3.51 – 21. December 1998

• Café Metropole – When In France
• 'Au Bistro' – A Rosy–Smelling Métro
• 'Paris' Scene' – Goya in Lille
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program VII – Xmas '98
• How Not to Dress Like a Bozo
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Capital Gains Delicacies'

Issue 3.50 – 14. December 1998

• Café Metropole – Here Comes 'E–Biz'
• 'Au Bistro' – Weather News and Winter Sports
• 'Paris' Scene' – Is Full Up
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program VI – Xmas '98
• One Louis Liked Marly–le–Roi
• Emails from Readers – The Pros and Cons of 'Hyper'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Say It Isn't True!'

Issue 3.49 – 7. December 1998

• Café Metropole – The End of 'Humbug'
• 'Au Bistro' –The President Is Not On Strike
• 'Paris' Scene' – Last Chance for the Festival d'Automne
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program V – Xmas '98
• Waiting Lines and Weather At the Marché
• Email from Linda Thalman – Nocturnal 'Hyper' Shopping
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Ohh, It's Scratchy!'

Issue 3.48 – 30. November 1998

• Café Metropole – France Plans 'Green Line'
• 'Au Bistro' – What Is 'Smoked' Chicken?
• 'Paris' Scene' – The 'Foire Saint–Nicolas'
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program IV – Xmas '98
• Chapeau, Saskia!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Elves On Strike'

Issue 3.47 – 23. November 1998

• Café Metropole – 'Bad' News For Hard Times
• 'Au Bistro' – Help, I Need Somebody
• 'Paris' Scene' – 'Paris' Spells Hollywood in French
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program III – Xmas '98
• 'Golden' November In the Tuileries
• This Week's Paris Posters
• This Week's Paris Posters II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Talent Scout'

Issue 3.46 – 16. November 1998

• Café Metropole – The Week of the Paper and Boulogne
• 'Au Bistro' – Monster, Secret Strike, Tweety and Minitel Millionaires
• 'Paris' Scene' – More Photos Than You Can See
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program II – Xmas '98
• Chasing Paper and Being 'Papered'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not work permit!'

Issue 3.45 – 9. November 1998

• Café Metropole – Excusez–moi, Monsieur Brasseur
• 'Au Bistro' – Their Waterloo Could Be Our Fontenoy
• 'Paris' Scene' – Everything But the Louvre
• Metropole's Pre–Christmas Program – Humbug!
• Another Golden October; Another Place, Time
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not early! Just finishing last year!'

Issue 3.44 – 2. November 1998

• Café Metropole – Unique Picasso Collection Auctioned
• 'Au Bistro' – Paris Is Wet!
• 'Paris' Scene' – Tango's Last Gasp
• Dancing On the River – The Seine's Future?
• Email: Statue of Liberty Near Toyko Bay, from Makiko Suzuki
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Ya gotta light?'

Issue 3.43 – 26. October 1998

• Café Metropole – Helping to Open the Tiepolo Exhibition
• 'Au Bistro' – Haunted Chuch Foils Exorcist
• 'Paris' Scene' – Paris Does Halloween!
• Everything is Bercy Except the Métro
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Why, Charlie, Why?'

Issue 3.42 – 19. October 1998

• Café Metropole – Get On the New Métro and Drive!
• 'Au Bistro' – Student Demos in France
• 'Paris' Scene' – The 'Italian Autumn'
• No Hassle From Airport to Snow – Gare du Nord to Lyon
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'All Aboard!'

Issue 3.41 – 12. October 1998

• Café Metropole – The Partial Strike That Was
• 'Au Bistro' – Social Engineering Takes a Hit
• 'Paris' Scene' – Nice Day: See Tigers; Rainy Day: See Plants
• Auto Salon – 100 Years On Wheels
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Flabby Tire?'

Issue 3.40 – 5. October 1998

• Café Metropole – Hot Cars and Cold Café
• 'Au Bistro' – The Big Train Robbery
• 'Paris' Scene' – Events, Exhibitions, Salons and Shows
• Auto Salon – Dreams Of Future Wheels
• Doing Saturday Stuff In Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Honk, honk! Beep, beep!'

