Contents Index – 1999 Issues

Issue 4.52 – 27. December 1999

• Café Metropole – Christmas Storm Where We Are
• 'Au Bistro' – Updates – Storm, Oil Spill – Friday, 31. December
• 'Au Bistro' – Severe Storm Bats Paris
• Café Metropole Club – Our Club's Man of 2000
• Update: Club's 12th Meeting – Last of the Century
• Emails I – from Linda and Cindy
• Emails II – from Meredith and Walt, Carolyn, and Craig
• Emails III – from Toni, Markus and Paul
• Emails IV – from John and Philip
• 'Paris' Scene II' – New Year 2000 Yipee!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – '2000! Surreal!'

Issue 4.51 – 20. December 1999

• Café Metropole – Christmas Gaga In Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – Champs–Elysées Changes Suits
• One Man's Gas Cap Is Another's by Jerry Stopher
• Café Metropole Club – 'Food Events' Increase At Club
• Update: Club's 11th Meeting – Record New 'Charter' Member Day
• Photo: A Happy Santa, Speaks, Sings In English; Rolls Eyes In French
• 'Paris' Scene I' – Overwhelmed by Events?
• 'Paris' Scene II' – Come One, Come All, Christmas '99
• 'Paris' Scene III' – 2000 In Paris and France
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Season's Greetings'

Issue 4.50 – 13. December 1999

• Café Metropole – Markets and Big Wheels
• 'Au Bistro' – What's In a Name of the Century?
• Feasts of the Century
• José 'Good Food' Bové In the USA by Don Smith
• Café Metropole Club – Glasgow's 'Mars Bars' Problem
• Update: Club's 10th Meeting – "I Have To Eat" Says Food Guide Writer
• 'Paris' Scene I' – The Ile–de–France
• 'Paris' Scene II' – Christmas '99 and '2000'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Art – It's A Snap!'

Issue 4.49 – 6. December 1999

• Café Metropole – Survive New Year 2000 With a Long Shampoo
• 'Au Bistro' – The Song and Car of the Century
• Getting Papered In Paris – Less Angst Than Usual
• The Big Café On the Avenue, Not On l'Ile
• Café Metropole Club – Is 'Flufflenutter' a Real Word?
• Update: Club's 9th Meeting – Glasgow and Hot Dogs
• 'Paris' Scene I' – Word–of–Big–Mouth
• 'Paris' Scene II' – Christmas '99 and '2000'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Be An Artist!'

Issue 4.48 – 29. Nov. 1999

• Café Metropole – Your 'Ed' Is an Expatriate
• 'Au Bistro' – This 'News' Could Be Full of Facts
• One of the Day's Strikes – Taxi Drivers Act Up
• Louis d'Orléans Murdered, 'Fearless' Jean Skips
• Café Metropole Club – The 'Trivial Paris' Board Game
• Update: Club's 8th Meeting – 'Fluffenutter' or Not?
• 'Paris' Scene I' –Blows Up In 1st Week
• 'Paris' Scene II' – Christmas '99 and '2000'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Early Christmas Shopping'

Issue 4.47 – 22. Nov. 1999

• Café Metropole – We Gain Readers
• 'Au Bistro' – Speleologists Rescued
• Artist's Open Doors On a Freezing Day
• Café Metropole Club – 'City of the Week' Program
• Email: Paul Babbit Asks, What To Wear In Winter?
• Update: Club's 7th Meeting – More Odd Questions
• 'Paris' Scene I' – A 'New Look'
• 'Paris' Scene II' – Christmas '99 and '2000'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Roller King'

Issue 4.46 – 15. Nov. 1999

• Café Metropole – Terminal Weasels
• 'Au Bistro' – The War of the Beef
• Blue Skies In Paris – Rare In November
• Café Metropole Club – Pets Gain Right To Join
• Update: The Beaujolais Nouveau of the Century
• Update: Club's 6th Meeting – A New Member – the Server–Lady!
• 'Paris' Scene' – Online Ticket Sales
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Are Summer Sales Soon?'

