Contents Index – 2003 Issues

Issue 9.01 – 29. Dec 2003

• Café Metropole – Final Late Final
• Nothing Was Stirring – on Christmas Eve
• After 32 Years – the Tourist Office Moves
• Film vs Digital – Ikky Chewing Gum
• Paris Life No 31 by Laurel Avery – Etiquette Be Damned
• Update Club: for 1. Jan 04 – the "I Took the Tree Down Today" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Christmas Eve Found'

Issue 8.51/52 – 15/22. Dec 2003

• Café Life – Have Breakfast, Or Else!
• Trying Out Troyes – 21st Century Mediaeval
• Paris Life No 30 by Laurel Avery – Not Making Headlines
• Update Club: for 18. Dec – the "I Will Bring You a Blow–Fish" Report
• Café Metropole – Driverless Métro Line Goes Further
• The Passages of Time – are the Grandfathers of Malls
• Paris Life No 29 by Laurel Avery – 'Somewhere Like Mars'
• Repeat – Scène – Tourist Office To Move
• Repeat – Scène – More Noël in Paris
• Repeat – Scène's Eves – Christmas and New Years
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Up, Down with Noël'
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole VI
• Looking for Lodging? Find It Here

Issue 8.50 – 8. Dec 2003

• Café Metropole – Some Bar Hopping
• Paris Life No 28 by Laurel Avery – The Security-Crazed Naked Airport Maze
• Update Club: for 11. Dec – the 'Real Turtle Soup' Report
• Scène – Tourist Office To Move
• Scène – More Noël in Paris
• Scène's Eves – Christmas and New Years
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Just taste it!"
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole V
• Looking for Lodging? Find It Here

Issue 8.48/49 – 24. Nov/1. Dec 2003

• Café Metropole – The Best Baguette
• Café Metropole – 'Under Construction'
• Café Life - Chinatown – The Revolt of the 'Tabacs'
• Paris Life No 27 by Laurel Avery – Apartment Hunting Zen
• Paris Life No 26 by Laurel Avery – The Gilded City
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole IV
• Looking for Lodging? Find It Here
• Update Club: for 4. Dec – the 'Patagonia and Detour Village' Report
• Update Club: for 27. Nov – the 'Reunion(s)' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Under Eternal Construction"

Issue 8.47 – 17. Nov 2003

• Café Metropole – Beaujolais Nouveau Week
• Paris Life No 25 by Laurel Avery – Light Levity Un–French
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole III
• Update Club: for 20. Nov – the 'Bananas! Bananas!' Report
• Repeat Scène – Noël in Paris 2003
• Repeat Scene – Two Picassos for the Price of Two
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'New Form of McJob'

Issue 8.46 – 10. Nov 2003

• Café Metropole – Nothing Happened – Holy Cola!
• Paris Life No 24 by Laurel Avery – Cocteau In the Hamster Cage
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole II
• Update Club: for 13. Nov – the "12 Extra for Getting Wet!" Report
• Scène – Noël in Paris 2003
• Repeat Scene – Two Picassos for the Price of Two
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Vous Américains!"

Issue 8.45 – 3. Nov 2003

• Café Metropole – How To Not Dine Out
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole
• Paris Life No 23 by Laurel Avery - "Probably Next Week"
• Update Club: for 6. Nov – the 'Cappuccino of the Week' Report
• Scene – Two Picassos for the Price of Two
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "'Treat' is Over but Ticket Isn't?"

Issue 8.43/44 – 20/27. Oct 2003

• Café Metropole – 'Help' Echos
• Café Metropole – It's Not a Holiday
• Readers Like You – Can Support Metropole
• Paris Life No 22 by Laurel Avery – Swinging from the Chandeliers
• Paris Life No 21 by Laurel Avery – Singing, Dancing, Music
• Update Club: for 23. Oct – the 'Cold In Bogota Not Good Enough for 'City of the Week' Report
• Update Club: for 30. Oct – the "It's Been 103 Weeks" Report
• Café Metropole Club – The Overlooked 4th Birthday
• Repeat Scene – From Cocteau to Piaf
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "You are supposed to be on strike today!"