Issue 3.39 – 28. September 1998

• Café Metropole – Pink Vote Takes Cake in Germany
• 'Au Bistro' – Only Elections, Cars and Date Change Stuff
• A 'Sort Of' Car–Free Day in Paris
• Right Here, Today: 20,000 Jobs
• Poster Hunt On the Boul' Mich
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'What's that Wierd Noise?'

Issue 3.38 – 21. September 1998

• Café Metropole – Where Are My Beautiful Balloons?
• 'Au Bistro' – Techno Parade 'Seduces' Paris
• The Place de la Concorde – Place With Headroom
• No Magic at Apple Expo for Revisit No. 12
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Techno Jazz?'

Issue 3.37 – 14. September 1998

• Café Metropole – Blowin' In the Cold Wind
• 'Au Bistro' – Is Johnny Really 'Live?'
• Who's Afraid of the Institut de France?
• Higher, Further, Faster – The Balloon Race That Wasn't
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'We can see the tower!'

Issue 3.36 – 7. September 1998

• Café Metropole – Paris Goes Event Crazy
• 'Au Bistro' – Johnny Gets Rained Out On Friday
• The Aéro Club's 100th Birthday Party Idea
• Photos: This Year's Last Tango in Spain
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Nice Tan!'

Issue 3.34/35 – 31. August 1998

• Café Metropole – Life In the Tame Lane
• The Truth About Spain
• One 6000 Km Round Trip in Spain
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Siesta's End'

Issue 3.32/33 – 17. August 1998

• Café Metropole – The Shortest 'Café' Column
• Going Wrong In Normandy
• Extra Photos From Back Then
• This Week's Paris Posters
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Siesta In Trouble'

Issue 3.31 – 3. August 1998

• Café Metropole – Don't Bring Your Laundry Here
• 'Au Bistro' – Siestas Are Good For You
• In the Jardin d'Acclimatation Wonderland
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Siesta School'

Issue 3.30 – 27. July 1998

• Café Metropole – The Escargot Races
• 'Au Bistro' – Tour fe France Bikers Go On Strike
• Ups and Downs of Paris Nannydom by Tracy Turner
• An Unstructured Flash–Visit To the Marais
• eMails About the World Cup
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Metro's Tour de France Entry'

Issue 3.29 – 20. July 1998

• Café Metropole – They Shoot Tourists?
• 'Au Bistro' – France Has a Big Party and Shuts Down
• As Normal As Paris Gets After the Party
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Ca Va, Eddie!'

Issue 3.28 – 13. July 1998

• Café Metropole – Today France Is Happy
• 'Au Bistro' – No News, Only Football
• WebSports: Ready, Set – Les Bleues WIN!
• Looking For The Revolution
• eMail from John McCulloch: On Bastille Day in 1963
• Highlife Under the Channel by Tracy Turner
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Should We Celebrate?'

Issue 3.27 – 6. July 1998

• Café Metropole – Non–Gabby Café Week
• 'Au Bistro' – All the News I can Remember
• Everything Is Okay In Saint–Denis
• The 1998 Tour de France Is Soon
• Learn To Love Pétanque Now
• eMail from John McCulloch: Montmartre Unmobbed
• Links for WC'98: Ready, Set – Allez les Bleues!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Do Something About Sports'

Issue 3.26 – 29. June 1998

• Café Metropole – Can It Be Good If It's Free?
• 'Au Bistro' – Bad News Phones, Bad News Fans
• Reaching the Sky – Up On Montmartre
• Versailles Is Not Lonely – But Not Everything Is Open
• Links for WC'98: Ready, Set – Bootez la Balloon!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Oops, Sorry!'