Issue 4.45 – 8. Nov. 1999

• Café Metropole – Life Stays On the Rails
• 'Au Bistro' – French Losers Win Big Party
• Real Autumn Tracked Down In Belleville Park
• Café Metropole Club – Membership 'Cards' Issued
• Update: Club's 5th Meeting – Heather Says, Non–Members
• 'Paris' Scene' – Events Become Surreal
• 2000 In Paris – The 'Fête du Millénium'
• Metropole Gets Emails
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Lost the match?'

Issue 4.44 – 1. Nov. 1999

• Café Metropole – 'Home' In Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – French Win Rugby, Somehow
• American Dreams In Paris
• Declining a Beard Trim In Jordon by Linda Thalman
• Café Metropole Club – Membership Climbs Dizzily
• Update: Club's 4rd Meeting – Europe Has Better Gadgets
• 'Paris' Scene' – Mose, Not Noah of the 'Flood'
• This Week's American Posters I & II
• This Week's Paris Posters III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Happy Hour'

Issue 4.43 – 25. Oct. 1999

• Café Metropole – Halloween Is a Humbug
• 'Au Bistro' – Papon On the Lam
• Nigel Ends Ten Years' of No Show
• Café Metropole Club – Lots of Mirrors, But No Smoke
• Update: Club's 3rd Meeting – Not Much Grouching
• 'Paris' Scene' – Not Moses of the 'Flood'
• You May Boo – You May Hiss At This
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Halloween Legend'

Issue 4.42 – 18. Oct. 1999

• Café Metropole – Gaité In Crises
• 'Au Bistro' – Official Heros: Médecines Sans Frontières
• Anyone for Pétanque?
• Café Metropole Club – More Hot Air
• Update: Club's 2nd Meeting –Not Full of Smoke!
• 'Paris' Scene' – Tango Is Back!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Weekday Stress'

Issue 4.41 – 11. Oct. 1999

• Café Metropole – The Suits Exchange B–Cards
• 'Au Bistro' – France's 'Euro' Springtime
• The 'No Title' Bagnolet Non–Mystery
• First Date for Café Metropole Club Meet
• Update: "Paris Has Ugly Dirt" – Club's 1st Meeting
• 'Paris' Scene' – More Van Gogh; More Everything
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Who Makes the Weather'

Issue 4.40 – 4. Oct. 1999

• Café Metropole – In the Rain, In Montparnasse
• 'Au Bistro' – Paris Wine News & Walnut Time
• Some Singing In the Rain
• 'Paris' Scene' – Walls, Vikings and Animals
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Come Home Papa'

Issue 4.39 – 27. Sept. 1999

• Café Metropole – Ho–Hum 'Car–Free' Day
• 'Au Bistro' – War On the Seine
• The 'Bonne Bouffe' To Go
• Napoleon's Greek Madeleine
• Skimming the Fleas
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Fun and Games Season
• 2000 In Paris – Less Than 100 Days Away
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Left–Handed Screwdriver'

Issue 4.38 – 20. Sept. 1999

• Café Metropole – Freezing and Starving
• 'Au Bistro' – The Government Can't Do Everything
• Jacques Melac's Grape Harvest
• Boulevard du Techno
• 'Paris' Scene' – Les Champs de la Sculpture
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Techno, Wino'

Issue 4.37 – 13. Sept. 1999

• Café Metropole – Between Waves
• 'Au Bistro' – José Bové Freed!
• La Hôpital Saint–Louis
• The Canal Saint–Martin
• 'Paris' Scene' – Paris Pumps Up the Volume
• 2000 In Paris – No Wheels In Corcorde's Sky
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Pedal Day – Coming Soon'