Issue 8.42 – 13. Oct 2003

• Café Metropole – Fleeting Heat
• Paris Life No 20 by Laurel Avery – Stunned in Orsay
• Email: The Télégraphe Explained by Jefferey T. Spaulding
• Update Club: for 16. Oct – the "Einstein is Worried About Us" Report
• Repeat Scene – From Cocteau to Piaf
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Only 14 Cafés More"

Issue 8.41 – 6. Oct 2003

• Café Metropole – Johnny's Amnésia
• Café Life – Matt's Mail–Art, Christophe and Bertrand's 'Nuit Blanche'
• Email: 'Another French Exception?' from Jim Auman
• Paris Life No 19 by Laurel Avery – High–heeled Banana Shoes
• Update Club: for 9. Oct – the 'Ozone Dosen't Help' Report
• Scene – From Cocteau to Chen Zhen, Piaf and Lollobrigida
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Because It's... Warm!"

Issue 8.40 – 29. Sept 2003

• Café Metropole – Hastaire's Monograph
• Café Life – Dimitri Is Worried
• Looping the Rue Lepic – Review of 'Van Gogh Walks... Paris'
• Paris Life No 18 by Laurel Avery – Speed of Insanity
• Update Club: for 2. Oct – the "One Month Has Gone By... So Fast" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Don't Look Back!"

Issue 8.39 – 22. Sept 2003

• Café Metropole - Freak Factory and Chicken Farmers
• Visiting Edith - But Not Cemeteries, Folies or Prisons
• Paris Life No 17 by Laurel Avery – A Crabby Birthday
• Update Club: for 25. Sept – the "Magic Still Happens Here" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon - "This – is 'no car' day?"

Issue 8.38 – 15. Sept 2003

• Café Metropole – The Giant Sunball & Techno Über Alles
• 'Au Bistro' – Hot Issues – Three Old, One New, One Forever
• Paris Life No 16 by Laurel Avery – Eclairs and Existentialism
• Update Club: for 18. Sept – the 'Wanted' Poster' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Why? Why? Why?"

Issue 8.37 – 8. Sept 2003

• Café Metropole – Salvador Allende's Week
• The Nowhere Tour – For It, Perfect Weather
• Paris Life No 15 by Laurel Avery – From Zen to Dreams
• Update Club: for 11. Sept – "The Best Frozen Food" Report
• Scene – Some, Few Highlights for Autumn 2003
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "We're not late after all."

Issue 8.36 – 1. Sept 2003

• Café Metropole – Ne Ratez Pas Mars!
• 'Au Bistro' – 3–Word News – RAIN in Paris!
• Plucky Henri IV – France's First, Best Bourbon
• Paris Life No 14 by Laurel Avery – Jam Goo and Garden Dirt
• Update Club: for 4. Sept – "It's a Two Dog Day" Report
• Repeat Scene - Summer Events Carry Over to September
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "We're Taking the Train!"

Issue 8.35 – 25. Aug 2003

• Café Metropole – Greetings From Coney Island
• 'Au Bistro' – Killer Heatwave! & Blackout!
• Update Club: for 28. Aug – the 'The 200th Meeting!' Report
• Scene – Summer Events Carry Over to September
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "What's the rush?"

Issues 8.30/34 – 21. July/21. Aug 2003

• Update Club: for 21. Aug – "It Rained Like Sparerods"
• Update Club: for 7 and 14. Aug – Reports by Linda 'Cools' Thalman
• Update Club: for 31. July – the 'Island of the Week' Report
• Café Life – Lobsters' Short Lives in New England
• 'Au Bistro' – Al Gore Continues Six Months' of Non-Candidacy
• Paris Life No 13 by Laurel Avery – Free Jeans Included
• Café Metropole – Django, Johann, and Edith
• 'Au Bistro' – A New Seven–Word 'News' Report
• No False Modesty for Paris Plage
• Paris Life No 12 by Laurel Avery – Tiny Points of Light
• Update Club: for 24. July – the 'Nearly All Sports.' Report
• Links to Scene columns and NEW 'Partner' page
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Where's this beach we're going to?"

Issue 8.29 – 14. July 2003

• Café Metropole – In the Tropics
• 'Au Bistro' – A New Six–Word 'News' Report
• A Bastille Day with No Score
• Weekend 'Jaw Cramp' Yum! by Laurel Avery
• Update Club: for 17. July – the 'Coincidental Meeting' Report
• Links to Scene columns and NEW 'Partner' page
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "You're too heavy!"

Issue 8.28 – 7. July 2003

• Café Metropole – More Better Paris Plage
• 'Au Bistro' – Yet Another Six–Word 'News' Report
• Gone To the Dogs, for Lovers Only
• How Did Van Gogh' Do It? by Laurel Avery
• Update Club: for 10. July – the Osaka 'City of the Week' Report
• Scene I – Paris Stays Open Day and Night, All Summer
• Scènes d'Eté – It's Party Time for Residents and Visitors
• Link to 'Taking Online Orders Now for Café Metropole Blanc de Blanc' – Again
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Not Going to Norway!"