Issue 3.25 – 22. June 1998

• Café Metropole – Now Official: Leave Your Woolies At Home!
• 'Au Bistro' – France Worries, But the Games Go On
• Take a Slow Boat To Bastille – The Arsenal Marina
• Linda Thalman's Exciting Sailing Weekend In Brittany
• Champs–Elysées – The World Cup Grill and Lounge
• On the Beach In Paris, and a Last Picnic
• Links for WC'98: Ready, Set – Parlez Foot!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Ticket Salesman'

Issue 3.24 – 15. June 1998

• Café Metropole –Putting the Sweaters Back On
• 'Au Bistro' – Eric Tabarly Lost At Sea
• Day One of the World Cup at Trocadéro
• eMail: Only Mike Harmon Thought To Ask About Soccer
• eMails: 'Picnic' Knives Get Another Once–Over
• Links for WC'98: Ready, Set – Change Shirts!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Big Screen Under a Bridge'

Issue 3.23 – 8. June 1998

• Café Metropole – Cascades of Visitor Info
• 'Au Bistro' – How France Gets Ready for the World Cup
• Me and Monte McGee and Monte McGee's Dog
• eMails: Picnic Tools – Picnic Places
• Links for WC'98: Ready, Set – Duck!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not In My Wineglass!'

Issue 3.22 – 1. June 1998

• Café Metropole – Starving Artists Discovered Squatting
• 'Au Bistro' – World Cup Ticket Monkey Business
• The 'Panoramas' – The Eldorado of Passages
• Links For World Cup SportsFans
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not artist! Clochard!'

Issue 3.21 – 25. May 1998

• Café Metropole – Rattled in Long Weekend May
• 'Au Bistro' – Libération: Paper of '68, Born in '73, Hits 25
• Paris Is a Moveable Picnic
• Véloville! Rollerville!
• eMail: Hôtel des Bains by Murray J. Aronson
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Season Ticket'

Issue 3.20 – 18. May 1998

• Café Metropole – No Cause For Alarm – Yet
• 'Au Bistro' – All Sorts of News For Visitors
• Who's Afraid of the RER? by Linda Thalman
• Public Transport Tariff Maze Explained
• Life On the Road in France by M–R Erickson
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Clochards Get Ready To Greet You'

Issue 3.19 – 11. May 1998

• Café Metropole – Do Not Adjust Your Web Browser
• 'Au Bistro' – Big Dump At Culture Box–Office
• 'Grand Marché d'Art Comtemporain'
• Man Ray in Montparnasse, Forever
• Three eMails: Echos of '68
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Unemployed Clochard'

Issue 3.18 – 4. May 1998

• Café Metropole – Where Were You in May of 1968?
• 'Au Bistro' – Bonjour 'Euro!'
• Foire de Paris – The Exotic and the Unusual
• May Day '98 at République
• Eyewitness to Paris in May '68, by Jim Auman
• 30 Years Later –A Chronology of 'May '68'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Only One Euro'

Issue 3.17 – 27. April 1998

• Café Metropole – This Strike Won't Affect You
• 'Au Bistro' – 20 Million Wrong Numbers
• Flower–Gazing in the Parc Bagatelle
• Camping in Paris' Bois de Boulogne
• Where All Lanes are Fast: the Perifreak!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Train Driver Dream'

Issue 3.16 – 20. April 1998

• Café Metropole – In the Middle of the 'Spring' Exhibition Season
• 'Au Bistro' – Cauliflower War Victors Yet to be Named
• The Big Easter Junk Hunt by Tracy Turner
• Hanging Out With the Freak Brothers
• High Floor, With 5 Milion Franc View
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon–Photo – 'Belgian Beer'

Issue 3.15 – 13. April 1998

• Café Metropole – Unusually Small Edition
• Models and Games Salon On Annual Display
• Email from Margaret Gilsenberg: Parisians 'Find' Issy for Visitors
• Email from Prof. Greb: Rights, Justice, Tyranny
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Chocolate colors'

Issue 3.14 – 6. April 1998

• Café Metropole – Papon Trial Finally Winds Up
• 'Au Bistro' – Le Pen Loses Civil Rights; Is Fined
• Not the Cheapest Bargins I've Seen – Rue d'Alésia
• In South Paris In the Rain – Rue d'Alésia
• 'Nova:' 10 Francs – 'Generation–X' on the Cheap
• Suburbs – A Lost Weekend in the Village
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Watercolors'

Issue 3.13 – 30. March 1998

• Café Metropole – No Burning Hurry For You
• 'Au Bistro' – Political Turmoil Continues
• Cleaning Up the Book Ends – Salon du Livre, Part II
• Exclusive: 'NAO' Weather Affects Europe
• Walking and Biking Around Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – ''Alo! 'Alo!'