Issue 4.36 – 6. Sept. 1999

• Café Metropole – The Millennium Horizon
• 'Au Bistro' – Free José Bové!
• Nearly Naked In Paris by Kathleen Bouvier
• Diary of a Fête – The Seine
• Email: More Mouffetard from Mark Kritz
• Emails: Paris, Nevada Revisited
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Beginning of Fall 1999
• 2000 In Paris Program
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Welcome To Paris Surf'

Issue 4.35 – 30. Aug. 1999

• Café Metropole – The Movers
• 'Au Bistro' – Yo–Yo Tax Week
• On the Rue de Mouffetard
• Paris, Nevada
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Beginning of Fall 1999
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Guys in Skirts'

Issue 4.34 – 23. Aug. 1999

• Café Metropole – The Waiting Game
• 'Paris' Scene' – 2000 Too Many
• Gobelins – A Tapestry Factory
• A Sunday 'Sense of Silence'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Sense of Silence' – Again

Issue 4.33 – 16. Aug. 1999

• Café Metropole – Two Cafés Less
• 'Au Bistro' – Boffo Turnout for Eclipse
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Rentrée and 'Paris 2000'
• The Eclipse In Paris
• Sunshine On Montmartre
• Art Marché at Edgar Quinet
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Eclipse Is Over'

Issue 4.32 – 9. Aug. 1999

• Café Metropole – August Laziness Sets In
• 'Au Bistro' – The Eclipse, Pots of Money and No Smoking
• 'Paris' Scene' – Eclipsogoggle! Is Here
• The Big Tour – Short Version
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Digital Camera; Latest Model'

Issue 4.31 – 2. Aug. 1999

• Café Metropole – Dog Days To Come?
• 'Au Bistro' – France Is Nearly Full Up
• 'Paris' Scene' – I Thought Paris Was Closed In August
• The 10 Closest Boulangeries
• La Villette – A Multi–Theme Park
• The Friday Night Roller 'Rando'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Pass the Teeth'

Issue 4.30 – 26. July 1999

• Café Metropole – Hello To All This
• 'Au Bistro' – Does 'Au Bistro' Have a Future?
• 'Paris' Scene' – Haring's Doodles
• Paris Looks Good – The 'Move' In Three Parts
• Strolling With Ernie
• My First Sunday Croissants
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'A New Joe In Town'

Issue 4.28/29 – 12. July 1999

• Café Metropole – Goodbye and Hello To All This
• 'Au Bistro' – I'd Walk a Mile for a Baguette
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Last 'Armada du Siècle'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Bastille Day Every Day'

Issue 4.27 – 5. July 1999

• Café Metropole – The Guided Blues
• 'Paris' Scene' – Did I Mention Festivals?
• Summer Guide – Good, Clean Fun
• Summer Guide – High Life
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Lifesaver Unnecessary'

Issue 4.26 – 28. June1999

• Café Metropole – How–To Do Bastille Day
• 'Au Bistro' – Music Day in France – Still No Strikes
• 'Paris' Scene' – Under the Sky, Under the Stars
• Another Wild–Goose Chase
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Enough for Tweetie'

Issue 4.25 – 21. June1999

• Café Metropole – Risky Living
• 'Au Bistro' – Is Paris Safe To Drink? Still No Strikes
• 'Paris' Scene' – Midday Blackout: Celestial Show
• Café Metropole Club – Hillary and Bill, Bernadette and Jacques
• 'Salt Marshes' At Trocadéro
• eMails: Will the Real Utrillo – Stand Up?
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not Coke Too!'

