.. and another, of French/American sketches

Readers looking for a light-hearted way to keep up with their français would do well to follow Big Picture: Croquis d'Amérique, sketches from America posted now and again by Le Monde's U.S. correspondent, Corine Lesnes (right).
Lesnes has a knack for blogging: her posts are short, sometimes funny, and always to the point. Recent examples:
Abe Obama, noting that "[f]or those who have not yet comprehended the equation Honest Abe = Obama, the President-Elect's team is driving the nail home" by having him travel to Washington for his inauguration by train -- the same mode of transport that Illinois' last favorite son, Abraham Lincoln, used a century and a half ago. Accompanying the post is this wry illustration of a bearded Barack, replete with high collar and stovepipe hat.
Le poids de chaînes, captioning A photo taken at Guantánamo, of a sign stating the weight of the shackles with which detainees are bound.
Tous au café, lamenting that news of mass bistro closings in France may mean the French affair with coffee is waning. Lesnes' post ends with this sigh of relief:

Thankfully, we still have berets, baguettes. And the Parti Socialiste.

Check it out.

 
Bloggers Team