Issue 3.12 – 23. March 1998

• Café Metropole – Philosophy and the Front National
• 'Au Bistro' – Elections Turn Right Into Shambles
• All That's Fit to Print – Salon du Livre, Part I
• eMail: from Ron Roizen, About Bears
• Looking for Bears in the Jardin des Plantes
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Gone Out'

Issue 3.11 – 16. March 1998

• Café Metropole – Three Candles for Something
• 'Au Bistro' – Elections: Right Unable to Regain Lead
• Conversation at the Café de Cluny
• At 50, Tati Shopping Becomes Class Act
• 'A l'Affiche' – Three Events Posters
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'A 23 Cafés Day'

Issue 3.10 – 9. March 1998

• Café Metropole – Frankfurt Sends Its 'Bong' By Radio
• 'Au Bistro' – Fake Cow Annoys Farmers
• Here Comes, There Goes, the Salon de l'Agriculture
• Rain and Shopping and More Rain on Rivoli
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Take Your Picture?'

Issue 3.09 – 2. March 1998

• Café Metropole – The Endless Search for the 'X–Generation'
• 'Au Bistro' – Beware of Fake Taxis and Good Money
• Who Am I? Who Are We? Find Out in Paris
• East of Bastille, Work and Play
• Photos: February Scenes in Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Eat the Exhibits'

Issue 3.08 – 23. February 1998

• Café Metropole – Fake Spring Surprises Paris Again
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon Was In the Resistance Too
• High and Wide in Trocadéro
• Looking for Elusive Facts in the Marais
• 'The Gare Saint–Lazare' On View At Orsay
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Fast Watch or Slow Time'

Issue 3.07 – 16. February 1998

• Café Metropole – Fake Spring Surprises Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – Weather and Lucky Valentines
• The 'Grands Boulevards,' Part 23
• On the Ile Saint– Louis: Island in the Sun
• Email from Nicki Ryker: 'Our Trip of a Lifetime'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Late but Sunny Valentine'

Issue 3.06 – 9. February 1998

• Café Metropole – Welcome to Dreamland Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – There Are a Large Number of French in France
• Retromobile: Dreams on Wheels
• True Dreams In Montmartre
• Photo Gallery: January in Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The 2CV – for Some a Collector's Ttem'

Issue 3.05 – 2. February 1998

• Café Metropole – Readers Respond to 'Help'
• 'Au Bistro' – A New Suspension for the Papon Trial
• 'Egyptomania!' Rages in Paris
• Bob Sends Me to the Pig Restaurant
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Game's Tomorrow!'

Issue 3.04 – 26. January 1998

• Café Metropole – Out of Paris, In the Ile–de–France
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon Trial Goes Into Reverse
• Getting Ready for New Year in Chinatown
• Email from Gordon Greb: 'It's for Old Lovers Too!'
• You Can Help Metropole
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Phone In Your Order'

Issue 3.03 – 19. January 1998

• Café Metropole – Lack of Window Gazing Foils Weather Report
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon Says It Was Somebody Else's Fault
• Weddings On the Cheap Unchic in Paris
• The Memorial of the Deportation
• Emails: Anti–Semitism and Captain Dreyfus
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Jules Verne Wedding Receptions'

Issue 3.02 – 12. January 1998

• Café Metropole – The History That Wasn't
• 'Au Bistro' – If the Unemployed Can't Have Work
• Captain Dreyfus and Mr. Zola
• The Woman In a Red Business Suit by M–R Erickson
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Unemployed – On Strike!'

Issue 3.01 – 5. January 1998

• Café Metropole – The Big Wind
• 'Au Bistro' – Crash Investigation Springs to Life
• The Winter Sales are ON Now!
• One for All and All for the Big One by M–R O'Rahilly
• The Paris Program IV – New Year's Eve
• Email: In the Louvre's Egyptian Wing
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Guess How Much'

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Contents – 1998 Issues