Issue 4.24 – 14. June1999

• Café Metropole – My Euro Vote
• 'Au Bistro' – Good News Week: No Strikes
• 'Paris' Scene' – Flying High With 'Lylo'
• Café Metropole Club – The Flat Hunt
• The Palms of Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'One Palm Tea, Please'

Issue 4.23 – 7. June1999

• Café Metropole – Chaos Surprises Parisians
• 'Au Bistro' – The Other Big Strike
• 'Paris' Scene' – It's Festival Time Again!
• The One–Day Tour of Everything
• eMail from Cindy Walsh: 'Bet On Longchamp'
• The European Election Posters
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Don't Come Back'

Issue 4.22 – 31. May 1999

• Café Metropole – Underground Bikini War
• 'Au Bistro' – Springtime For Jacques and Lionel
• 'Paris' Scene' – Sow Didn't Go; Neither Did Strikes
• Café Metropole Club News – Annual Visit to the Freak Bros.
• 'Art' On Paris' Main Street
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II, with Warning
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Your Prize?!?'

Issue 4.21 – 24. May 1999

• Café Metropole – Techno Bubble Explodes
• 'Au Bistro' – State Museums Hit by Strikes
• 'Paris' Scene' – Paris Issues 'User's Guide'
• Café Metropole Club News – Upcoming Paint–In
• The Rue Cler Is Not Funky
• eMail from Johanna Shirley: Does Paris Stink?
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Is the Champs–Elysées Ready?'

Issue 4.20 – 17. May 1999

• Café Metropole – Doing the 'Scene' in Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – The 'Ponts' of May
• 'Paris' Scene' – No 'Prolongation' In Sight for Pont des Arts
• Café Metropole Club News – eMail Echos
• Boullay – London – Boullay by Linda Thalman
• eMails from Janet Norton and Sedona: Is Paris Safe?
• eMails from Jim Auman and China: The Brooms May Change
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Herb Meets Dali By Chance'

Issue 4.19 – 10. May 1999

• Café Metropole – Is This How the 'Café Metropole Club' Begins?
• 'Au Bistro' – Is Corsica Burning?
• 'Paris' Scene' – Asterix Park Reopens for 1999
• The Rue du Faubourg du Temple
• eMail from Mike Kotch: The 'Best' and the 'Finest'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'That's Not a Train Whistle'

Issue 4.18 – 3. May 1999

• Café Metropole – A Week Asleep; Train Strike
• 'Au Bistro' – Hunters Lose Free Range 'Rights'
• 'Paris' Scene' – Less Than ALL of the Events
• The World's First Land–Speed Capital
• Foire de Paris Spotlights Artisans and Creators
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not for Us'

Issue 4.17 – 26. April 1999

• The issue that wasn't, was a small one:
• Café Metropole – Sunday Strolling, Biking, Rollering, Jogging and Plain Walking
• This Week's Paris Posters

Issue 4.16 – 19. April 1999

• Café Metropole – Backpacking Without a Pack
• 'Au Bistro' – How To Quit Drinking, In France
• 'Paris' Scene' – Speed–Record Set at Achères
• With a Home On Your Back
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Restless Visitors'

Issue 4.15 – 12. April 1999

• Café Metropole – An Accidental Issue For a Change
• 'Au Bistro' – Folly in the Balkans
• 'Paris' Scene' – When in Paris, Do Morocco
• Pierre Prins – The 'Forgotten' Impressionist
• Modest Boatworks Becomes 'Gare d'Eau'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'No Film, No Camera'

Issue 4.14 – 5. April 1999

• Café Metropole – Surprise Easter In Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – Lost' News Isn't Here
• 'Paris' Scene' – When in Rome, Do Paris
• Not Finding Paris' Oldest Tree
• Model Salon: On Land, On Sea, In the Air: In Scale
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'No 10,000 Lira Notes Please'

Issue 4.13 – 29. March1999

• Café Metropole – Terminal Drowsiness and Leadfingers
• 'Au Bistro' – The Total Flop of the Euro
• 'Paris' Scene' – The Incredible 'Clovis' Boo–Boo
• Book Salon – SAGA: 13th Engraving and Print Show
• Email from Linda Thalman: Les 'Intellos' On Parade
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'How You Spell Dunno?'