Issue 8.27 – 30. June 2003

• Café Metropole – A Blogged Week with a Change of Email
• 'Au Bistro' – Another Six-Word 'News' Report
• The Fête de la Musique was Full of Sparkles
• Update Club: for 3. July – the 'Cityless of the Week' Report
• Link to 'Taking Online Orders Now for Café Metropole Blanc de Blanc' – Again
• Links to Scene d'Eté, Scene I and Scene II – Again
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Just Like Last Year!"

Issue 8.26 – 23. June 2003

• Café Metropole – Server–Lady Meets Horse
• 'Au Bistro' – José Bové Goes to Jail Suddenly
• The Fête de la Musique was Full of Sparkles
• Update Club: for 26. June – the Spacy Ice Cream is Warm 'Food of the Week' Report
• Link to 'Taking Online Orders Now for Café Metropole Blanc de Blanc'
• Links to Scene d'Eté, Scene I and Scene II
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Don't Smile!"

Issue 8.25 – 16. June 2003

• Café Metropole – Bloomsday In the 14th
• 'Au Bistro' – in only 4 words: France Wins NBA Championship !
• Sacré Job! – Seeing Marguerite at the Agri–Village
• Taking Online Orders Now for Café Metropole Blanc de Blanc
• Update Club: for 19. June – The 'Elvis Costello is Not a Club Member, Yet' Report
• Scene Eté – Highlights for Rest of June, All July
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Fêtards de la Musique'

Issue 8.24 – 9. June 2003

• Café Metropole – A See–Art Week
• The Real Daguerréotypes – Henri Cartier–Bresson's First Show
• Scene – The 'Classic' Version
• Scene – The 'Summer' Version
• Update Club: for 12. June – The 'Secretary in Coma, Loses Marbles' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Plate of French Fries'

Issue 8.23 – 2. June 2003

• Café Metropole – On the Terraces
• Café Life – 'Giving One Out'
• Email: Calamity Ends at Sundance, from Grace and Colin Lim
• Repeat Scene Again – Choo–Choo Champs–Elysées
• Update Club: for 5. June – The 'Eulipian Vision' is a Meeting 'First' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Not Delayed by Strikes'

Issue 8.22 – 26. May 2003

• Café Metropole – Men with Naked Ties
• 'Au Bistro' – in 6 words: Tour Eiffel Lights Up Again in June
• The Key to Cable–Access is the Garbage Room Door
• Repeat Scene – Choo–Choo Champs–Elysées
• Update Club: for 29. May – The "I have a Thing for Macaroons" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'It's Roland "Swivel-Neck" Garros Time Again'

Issue 8.21 – 19. May 2003

• Café Metropole – Revenge Weather
• 'Au Bistro' – in 6 words: 'Don't Miss 'Dimanche Noir' on 25. May
• Rail Days – Wheels of Steel
• Repeat Scene – Choo–Choo Champs–Elysées
• Update Club: for 22. May – The "I Need Help from an Expert" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "42 Years? Let's Strike!"

Issue 8.20 – 12. May 2003

• Café Metropole – Bring Your Own Tapas
• 'Au Bistro' – in 6 words: 'Mardi Noir' Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
• On a 'Typical' Street no more than Just Average
• Scene – Choo–Choo Champs–Elysées
• Update Club: for 15. May – The "We've Just Hung Up Our Sleds!" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "No Trains to Nantes"

Issue 8.18/19 – 28. Apr/5. May 2003

• Café Life – 'Ton Amie, Mabutu Mosa'
• Café Metropole – Bagdad Café Makes Comeback
• Looking for 'Typical' in Paris' 'Business District'
• Scene – Cops and Image Hunters, From Maigret to Cartier-Bresson
• Update Club: for 1. May – The 'First Country 'City of the Week' Report
• Update Club: for 8. May – The 'Somebody's Swedish Grandmother' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'World Premiere Sandwich'

Issue 8.17 – 21. April 2003

• Café Metropole – Summertime Issue – Extra Early Special
• 'Au Bistro' – In 9 Words – Over –crowded Brits Urged to Move to Calais Region
• Hawaiian Shirt Days – Capturing the Rapture
• Hawaiian Shirt Days, Bis – Third Summer Shirt Day in April
• Update Club: for 24. April – the 'Trendy 'Food of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Hi-Lo Weather'

Issue 8.16 – 14. April 2003

• Café Metropole – How Much of This is True?
• 'Au Bistro' – In Only 2 Words – France Wins!
• Scenes of the Crimes – 'Désolation des Filles de Joie'
• Wine News –'Taste Washington' Report – 90 Minutes of Pouring
• Update Club: for 17. April – 'Mark Kritz' First 'First' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Passive Hustling'

Issue 8.15 – 7. April 2003

• Café Metropole – Dozy in Paris, More Air, More Fresh
• 'Au Bistro' – In Only 22 Words
• Scene – From Gauguin to Ming
• Update Club: for 10. April – 'The Return of Bongo' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Only Smoking is Legal'

Issue 8.13/14 – 24/31. Mar 2003

• Café Life – A Fresh Air Weekend
• Café Metropole – Limited Indestructible Sunshine
• Scene – Surreal René Magritte
• Update Club: for 27. March – the 'Red Dirt' Arrives In Paris!' Report
• Update Club: for 3. April – the "Je ne suis pas content!" Report
• 1st Week's Paris Posters I & II
• 2nd Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Springtime for Some'

Issue 8.12 – 17. Mar 2003

• Café Metropole – Sunball Days
• 'Au Bistro' – War Reaction in Paris
• Update Club: for 20. March – the 'Nutley of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Stayed Too Long?"

Issue 8.11 – 10. Mar 2003

• Café Metropole – Less Than All Blue
• 'Au Bistro' – Ladies Have Better Noses
• Update Club: for 13. March – a '20 Eye-ball Meeting' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Smell it? It's spring!"

Issue 8.10 – 3. Mar 2003

• Café Metropole – Pencil of the Week
• Scene – Dolls and Dix, Chagall and Dufy
• Update Club: for 6. March – The 'Is Beverly, New Jersey True?' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Pencil of the Century'

Issue 8.09 – 24. Feb 2003

• Café Metropole - Turns 7 Again
• 1996 – Dreaming in Montparnasse
• 1997 – In the Other Versailles
• 1998 – East of Bastille, Work and Play
• 1999 – On the 'Route des Impressionists'
• 2000 – Café Metropole Club Report
• 2001 – Beautiful Cow Week
• Update Club: for 27. Feb – The "HEY! The 11th is OKAY!" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – '1 Bougie for 7 Years'

Issue 8.08 – 17. Feb 2003

• Café Metropole – Beware of Avalanches
• 'Au Bistro' – Decree Days are Back
• Repeat Scene – What Isn't Rétro Seems Very Modern
• Update Club: for 20. Feb – The 'Christmas In February' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Is this a Hustle or Not?"

Issue 8.07 – 10. Feb 2003

• Café Metropole – Buzzer Dayz, Signs of Too Many
• Rétromobile – Wheels of Fire, Real and In Scale 1:6
• 'Wine News' – The Laborious Labelworks
• Repeat Scene – What Isn't Rétro Seems Very Modern
• Update Club: for 13. Feb – The 'Chocolate Frogs?' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "'Cause I Love 'Em"

Issue 8.06 – 3. Feb 2003

• Café Metropole – Finally Wired, with Only a Buzzer Left To Go
• Françoise and Modigliani at La Ruche – Montparnasse Adventures by Guillaume
• Scene – What Isn't Rétro Seems Very Modern
• Update Club: for 6. Feb – The 'First Major Spa Honored' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Being Broke In Euros'

Issue 8.05 – 27. Jan 2003

• Café Metropole – Earless In New York, Buffalo Grass Returns
• "I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door" – Visiting Liberty In New York
• Hollywood East In Queens – The Marx Brothers Were Here Too
• 'Wine News' – Quiet but Busy Times at Moonlight
• Update Club: for 30. Jan – The 'Not at the Rendez-Vous' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Another 59th Birthday!"

Issue 8.01/04 – 6/23. Jan 2003

• Café Metropole – Resolution for 2003! – 'Ed' To Take a Powder First
• New Years In Boullay – Beyond the Café Zone
• Update Club: for 23. Jan – The "I Learned to Read and Write" Report
• Update Club: for 16. Jan – The "Yuk!" to Mushy Green Peas' Report
• Update Club: for 9. Jan – The "I See You Have Good Taste" Report
• Scene – Attention! Old Car – And Young Cow Fans
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – '1st Blizzard of the Week'

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