Issue 4.12 – 22. March1999

• Café Metropole – Big Horn Battle On a Bridge In Paris
• 'Au Bistro' – Dubious News Remains Unreported
• 'Paris' Scene' – Free Museum Day in Yvelines
• The French Book Show – Salon du Livre
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Have You Read the Code Pénal Lately?'

Issue 4.11 – 15. March1999

• Café Metropole – This Time Nothing Means Zero
• 'Au Bistro' – Tennis Courts At Concorde?
• 'Paris' Scene' – More May Not Be Better
• Anytime Is Tea Time in Paris
• Musing About Spring and Concorde
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'What's That Smell?'

Issue 4.10 – 8. March1999

• Café Metropole – Coming Soon: Another Birthday!
• 'Au Bistro' – French Tabloid
• 'Paris' Scene' – Rare Chinese Ceramics
• Looking Around for Arago's Markers
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Astronomist, Not Astrologist!'

Issue 4.09 – 1. March1999

• Café Metropole – Strolling for Stories
• 'Au Bistro' – Ohhhh – The Winter!
• 'Paris' Scene' – Now, the Russians Are Coming
• A View of the Musée Fournaise
• On the 'Route des Impressionistes'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Skip Hamlet!'

Issue 4.08 – 22. February 1999

• Café Metropole – Your Paris Magazine Turns Three
• 'Au Bistro' – Head–Count in France
• 'Paris' Scene' – Latino Takes Over
• A Good Day In a Good Way – Around Paris
• 1996 – Dracula Sings; Blood Curdles
• 1997 – Putting the 'Grands' Into Boulevards
• 1998 – High and Extra–Wide at Trocadéro
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Want Wine, Pizza?'

Issue 4.07 – 15. February 1999

• Café Metropole – Reader Turns Into Paris Sidekick
• 'Au Bistro' – Skeptical About Nearly Everything
• 'Paris' Scene' – Marathons, Plus Year of the Hare
• Another Run for Rétromobile
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Crank, Walter!'

Issue 4.06 – 8. February 1999

• Café Metropole – Where the Money Is
• 'Au Bistro' – Firemen Take Silent Action
• 'Paris' Scene' – 1999's Big Expos Have Begun
• The Seine's Lonesome Quais
• The Secret 'Euro' Bug
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Geodynamics of Picnics'

Issue 4.05 – 1. February 1999

• Café Metropole – Paris Fête – Year 2000
• 'Au Bistro' – 45 Million Is Looking for Somebody
• 'Paris' Scene' – 1999's Big Expos Begin
• Cocktails With the Mayor
• Paris – The Movie
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'No Absinthe, Vincent!'

Issue 4.04 – 25. January 1999

• Café Metropole – Paris Launches Prohibition
• 'Au Bistro' – When Two Is Better Than One
• 'Paris' Scene' – Now Featuring More of 1999
• In the Père–Lachaise Cemetery
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Autoroutes are Clear Again'

Issue 4.03 – 18. January 1999

• Café Metropole – A Dog's Life for Strollers
• 'Au Bistro' – Paris' 'Monster' Blizzard
• 'Paris' Scene' – Now Featuring 1999
• Foujita – Superstar! In Montparnasse
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'L'Apéro Aprés–Ski'

Issue 4.02 – 11. January 1999

• Café Metropole – Uh–Oh, Winter Is Back!
• 'Au Bistro' – Tintin's 70th Birthday
• 'Paris' Scene' – Dies Da und Das Hier
• Sun On the Montparnasse Terraces
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Local Weather'

Issue 4.01 – 4. January 1999

• Café Metropole – 'Euro' Overload Worse than Y2K 'Bug'
• 'Au Bistro' – Paris Style At a Discount
• 'Paris' Scene' – Life After New Year's
• The Unhistorical Parc André Citroën
• On Top of High Places and Montmartre's Parade
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Happy Euro–Day'

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